LEIGH BARBIER
Born in Los Angeles, California
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA.
www.leighbarbier.com
spongebarbier@gmail.com
@spongebarbier
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2021 Misfit Army, Gallery 60SIX, 66 Elgin Park, San Francisco,CA.
2021 Pandemic Worry Dolls, The Great Highway Gallery, 3649 Lawton St. San Francisco
2017 Divided Feminine, Front Office Gallery, 2240 Palou ave, San Francisco,CA.
2017 Heads, Gallery 60SIX at Streamline Salon, 3560 Taraval st. SF,CA.
2015 The Inbetween Forest, Gallery 60six, 66 Elgin Park,San Francisco, CA.
2012 Mushroomville, Canada College Art gallery, 4200 Farm Hill,Blvd.Redwood City,CA.
2011 Biospheres, Gallery 60Six, 66 Elgin Park,San Francisco, CA.
2010 The Imaginary World of Leigh Barbier, Galerie Mona Lisa, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2008 Mushroomville, Cuesta Art Gallery ,Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA.
2003 Faces of Leigh, Covivant Gallery, 4906 No Florida Ave, Tampa, FL.
1993 Recent Sculpture, The Clay Studio Gallery, 52 Julian St. San Francisco, CA.
1991 Recent Sculpture, The Clay Studio Gallery, 52 Julian St. San Francisco, CA.
SELECTED TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2013 Cerberus at Buggenhoen, Gallery 60Six, 66, Elgin Park, San Francisco,CA.(Joe
Cunningham)
2010 Empty Nest, Gallery 60SIX, 66 Elgin Park, San Francisco,CA.(Gwen Terpstra)
2008 Three Artists, The Showroom, NYC, 117 2nd Ave,New York,NY(Steve Cerio, Homer FLynn)
2006 Odd Couples 2, Boomerang Gallery, 12 Kentucky St. Petaluma, CA.(Huck Wertz)
2005 Personal Stories, La Casa del Libro ,973 Valencia St.San Francisco, CA.(Donna Anderson)
2004 Odd Couples, Boomerang Gallery, 12 Kentucky St. Petaluma, CA.( Huck Wertz)
1998 Recent Paintings, Lucinda Carmichael Gallery, 19th St. San Francisco, CA.
1997 Leaving Myopia, Space 743, 743 Harrison St. San Francisco ( Elizabeth Medrano)
1987 Knot in a Million Years, Video Free America, 442 Shotwell, St. San Francisco( Homer
Flynn)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 North Beach Meets Bayview, Living Green Design, 1485 Custer St, San Francisco
2021 Defiance of Juncture, Art Share LA, 801 E 4th Place, Los Angeles, CA.
2021 Picnic, Niad Art Center, 551 23rd St, Richmond,
2018 The Fallout Shelter, Gallery 60six, The Yoga Studio, 445 A Valencia, San Francisco, CA.
2017 What Becomes Home, G.L.U.E. Group, Sanchez Art Center, 1220B Linda Mar,Pacifica,CA.
2017 With Liberty and Justice for Some, Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St.Berkeley CA2016
2017 What Becomes Home, G.L.U.E. Group, The Bridgemaker Gallery, 23 Maine Ave, Richmond,
CA.
2016 Celebrate 100 Years of DADA ,Gallery 60Six at Streamline Salon, 3560 Taraval St, SF,
CA.
2015 HERE, The Mud Room at Ocean Beach, 1379 43rd ave, San Francisco, CA. Curators-Leigh
Barbier, Georgia Hodges
2013 Annual Artist, Berkeley Art Center,1275 Walnut st.Berkeley, CA.
2011 Six Artists Explore Meaning in Nature, Thoreau Gallery, Thoreau Center, SanFrancisco,CA.
2009 Works on Paper, Berkeley Art Center ,1275 Walnut St.Berkeley,CA. Curator- Rene de
Guzman
2009 Arts on Fire, Sanchez Art Center ,1220-B Linda Mar Blvd Pacifica, CA.
2008 How Well Do We Remember, POV evolving Gallery, 939 Chung King Road,Los Angeles,
CA.
2008 Arts on Fire, Sanchez Art Center, 1220-B Linda Mar Blvd, Pacifica, CA.
2008 11th Annual Group Show, La Luz de Jesus, 4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles,CA.
2008 Group Show, I-5 Gallery at the Brewery Art Complex, NorthMain St. A9 LosAngeles,CA.
Curator- Mat Gleason
2007 Bay Area Annual,Sanchez Art Center ,1220-B Linda Mar Blvd, Pacifica, CA. Curator-
Rene de Guzman
2007 Grace and Madness, Boomerang Gallery, 12 Kentucky st., Petaluma, CA.
2006 Group Show, Marin Art Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake, Ross,CA. Curator-Rene de Guzman,
2006 Encuentros/Encounters, Somarts Gallery, 934 Brannan St. San Francisco,CA.
2006 9th Annual Group Show, La Luz de Jesus, 4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA.
2005 Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts and Ceramics Factory, 580 6th St.Lincoln, CA.
2004 Tales To Tell, San Luis Obispo Art Center, 1010 Grand St., San Luis Obispo, CA.
2003 Figures of Invention, The Work Space, 96 Spring St. New York, NY. Curator-Elisabeth
Condon
2001 Parts of a Whole, Space 743, 743 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA. Curator- John Delois
2000 Figures of Invention, Forman Gallery , Anderson Center for the Arts. Hartwick College,
One Hartwick Dr. Oneonta, NY. Curator-Elisabeth Condon
1998 Labyrinth; Day of the Dead, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA.
1997 California Small Works, California Museum of Art, 50 Mark West Rd. Santa Rosa, CA.
1995 The Book Show, Space 743, 743 Harrison St. San Francisco, CA. Curator-Leigh Barbier
1994 New Sculpture in SF, Bucheon Gallery, 355 Hayes, St. San Francisco, CA.
1992 Chain Reaction, Arts Commission Gallery, 6 Grove St. San Francisco, CA.
1990 Intro Sculpture, Michael Himovitz Gallery, 1020 Tenth Street, Sacramento, CA. 95814
EDUCATION:
San Francisco State University, 1983, B.A. in Fine Art; Deans List
RESIDENCIES
Vermont Studio Center, Fall, 2014
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, permanent collection, graphics for the Residents (performance art
and musical group)