- Membership Level:
- Exhibiting
- Member Category:
- Artist
About Barbara J. Murak
Fiber - hand knit, wool/acrylic, personal manipulation technique
Ever since I was a young child, I have found pleasure in using fabric, yarn and thread for creative expression. As a mixed media fiber artist, I enjoy using traditional methods like knitting and stitching to create contemporary shapes, and find the long hours meditative and rhythmically soothing. I am fascinated with repetition of shape and line, and strive to convey layering, symmetry, and contrast of texture in my sculptural forms.
Portfolio
Education
M.S. Creative Art Therapy - Nazareth University, Rochester, NY 2008.
B.A. Design - State University of New York, Empire State College, Buffalo, NY 2000.
Awards
First Place, BSA Summer Exhibition 2023, Carnegie Art Center, 7/6-8/5/2023.
Honorable Mention, BSA Spring Exhibition, Carnegie Art Center, N. Tonawanda, NY, 4/2020.
Silver Medal, 2nd Place, 123rd BSA Catalogue Exhibition, Sisti Gallery, Pendleton, NY, 9/22-10/27/2019.
Second Place, Fiber Exhibition, Carnegie Art Center, N. Tonawanda, NY, 9/2017.
Pencil in the River Award, 121st BSA Catalogue Exhibition, Buffalo Center for Arts & Technology, 9/2017.
Silver Medal, 119th BSA Catalogue Show, Buffalo Center for Arts & Technology, 11/2015.
4th Prize, BSA Special Award, Annual Spring Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, 3/2014.
Bronze Medal, BSA 116th Catalogue Exhibition, NACC Niagara Arts & Cultural Center, Niagara Falls 9/12-11/12.
Fiber Exhibition 2012, Carnegie Art Center, N. Tonawanda, NY 2012.
Publications
The Box Project: Works From the Lloyd Cotson Collection, Los Angeles, 2015.
Included in Digital Image Transfer: Creating Art with Your Photography, Ellen Horovitz, 2011.
The Art Therapists' Primer: A Clinical Guide to Writing Assessments, Diagnosis & Treatment, 2009.
Nazareth College Connections Magazine, Fall/Winter issue 2006, "Nazareth Gallery".
Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Fall 2006 issue, "Small Expressions 2006".
Surface Design Journal, Fall 2005 issue, "Off the Wall: Sculptural Embroidery".