Bill Barrett, one of today's foremost sculptors, was born in Los Angeles, CA. He earned a B.S. and M.S. in Design from the University of Michigan, and later an M.F.A. from the same institution. Since the mid 1960's Barrett has been exhibiting his unique metal sculptures and abstract paintings in numerous solo and group exhibitions in such places as the U.S., Switzerland, Bulgaria and Japan.
Barrett's sculptures of fabricated aluminum, bronze or steel address the interplay between positive and negative space with grace, elegance and exquisite balance. His works call to mind the fluid effortlessness of calligraphic strokes, and betray a positivism to which many viewers feel drawn. Others have said that Barrett's sculptures are distinctly American in their directness and lightness. His sophisticated constructions, through a delicate balance of form and content, transcend the starker aesthetics of minimalism with a warmth and humanity.
Barrett, who divides his time between New York City and Santa Fe, is represented in numerous private and public collections nationwide. Museum collections include the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT; the Cleveland Museum of Art, OH; the Knoxville Museum of Art, TN; the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, NM; the Harwood Museum, NM; the Fine Arts Museum of Oklahoma City, OK; the International Foundation Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria; the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, VA; the Utsukushi-ga-Hara Open Air Museum, Tokyo, Japan; and Runnymede Sculpture Farm, CA. His works have been installed on many university campuses, and he is frequently called upon to produce large public sculpture by commission.
Bill Barrett Resume
Born in Los Angeles, California
Education: B.S. and M.S. in Design, M.F.A., University of Michigan
Corporate Collections and Commissions
2001 K. Street, Washington, D.C.
Belz Enterprises, Memphis,Tennessee
Best Products Corporation, Richmond
Bishop Ranch, San Ramon, California
Eighty One Mainstreet Associates, White Plains, New York
Garden Communities, La Jolla, California
Hitachi Corporation, Kyushu Plant, Kanda, Japan
Jade Pig Corporation, Gaslight Village, Grand Rapids, MI
La Jolla Crossroads, La Jolla, CA
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company Foundation, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Neiman-Marcus, Dallas
Pacific Enterprises, Law Library, Los Angeles
Portman Corporation, Northpark Town Center, Atlanta
Rockefeller Realty Corporation, #3 Embarcadero West, San Francisco
Saint Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe
Schulman Realty Group, White Plains, New York
Sempra Energy International, San Diego, California
The Corinthian Building, New York
Tower Insurance Group, 120 Broadway, New York
Trammell-Crow, Paramount, California
Valley National Bank, Phoenix
West Group, One Bunker Hill, Los Angeles
Bill Barrett Museum Collections
Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Aldrich Museum of Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Allan Houser Foundation, Permanent Collection, Santa Fe
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
Fine Arts Museum of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Goddard Visual Art Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma
Grounds for Sculpture Museum, Hamilton, New Jersey
Guild Hall Museum of Art, East Hampton, New York
Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico
International Foundation Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
The Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, Colorado
Las Vegas Museum of Art, Las Vegas, Nevada
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York
Norfolk Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
Pyramid Hill, Sculpture Park and Museum, Hamilton, Ohio
Reading Museum, Reading, PA
Runnymede Sculpture Farm, San Francisco
Santa Fe Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
The Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls, New York
The Utsukushi-ga-Hara Open Air Museum, Tokyo, Japan
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Bill Barrett Municipal & University Collections
Municipal Collections
Ann Arbor City Hall, Ruby Church Memorial, Ann Arbor, Michigan
City of Phoenix , Phoenix, Arizona
Criminal Court Building , Hartford, Connecticut
New York City, New Dorp High School, Staten Island, New York
Nyack Plaza Mall, Nyack, New York
Pennington Park, Patterson, NJ
University Collections
Albright College, Freedman Gallery, Reading, Pennsylvania
Eastern Michigan University Library, Ypsilanti
Hope College, Holland, Michigan
Iowa State University, “In the Art on Campus Collection”, University Museums, Iowa State
University at the Gerdin Building, College of Business, Ames, Iowa
Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Mitchell Wolfson New World Campus, Miami
University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
University of Michigan, School of Dentistry , Ann Arbor
University of Michigan, School of Engineering, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor
University of the South , Sewanee, Tennessee
University of Syracuse, Syracuse, New York
