My objective as a sculptor is to evolve new forms and to make objects that have as their primary quality the ability to attract and hold a viewer’s gaze. The most effective art has as its primary power that which does not involve the direct intellect. Formal qualities are important as they are often the prerequisites in establishing relationships between artists and the broader culture. Questions of originality, texture, color, materiality and proportion all come into play in achieving a form that is able to bridge the gap between a viewer’s casual glance and a potentially ecstatic experience.
Ed Barr lives and works in Dallas, Texas.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts , B.S. – Mechanical Engineering
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
EXHIBITIONS:
March 2024. Art214 Exhibition, Dallas, Texas
Feb 2024 Corazon Art Exhibit, Dallas, Texas
August 2023 SOLO SHOW - Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas
May 2023 SOLO SHOW - Box 13 Artspace, Houston, Texas
April 2022 Art214 Exhibition, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
Feb 2022 Arts Fort Worth Group Exhibition, Main Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
Feb 2021 SOLO SHOW - “Make Dominant Objects”, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, HDJ
Studio Gallery, Lubbock, Texas
Oct 2020 The Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried 2020 Exhibition, Abilene, Texas
Oct 2020 CASPFEST National Exhibition, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, Texas
Sept 2020 2020 Third Coast Biennial, K Space Contemporary Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
July 2020 Texas Now Online 2020 Texas Artist Showcase, Artspace111 Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
July 2020 Live Wire National Exhibition, Form and Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
April 2020 San Antonio Art League & Museum's 90th Annual Juried Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas
March 2020 Now | Contemporary 2020 Exhibition, Art Room, Fort Worth, Texas
Jan 2020 35th Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, University of Texas, Tyler, Texas
Oct 2019 Amarillo Museum of Art Biennial 600 Exhibition, Amarillo, Texas
July 2019 Solo Showdown, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
April 2019 Art 214 Exhibition, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
April 2019 Art 214 Exhibition, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
April 2019 Texas National Exhibition, The Cole Center, Nacogdoches, Texas
Sept 2018 Rising Star 6 Exhibition at Turner House - Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
June 2018 SOLO SHOW - "Unnatural Totems" , Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
April 2018 Art in the Metroplex Group Show, Art7 Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
Oct 2017 Art in the Metroplex Grand Finale, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Jan 2017 Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas
Oct 2016 Expo 2016 Exhibit, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas