MICHAEL BARRINGER
EDUCATION:
1997 Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
1990 Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
1988 Carrboro Arts Center, Carrboro, North Carolina
1987 B. A. English, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, New York
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009 David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
2008 Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Bluespiral1 Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
2007 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Bluespiral1 Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
2006 Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2005 Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
2004 Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
Perry Nicole Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
2003 Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2002 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
2000 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1999 Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
1997 Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
1996 McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1995 Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1994 Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
1993 Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008 Small Packages Selected Artists, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Art I Love: Selected Artists, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Art Papers Art Auction, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Southern Living Idea House, Lake Oconee, GA
2007 Crossing Boundaries, Laredo Arts Center, Laredo, Texas
Selected Artists, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York
The Affordable Art Fair, New York, New York
2006 Art 212 Contemporary Art Fair, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, New York
Holiday Selections, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Artists From The Collection, Amy Baber Fine Art, Shreveport, Louisiana
25th Anniversary Exhibition, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Red, Perry Nicole Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Art Papers Auction, Mason Maurer Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2005 Grand Opening, Gallery Artists, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, Arizona
Summer Salon, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2004 Small Work Salon, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Flow, Suntrust Plaza Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Summer 2004, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2003 Gallery Selections: Atlanta Biennial, Suntrust Plaza Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Summer Invitational, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
Red on Red, Savannah School of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
The Armory Show, New York, New York
Art Papers, City Hall East Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Charlotte Latin School Auction, Charlotte, North Carolina
2002 New Artists, New Works, New Year, Bluespiral1, Asheville, North Carolina
Art Palmbeach, Palm Beach, Florida
Summer 2002, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Group Show, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2001 Georgia/Alabama Biennial, The Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Georgia
Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Summer 2001, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Text In Contemporary Southern Art, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Art Chicago 2001, Chicago, Illinois
Spotlight on Southern Artists, Trinity School, Atlanta, Georgia
Art Papers Auction, Atlanta, Georgia
Transitions, Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
2000 Cooperstown 62nd National Competition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York
Wax Works, Artwalk at Lenox Square, Atlanta, Georgia
Summer Group Show, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Six Squared, Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
1999 The September Competition, The Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana
Summer Group Show, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Biennial Invitational, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Juxtaposition: Art and Craft and English Antiques, Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Spectrum Auction, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Fifteen, Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
1998 The Atlanta List, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
The Red Clay Survey, The Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama
Valdosta National Works on Paper X, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia
Artcare Preview, The Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
1997 Treasures from the Stacks, Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
The Spectrum Auction, The Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Exhibition to Benefit Friends of Warner Park, Albers Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
Memphis Biennial, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
1996 The Painters’ Group, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
The Jeweled Gift, Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Spectrum Auction, Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Artcare Live Auction, The Swissotel, Atlanta, Georgia
1995 Four Salisburians, The Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, North Carolina
Spectrum Auction, The Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
1994 Ten Years, Ten Artists, Albers Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
Rutgers National, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey
1993 The November Show, Hastings Seed Building, Atlanta, Georgia
Art With A Southern Drawl, Mobile College, Mobile, Alabama
1992 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, Georgia
ArtCare, Hotel Nikko, Atlanta, Georgia
Lyrics of the Heart, Abstein Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1991 Cheekwood National Painting Competition, Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
Spirit Farmer, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, Georgia
Signatures of Excellence, Abstein Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Small Art – Important Art, Abstein Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1990 Artists in Georgia, Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Georgia
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Alston and Bird, Georgia 1996 Olympiad Commission, Georgia
Bank South, Georgia Post Properties, Georgia
Base International, Texas Price Waterhouse Coopers, North Carolina
Blue Marble Media, Georgia Ritz Carlton Hotel, Texas
Bressler and Yauger, Georgia SAS Corporation
Boatmen’s Bank, Tennessee Saks Fifth Avenue, Georgia
Coppertone Products, New Jersey Schering-Plough, Tennessee
Commerce Bank, Georgia Security Fire Protection Company, Inc., Tennessee
Delta Airlines, Georgia Smith, Seckman, and Reed, Tennessee
FDX Corporation, Tennessee Storage USA, Maryland
Federal Reserve Bank, Missouri TMW, Georgia
First Tennessee, Tennessee Tucker Wayne, Inc., Georgia
Flaut, Inc., Tennessee The Umstead Hotel., North Carolina
Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia University of Arkansas Medical Center , Arkansas
IBM Corporation, Georgia UPS Corporation, Georgia
Walt Disney, Florida Warner/Fidelity Investments, Maryland
Independent Bank, Tennessee Waterworks Visual Arts Center, North Carolina
King and Spalding, Georgia Westin Peachtree Plaza, Georgia
Marriott Mandarin, Florida Womble and Carlyle, North Carolina
Memphis Cancer Center, Tennessee
Morgan Keegan, Washington, DC
SELECTED ARTICLES:
“Barringer’s Abstractions Show Pleasing Maturity”, The Commercial Appeal, April 17, 1993, Memphis, TN
“Young at Art”, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, September, 1993, Atlanta, GA
“Young at Art”, The Salisbury Post, February 20, 1994, Salisbury, NC
“Paintings, Furniture Contemplative”, The Commercial Appeal, April 30, 1994, Memphis, TN
“Ten Years/Ten Artists High Quality”, The Commercial Appeal, September 15, 1994, Memphis, TN
“Where Are They Now?”, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, June, 1997, Atlanta, GA
“Poetry In Abstract”, The Memphis Business Chronicle, November, 1999, Memphis, TN
“Faith in Beauty Powers Masterly Abstract Works”, The Commercial Appeal, November 11, 1999, Memphis, TN
“Minding Their Beeswax”, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 20, 2000, Atlanta, GA
“What a Wonderful Word”, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 31, 2001, Atlanta, GA
“A Bountiful New Year,” Asheville Citizen-Times, 2001, Asheville, NC
“For Art’s Sake”, Creative Loafing, July 2, 2003, Atlanta, GA
“Winter Edition,” River City Journal, Artwork featured on cover, 2004, Memphis, TN
“Summer Reading”, Atlanta Magazine, Artwork featured in article, May 2004, Atlanta, GA
“Showcase House”, Southern Accents Magazine, Artwork featured in article, July 2005, Asheville, NC
“Our Critics Picks”, The Nashville Scene, February 9, 2006, Nashville, TN
"Calling Coast to Coast", American Art Collector, November, 2006
"The Pleasure of Perception", Chautauqua Daily, August 14, 2007
"Michael Barringer at Fay Gold", ARTnews, September, 2007
"Art Picks", The Raleigh News and Observer, January 25, 2008, Raleigh, NC
"Two Artists' Search for Symbols of Humankind", The Herald-Sun, January 27, 2008, Durham, NC
"From Galas to Gatherings", Asheville Scene Magazine, December, 2008