Audrey Barcio (born 1978) is an American interdisciplinary visual artist.
She is based in
Chicago
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, IL. Barcio is an Assistant Professor of Art at
Ball State University
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in
Muncie, Indiana
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.
Education and early life
Barcio was born in
Lafayette, Indiana
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. Her grandmother was a painter. She taught Barcio how to paint and had her mix her paints for her when she went blind. Barcio is a former flight attendant and
sommelier
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. Barcio earned a
Bachelor of Arts
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from
Herron School of Art and Design
Herron School of Art and Design, officially IU Herron School of Art and Design, is a public university, public art school at Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana University–Indianapolis (IUI) in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is a professional ar ...
in
Indianapolis
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, a
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts (MFA or M.F.A.)
is a terminal degree in fine arts, including visual arts, creative writing, graphic design, photography, filmmaking, dance, theatre, other performing arts and in some cases, theatre management or arts admi ...
from the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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. She attended the
Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art in
Brittany, France
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and was awarded a residency at the
Vermont Studio Center
The Vermont Studio Center (VSC) is a non-profit arts organization located in the town of Johnson, Vermont. It conducts the largest fine arts and writing residency program in the United States, with a significant population of international artis ...
.
Exhibitions
* Streetlight, Roman Susan, Chicago, IL
* Urban Legends,
Columbia College Chicago
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Library, Chicago, IL
* Sapientia Gloria Corona Est, New Harmony Contemporary,
New Harmony, Indiana
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* Human Contact,
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
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,
Las Vegas
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, NV
* Plural, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV
* Under Influence,
Tube Factory Artspace
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* "Tubes" (Peter Dale), performer on the Soccer AM television show
* Tube (band), a Japanese rock band
* Tube & Berger, the alias of dance/electronica producers Arndt Rörig ...
, Indianapolis, IN
* Masking, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV
* Space Between, Donna Beam Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
* Marking Time, Random Access,
Syracuse University
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, Syracuse, NY
* Art in America at the Art Miami Satellite Fair
* 2014
Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival
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Public Installations
* Continual Eventual, Clark County Government Center Rotunda, Las Vegas Nevada
* The Art Motel,
Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival
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* Departure, Indianapolis, IN
* Strata (with Rebecca Pugh),
Las Vegas City Hall
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History
This building replaced the former building which had been used since 1973. Bui ...
Awards
* 2019
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
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Award
* 2017
Vermont Studio Center
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Residency
* 2014 City of Las Vegas Certificate of Public Art
* 2007 Indianapolis Cultural Development Public Art Grant
Publications
Barcio's work has been featured in
New American Paintings
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995
* "New" (Daya song), 2017
* "New" (No Doubt song), 19 ...
,
Las Vegas Weekly
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,
NUVO (newspaper)
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,
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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The ''Review-Journal' ...
, OCCHI Magazine, Pattern Magazine, Create Magazine, and on the Round Table radio show.
References
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American artists
1978 births
Living people