Barbara Kolo

Barbara Kolo was born and educated in New York. Having developed an appreciation for art from an early age, her interest in drawing and painting lead her to attend the High School of Art and Design, followed by the School of Visual Arts. She received her BFA from SVA in 1981.

During the 1980's Barbara built a career as an award-winning art director in creative advertising for films and television. It was this career that bought her to Los Angeles in 1989. As an independent freelance art director she worked directly with major film studios and design studios specializing in film advertising. In 1991 she accepted the position of Director of Print Advertising at Universal Studios.

Barbara's early interest in drawing and painting had never diminished throughout this period. During the early '90's, she followed the urge to develop her own personal artistic voice and began create her own works. Her drawings were soon being included in local and national group shows. Her focus slowly changed from commercial art to fine art.

Barbara moved with her husband to Paris, France in 2000. She rented an art studio by La Bastille, and participated in "Genie de la Bastille" an event similar to the Venice Art Walk in California. Her paintings were part of several group exhibitions including one at the Palais des Art in Marseilles.

The couple returned to Santa Monica in 2003. Barbara works on re-establishing herself in the local art community.

In 2009, Barbara became a member of LAAA 825 Gallery and was included in the group show “Following Feitelson”. Her paintings were included in some notable group shows in the last few years: “Circle in the Square” at The Brand Library Art Galleries in Glendale, CA, “In the Abstract” organized by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Office for LAX, Terminal 1 in Los Angeles,CA, Bleicher/Golightly in Santa Monica, CA and the San Diego Contemporary Art Fair in San Diego, CA.

B A R B A R A K O L O

EDUCATION

1981 B.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York, New York

Selected SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 haleARTS SPACE, Santa Monica, California
2009 Topanga Canyon Gallery, “Barbara Kolo Solo Show”, Topanga, California
2007 Kanvas, “Paintings of Color and Light”, New York, New York
2006 Topanga Canyon Gallery, “Natural Color”, Topanga, California
2003 Off Rose Gallery, “ColorRhythms”, Venice, California
2002 Pluralism, “Dessins & Peintures”, Paris, France
2001 WICE, “Before and Paris”, Paris, France
2000 Moorpark College, “Hibiscus: Black & White Series”, Moorpark, California
1999 Knickerbocker Gallery, “Flora: Inspiration, Subject, Metaphor”, New York, New York
Brand Library Art Galleries, “The Black & White Series”, Glendale, California
1998 University of California, Irvine, Treble Zone Gallery, “Hibiscus”, Irvine California
1996 Antioch University Los Angeles, “Recent Work”, Marina Del Rey, California
1993 School of Visual Arts, “Pastel Paintings”, New York, New York

Selected GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013 Gallery Y, " Collaboration of Circles and Lines", Los Angeles, California
The Loft at Liz's, " Depth of Field", Los Angeles, California
Belicher/Golightly Gallery, “The Art of Literature”, Santa Monica, California

2012 San Diego Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Artspace Warehouse, San Diego, CA
TAG Gallery, “2012 California Open Exhibition” juried by Meg Linton, Los Angeles, California 
Belicher/Golightly Gallery, “Test Pilot II”, Santa Monica, California
The Affordable Art Fair, represented by Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California

2011 Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA) Gallery 825, “Open Show, 2011” Juried by Charles
Manzo (of Gagoshian Gallery,New York), Los Angeles, California
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, “Chain Letter” Curators: Doug Harvey & Christian Cummings, Santa Monica, CA
Venice Art Walk Auction, “Venice Art Walk”, Venice, California
Art @ The Water Garden, “Fortune Be A Woman – Shakespeare”, Santa Monica, California
LAAA Gallery 825, “Out There”, Los Angeles, California

2010 Primo Piano LivinGallery, “GAIA: Celestial Fragments”, Leece, Italy
Orange County Center For Contemporary Art (OCCCA), “The Art of Summer”, Santa Ana, California
Artspace Warehouse, “Abstract Passion”, Los Angeles, California
Downtown Art Center (DAC) Gallery, “2010 Juried Exhibition”, Los Angeles, California
Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, The Annenberg Beach House, “Mountains to the Sea”, Santa Monica, California
Korean Cultural Center, “Tarfest” Juried by Edward Robinson, Los Angeles, California
LAAA Gallery 825, “Following Feitelson”, Curator: Marie Chambers, Los Angeles, California

2009 Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, The Annenberg Beach House, “Vista Santa Monica”, Santa Monica, California
Korean Cultural Center, “KCCLA 17th Annual Juried Show” Juried by Alma Ruiz & Marc Pally, Los Angeles, California
José Drudis Biada Art Gallery at Mount Saint Mary’s College, “Insight/Inside L.A.”, Los Angeles, California
TCG at the Brewery, “2009 Fall Artwalk at the Brewery”, Los Angeles, California

2008 Los Angeles Cultural Affairs, LAX, Terminal1, “In the Abstract”, Los Angeles, California
Artists Space, “Night of 1000 Drawings”, New York, New York
Angels’ Ink Gallery, “Mixing Mediums”, San Pedro, California
TCG at the Brewery, “2008 Spring Artwalk at the Brewery”, Los Angeles, California
Angels’ Ink Gallery, “Let There Be Light”, San Pedro, California
Brand Library Art Galleries, “Circle in the Square”, Glendale, California

2007 Angels’ Ink Gallery, “Marking Time”, San Pedro, California
Off Rose Gallery, “Sticks, Stones, Bones” Venice, California
TCG at the Brewery, “2007 Fall Artwalk at the Brewery”, Los Angeles, California
2006 Off Rose Gallery, “Ebb & Flow” Venice, California

TCG at the Brewery, “2006 Fall Artwalk at the Brewery”, Los Angeles, California
TAG, “California Open Exhibition” Juried by Laddie John Dill, Santa Monica, California
Bank of America, Pacific Palisades, California
L.A. Art Exchange Auction, Santa Monica, California
Off Rose Gallery, “Local Color”, Venice, California

2005 Artists’ Space, “Night of 1000 Drawings”, New York, New York
Los Angeles Cultural Affairs, “Looking At Art”, LAX & ONT Airports, California

2004 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, “Silent Auction”, Los Angeles, California
Venice Art Walk Auction, “Venice Art Walk”, Venice, California

2002 Gallery 50, Inc. “Nature & the Landscape: An Environmental Perspective” Bridgeton, New Jersey
Centre Culturel de Descartes, Descartes, France

2001 Maison des Métallos, “Genie de la Bastille”, Paris France
American Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France

2000 Palais des Art, “Voeux D’Artistes Sud-Est”, Marseilles, France

1999 Angels Gate Cultural Center, “Plant Life”, San Pedro, California
L.A. County Century Gallery, “Surfaces Real & Implied”, Sylmar, California
W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic
University, “Ink & Clay”, Pomona, California

1998 UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum Art Rental & Sales Gallery, “L.A. Current:
The Canvas Is Paper”, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Museum of Art Rental & Sales Gallery, “Exhibition VI”, Los Angeles, California
Venice Art Walk Auction, “Venice Art Walk”, Venice, California

1997 José Drudis Biada Gallery, Mount St. Mary's College, “Around Us - Recent Landscapes”, Los Angeles,     California
The Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture, “Neighbors” coordinated by Angels'
Ink, Curator: Robin Hinchliffe, Los Angeles, California

AFFILIATIONS

Member – Los Angeles Art Association, 825 Gallery, Los Angeles, California