Barbara Zeigler / Narrative
Barbara Zeigler is an artist, Associate Professor, and Supervisor of the UBC Printmedia Research Centre of the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She received her BFA in Painting and her MFA in Printmaking from the University of Illinois. Additionally, she studied in Munich, Germany at the Akademie der bildenden Künste and the Universität München. In Canada she has also taught at the University of Alberta, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Queen's University, and in the USA at the University of Illinois.
Awarded three UBC/HSS Large Grants since 2001, Zeigler is currently producing a series of digital prints and a video installation confronting issues of ecological degradation in British Columbia marine habitats. Portions of this work specifically focus on fish farming off the coast of British Columbia, and on the Fraser River Basin. Special consideration is being given to the ways in which individual and collective identity become evident through land usage, and how these identities are impacted by language, science, politics, popular culture, and economics.
(A full CV will be posted at a later date on this website, and is available upon request).
Biographical Information
Name: Barbara Zeigler
Place of Birth: London, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: bzeigler@interchange.ubc.ca
Phone: 604-822-5991 (UBC)
Education
M.F.A. in Printmaking from the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1975
B.F.A. in Painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1973
Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Art Academy of Munich), 1969-70, 1971-72
Universität München (University of Munich), Germany, Fall 1972
Professional Employment Record
1992 Visiting Professor, Spring Session, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1979 – ongoing , Associate Professor, Dept. of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
1978-79 Sabbatical Replacement, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.
1978 Instructor, Summer, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax
1975-78 Sessional Instructor and Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
1974-75 Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
Selected One and Two-Person Exhibitions and Major Collaborative Works
2000 South Arm Millennium Mural: Tribute to the Ecosphere, 8'x18' ceramic mural, community-based collaborative project initiated and created by Zeigler in collaboration with over 225 children and other Richmond residents, Richmond, B.C.
1998 Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC, Earthmakers, a large-scale collaborative installation work by Zeigler and Smith, and Groundwork , by Zeigler & Smith, done in collaboration w/ the public.
1997 Nanaimo Art Gallery, Malaspina University College, Nanaimo, B.C., Earthmakers, Extensions and Divine Detritus, three collaborative installation works by Zeigler and Smith.
1995 Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Earthmakers, a large-scale print and mixed-mediainstallation done in collaboration with Joan Smith).
1986 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario 1987. (Solo exhibition of prints, drawings and photoworks).
1986 Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C. (Solo exhibition of prints and drawings).
1985 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (Solo exhibition of prints, drawings and photoworks
1984 McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. (Solo exhibition of prints and drawings).
Selected Group Exhibitions (Juried and Invitational)
2007 Wrexham Print International, Memorial Gallery, Yale College, Wales, UK, 2007. (Juried)
2007 The Falun Triennial 2007 – Contemporary Print Art, Aug. 24 - Nov.4, Dalarnas Museum and at the Magasinet, Falun, Sweden. (Invitational, six large-scale works in the two venues).
2006-07 Printmaking on the Edge Portfolio, a portfolio including the works of 36 artists that were featured in the 2006 book titled Printmaking at the Edge by Richard Noyce focused on the work of 45 international artists from 16 countries. Exhibitions: Salem Fine Arts Center, Winston-Salem NC USA (Nov./Dec. 06) ; Galleria Harmonia, Jyvaskyla, Finland (Nov. 06 – July 07); and Grafikos Galerija in Kaunas, Lithuania (Feb 07). There will be further showing of this portfolio at the Frans Masereel Centre in Kasterlee, Belgium (May 07), the Graficki Kolektiv Gallery in Serbia (summer 07), and the Galerie Hörnan in Falun, Sweden, as part of the Falun Print Triennial in August 2007. (Invitational)
2006-07 II International Print Biennial Ceará, Galeria Antonio Bandeira, Brazil. This large biennial features work in 4 different locations in Ceará. I was the only Canadian included in the International Section of 19 artists from 16 countries.(Invitational)
2006 Beauty & the Beast , UBC Vancouver Faculty Exhibition (8 artists), Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC (Invitational)
2005-06 Emission Portfolio , portfolio of prints produced by 20 international artists exhibited 2005 Universität der Künste Berlin Gallery (IMPACT IV Conference); Purdue University Rueff Galleries; and 2006 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Cannegio, Venice, Italy.
