NEWS & PRESS
PUNCH Monthly, Menlo Park, CA
Publication: Article
“Wire Weaver” – Words by Eva Barrows – March, 2021
“Light reflects off twisted bronze and stainless steel, while shadows cast by the airy forms dance on the wall. Elegantly fluid wire sculptures, whether ceiling suspended, wall-mounted or free-standing, command attention and instill wonder. Lace Four: No Loose Ends floats overhead, slowly turning... Read more
M. H. de Young Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
Juried Exhibition
“On the Edge”: The de Young Open – October 10, 2020 to January 3, 2021
Barbara M. Berk’s “Lace Twelve: Oskar Schlemmer’s Dancer” has been selected for “On the Edge”: Thede Young Open, an invitational community art exhibition celebrating the de Young Museum’s 125thanniversary, hosted by the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco... Read more
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Juried Exhibition
2020 Biennial Members Exhibition – February 8 to November 8, 2020
The 2020 Biennial Members Exhibition celebrates the diversity of talents in the museum’s membership base. This biennial exhibition is an important opportunity for young, mid-career, and veteran artists to exhibit their work to the Fuller Craft Museum community... Read more
Metal Arts Guild, San Francisco, CA
Publication: Written Interview
Featured Member of the Month – April, 2020
Barbara M. Berk is honored to be the Metal Arts Guild San Francisco’s “Featured Member of the Month” for April, 2020. The Metal Arts Guild San Francisco (MAG) is an independent, non-profit, educational organization... Read more
Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Publication: Catalog
MFA Never 2020 Archive Project – March 2020
“The MFA Never 2020 catalog is an inclusionary publication of the over 120 artists who submitted work to this year's MFA Never open call. The book includes a full page dedicated to each contributing artist and a compilation of essays... Read more
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
Juried Exhibition
Form and Function: Fiber Arts for the 21st Century - 2019 – 2020
Featuring the work of the Artist Members of the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, the juried exhibition Form and Function: Fiber Arts for the 21st Century features both “traditional and new media that emphasize art over craft with bold use of artistic elements... Read more
Art Ventures Gallery, Menlo Park, CA
Invitational Exhibition
Bauhaus Centennial – Taking Shape: Bauhaus Fiber Art Exhibition - 2019
Art Ventures Gallery, “in the center of Silicon Valley, California, the crucible of tech, finance and invention, and having roots in Germany … [sought artists who would] … create fiber art Bauhaus style, taking technology and contemporary aspects into consideration.”... Read more
Ruth’s Table Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk
Transcending Textile Structures: Weaving and Lace Making with Metal – August 1, 2019
“Ruth’s Table is honored to invite you to join us for an evening with Barbara M. Berk, artist and award-winning jewelry designer in the Bay Area. Berk will discuss the interplay ... Read more
Photo Credit: Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography at Ruth's Table Gallery
Ruth’s Table Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Curated Exhibition
Beyond the Warp and Weft: The Enduring Legacy of the Bauhaus - 2019
Curated by Hanna Regev, Beyond the Warp and Weft: The Enduring Legacy of the Bauhaus is the first of 4 exhibitions marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus to be held at Ruth’s Table Gallery in San Francisco. Beyond the Warp and Weft, according to Regev... Read more
PUNCH Monthly, Menlo Park, CA
Publication: Article
"Artists at Work" – Words by Sheri Baer, Photography by Irene Searles – February, 2019
Wander down the hallways and discover how artists are channeling their creativity at PMA’s Museum Studios. Click here to view the article.
Gentry Magazine, Menlo Park, CA
Publication: Article
"The A-List: People to Know" by Karen Salama – February, 2019
Accomplished artist and designer Barbara M. Berk is a genuine Renaissance woman. Having earned aMaster’s in Russian History, she subsequently spent 15 successful years in the magazine publishing industry...
Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey – Volume 1 (2017)
Metalsmith Magazine/Society of North American Goldsmiths, Eugene, OR
Publication: Book
Barbara M. Berk’s sculpture “Lace Four: No Loose Ends” has been selected by all three jurors for
inclusion in the first annual Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey (JaMS), published by the Society of North
American Goldsmiths/Metalsmith Magazine... Read more
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Juried Exhibition
Reflections and Shadows - 2017
Barbara M. Berk’s sculpture Barbara M. Berk’s sculpture “Lace Four: No Loose Ends” will be exhibited in Reflections and Shadows at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA from February 17 – March 26, 2017... Read more
Textile Techniques in Metal for Jewelers, Textile Artists & Sculptors
Arline M. Fisch
Publication: Book – Echo Point Books & Media (2016 hardcover reprint)
In a sense, I owe it all to Arline: It began with a chance meeting at her Ancient Jewelry Symposium lecture, discovering over lunch common threads that ran through New York and competing consumer jewelry magazines, and an invitation to attend her “Textile Techniques in Metal” class... Read more
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Juried Exhibition
International Fiber Arts VII - 2015
Barbara M. Berk’s sculptures “Michael’s Waves” and “Vertigo” will be exhibited in International Fiber Arts VII at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA from October 23 – November 28, 2015. This international exhibition, comprised of 62... Read more