Ira Barkoff
Art Students League, NY.
Studied with Robert Brackman and Robert Beverly Hale
B.F.A. Pratt Institute, NY
Now teaching at the Washington Art Association
Juror for the years 2000, 2001, 2002 Ruth Chenven Foudation, NY
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
| 2005 |
Claudia
Heath Fine Arts, Charlotte, NC |
| Walker-Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ | |
| Gallery Du Soleil, Tarrytown, NY | |
| 2004 | Lenox Gallery of Fine Arts, Lenox, MA |
| Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT | |
| 2003 | Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT |
| 2002 | Lenox Gallery of Fine Art, Lenox, MA |
| 2001 | Norfolk Library, Norfolk, CT |
| 1999 | New London Art Society, New London, CT |
| Berkshire Art Gallery, Great Barrington, MA | |
| 1997 | Town Hall, Sharon, CT |
| 1996 | Good News Gallery, Woodbury, CT |
| Washington Art Association, Washington, CT | |
| 1995 | Connecticut Commission on the Arts – Hartford Showcase |
| 1994 | Legacy Art, Miami, FL |
| 1991 | Clapp and Tuttle Gallery, Woodbury, CT |
| 1990 | Five Point Gallery, East Chatham, NY |
| Cornwall Library Association, Cornwall, CT | |
| 1989 | Francesca Anderson Gallery, Boston, MA |
| Oliver Wolcott Library, Litchfield, CT | |
| 1986 | Durham Ziff Gallery, New York, NY |
| Moviehouse Studio Gallery, Millerton, NY | |
| 1984 | Durham Ziff Gallery, New York, NY |
| Somerstown Gallery, Somers, NY | |
| 1977 | Galleria Genova, Chappaqua, NY |
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
| 1998 | Three Rivers Art Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, Judge: Sheena Wagstaff, Director of Collections, Frick Museum |
| 1994 | First Street Gallery, New York, NY, National Competition, Juror: Wayne Thiebau |
| 1992 | Art of Northeast USA, Silvermine, Juror: Eliza Rathbone, Curator Phillips Coillection |
| 1991 | Aetna Gallery, Hartford, CT, curated show “Realism” |
| 1989 | Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, Annual Competition, Juror: Kenworth Moffet, former Curator of Twentieth |
| Century Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA | |
| 1987 | Sharon Creative Arts Foundation, Sharon, CT. Also 1986, 1985, 1983, 1981. |
| 1979 | Grand Central Galleries, New York, NY, “Annual Competition” |
| 1974 | Lever House, American Artists Professional League, New York, NY |
| 1972 | Marietta College, Marietta, OH, “Mainstream ‘72” |
| 1971 | Allied Artists Annual, New York, NY |
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
American Home Products, New York, NY
Pfizer Corporation, New York, NY
Phoenix Home Life Insurance, Hartford, CT
Dawes Music, New York, NY
Anda/Scottie, New York, NY
Durham Ziff Collection, New York, NY
Five Points Gallery Collection, Chappaqua, NY
Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve, Washington, D.C.
John Gillis, Architect, New York, NY
Jerry Della Femina Partners, New York, NY
Pioneer Group, Boston, MA
| 2006 | Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT |
| Cavalier Gallery, Greenwich, CT | |
| Ober Gallery, Kent, CT | |
| Munson Gallery, Chatham, Cape Cod, MA | |
| Brick Wall Gallery, West Hartford, CT | |
| 2005 | City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT (3 Person) |
| Dragonfly Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA | |
| Munson Gallery, Chatham, Cape Cod, MA (2 Person) | |
| Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, NY, NY | |
| Cavalier Gallery, NY, NY | |
| Kaller Gallery, Bethesda, MD | |
| Gallery Du Soleil, Tarrytown, NY | |
| 2004 | Cavalier Gallery, NY, NY |
| Munson Gallery, Chatham, Cape Cod, MA (2 Person) | |
| Dragonfly Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA (3 Person) | |
| 2003 |
Dragonfly Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA (3 Person) |
| Lenox Gallery of Fine Art, Lenox, MA | |
| Munson Gallery, Chatham, Cape Cod, MA | |
| Cavalier Gallery, NY, NY | |
| 2002 | Dragonfly Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA |
| New York Paris Kent Gallery, Kent, CT | |
| Cavalier Gallery, Greenwich, CT | |
| 2001 | Bacheller-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT (3 Person) |
| Riester/Greenberg Gallery, New Preston, CT and Lenox Gallery, Lenox, MA (3 Person) | |
| 2000 | Cavalier Gallery, Greenwich, CT |
| 1995 | Connecticut Commission on the Arts showcase: ConnectiComp: 2-person show, Silo Gallery, New Milford, CT |
| 1994 | Linda McAdoo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 1993 | Birdsnest Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME. Also 1974 through 1992. |
| 1992 | Grand Central “Romantic Realism” show, New York, NY |
| Hillsdale College “Romantic Realism” show, MI | |
| Harris Gallery, West Cornwall, CT | |
| 1991 | Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY |
| Connoisseur Gallery, Rhineback, NY | |
| Ellen/Baker Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1984 | Mussavi Art Center, New York, NY |
| 1983 | Gregg Galleries, National Arts Club, New York, NY |
| Atelier Studio Gallery, New Milford, CT | |
| 1981 | Martha Whitt Gallery, Louisville, KY |
| 1976 | Merrill Lynch Galleries, New York, NY |
| 1975 | Galleria Genova, Chappaqua, NY |
| Robbins Gallery, South Orange, NJ | |
| 1974 | Thompson Gallery, New York, NY |
| Nantucket Gallery, Nantucket, MA | |
| 1971 | Madison 90 Gallery, New York, NY |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Phyllis Boros, The New Landscape, Connecticut Post, 2005
Painted Poetry -- Portrait of Ira Barkoff, Artis Magazine, 2005
Jamie Ferris: Landscapes of Imagination, Housatonic Living, October 1, 2004
Virginia Reiser, The Munson Gallery Cape Arts Review Annual Issue, 2004
Asa Fitch, "The Colors of Cornwall", Litchfield County Times, August, 2003
Richard Boyle, The Owl, Norfolk Library, "The Paintings of Ira Barkoff", May, 2001
William Zimmer, Review, Sunday New York Time, August 19, 2001
Best of Oil Painting, June 1996, Rockport Publishing, Rockport, MA
Allistair Haight, Litchfield County Times, February 23, 1996
Joe Anna Arnett, Art Ideas Spring 1995 (photo only)
Herbert S. Whitman, The Lakeville Journal and Millerton News, May 10, 1990
Herbert S. Whitman, “Painting Cornwall,” The Lakeville Journal and
Millerton News, June 18, 1987. “Barkoff in Millerton,” The Lakeville Journal
and Millerton News, July 10, 1986.
Marilu Knode, “Diversity at Mussavi,” Manhattan Arts, June 1984.
Claude LeSuer, “Mussavi’s Antidote to Official Chic,” Art/Speak, New York, NY,
June 16, 1984.
Frank Merkling, “The Colors of Late Spring,” The News Times, May 24, 1983; The
Lakeville Journal, July 15, 1982.
Joan Mitchell Blumenthal, American Artist, March 1973.