Barb Bondy
809 5th Avenue – Al 36801
Opelika - Alabama
USA
Tel.: 334 844 3483
Email: bondybj@auburn.edu
Site: http://www.gallerythe.org/artist/bondy/bondy.html
Opelika - Alabama
USA
Tel.: 334 844 3483
Email: bondybj@auburn.edu
Site: http://www.gallerythe.org/artist/bondy/bondy.html
Din A4 - Barb Bobdy
Biography
Barbara Bondy (born Alberta, Canada) holds an M.F.A. with a concentration in 2-D from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; an Honours BFA in Visual Art from the University of Windsor, ON, Canada; and an Ontario College Diploma in Photography from Sheridan College, ON.
Bondy’s interests in the correlations between science, mathematics, art and philosophy inform her creative research which is directed primarily toward exploring, through the mediums of drawing and photography, the nature, mechanics, relational complexities and potential of the human mind and brain.
She is the recipient of an Individual Fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts (2007) and has been awarded a Summer Studio Residency at Columbus State University, GA at the Corn Center for the Arts (2008) as well as residencies at the Lillian E. Smith Center for the Arts, GA (2007 and 2008) and Hambidge Center for the Arts an Sciences, GA (2008).
Bondy has exhibited her work in the U.S. and Canada including the Thames Art Gallery (Canada), Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center (Cincinnati, OH), The International Gallery of Contemporary Art, (Anchorage, AK); Area 405, (Baltimore, MD); Mobile Museum of Art, (Mobile, AL); Gallerythe, (Brooklyn, NY), Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento, CA and Texas Woman’s University.
Barb Bondy is Associate Professor of Art at Auburn University. Since 2005, she has taught drawing classes for incarcerated individuals in Alabama State Prisons for Auburn University’s nationally recognized Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project. The program is built on the premise that education and exposure to the arts and humanities are integral to human advancement.
Statement
In my studio practice the graphical dialogue of drawing provides a means to gain understanding of complex problems; and, it is a means of conjecture with which I may propose ideas to a viewer. My drawings are visualizations or, thought experiments, that arrive out of ruminations on art, philosophy and science. My overriding interests point to questions about the functions of the human mind and brain, the relationship between the two, and how, through various modes of perception and states of consciousness, the mind and brain form an individual’s experience of the world.
I often use scientific theory as analogies to explore how the mind and brain work together. For example, I have proposed through drawings how the second law of thermodynamics, in particular, dissipation and entropy, works as a meaningful analogy for proposing how thoughts may form and develop or decay over the lifetime of a human being. How does a thought evolve? How do ideas dissipate or join others to form new ideas or concepts? The second law of thermal dynamics is an expression of the universal law of increasing entropy.
Within the process of seeking greater understanding of the mechanizations of the mind and brain, drawing serves as a portal; it is an aesthetic system through which I can enter for the purpose of both mining information from within my own interior space and to communicate my thoughts to others in the exterior world.
Barb Bondy
Curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
MFA, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Specialization:
2-D
BFA, Honours
, University of Windsor, ON, Specialization: Drawing, Painting, Photography
Ontario College Graduate Diploma
, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON, Specialization: Photography
EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2009
Scheduled, Herron School of Art, Indiana University, Perdue University Indianapolis (August 19
through November 9)
Intractable, AU Montgomery, Solo Exhibition, Gallery Talk and Lecturer for AUM College of
Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Colloquium
2004
The Diagram For All Solutions, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Two Person
2006
Circumlocutio
,
University of California at Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