2005-06 Wrexham Print International, Wales, UK, 2005. (Juried) On tour until June 2006.
2004 Environment Art Expo KOREA 2004, Seoul, Korea. (One of 5 Canadians invited to represent Canada).
2004 Out of the Wildfire , Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta. (Juried)
2001 Prints from Canada's Pacific Province: Curated Survey of Contemporary Printmaking , Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, IRL
2000 Macau International Exhibition of Prints, The Macau Museum of Art, Macau. (Invitational)
1999 International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia . (Print installation. 1 of 10 Canadian artists representing Canada).
1997 Canadian Contemporary Exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta. (In conjunction with Sightlines: International Symposium on Printmaking and Image Culture).
1997 Fourth Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India. (Juried)
1997 2nd International Graphic Triennial ‘97, Cracow, Poland. (Juried)
1997 2nd International Graphic Triennial-Bitola ‘97 Republic of Macedonia. (Juried)
1996 Edges and Interfaces , American Print Alliance Exhibition, Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. (Tour US&Can.96-98)( Juried )
Collections
My work is in 31 public and corporate collections. Among those collections are the Art Gallery of Ontario; Art Bank,
Ottawa; Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa; Agnes Etherington Gallery, Kingston; Laurentian University, Sudbury; University of
Guelph, Guelph; Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC; Department of External Affairs, Ottawa; University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB;
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC: Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB; Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje,
Yugoslavia, etc.
Selected Publications (My work included and/or featured in.)
2006 Printmaking at the Edge by Richard Noyce. London, England: A&C Black, 2006. (Features work of 45 international print artists).
1997 The Best of Printmaking: An International Collection , selected by Lynn Allen and Phyllis McGibbon, introduction by Ruth Wiesberg. Massachusetts: Rockport Publishers, 1997, p.126 and 130.
1997 Earthmakers and Extensions, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC, exhibition catalogue, 12 pgs., 6 photos, includes text by Dr. Valin Marshall, P. Speight, L. MacLean, Patrick Mahon, B. Zeigler and J. Smith.
1996 Contemporary Impressions, ed. Carol Pulin. “Earthmakers,” Patrick Mahon. Peachtree City, Georgia: American Print Alliance, 4, 2: pages 2-5.
1996 Capilano Review , ed. Sherrin, R. & Rains, E., “Earthmakers: Photographs,” by Barbara Zeigler and Joan Smith. Vancouver, B.C.: 2, 19: cover, pgs 33-58 (includes text).
1995 Printmaking Today, ed. Rosemary Simmons. “Earthmakers: An installation by Barbara Zeigler and Joan Smith,” Sybesma, J. London, England: 4, 4: p.13.
1990 Print Voice: Precarious Balance , ed. Walter Jule. “Barbara Zeigler Sungur's Precarious Balance,” by Jane Young. Edmonton, Alta.: U. of A. Press, p. 1-5.
Video Productions
1985 Precarious Balance Series , (Victoria), produced by Barbara Zeigler Sungur, narration by Nicholas Tuele (Curator, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria), colour, 15 minutes.
1998 Earthmakers , produced by Barbara Zeigler, Pacific Spirit Studios, colour, 7 minutes, June.
2000 South Arm Millennium Mural: Tribute to the Ecosphere , produced by Terry Martynuik and featured several times during the summer of 2000 on the Rogers' Cable TV Program Rogers Cable Production Plug In .
2000 South Arm Millennium Mural: Tribute to the Ecosphere, produced by Sherry Sakamoto of Pacific Sprit Productions, 6 minutes.
2005- SSHRC UBC Large Grant. Hidden Sights: A Visual Study Linking BC Sites of Ecological Degradation
2004- SSHRC UBC Large Grant. Habitat in Crisis: An Interdisciplinary Visual Study
2002- SSHRC UBC Large Grant. Ruptures at Water's Edge
2002 & 2003 - Two Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund Grants. Integration of Digital Media: Resolving Output and Initiating Web Link , & Integration of Digital into Print Media: Student Assistants
2000- Instructional Technology Fund Grant. Integration of Computer Technology into Printmaking Practice
1999, 2002 & 2004, Dean's Academic Equipment Fund Grants, Major Grants for Print Equipment and Facility Upgrading, UBC
