Education
  • Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MFA, 2D Fine Art, 2018
  • Harvard University,  Extension, ALM, Linguistics, 1997
  • Maryland Institute College of Art, BFA, 3D Fine Art, 1985          
  • Lacoste School for the Arts, Lacoste, France, 1983
  • Studio Arts Centers International, Florence, Italy, 1984

Teaching Experience
2018
Adjunct Faculty, Lecturer, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
  • Sophomore Drawing
Instructor, Brookline Adult and Community Education
  • Figure Drawing
​Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
  • Assistant to Catherine Kehoe - Figure Drawing and Painting 
2017
Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
  • Assistant to Roger Tibbetts - Junior and Senior Major Painting Studio ​
2001-2011
Preceptor,  Harvard University
  • Institute for English Language Programs - English Language Instruction
1998-2001
Senior Lecturer,  Boston University
  • Center for English Language and Orientation Programs - English Language Instruction.
1994-2000
Program Coordinator and Instructor,  Boston Institute of Intercultural Communication
  • Japanese and English Language Instruction
1986-1988
Mombusho English Fellow,  Japanese Ministry of Education in Japan
  • English Language Instruction


Exhibitions
2018
New Voices-New Visions, St. Botolph Club Foundation, Boston, Ma
Here to There, MUSA Collective, Boston, Ma
Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar and Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Ma
Transitions, Survival, Resilience, Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Ma
2017
Boston Young Contemporaries, Curated by Steve Locke, Boston University Art Galleries, Boston Ma
Members' Exhibition, Gallery 263, Cambridge, Ma
Surfaces, Art Byte Critique and Nishimachi Artist Space, Tokyo, Japan
All School Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Ma
2016
Call for Bushwick, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
In With the New, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Doran Gallery, Boston, Ma
Shadow Sides: Barbara Ishikura and Patty Hudak, Nishimachi Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
Fractals of Pain: Barbara Ishikura and Kazuko Jingui, AIRY, Yamanashi, Japan
Adjacent Realities, Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma 
Eighth National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
5th Annual Member's Exhibition, Gallery 263, Cambridge, Ma
2015
Off the Wall, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, Ma
14th National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma
Artifact, ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, Ma
Members Juried II, Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma
Abstraction, BluSeed Studios, Saranac Lake, NY
Members Juried I, Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma
Chroma, Gallery 263, Cambridge, Ma
2014
Barbara Ishikura and Sammy Chong, ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, Ma
79th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Ma 
Community of Artists, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, Ma
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma
Red, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma
2012
Barbara Ishikura, Trident Cafe and Booksellers, Boston, Ma
Regional Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, Ma
2011
Member's Exhibition, The Brush Gallery, Lowell, Ma
The 67th Member's Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma
Global Perspective: Understanding the Past, Looking to the Future, Worcester State University, Worcester, Ma
Francis Roddy Open Competition, Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma
Fall Salon, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma
Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma
Violence Transformed: The Artist's Voice, Resnikoff Gallery at Roxbury Community College, Roxbury, Ma
Members Juried I, Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma
Members Juried II, Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma
2010
Members Juried I, Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma
Members Juried II, Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma
2009
Red, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma
2007
20 Books IV, Harvard University, Cambridge, Ma
The Francis Roddy Open Competition, Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma
Hot, Depot Square Gallery, Lexington, Ma
2006
The Way We Live, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma
Members Juried I, Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma

Artist Residencies & Awards
2019, The Studios at MASS MoCA: An Assets for Artists Program & Grant, North Adams, MA
2019, Jentel Artist Residency Program, Fellowship, Banner, WY
2018, Emerging Artist Award - St. Botolph Club Foundation, Boston, Ma
2016, AIRY, Yamanashi, Japan
2016, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2015, New York Studio School, Drawing Marathon, NY
2010, Grand Prize Winner, Excellence in Teaching Award, Harvard University Extension School

Auctions and Donations
2016 - The Toast, Boston Preparatory Charter Public School Auction, Boston, Ma
2016 – Visual AIDS, Postcards From the Edge, A benefit sale for AIDS, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., NY, NY
2015 - The Toast, Boston Preparatory Charter Public School Auction, Boston, Ma
2015 - Gallery 263, Annual Auction, Cambridge, Ma
2015 - The Toast, Boston Preparatory Charter Public School Auction, Boston, Ma
2011 - A Big Night Out, Acton-Boxborough Parent-Teacher Organization Auction, Acton, Ma
2011 - Art All State, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Ma

Publications
Boston Voyager, Thought-Provokers Series: Celebrating Artists and Creatives, Life and Art with Barbara Ishikura, August 27, 2018.
Big Red and Shiny, MassArt's 2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition by Stace Brandt, May 8, 2018.
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 30 , p.88, 2015, Open Studio Press, Boston, Ma, 2015.
The Global Perspective: Understanding the Past, Looking to the Future, The Gallery at Worcester State University, Worcester, Ma,  2011.
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 18, May 2012,  Open Studio Press, Boston, Ma, 2012.