HARRIET BART was born in Duluth, Minnesota and raised in San Francisco. She returned to the Midwest to receive her BA from the University of Minnesota and did further study at Macalester College and California State University at Fullerton. She has been exhibiting her work since 1975.

Selected Exhibitions

2005

Bethel University, solo, Punica Granatum, St. Paul, MN

2004

Indianapolis Art Center, solo, Object < > Book, Indianapolis IN

2003

Museum of Arts and Design, Corporal Identity Body Language, New York (catalog)

EVO Gallery, Dialogue: Harriet Bart/Helmut Lohr, In the Presence of Absence, Santa Fe NM

Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Art, Dialogue: Harriet Bart/Helmut Lohr, In the Presence of Absence

Klingspor Museum, Corporal Identity Body Language, Offenbach Germany (catalog)

Babcock Galleries, solo, The Art of the Book, New York (catalog)

Rider University, Altered Books: Spine Bending Thrillers, Lawrenceville Rd NJ (catalog)

2002

Volker Marschall, Bildsprache, Dusseldorf Germany

Columbia College, 3^rd National Book & Paper Arts Biennial, Chicago (catalog)

2000

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, McKnight Fellows Exhibition, New Work (catalog)

1999

Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, LEGIBLE FORMS: Contemporary Sculptural Books, Traveling Exhibition, organized by the International Sculpture Center, curated by Carla Hanzal, Virginia Beach

Fullerton College, Open and Closed: Artists Contemporary Books as Sculpture, Fullerton CA

1998

Weisman Art Museum, Women in the Weisman Collection: The Spirit of Seneca Falls, Minneapolis MN

Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, WITHOUT WORDS: A Reading Room, solo exhibition and outdoor sculpture installation, St. Louis MO

1997

Kurt Tucholsky Memorial Castle, Visuelle Poesie, Rheinsberg German (catalog)

1996

Weisman Art Museum, Harvest, solo exhibition, Minneapolis MN

1995

Brunnier Museum, solo exhibition, Iowa State University, Ames IA

Galerie Horst Dietrich, Dialogue: Harriet Bart/Helmut Lohr - Part IV, Berlin Germany

Galerie Henn, Dialogue: Alchemy of the Word III, Maastricht Holland

Minnesota Museum of American Art, In So Many Words, St. Paul MN(catalog)

1994

Galerie Schuppenhauer, Dialogue: Alchemy of the Word II, Koln, Germany (catalog)

1993

Dolly Fiterman Fine Art, Dialogue: Alchemy of the Word, Minneapolis MN (catalog)

Comus Gallery, Books as Objects, Portland OR (catalog)

1992

Edwin A. Ullrich Museum of Art, Volumination: The Book as Art Object, Wichita KS

Ibaraki Central Library Gallery, Ibaraki City, Osaka Japan

1991

San Antonio Art Institute, Boundless Vision, San Antonio TX

Intermedia Arts, Outspoken Women, Minneapolis MN

1990

St. Lawrence University, Brush Gallery, Intricate Narratives, Canton NY

Hamline University, solo exhibition, St. Paul MN

Barbara Fendrick Gallery, The Book as Art/The Book in Art, New York

Performance Work

2005

Aphrodite’s Back: A Valentine Reveal, with Nor Hall and Franz Kamin, sponsored by Rain Taxi Review of Books and the Southern Theater, presented at the Southern Theater, Minneapolis MN

Publications/Fine Press Books

2005

2004

2003

2002

2000

Selected Grants and Fellowships and Awards

2005

Minnesota Book Awards Nominee - Fine Press, 13˜14

2004

Minnesota Book Awards - Fine Press, The Poetry of Chance Encounters

2002

Minnesota Book Awards - Fine Press, Garment Register

2001

Partnership 2000, A Cultural Exchange Encounter, US and Israel

2000

Bush Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship

1999

MCAD/McKnight Foundation Fellowship

1996

Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum Sculpture Plaza Commission Project /Jerome Foundation

1993

Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship

Selected Commissions

2005

Rondo Community Outreach Library, St Paul MN

2003

Opus Corporation, Corporate Headquarters, Minnetonka MN

2003

University of Minnesota, Walter Library, Minneapolis

2001

Poriya Regional Hospital, Poriya/Tiberias Israel

2000

Ceridian, Corporate Headquarters, Bloomington MN

1999

Minnesota Humanities Education Center, St. Paul MN

Ninth District Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis MN

1997-1998

University of St. Thomas Science and Technology Center, St. Paul MN

1996

Weisman Art Museum Sculpture Plaza, Minneapolis MN

1995

Carrie Chapman Catt Hall, Iowa State University, Ames IA

Doubleday Books and Music Clubs, Garden City NY

1992

Ibaraki Municipal Library, Ibaraki, Osaka Japan

Selected Collections

The Library of Congress, Wahington D.C.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.

The Jewish Museum, New York

Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis MN

New York Public Library, New York

Yale University, New Haven, CT

Stanford University, Palo Alto CA

Dartmouth College, Hanover NH

Duke University, Perkins Library, Durham NC

Boston Athenaeum, Boston MA

Smith College, Northampton MA

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA

Long Island University, Brooklyn NY

University of Connecticut, Storrs CT

University of Kentucky

Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis MO

Wesleyan University, Middletown CT

University of California San Diego

Scripps College, Claremont CA

University of Connecticut, Storrs CT

Minnesota Historical Society

University of Minnesota, Andersen Library

Burns Hotel, Dusseldorf

Private collections in the United States, Germany, and Japan, South Africa