Elizabeth Barlow • Bio
One of my earliest memories of art is watching my father, Philip Barlow, at the end of a long day, sitting and pondering a new painting he brought home from his studio. Did it “say” what his mind’s eye wanted it to say?
I took some creative detours – acting and writing – before finding my voice as an artist. I studied with amazing teachers and mentors in San Francisco, at UC Berkeley and the Art Students League of New York, but I have been influenced most by the work, words, wisdom – and the powerful “mind’s eye” of my father. I have been in solo and group shows in San Francisco and the Bay Area, and am represented by Iron Horse Gallery in Park City, Utah and St. Helena, California. My studio is in San Francisco, just steps away from Golden Gate Park. In my current work, I am seeking a way to illuminate the archetypes and truths that lie beneath things of simple beauty – a fading rose, a pearl lit by candlelight. A rose is never just a rose, and a glass of champagne can tell many stories.
Elizabeth Barlow
Selected Exhibitions:
2009 “Double Take: A Father and Daughter Explore the Still Life,” March 20 - April 20, Iron Horse Gallery, Park City, Utah
2008 “Alumni 9”, October 20 – November 26, 2008, UC Berkeley, SOMA Center
“Marin County Fair,” Juried Exhibition, July 2008, sponsored by Marin County Arts Council
2007 “San Francisco Open Studios,” San Francisco, CA
“Marin County Fair,” Juried Exhibition
July 2007 (sponsored by the Marin County Arts Council)
“Arcadia: Artists Celebrate Trees,”
April 2007, San Francisco, CA
“Romancing the Figure,” Juried Exhibition (merit award),
February 2007, Artisans Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
UC Berkeley Extension Exhibition,
February 2007, SOMA Campus, San Francisco, CA
2004 San Francisco Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
“Evening In The Garden”, Group Exhibition, University of Utah
2003 San Francisco Open Studios, “New Paintings,” San Francisco, CA
Two-Person Exhibition, “Elizabeth Barlow and Elizabeth Fracchia,” Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition, “Arcadia: Artists Celebrate Trees”, SOMARTS, San Francisco
2002 Solo Exhibition, “New Paintings,” Café Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibition, “New Works on Paper,” University of California, San Francisco
Affiliations:
Salmagundi Club, New York City; California Art Club
Education:
Art Students League of New York
Art Studio Certificate, UC Berkeley Extension, Awarded with Distinction
Studied with father, Utah artist Philip Barlow, and also Greg Kreutz, Peter Cox, Ken Auster, Guy
Diehl, Glenn Hirsch, Donald Bradford, Larry Robinson, and Eva Bovenzi.
Master of Arts, History, University of Virginia
Bachelor of Arts, University of Utah