An exhibition featuring new works by Eileen Macdonald and Barb Bondy
2003
The Working Body
, MFA Thesis, Surplus Space Gallery, Carbondale, IL
2000
Stratum: New Paintings and Drawings
, Barb Bondy and Paul LaPorte, Malden Park Centre, Windsor, ON
1999
Force; Counterforce: New Paintings and Drawings
,
Barb Bondy & Paul LaPorte, McKenzie Hall & Cultural Centre, Windsor, ON
Body Image
,
Photography by Barb Bondy and Edie Curtin, McKenzie Hall & Cultural Centre, Windsor,
ON
1998
Decomposition: New Paintings by Barb Bondy and Paul LaPorte
,
Artspeak Gallery, Windsor, ON
Invitational Exhibitions
2009
Celebrating Contemporary Art in Alabama
,
Johnson Center for the Arts, Troy, AL
2008
Approved
,
Good Citizens Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Contemporary Drawings and Works on Paper
,
Contemporary Art Center, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Black and White
,
The Art Gallery, Jan Dempsey Art Center, Auburn, AL
Drawing 01
,
Curator: Sarada Conaway, Union Gallery,
University of Maryland at College Park, MD
2007
Alabama Originals: Expanding Perspectives
,
Montgomery Alabama Artists Gallery, Curator: Georgine Clarke, Visual Arts Manager, Alabama
State Council on the Arts. September 25-November 15, 2007
2006
Elaborate Patterns
,
Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Curator: Tanya Synar
A three-person exhibition featuring works by Nancy Blum (U.S.),
Moira Scott Payne (Scotland) and Barb Bondy (Canada)
2005
Second Nature
,
Gallerythe, Brooklyn, NY. Curator: Dawn Gavin
2004
5
2 days, 52 Words
,
Cedarhurst Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
2003
and Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL
Fall Invitational
,
Jan Dempsey Art Center, Auburn, AL
2002
Process & Performance: 30 Words/30 Images
,
Surplus Space Gallery, Carbondale, IL
2000
Art Gallery of Windsor Art Rental Exhibition
, Art Gallery of Windsor, ON
1998
Park Street Gallery
, Curator: Christian Sfalcin, Windsor, ON
1996
Telling Tales: Women's Stories Women's Lives
,
Curated by: Artcite Inc.,
Public projection on storefront windows of Artcite Inc., Windsor, ON
Juried Exhibitions
2009
11
th
Annual SECAC Members’ Exhibition 2009
,
Space 301, Mobile, AL
2008
Madison National Juried Exhibition
,
Madison, GA
Curated by Sylvie Fortin, Editor-in-Chief, Art Papers Magazine, Atlanta, GA
2007
2007 Thames Art Gallery Juried Exhibition
,
Chatham, ON, Canada
Juror: Jordan Broadworth, Artist, NY, NY
.
Synthesis: Collaborations, Investigations, and Discoveries
,
The International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK, Juror: Annie Duffie
Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
10
th
Annual SECAC Members’ Exhibition 2007
Cultural Center and State Capitol Complex, Charleston, WV
Juror: Dr. J. Susan Isaacs, Professor of Art History, Towson University, Towson, MD and Curator,
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
September 17 – October 20)
Abstract and Geometric
,
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Juror: Julie Karabenick, Founder and Editor, “Geoform”
(be)longing, Scarborough Art Council’s Annual Juried Exhibition, The Paper Mill Gallery,
Todmorden Mills, Toronto, Ontario CANADA
Juror: Mary Kainer, artist, curator, and community activist. She is currently the president of the
board of the Toronto School of Art, and a member of the board of A Space Gallery.
Awarded the D.L. Stevenson and Son Award, one of two awards.
Awarded the D.L. Stevenson and Son Award, one of two awards.
9
th
Annual Juried Art Exhibition
the Art Gallery, Auburn Arts Association/Jan Dempsey Arts Center, Auburn AL
Juror: Dr. Michael Panhorst, Art Historian and Curator of Art, Montgomery Museum of Art, AL.
Awarded a Merit Award.
2006
Patterns In Life
, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Frederickburg, VA;
Juror: Scott Ligon: Awarded “Best In Show
”
MFA, Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD
Something From Nothing
,
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
12 works by 9 artists; catalogue
produced
Dangerous Books: Pushing The Pop-Up
,
Area 405, Baltimore, MD;
Curator: J.W. Mahoney
J.W. Mahoney is a Washington-based artist, writer, and independent curator who serves as
Washington's Corresponding Editor for
Art in America. He was educated at Harvard University and recently retired after 25 years as
the Hirshhorn Museum's permanent collections registrar.
