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, Vaucluse, France, 1983
  • Studio Arts Centers International, Florence, Italy, 1984​

Academic Appointments                                                                               ​
  • 2018 to present - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Visiting Lecturer in Illustration and Studio Foundation, Courses: Drawing: Observation to Concept, Advanced Drawing Project, Studio for Drawing, PreSemester
  • 2018 - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Teaching Assistant, Figure Drawing and Painting
  • 2017 - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Teaching Assistant, Junior/Senior Major Painting
  • 2001 to 2011 - Harvard University, Preceptor, Institute for English Language, Academic English
  • 1998 to 2001 - Boston University, Senior Lecturer, CELOP, English Language Instruction
  • 1994 to 2000 - Boston Institute of Intercultural Communication, Program Coordinator, Language Programs
  • 1986 to 1988 - Japanese Ministry of Education, Japan, Mombusho English Fellow, English Language Instruction
                                                                                                                                                     
Exhibitions
2021
See and Be Seen, Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Brookline, Ma
Unmasked: Artful Responses to the Pandemic, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT
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2020
Sizzle, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Ma
Right to Vote, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
MassArt Auction, MAAM, Boston, Ma
Divine, Skye Gallery, Providence, RI

2019
International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Galleria Le Logge, Assisi, Italy
Shame, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
JAWS, The Stove Gallery, Charlestown, Ma

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, 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
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


Artist Residencies & Awards
2022, Cill Railiag, Artist Residency, Fellowship, Ireland (forthcoming)
2019, Arte Studio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy
​2019, Art New England Emerging Artist, March/April
2019, The Studios at MASS MoCA: An Assets for Artists Program & Grant, North Adams, MA
2019, Jentel, Artist Residency, Fellowship, Banner, WY
2018, Emerging Artist Award and Grant- 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

Publications
The Boston Globe, "See and Be Seen", Praise Shadows Gallery, Brookline, Ma, January 2021.
The Independent, For Shame: Latest Hera Gallery Show Explores Shame in its Many Dimensions, April 18, 2019.
Art New England, 10 Emerging New England Artists, A Jury of Six Selects an Extraordinary Ten, March/April 2019
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.
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Languages
English and Japanese