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Barbara Ishikura
www.barbaraishikura.com
Instagram.com/Barbara.ishikura

Education
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MFA, 2018
Harvard University, Extension, ALM, Linguistics, 1997
Maryland Institute College of Art, BFA, 1985
Swain School of Design, Studio Foundation, 1980-1982

Academic Appointments ​
2018-present - Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Courses in Studio Foundation - Visiting Lecturer
Undergraduate Painting Majors - Guest Critic
Low Res MFA Graduate Program, Seminar I – Visiting Lecturer
Low Res MFA Graduate Program - Mentor in Painting
Low Res MFA Graduate Program - Visiting Artist
2001 to 2011 - Harvard University, Preceptor, Academic English
1998 to 2001 - Boston University, Senior Lecturer, CELOP, English Instruction
1994 to 2000 - Boston Institute of Intercultural Communication, Instructor
1986 to 1988 - Japanese Ministry of Education, Japan, Mombusho English Fellow

Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition
Gallery 1832, LabCentral, Cambridge, Ma, In Plain Sight, April – June, 2026
Kaliner Gallery, NY, NY, September 2026 (forthcoming)
University of New Hampshire, Gallery of Art, January 2027 (forthcoming)
Art TORONTO, Toronto, Canada, October 2025
FORMah Gallery, NY, NY, As I See It, 2024

Two-Person Exhibitions
FORMah Gallery, NY, NY, Contained, Barbara Ishikura & Debra Cartwright, 2023
Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, Manchester, VT, Frippery, Finery, Frills: Barbara Ishikura and Sam Fields, 2023
LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, Ma, Between You and Me, Barbara Ishikura & Isabelle Higgins, 2023
Artsy.net, Barbara Ishikura & Melanie Vote, FOUNDATIONS, Winter 2024
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, Spring Fever, 2021
Nishimachi Art Space, Tokyo, Japan, Shadow Sides, Barbara Ishikura and Patty Hudak, 2016
AIRY, Yamanashi, Japan, Fractals of Pain, Barbara Ishikura and Kazuko Jingui, 2016
ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, Ma, Barbara Ishikura and Sammy Chong, 2014

Group Exhibitions
Anderson Yezerski, Boston, Ma, State of Mind, 2026
Brant Gallery, Boston, Ma, The New Smoking, 2025
Kaliner Gallery, NY, NY, We Were Never Here, Summer 2025
ArtsWorcester, Worcester, Ma, Twenty-First Biennial, 2025
MassArt x SoWa, Boston, Ma, Heirloom Convoy, 2024
FORMah Gallery, NY, NY, Renwick Show Room, 2023
Trotter & Sholer Gallery, NY, NY, A Suitable Accomplishment, 2023
MassArt x SoWa, Boston, Ma, Little Splinters, 2022
Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, Ma, Finding a Memory, 2022
LaMontagne & Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, Ma, We Interrupt This Program, 2022
Gallery Tempo at Jameson & Thompson, Jamaica Plain, Ma, Raw Emotion, 2022
MassArt x SoWa, Boston, Ma, Yeah, I’m doing great, 2021
Bosscritt.com, Online Exhibition, Anythinggoestober, 2021
Praise Shadows Gallery, Brookline, Ma, See and Be Seen, 2021
Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, Unmasked:Responses to the Pandemic, 2021
Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Ma, Sizzle, 2020
Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, Right to Vote, 2020
MAAM, Boston, Ma, MassArt Auction, 2020
Skye Gallery, Providence, RI, Divine, 2020
Galleria Le Logge, Assisi, Italy, International Contemporary Art Exhibition, 2019
Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, Shame, 2019
The Stove Gallery, Charlestown, Ma, JAWS, 2019
St. Botolph Club Foundation, Boston, Ma, New Voices-New Visions, 2018
MUSA Collective, Boston, Ma, Here to There, 2018
Bakalar and Paine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Ma, Thesis Exhibition, 2018
Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Ma, Transitions, Survival, Resilience, 2018
Boston University Art Galleries, Boston Ma, Boston Young Contemporaries, 2017
Gallery 263, Cambridge, Ma, Members' Exhibition, 2017
Art Byte Critique and Nishimachi Artist Space, Tokyo, Japan, Surfaces, 2017
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Ma, All School Show, 2017
Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY, Call for Bushwick, 2016
Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Ma, In With the New, 2016
Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma, Adjacent Realities, 2016
Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY, Eighth National Juried Exhibition, 2016
Gallery 263, Cambridge, Ma, 5th Annual Member's Exhibition, 2016
Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, Ma, Off the Wall, 2015
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Ma, 14th National Prize Show, 2015
ArtSpace Gallery, Maynard, Ma, Artifact, 2015
Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma, Members Juried II, 2015
Concord Art Association, Concord, Ma, Members Juried I, 2015
Gallery 263, Cambridge, Ma, Chroma, 2015

Artist Residencies & Awards
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Monaghan, Ireland (July 2027)
Cill Railiag, Artist Residency, Fellowship, Ireland (2022 and 2025)
Mass Cultural Council, Grants for Creative Individuals, 2024
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, 2019
St. Botolph Club Foundation - Grant, Boston, Ma, 2018
AIRY, Yamanashi, Japan, 2016
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2016
Harvard University Extension School, Grand Prize Winner, Excellence in Teaching Award, 2010

Publications & Press
Ocean in a Drop, “We’re here, We’re queens, Get used to it”, by Cate McQuaid, 2026
VoyageLA, “Meet Barbara Ishikura”, March 25, 2024
The Arts Fuse, “Is There a Boston Art?”, by Helen Miller and Michael Strand, March 10, 2023
The Boston Globe, “Between You and Me” is a Portrait of Two Portraitists. by Cate McQuaid, Feb. 28, 2023
ArtNet News, “Artists Grapple with the Meaning of Motherhood in New York Gallery Show” by Sarah Cascone, Feb. 17, 2023
Boston Art Review, Our Favorite Moments of 2022, “We Interrupt This Program”, December 30, 2022
The Boston Globe, "See and Be Seen", Praise Shadows Gallery, Brookline, Ma, January 2021
Art New England, "Unmasked, Artful Responses to the Pandemic, March 28, 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
The Global Perspective: Understanding the Past, Looking to the Future, Worcester State University, Worcester, Ma, 2011

Commissions
New York Times, T Magazine. “Odalisque on Chaise Lounge”. 2023

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