La Grange National Biennial
,
La Grange, GA, Juror: Pamela Franks
2005
Saltline Bienniel
, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
2003
ArtBoat Chicago Art Expo 2003, Chicago, IL (Curated Group Show)
2002
White, Black and Shades of Gray
,
South Shore Arts Center, Cohasset, MA
1993
All Media Juried Exhibition
,
Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Fall All Media Juried Exhibition
,
Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Reform Function: Furniture & Costume
,
Awarded 3rd best in show, Detroit
Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Transforming Visions
,
Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery,
Detroit, MI
1999
All Media Exhibition
,
Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON,
Awarded the Sponsor's Award
Group Exhibitions
2008
Place/Displace
, Humanities Center Gallery, University of California Chico
April 27 through May 29, 2008
2007
Variations: Magic Squares
The Art Gallery, Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center, Auburn, AL
November 29 through January 13
Awarded
First Place Award
2006
Art and the World in 2006
,Faculty Exhibition, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn, AL
2005
Soft Boundaries
,
Curated by Liz Martin and Magdalena Garmaz, Biggin
Gallery, Auburn University
2004
Go,
Gatov Gallery, Dept. of Art, California State University Long Beach, CA
Local Motives
,
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Focus Alabama
,
Space 301, Mobile, AL
2003
From The Margin
,
Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"i
", Collaboration of Visual and Literary Artists, Surplus Space Gallery,
Carbondale, IL,
2002
Illinois 6
,
Group Exhibition, Murray State University, Murray, KY
Pulp
,
Group Exhibition, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PN
Pulp II, Group Exhibition, University of Maryland, MD
Philadelphia Exchange
,
Group Exhibition, University Museum, SIUC,
Carbondale, IL
2001
Miniprint 7
, Arts Speak Gallery, Windsor, ON
2000
Commedia Fantasia Film Premiere
,
Windsor, ON
227.3, University of Memphis, TN
BFA Exhibition
,
University of Windsor
1999
Artseen VII
,
Group Exhibition, Artcite Inc., Offsite location, Windsor,
ON
1998
Popsieckle 5.0, A collaborative book work and exhibition involving 11
artists/writers, Windsor, ON
1997
Artseen V
,
Group Exhibition, Offsite location, Windsor, ON
1996
Artists & Models VI: Neuroskin, Artcite's Performance/Wearable Art, Windsor,
Postcard Project,
Awarded Curator's Choice, Selected for publishing,
Windsor, ON
1994
Women Artists Quilt Project
,
120 artworks combined in a quilt format.
Canadian National Tour, Women's Art Resource Centre,Toronto, ON
1993
Popsieckle 1.1, Fifteen artists/writers, IKWL Gallery, Windsor, ON
Artists & Models V--Second Skin: Fashionable Defense Mechanisms
,
Performance/Wearable Art, Artcite Inc., Windsor, ON
Residencies
2006
Hambidge Center for the Arts & Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA (November
through November 30)
Columbus State University Summer Artist Residency (May 26 through
June 30)
Lillian E. Smith Center for the Creative Arts, Clayton, GA (August 1 through August 9)
2007
Lillian E. Smith Center for the Creative Arts, Clayton, GA (June)
Creative research lectures & conferences
2007 Intractable: Thinking Through Drawing , Herron School of Art & Design, Indianapolis, Indiana (Scheduled: 09/09/09)
In-sight: Drawing As A Way of Thinking
, Artist Talk, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, January 28, 2009
Inner-sight: Thinking Through Drawing
, AU Montgomery College of Liberal Arts Colloquium, Lecture and Gallery Talk, AU Montgomery,
February 20, 2009
Inner-sight: Thinking Through Drawing, Visiting Artist with Talk and Critiques, University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, March 8, 2009
2006 Panelis
t, Southeastern College Art Conference, Nashville, TN
Paper Presented:
In-Sight: Drawing As A Way Of Thinking
Panel Chair: Julia Morrisroe School of Art and Art History
, University of Florida, Panel:
Drawing: Material Articulation,
Visiting Artist
, University of California at Sacramento, Sacramento, CA
Exhibition and Artist Talk
2005
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Alfred University, Wellesville, NY Visiting Lecturer,
(two weeks); presented classroom lectures, projects and critiques for Bachelor of Arts, Fine
Arts students.
Lecturer
, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn, AL
Presented Public Lecture:
The Serious Business of Playheld in conjunction with
Art21 Film Screening: Play
2004
Visiting Artist/Lecturer
, Alfred University, Wellesville, NY
(one week); presented a public lecture and classroom projects for Bachelor of Arts, Fine
Arts students.
Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Artist
, Rollins College, Winterpark, FL
(one week); presented a public lecture and conducted workshops for students
2003
Visiting Artist, Tennessee
State University, Murfreesboro, IL
Exhibition; Gallery Talk and critiques with senior painting students.
2002
Visiting Artist
, Murray State University, Murray, KY
Exhibition, Artist Talk and critiques with painting students.
Awards & grants
Creative Research Awards:
2008
AU College of Liberal Arts Competitive Summer Research Grant
2007
Thames Art Gallery Juried Exhibition
,
Chatham, ON, Canada
Juror: Jordan Broadworth, Artist, NY, NY. Awarded 1 of 3 juror’s awards.
Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellowship Grant ($5,000)
Dempsey Arts Center Merit Award
, 9
th Annual Juried Art Exhibition,
the Art Gallery, Jan Dempsey Arts Center, Juror: Dr. Michael Panhorst, Art Historian and Art
Curator, Montgomery Museum of Art
D.L. Stevenson and Son Award
,
(be)longing,Scarborough Art Council’s Annual Juried Exhibition, The Paper Mill Gallery,
Todmorden Mills, Toronto, On
70 artists submitted, 23 selected, two awards given.
