Barbara Downs CV

Selected Exhibitions

2nd Annual Artists Look at Human Rights, Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Stars Auction and Exhibit--Live Auction, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Search for Self, Monterey Peninsula College Gallery, Monterey, CA
Go Figure!, juried by George Rivera, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz County Open Studios Art Tour, Santa Cruz, CA: 1988, 1989, 1991-1993, 2005-2010
Three Painters: Figure + Form, Michaelangelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Los Pájaros, Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery, Watsonville, CA
California, juried by Ruth Braunstein and Shannon Trimble, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA
50-50 Show II, juried by Marian Parmenter, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Fur, Fins and Feathers, juried by Karen Kienzle, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, award

National Drawing & Sculpture Exhibit, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, award
Stars Auction and Exhibit, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Artists Look at Human Rights, Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Solo Show, Seabright Brewery, Santa Cruz, CA
Beasts on Broadway, juried by George Rivera, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
cabrilloArts/cabrilloArtists, Pajaro Valley Gallery, Watsonville, CA
Figures and Faces, juried by George Rivera, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
Wide Open, Juried by Philip Linhares, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Trimodia, MichaelAngelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA

Stars Auction and Exhibit, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
The Art of Healing, Mill Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Los Gatos Art Association Annual Open Juried Show, juried by George Rivera, Los Gatos, CA, award
Art is Essential, Invitational, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA

The Art of Painting, juried by George Rivera, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
A Sense of Place, Pajaro Valley Gallery, Watsonville, CA
76th Annual Statewide Exhibit, juried by Karen Kienzle, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

Two-Artist Show, Mudzimu Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, 1996
Poets and Painters, Invitational, Galleria Tonantzin, San Juan Batista, CA, 1995
Planet Earth: Artists and the Environment, Invitational, Pajaro Valley Gallery, Watsonville, CA, 1994
California Works, juried by Inez Storer, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA, 1994, award
Chaminade Artists’ Series Quarterly Show, Chaminade Conference Center, Soquel, CA, 1994
Alumni Art Exhibition, juried by Rebecca M. Schapp, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, 1993, award
Two-Artist Show, The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County Sales/Rental Gallery, 1993

Barbara Downs: Works on Paper, Solo Show, Alumni Office/Carriage House, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, 1989
Solo Show, Alumni Office/Carriage House, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, 1988
Women Artists, Invitational, Porter College, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, 1985
Women Printmakers, Invitational, Oakes College, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, 1984
Solo Show, Merrill Lounge, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, 1984
Solo Show, Merrill Lounge, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, 1984

Porter Gulch Review 2010, publication of the Cabrillo College Writing Program, back cover art and
pgs. 105 & 108
KSBW Mid-Day News Program, presentation of work as promotional piece for Santa Cruz County Open Studios, Salinas, CA, October 13, 1992

Special Collections, McHenry Library, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA, group portfolio purchase
S.A.P. America Corporation, Foster City, CA