MFA UMass Dartmouth
BFA University of New Hampshire
 
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS

2021 Abbey Fellowship, British School in Rome (finalist)

2019 Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship
2018 The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant
2018 RISCA Grant (Rhode Island State Council on the Arts)
2016 Pollack Krasner Grant
2009 Artist Grant Vermont Studio Center (deferred)
2007 Berkshire Taconic Individual Artist Grant
2007 Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship “Finalist”
2001 Fall River Cultural Council Grant
2001 Best of Show Newport Art Museum Juried Members Show

2000 Fall River Cultural Council Grant

SELECTED ONE and TWO PERSON EXHIBITION HISTORY

2021

"Terrain Vague"

Atelier Newport, Newport RI


2017
"Signs of Intelligent Life"
Roger Williams Art Gallery, SAAHP Bristol RI
"The View from Plato's Man Cave"
Paintings by David Barnes and Jeremy Miranda
Atelier Newport, Newport RI
"Lucis et Umbrae"
David Barnes and Jim Woodside
Van Vessem Gallery. Tiverton RI

2013
"David Barnes New Paintings"
Hess Gallery Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill MA
“Crisis and Transcendence”
University of Rhode Island Gallery, Kingston RI

2010
“New Paintings” by David Barnes Didi Sudyam Contemporary, Newport RI
“New Paintings” by David Barnes 5 Traverse Gallery, Providence Rhode Island

2006
“As Seen on T.V.” New paintings by David Barnes Drury and Grosvenor Center for the ArtsSt. Georges School Middletown, RI 

2002
"David Barnes Paintings and Drawings”
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI

2001
“Organic Life” Bodi Modern Art, Newport, RI

2000
“New Works on Paper” Salve Regina University, Ochre Pt. Newport RI

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2021

"Spellbound"

Atelier Newport, Newport RI


2017
"Virginia Lynch Revisited"
Gallery 4. Tiverton Ri

2016
"Modern Archaeology"
GREEN SPACE, T.F. Green Airport, Warwick RI.

2015
"Locker Room Culture" Central Conn. State Univ.,New Britain CT and Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, Bristol Community College, Fall River MA

2014
"NetWorks 2014" Newport Art Museum, Newport RI
“Locally Made” RISD Museum, Providence RI
“Legacies in Paint: The Mentoring Project” Newport Art Museum, Newport

2012
“Recollections and Reconnections”
Newport Art Museum, Newport RI

2011
“David Barnes and His Students” Merrillton House, Newport, RI
“Six Artists Celebrating Rhode Island Independence”
McGrath Judicial Complex, Wakefield RI
“The Big Show” Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown, RI

2009
“Aqua” Art Fair Miami Florida, Represented by 5 Traverse Gallery

2007
“New Art 2007" MPG Contemporary 450 Harrison Ave. Boston MA
“Works on Paper” Providence Art Club, Thomas St. Providence RI

2005
“Scapes” Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton RI

2004
"Opening the Season” Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI


COLLECTIONS
Newport Art Museum, Newport RI
RISD Museum. Providence RI
Meditech Fall River MA
Takedo Corp. Wilmington NC
Salve Regina University. Newport RI
University of New Hampshire. Durham NH
James Dicke II CEO Crown Equipment Corp. New Bremen Ohio
Nancy Sharp, Food For Thought Enterprise, Chicago
Joseph Chazan MD, Providence RI

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Roger Williams University
Academic Year 2016-2017
Bristol RI
Intro to Painting (VARTS 281)

BRISTOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE Fall 2002 to present
Fall River MA
Drawing III (advanced drawing) , Drawing II(figure drawing), Drawing I (intro to drawing), Painting, Advanced Painting, 2DI and 2DII
Color Theory

NEWPORT ART MUSEUM
Newport RI
Figure Painting, Landscape Painting, Portrait Drawing and Painting, Intro to Drawing.
1996 to present

PORTSMOUTH ABBEY SCHOOL
Portsmouth RI
Introduction to Art and Advanced Art
Fall 2007 to Summer 2008

FULLER ART MUSEUM
Brockton MA
Portrait Drawing, Intro to Oil Painting
2000 to 2001

NANTUCKET ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND THE ARTS
Landscape Painting
1995 to 1996