2006
AU College of Liberal Arts Non-Competitive Summer Research Grant
First Place Award Variations: Magic Squares
, November 29-January 13
Best In Show award
, Patterns In Life, A National Juried Exhibition, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative
Arts, Frederickburg, VA;
Juror: Scott Ligon
1999
Eleanor Bowlby Award
:
Most Promising Drawing Student Going Into Fourth Year Visual Arts 1999-2000, University of
Windsor
1993
Third Best In Show
,
Reform Function: Furniture & Costume, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Teaching Awards:
2007
Early Career Teaching Award for 2007, Promoting Excellence in Teaching and Learning (PETL),
College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University
2004
Recognized by
Who’s Who Among American Teachers®
Academic Awards:
2000
Governor General's Award for Academic Excellence in Visual Arts, University of Windsor
1999
Women's Auxiliary Award: Highest Academic Standing in Visual Arts 98-99 University of
Windsor
Service Awards:
1995
Mayor's Award for Excellence In The Arts: Art Citizen Award of Merit
and
Arts Volunteer Award
1995
United Way Volunteer Award for volunteer work with non-profit arts organizations
1993
Distinguished Service Award, Windsor Women Teachers Association and the Federation of Women
Teachers of Ontario
1993
Solicitor General's Award, Community Services Branch, Windsor Police Service
Publications
2008 King-Jupiter, Kimberly L., Stevens, Kyes, Bondy, Barb, Prison Arts and Faculty Engagement: A Recipe for Improving College Teaching, Journal of Higher Education Outreach & Engagement, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 93-102. Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia, 2008.
Professional experience
2003-Present Associate Professor of Art and Exhibitions and Lectures
Coordinator,
Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849 (awarded tenure for Fall 2008)
College of Liberal Arts Engaged Scholar
2005-Present Drawing Instructor, Alabama Prison Arts & Education
Project
(Drawing classes taught to inmates in minimum to maximum correctional facilities for men and
women in the state of Alabama.
2000-2003
Instructor of Record, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2001-2003
Visiting Artist Program Assistant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Art & Design Computer Lab Assistant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Research Assistant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Assistant Administrator, Rickert-Ziebold Scholarship, Southern Illinois
University
UNIVERSITY OUTREACH
2009
Drawing on Alabama, a state-wide juried exhibition.
2005- Present
Alabama Prison Arts & Education Program
, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Art (Kyes Stevens, Director)
Fall 2008
: Instructor, Drawing at Elmore Correctional Facility, 16 students,
(medium security men’s facility), Elmore, AL. This class involved collaborative projects with AU
Drawing I students.
Spring 2008
: Instructor, Drawing I at Draper Correctional Facility, 14 students, (medium security men’s
facility), Elmore, AL. This class involved collaborative projects with AU Drawing II
students.
Fall 2007: Instructor,
Advanced Drawing at Staton Correcitonal Facility, 13 students, (medium security men’s
facility), Elmore County. This class involved collaborative projects with AU Drawing II
students),
Spring 2006: Instructor, Taught
Drawing I with Professor Barry Fleming at Tutwiler Correctional Facility (maximum security
women’s facility)
Fall 2005: Instructor,
Drawing I, Taught
Drawing I for 15 inmates with Professor Barry Fleming, Elmore Correctional Facility (medium
security men’s facility), Elmore County
Spring 2005: Instructor, Taught
Drawing I for 15 inmates
Frank Lee Youth Center (minimum security men’s facility), Deatsville, AL 36022
2007
Drawing on Alabama, a state-wide juried exhibition.
On behalf of the College of Liberal Arts, Department of Art and in conjunction with Alabama
Tourism’s declared 2007 Year of Alabama Arts, provided a peer-reviewed exhibition opportunity open
to all Alabama artists by conducting a juried exhibition, “Drawing on Alabama” (January 8 through
February 23, 2007, Juror: Florence Neal, Kentler International Drawing Space).
Project funding was awarded by Alabama State Council on the Arts for the state-wide outreach
component of this event.
