Barbara S. Groff - Biography
Gallery representation, WILLIAM BACZEK FINE ARTS, 36 Main St., Northampton, MA (www.wbfinearts.com)
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Biography
Connecticut artist Barbara Groff works in pastels, creating images that have depth and character beyond the photograph. Painting light, shadow, and texture, her depictions have been described as remarkable.
After a career in graphic design, she turned full-time professional painter in 2002. A largely self-educated artist, she works out of her home-based studio in Vernon. She has garnered numerous national and regional awards for her pastel paintings. In 2007 she received the Dianne B. Bernhard Gold Medal Award for Pastel at the Allied Artists of America National Exhibition. In 2008 Barbara was featured in The Pastel Journal as one of the top five prize winners in the magazine's Annual Pastel 100 Competition. And in 2009 she was the first place winner in the Still Life and Floral Category.
She is a designated Master Pastelist of the Pastel Society of America, NY and a Signature Member of the Connecticut Pastel Society. She is an elected artist of the Allied Artists of America and is a full member of the Academic Artists Association and the Connecticut Academy of Fine Art. She has been listed in Who's Who in American Art since 2007. Barbara is represented by William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA. (www.wbfinearts.com)
RECENT AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS
2009
First Place, Still Life & Floral Catelgory The Pastel Journal Top 100 Competition (See April 2009 Feature Article)
CPS Honorable Mention CT Pastel Society Annual Member Exhibition, Gallery 53 Meriden, CT
Best in Show Friends of the Agawam Library 1st Juried Show, Agawam, MA
Second Place Award 6th Annual Juried Competition, The Arts Center of Tolland, CT
Presidents Award Monson Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition, Monson, MA
Art Spirit Foundation, Dianne B. Bernhard Award for Pastel Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 96th Competition, Mystic, CT
CPS Award Salmagundi Non-Members Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
Third Exhibition Connecticut River Valley Artists, Piedmont Hall, Somers, CT
Group Show Still Life William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
2008
Ruth Richeson/Unison Pastels Award The Pastel Journal 100 Annual Competition (See April 2008 Feature Article)
CPS Honorable Mention CT Pastel Society Annual Member Exhibition, Gallery 53 Meriden, CT
First Place Award 5th Annual Juried Competition, The Arts Center of Tolland, CT
Honorable Mention Academic Artists 57th Annual Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Realism
in Art, Springfield, MA
Presidents Award & Honorable Mention Monson Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition
Highest Honors -- Still Life Category - Create Better Paintings online competition
Pastel Society of America Award Salmagundi Annual Non-Members Exhibition, New York, NY
Winning Finalist Artist's Magazine 25th Annual Art Competition
Strathmore Artists Paper Award Pastel Society of America, Inc., 36th Annual International Exhibition for "Pastels Only", National Arts Club, New York, NY
Honorable Mention Piedmont Juried Regional Art Show, Somers, CT
Art Spirit Foundation Award Renaissance in Pastels, CT Pastel Society, 14th Annual National Competition, W. Hartford, CT
Flora Giffuni Award for Pastel The American Artists Professional League 80th Grand National Exhibition
Salmagundi Club New York, NY
Solo Exhibition Locust Gallery Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, MA
Group Show Still Life William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
Address
- Address:
- 60 Old Town Road
- City:
- Vernon
- State/Province:
- CT
- Postal Code:
- 06066