I'm
passionate about stone, in all its colors, and textural possibilities. For
years I've been working with groupings of different kinds of stones, placed
within the same composition. Particularly interesting is my work with architects
and garden designers, creating unified artworks combining nature, architecture
and sculpture.
Since
1987 I’ve lived and worked in Pietrasanta, Italy, widely know as a sculptor’s
paradise. Not only is the pure white Carrara marble readily available, but
I have access to nearly every marble and granite from anywhere in the world.
I use green, blue, red, black, and yellow marble, from China, Brazil, France,
Spain and Portugal. Most summers I’ve spent in Sweden, working with
granite and the extra hard Black Diabase and Quartzite.
The
various colors, textures, forms of my artworks can be combined and refined
to fit any kind of natural and architectural environment.
Neal Barab
ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 "NEAL BARAB at HOTEL BYRON", Forte dei Marmi, Italy.
2008 "NEAL BARAB at HOTEL BYRON", Forte dei Marmi, Italy.
2007 "DOPPIO GIOCO", Villa Vogel, Florence, Italy.
2001 TEMPIO ISRAELITICO,
Florence, Italy.
1999 START GALLERY,
London, England.
1998 GALERIE VISTA
NOVA, Zurich, Switzerland.
1995 GALERIE LUGHIEN,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1992 SAAB'S KONSTFÖRENING,
Linköping, Sweden.
____ GALERIE HÄNDER, Stockholm, Sweden.
1991 PALOS VERDES
ART CENTER, Los Angeles, California.
____ GALERIA
SENSA TITOLA, Lyon, France.
1990 GALERIE PARBLEU,
Antwerp, Belgium.
1989 GALERIE HÄNDER, Stockholm, Sweden.
1984 SANTA CRUZ
ART CENTER, Santa Cruz, California.
SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 "SKULPTURENAUSSTELLUNG IN KULTURPARK," Gersau, Switzerland.
2006 "BEIJING OLYMPIC PARK CITY SCULPTURE DESIGN EXHIBITION, Beijing, China.
2006 "CASA DEL SOLE", Camaiore, Italy.
2006 "ENOLIA", Seravezza, Italy.
2005
“GALERIE DONKERSVOORT,Beel en Donk,” Holland.
2005
“2+1=16,” Studio Pescarella, Pietrasanta, Italy.
2004 ARTISTI IN
VILLA BORBONE,” Cappezzano Pianore, Italy
2002 “CINQUANTA
PER CENTO,” Seravezza, Italy.
____ “"READY
2 GO.” CONSIGLIO REGIONALE, Florence, Italy.
2001 “ART
IN MOLECULES,” Zurich, Switzerland.
2000 "INTERNATIONAL
STONE SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM," Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany.
1998 "STONE
IN GALILLEE INTERNATIONAL STONE SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM,” Maalot, Israel.
____ "NORTH
AMERICAN SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Golden, Colorado.
1997 "GALLERY
341," San Pedro, California.
____ "GALERIE
SATYRA,” Kronberg (Frankfurt), Germany.
1996 "TEDA
TIANJIN INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM," Tianjin, PRC.
_____"SCULTURA
A LA BADIA," Camaiore, Italy.
_____"GUDRUN
SEISSER KUNST," Kronberg (Frankfurt), Germany.
_____"GALERIES
BEUKENHOF," Kluisbergen, Belgium.
1995
"INTERNATIONAL STONECARVING SYMPOSIUM," Ålvdalen, Sweden.
____ "SCULTURE," Galleria Kontraste,
Forte dei Marmi, Italy.
1993 "SCULPTURE-CULTURE,"
South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Torrance, California.
1992 "PROTECTORS,"
Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1991 "MOSTRA
INTERNAZIONALE DI SCULTURA ALL' APERTO," Legnano (Milano), Italy.
1988 "I DISEGNI
DEGLI SCULTORI," Museo Dei Bozzetti, Pietrasanta, Italy.
1987 "ART
MUSEUM ANNUAL," Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, California.
1985 "SMALL
SCULPTURE '85," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California.
__ __"CONTEMPORARY
METALS USA," Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California.
MEDIA
The Sculpting Techniques Bible, Quarto Publishing plc, London, UK, 2006.
Eindhovens Dagblad, "Cultuur", Holland, 01/13/05.
The Florentine, "Art Communes with Nature", Florence, Italy, 10/20/05.
Casa & Country, "Arte in Casa", Italy, 08/04.
Dove, "Arte in Campo", Italy, 01/04
Parco Sculture del Chianti, Catalogue Essay, 2004.
Sculpture Magazine, “Stone Sculpture Symposia,” 4/98. (Written
by Neal Barab)
http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag98/sympos/sm-sympo.shtml
Sculpture Magazine, “Sculpting
in Tuscany,” 9/97.
Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, Sweden,
8/24/95.
Correspondenten, Linkoping, Sweden,
9/29/93.
Belgium Television Channel One,
``Kunstzaken,'' 6/28/90.
Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, Sweden,
``Han Målar Med Marmor'' (``He Paints with Marble''), 8/12/89.
Smithsonian Magazine, ``City of
Holy Stone,'' February 1989.
San Jose Mercury News, ``Suddenly
Everybody's A Critic,'' 3/6/87.
KNTV, ``New Sculpture Stirs Public,''
(Channel 11, San Jose, CA.), 3/6/87.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, ``Sculpture
Rocks Cooper Street,'' 3/5/87; ``Do You Think This Sculpture Belongs Here?''
3/12/87; Letters to the Editor concerning ``3x3x3,'' 3/7/87-4/12/87.
Good Times, cover story: ``The
State of the (Local) Arts,'' 2/19/87.
KUSP-FM, Interview, ``State of
the Arts,'' (88.9, Santa Cruz, CA.), 1/17/87.
Santa Cruz County Register Parajonian,
``The Creator,'' 12/15/86; ``Easy Does It,'' 2/4/87.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Statens Konsträd (National Art Fund),
Stockholm, Sweden.
City of Santa Cruz, California,
U.S.A.
City of Tianjin, (TEDA).
People's Republic of China.
Municipality of Maalot-Tarshicha,
Israel.
Museo dei Bozzetti, Pietrasanta,
Italy.
City of Bålsta, Sweden.
Chianti Sculpture Park, Siena,
Italy.
City of Bietigheim-Bissingen,
Germany.
SYMPOSIUMS
1995 Ålvdalen, Sweden.
1996 Tianjin, (TEDA). China.
1998 Maalot, Israel.
2000 Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany.
2002 Gåvle, Sweden.
2004 Borkel en Schaft, Holland.