UNIVERSITY OUTREACH LECTURES & CONFERENCES
2008
Panelist, Auburn University Outreach Symposium May 1, 2008
Panel: Alabama Prison Arts & Education Projec
t
2007
Panelist,
Arts In Criminal Justice National Conference, Philadelphia, PN
(Oct. 3-6)
Panel: Pandora’s Cell:
Free Expression in Confined Spaces,
Panel Chair: Judith Tannebaum, CA
Panelist,
Access Through Engagement: National Outreach Scholarship Conference, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, with Kyes Stevens, Director, Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project; and,
Kimberly King-Jupiter,Outreach Planning and Faculty Engagement, Auburn University, AL
Panel:
Alabama Prison Arts and Education Project: Bringing the University Inside
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2009
Grant Reviewer, Alabama State Council on the Arts (Visual Arts
Organizational Grants)
Juror, Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank Exhibition (August 09)
Member, Civic Engagement Planning Committee, College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Since 2007
2007
Chair, Senior Project Committee (7 students), Department of Art
Chair, Professional Excellence in Teaching and Learning Committee, (CLA)
Member, College of Liberal Arts Civic Engagement Planning Committee
Juror:
Auburn Cityfest Art Exhibition
Grant Reviewer, Alabama State Council on the Arts (Visual Arts Fellowship Grants)
2007
Grant Reviewer, Alabama State Council on the Arts (Visual Arts Projects Grants)
Grant Reviewer, Alabama State Council on the Arts (Visual Arts Operational Grants)
Member, Civic Engagement Planning Committee, College of Liberal Arts (CLA)
Member, Jay Sanders Film Festival Steering Committee, Communication
and Journalism, CLA (also 2006)
Member, Professional Excellence in Teaching and Learning Committee, CLA
Juror, Office of International Education Photography Contest
Faculty Advisor, Association of
Visual Artists (also 2006)
Chair, Publicity Committee, Department of Art
Chair, Exhibitions and Lectures Committee, Department of Art
Member, Photo Curriculum Committee, Department of
Art
Senior Project Committee, Department of
Art
2006
Lecture and Drawing Workshop for Alabama Art Educators Conference
2007October 27, 28
Spring Semester
Photographing Your Art Workshop for
Professional Practices
Liaison between Faculty and Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art for
Art in the World in 2006, Department of Art Faculty Exhibition
AU Earth Day Committee Member
Censorship Committee, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University
Participated in the planning of a semester-long, college-wide focus on censorship.
2005-06
Fall Semester: Photographing Your Art Workshop for Professional Practices
Adjudicator, Windsor International Film Festival, Windsor, ON
2004-Present Workshop:
Photographing Your Artwork for Department of Art students each semester and/or Professional
Practices class (Fall 2005/Spring 2006)
2004
Auburn City Kids Summer Photography Workshop
Taught Photography to approximately 15 at-risk children at Jan Dempsey
Community Center for a summer arts education program.
Monday to Thursday, 9 am to Noon (one week)
Juror,
Riverfest 3rd Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, GA
2000
Grant Reviewer, Alabama State Council on the Arts (April and October)
Scholarship Committee, Reviewer, Auburn Arts Association
2003-2005 Board Member, Auburn Arts
Association, Auburn, AL
2003-Present Publicity, Sundilla Acoustic Concert Series, Auburn,
AL
2003
Juror: Gallery One, Montgomery,
AL
Juror: Annual Photography Exhibition, Jan Dempsey Art Center
2002-2003
SIUC Student Fine Arts Activity
Fee Committee
2002
Surplus Gallery Committee, SIUC (assisted with the administration of the 6,000 sq. ft. SIUC Gallery
Space)
2000-2003
Graduate Association of Painters
and Printmakers, Secretary, SIUC
1998-1999
Public Art Policy Committee,
Corporation of the City of Windsor
1997-1998
Urban Design Task Force,
Corporation of the City of Windsor
1995-2000
Cofounder/Director, Windsor
Endowment for the Arts
1996-1998
City Center Public Art Resource
Team, Corporation of the City of Windsor
1993-1996
Chairperson - Gina Lori Riley
Dance Enterprises, Windsor, ON
1994-1996
Chairperson (95-96), Artcite
Inc., Windsor, ON
1994
Member, Planning Committee,
"Donna Ferrato: Living With the Enemy",
1994
A number of community-wide
events in conjunction with a month long
photo exhibition intended to encourage dialogue about art making and its
relationship to important social issues, particularly, domestic violence.
1994
Member, Arts Advocacy Committee,
Arts Council-Windsor & Region
Coordinator/Sponsor,
Artsvote '94, Initiated, coordinated and sponsored first municipal "All Candidates " meeting
based solely on arts issues in Windsor, ON.
1994-2000
Volunteer, Arts Council -
Windsor & Region
1993-2000
Member, Scratch 'n Sniff Writers
Collective
Volunteer Performing Arts Photographer for Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises,
Theatre Alive, Windsor Feminist Theatre, Caritas Theatre, Smoking Guns
Productions, International Buskers Festival - City of Windsor.
1990-2000 Volunteer, Artcite
Inc.
