About

Trudy Barnes received her BA with Honors in History of Science and Anthropology from the University of Florida and her BA with Honors from the Welsh School of Architectural Glass in Swansea, Wales.

Barnes has exhibited her work internationally at New Designers in London and the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea. U.S. exhibitions include the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, the Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Norwalk, CT, Kala Art Institute in Berkeley and Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale.

Barnes has received residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, the Women’s Studio Workshop, and Kala Art Institute. She has also been awarded several scholarships and awards. She has been commissioned to create work for private residences in the Greater Bay Area.

Themes of landscape and making connections to place inform the conceptual development of her studio practice. Trudy currently lives and works in Glendale, CA.

 

Group EXHIBITIONS

2023 Brand 51, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
2022 Artists' Annual, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2019 Solar Impressions, Southampton Arts Center, Sag Harbor, NY, winner of Golden Road Art Studios residency
    Artists' Annual, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA 2018     Artists' Annual, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2017     Potters and Printmakers, Russell Janis, Brooklyn, NY
             What Makes an Enduring Image?, Branner Spangenberg Gallery, Redwood City, CA
             50|50 Show, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
             11th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibit, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT            
             11th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibit, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
             Art of OUR CENTURY 2017, Woodbury Art Museum, Orem, UT
             Artworks Northwest 2017, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR
             Salon at the Triton, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2008    Consumed, 2 person exhibition, Public Glass, San Francisco, CA
2007    New Designers, Business Design Centre, London
             Welsh School of Architectural Glass Degree Show, National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, Wales

RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

2020 Artist-in-Residence, Golden Road Art Studios, Hillsboro, OR 2019 Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2018     Artist-in-Residence, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosedale, NY
2017-2018     Artist-in-Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2007    Artist-in-Residence, Glasmalerei Peters Studio, Paderborn, Germany
             James C. Whitney Scholarship, American Glass Guild, Branchburg, NJ
2006    Dorothy L. Maddy Scholarship, Stained Glass Association of America, Raytown, MO
             Best in Show, Stephens Competition, Worshipful Company of Glaziers, London    

COMMISSIONS

2011     Renewal, Private Residence, Berkeley, CA,
2010     Morse Code, Private Residence, San Jose, CA
             Sound Wave, Private Residence, San Jose, CA
             Urban Decay, Private Residence, Santa Rosa, CA
             Gears and Switches, Private Residence, San Francisco, CA
2009    Phyllotaxis, Private Residence, San Jose, CA
2006    Banner, Private Residence, San Jose, CA

TEACHING

2018-2019 Natural Dyeing workshops through:
* Southern California Fibershed
* Textile Arts LA
* Theodore Payne Foundation
* Glendale Trails & Open Space Foundation
2018 - 2019    Catalog Your Artwork, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2015 - 2018    Art Teacher, Art in Action, Menlo Park, CA
2007        Welding, Teaching Assistant, The Crucible, Oakland, CA
2006        Visiting Artist, Arts in Action, Swansea, Wales

Bibliography

  • Malone, Marisa, Work with Where You Are: Trudy Barnes in the Studio, May 18, 2018.

  • Lewis, Tim, Swansea Show 2007, Stained Glass, Issue 39, Sept 2007, p.4.

  • Corrin, Adelle, Awards and Prizes from the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass: 2006, Journal of Stained Glass, v. 30, 2006, p. 214-216.