Barbara Bryn Klare (she, her) is an artist based in rural Ohio and N California (USA).

Her work has been exhibited widely in the US and internationally, including solo shows at Cleveland Botanical Garden
and hugomento in San Francisco, and group shows at Miami Art Week / Art Basel and Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco.
Recent artist residencies include Galerie Abstract Project in Paris and Textilsetur in Iceland.

Klare received an MA Fine Art Merit from University for the Creative Arts (UK) and a BA in Geology and Studio Art/Art History
from Oberlin College (USA). Previously, she was a freelance textile and surface designer in San Francisco
and Los Angeles and a professional writer and editor.

 

STATEMENT

Abstraction, geometry, materiality, and process evoking a physical presence
or conceptual quality often reminiscent of textiles or thread

Voice and artistic solace are given to the overlooked in our society: broken sticks, old clothes, everyday poets.
Real or imagined cloth frequently serves as metaphor and inspiration:
thread becomes line and cloth becomes paint.
Humble reminders of a throw-away world are championed and made whole.

Vulnerability and ragged strength form the basis for drawings, collages, installations, and social practice.

 

 

SELECTED PRESS

INTERVIEW: ART AS REFLECTION OF THE WORLD (NPR/Public Broadcasting affiliate)

A conversation missing for years finally spoken HUFFINGTON POST

Pushing the boundaries of sketching working with thread and textiles ARTWRITE

Blurring the lines between art, craft, and design WOVEN TALE PRESS

Repair-response: the desire to make stronger that which is precarious or fragile LES FEMMES FOLLES

26 feet of rescued fabric and “strategically placed pompoms” ART BRA AUSTIN

Cross pollination, collaboration, and the power of words MARIN ARTS AND CULTURE

 

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photo credit: Chris Darrouzet