biography
Barbara Hack’s work is an ongoing reflection on people and their emotions. Working predominantly in painting mediums, Barbara relishes the challenge of realistic portraiture, and her subject matter reflects her love for figurative work. But she pushes beyond realism, as well, in her desire to capture resonant moments in time. Her work pursues figures from the past with their moods and their contexts. Ephemeral figures are momentary presences that are nonetheless powerful enough to make lasting, even shaping, impressions. Barbara attempts to understand these figures and their ephemerality and to share that understanding with others.
Barbara received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drawing and painting after intensive study in Europe and additional training in New York. Since then, she has continued to harness her artistic talents to drive her professional career. Work in portraiture, fashion illustration, and as a courtroom artist have all allowed Barbara to challenge herself with alternative contexts for figurative artistry, and in a variety of mediums, including graphite, pastels, prismacolor and oils. Barbara teaches fine art classes to teens and adults. Her love of art and her desire to create quality art for herself is a wonderful influence on her students.
education
BFA Painting and Drawing, Aquinas College
Summer Providence-in-Europe Program
FIT Winter Program, Fashion Illustration
additional training
Master Class with David Kassan
Master Class with Tina Garrett
Workshop with Michael Mentler
Workshop with Karen Offutt
Workshop with Michael O’keefe
Workshop with Bonny Leibowitz
Workshop with Jay Bailey
Workshop with Mitsuno Reedy
memberships
Portrait Society of America
Oil Painters of America
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
exhibitions & awards
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Online Spring Show | 2020
International Guild of Realism Online Show | 2020
Chandor Gardens PSOA Portrait Exhibition | 2019
Rehs Gallery- I Observe Show | March 2019
Biennial Portrait Competition – Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art | 2019
American Woman Artists 2019 Spring Online Show – Award of Merit
Allied Artists Show- Salmagundi Club | 2019
Wausau Contemporary Museum of Art – Painting the Figure Now Exhibition | 2019
Art Renewal Center finalist – two paintings | 2019
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Spring Show | 2018
National Oil & Acrylic Painters International Online Show | 2018
Wausau Contemporary Museum of Art – Painting the Figure Now Exhibition | 2018
Annual National Juried Exhibition – Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art | 2018
Texas Portrait Society of America Show – Breckinridge Fine Arts Center | 2018
National Oil & Acrylic Painters Best of America Show- Eiselle Gallery | 2018
Aquinas College Wege Center – Grand Rapids, MI
Gallery 28 Solo Exhibit – Grand Rapids, MI
Gallery 154 Solo Exhibit – Grand Rapids, MI
Festival of the Arts – Grand Rapids, MI
50 Penn Place – Oklahoma City, OK
Best of the Best Show – Oklahoma City, OK
Edmond Art Association Exhibit – Edmond, OK
Framemaster Gallery Duo exhibition – Edmond, OK
Cross Timbers Art Gallery – Highland Village, TX
Lewisville Art Guild – Lewisville, TX
Fort Worth Community Arts Center – Fort Worth, TX
Hull Art Academy – Portrait Society of America Face Off | October 2017
Irving Arts Center Regional Show 2017 – First Place Oil Painting
The Lore Degenstein Gallery of Susquehanna University: Ninth Annual National Figurative Drawing and Painting Competition and Exhibition – 2017
Finalist in Portrait Society of America | 2017
Arthouse- Flower Mound, TX