barbara Mink Portfolios

Born in Buffalo, New York, I am a summa cum laude graduate of SUNY Buffalo, NY. I moved to Ithaca, NY in 1976 where I pursued a PhD in Comparative Literature, was a freelance actor in television and radio commercials, News Director of a radio station, and received an MA in History from Cornell University in 1986. I studied with Stan Taft, Bill Benson, and the late Bente King and Thomas Buechner. I was an active member of the State of the Art Gallery in Ithaca for 15 years, and am a current member of the Ithaca Art Trail, the Buffalo Society of Artists, and Western New York Artists Group. Represented by Elizabeth Sadoff Art Consultants NYC and Velvenoir.com for European sales. Online at www.Saatchi.com and www.Redbubble.com.

Solo shows
The Geisel Gallery, Rochester, 2019
The Bookery Gallery, Ithaca, 2019
expo68, Buffalo NY August 2018
Blink Gallery, Andes NY August 2018
Madeline's, Ithaca, December/January 2017-18

Jed Williams Gallery, Philadelphia, 2017
State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, April 2017
CAP Artspace, Ithaca, December 2016
Quintus Gallery, Watkins Glen 2016

Decorum Too, Ithaca, NY 2016

Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC, August 2016

60 East Gallery, Corning NY 2015

Anderson Gallery, Elmira College February 2015

State of the Art Gallery, September 2015

Locust Grove Museum Poughkeepsie, NY June 2014

Orazio Salati Gallery, Binghamton NY 2013

Damiani Vineyards, Lodi NY 2013

Lamoreaux Landing Gallery, Lodi NY, 2012

State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca 2012

Marcia Evans Gallery, Columbus OH 2011

Earlville Arts Center, Hamilton New York, 2010

State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca NY 2009 and 2006

Grove Gallery, Aurora NY 2007

Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2006

Cornell University’s Willard Straight Gallery, Ithaca NY 2006 B

Blink Gallery, Andes, NY 2005

Sola Gallery, Ithaca, NY 2005-2009

Selected Group Shows
Southern Tier Biennial, Olean NY 2019
Western New York Artists Group, Buffalo, 2019
Buffalo Society of Artists, Pendleton NY 2019
Marcia Evans Gallery, Columbus OH
Saatchi The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, November 2017
Buffalo Society of Artists Catalogue Show, Buffalo 2016, 2017

Echo Art Fair, Buffalo NY 2011, 2014, 2015

6x6 Show, Shoe Factory, Rochester NY 2011

Western NY Artists Group, Buffalo NY 2011

Southern Tier Biennial, Olean NY, 2011, 2013, 2017

73rd Annual Regional Show, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira NY 2011

Member’s Gallery, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo NY 2007-2009

Grove Gallery, Aurora NY

Honors

Silver Medal, BSA 125th Catalogue Show, "Happiness" 2016
First Place Award, “Take Shelter”, Western New York Artists Group 2015

Award of Excellence 23rd Annual Regional Show, 2014
“Number 3” Southern Tier Biennial 2011

The BSA Artery Award, “Beszel” BSA Spring Show 2013

Work can be found in private collections in New York City, Sweden, Israel, London, Buffalo, Virginia, North Carolina, California, Alaska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Washington, and Florida.

Mink Gallery

A Sense of Place

12/25/2020

Looking at where I am-where we are-where we're going. I know it sounds a bit much, but I feel so strongly that where we live affects who we are. I am an abstract painter but there's often a feel of landscape in addition to the balance of line and color.

Easter Eggs in the Summer!

07/13/2020

A print of a painting done ten years ago finds its way to a Buffalo balcony and the pages of Buffalo Rising

Looking back- and ahead

12/01/2019

It's been a year of of changes

Why This-Why Now?

07/28/2019

Do artists have to stay with one style all their lives?

Spring arriving..maybe?

03/19/2019

Vibrant colors rather than wintry hues

Looking forward to..spring at the gallery in the garden

02/08/2019

I've loved having paintings at The Bookery these winter months, but am looking forward to welcoming visitors to The Mink Gallery in March.

A nice new show space!

01/25/2019

The Bookery opens its walls to paintings, and i have the pleasure of getting in there first!

"Begin" seems like the right title

08/31/2018

Working with resin AND raw canvas- www.artresin.com

A Shared Sensibility

08/19/2018

Sharing space and time with Tom Partigianoni

expo68 Departures and Arrivals

08/19/2018

Luxurious expanse of white walls

A New Home for Storm on the Lake

08/16/2018

Contemporary setting with two of the loveliest art appreciators in Ithaca

04/21/2017

One more week left for show with Patty Brown at State of the Art. A great collaboration- not overdone, but I think our colorful, gestural work goes well together.

Time and Motion at State of the Art

04/21/2017

One more week left for show with Patty Brown at State of the Art. A great collaboration- not overdone, but I think our colorful, gestural work goes well together.

Painting in Winter

12/17/2016

Winter Journey at CAP for the month of December

Artsy Shark

06/29/2016

Featured Artist

On a painting spree

05/31/2016

Memorial Day weekend- balancing work, friends and painting.

Echo 2016- a blast!

05/18/2016

Echo Art Fair in Buffalo was a great success- sales, purchases and new friends.

Photo by Cheryl Gorski.

Wonderful opportunities to share art this year

05/03/2016

The month of May opens with a great group show at State of the Art Gallery in Ithaca on Friday May 6, then an open studio from 10-3 pm at the Mink Gallery, 614 North Cayuga Street.

One week later I'm in Buffalo for the Echo Art Fair at the OSC Manufacturing, 1001 East Delavan in Buffalo NY. The first Echo was held at the old Central Train Station on Buffalo's East Side, then moved to other locations. Now it's back in what promises to be a great setting.

Reception Theory

04/01/2016

It's such a privilege to have one's work viewed and thoughtfully considered by someone you've never met. Jessica Beck is the Associate Curator of Art at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, and was the judge for the BSA 120th Catalogue Show at the Castellani Museum of Art in Lewiston. I wanted to share what she wrote about this piece, "Happiness", not only because it's so generous, but because it makes me think about what I do in new ways.

Continuing the Story

03/24/2016

Feeling the weight of history these days, the untimely death of Cornell's president Beth Garrett, the passing of our son Dan three years ago last month, my mother three years ago this month, my father in June of 2014- feelings of nostalgia, as much as loss, and as I age, the sense of a limited horizon. So why not put some thoughts down?

Lyric Visions: Artists Respond to Poetry

02/01/2016

Looking forward to our two month long special event at State of the Art Gallery in ithaca. SOAG artists respond to a poem or poems from regional poets, invited by past Poet Laureate of Tompkins County, Tish PEARLMAN.

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