Barry Leibman

Painter & Sculptor · St. Louis, Missouri
Mozart by Barry Leibman

Portfolio

Unspecified Botanicals

Unspecified Botanicals and Their Allies

2020–2023 · 25 paintings · Oil, oil stick and enamel on canvas · 24″ × 24″
An Anthology of Sudden Fiction

An Anthology of Sudden Fiction

2017–2019 · 17 paintings · Oil and oil stick on canvas or wood · 24″ × 24″

Inspired by very short short stories sometimes called Flash Fiction or Sudden Fiction.

Bebop, Free Jazz and the Metropolis

Bebop, Free Jazz and the Metropolis

2010–2020 · 12 paintings · Oil, x-rays and mixed media on wood · 45″ × 40″

Derived from bebop and free jazz.

Imaginary Gardens

Imaginary Gardens

2013–2016 · 15 paintings · Oil and mixed media on wood · 45″ × 40″

Inspired by the gardens various composers might have created.

Invisible Cities

Invisible Cities

2010–2013 · 10 paintings · Oil on wood · 45″ × 40″

Based on the novel Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.

An Informal Daybook of Botanical Paintings

An Informal Daybook of Botanical Paintings

22 works · Oil on canvas

Exhibitions

Solo exhibits denoted with a gold marker. All exhibits in St. Louis, Missouri unless otherwise noted.

2023
Hoffman LaChance Contemporary — Unspecified Botanicals and Their Allies
March 24 – April 22, 2023
2021
Messing Gallery, Mary Institute Country Day School — BeBop, Free Jazz and the Metropolis
2019
Hoffman LaChance Contemporary — An Anthology of Sudden Fiction
2017–2019
Annual Studio Tour, Whidbey Island, Washington State
2016
Duane Reed Gallery — Imaginary Gardens
2014–2015
Brackenwood Gallery — Abstract Painting, Langley, Washington
2013
Philip Slein Gallery — Invisible Cities
2010
Sheldon Art Galleries — The Mahler Suite
Philip Slein Gallery — Charlie Parker Paintings
2009
Tory Folliard Gallery — Streetwise. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2008
Philip Slein Gallery — Nine Abstract Painters
2006
Philip Slein Gallery — New Paintings: Handmade American Music
2004
Regional Arts Commission — Abstract Paintings: Six Points of View
Maryville University — Works on Paper
Chesterfield Arts Center — Grand Opening Exhibition
2003
Sheldon Art Galleries — Improvisis
2002
St. Charles Community College — Invitational Art Exhibit
2001
William Shearburn Gallery — Erik Satie Suite
1999
St. Louis Community College — Painted Plates
1998
William Shearburn Gallery — The Mozart Suite
1996
William Shearburn Gallery — White Red Pink
Weatherspoon Art Gallery — Home is Where... (sculpture). University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1995
Gallery 210, University of Missouri at St. Louis — Dwellings (sculpture)
1993
The Drawing Center — Return of the Cadavre Exquis. New York, New York
William Shearburn Gallery — The Garden: Late Winter/Early Spring
1991
In/Form III
1990
MJF Studio Gallery — Paintings
Randall Gallery — In/Form II
1989
Center of Contemporary Art — Spotlight on Drawing
In/Form I
Art St. Louis Honor Exhibit
Margaret Harwell Art Museum — Four Painters. Poplar Bluff, Missouri

Biography

Barry Leibman

Background

Co-owner, Left Bank Books, St. Louis, Missouri (1975–2009)
National Teacher Corps
Peace Corps

Education

MA, Education — University of Missouri at St. Louis
BA, History and American Studies — University of Kansas. Phi Beta Kappa

Press

St. Louis Beacon — August 6, 2013
Additional reviews available upon request

Partial List of Collections

United States Senator Thomas Eagleton
UMB Bank
Emerson Electric
Renaissance Grand Hotel
Westin Hotels
Mary Englebreit Company

Videos

Living St Louis — April 14, 2010
Living St Louis — October 8, 2013

Contact

Phone 314-387-8993