Barbara Hibben

Education

• Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), beginning 2009
  • Master classes and six‑week critique programs
• M.F.A. in Painting, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 1980
  • GWU Fellow, 1976‑80
  • Summer in Brittany Program, 1978‑79
  • Independent painting in Brittany, France, during 1980
• Study in History of Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• B.A. in Fine Art and English, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1965
  • Woodrow Wilson Fellow, 1965‑66

Selected Group Exhibitions

• Large Format Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, 2016
• Members’ Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, 2016
• Spring Juried Members’ Exhibition, Philadelphia Tri‑State Artists Equity, John Baker Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, 2016
• Improvise Exhibition, CAC, Wallingford, PA, 2016
• Annual Juried Continuing Education Exhibition, PAFA, 2016
• Abstraction Exhibition, CAC, Wallingford, PA, 2016
• Elusive Solutions, The Henry Gallery, Penn State, Media, PA, 2015
• 2015 Art at the Barn, Media, PA, 2015
• Annual Juried Members' Exhibition, CAC, Wallingford, PA, 2015
• Annual Juried Continuing Education Exhibition, PAFA, 2015
  • Top Painting Prize
• The Phillips Collection's Staff Shows, Washington, DC, including
  • 1992, The Collector Art Gallery and Restaurant
  • 1991, The Phillips Collection
  • 1990, The Phillips Collection
  • 1987, Susan Conway Gallery
  • 1985, The Phillips Collection
  • 1984, The Phillips Collection
  • 1983, The Museum Muse, Art Barn Gallery
• Mentioned in Paul Richard's review, Washington Post, May 7, 1983 Invitational Exhibition, Nine Artists, Art Barn, Washington, DC, 1980
  • Noted by Leah Y. Latimer in UPBEAT, Washington Post, Jan. 31, 1980

Professional Experience

• Executive Assistant to the Director and Vice President, The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 2011‑12
• As a Foreign Service Officer beginning 1993, helped set up the Cultural Heritage Program at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, 2009‑2011
• Executive Assistant to the Director, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC 1980‑1993
• Judge, Binney & Smith Arts in the Schools Awards Program, General Federation of Women's Clubs, Washington, DC, 1984
• Juror, International Artists and Writers Awards in the Antarctic, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, 1992 and 1993
• Research Assistant to Norman A. Geske, Director of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1962

Memberships

• Philadelphia Sketch Club
• Artists Equity
• DACOR, Washington, DC

Publications

• Robert Henri, exhibition catalogue, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1962

Collections

• GW Permanent Collection, George Washington University, Washington, DC
• Numerous private collections

From 1964 to 1994, Barbara Hibben was known as Barbara Grupe.