Barrie Kaufman: A Fragile Environment

Get to know current Studio M artist Barrie Kaufman on a new episode of our MassMusings podcast! Her exhibition, A Fragile Environment, is on view through November 30, 2022. In the exhibition, Kaufman interprets the natural world with a sense of wonder while addressing its fragility.Barrie Kaufman is an award-winning, international artist from West Virginia working in print media, painting, glass, and ceramics. She has been creating art for thirty-five years, making personal statements about the environment and social consciousness. Her background as an art therapist and art educator has informed her work.This year, the artist received a Folk Arts Grant from the West Virginia Department of Culture and History and a grant from the National Endowment for The Arts for a one-person show and residency at The Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV. Previously, she has received residencies in Virginia, Quebec, West Virginia, Georgia, and France. Honored as West Virginia Artist of the Year in 2014, she has twice received the Taipei (Taiwan) Mayor’s Award at the International Print Biennial.Kaufman’s artwork is in the public collections in Taipei Taiwan; Trois Riviers, Quebec, Canada; Charleston and Huntington, WV; Marietta, OH; Rutgers, NJ; and New York, NY.