Born in 1955 in Columbus, Georgia.

Education
1986 New York University, Certificate in Filmmaking
1975-81 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Certificate of Fine Art
1980 University of Pennsylvania, Liberal Arts
1977-78 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Anatomy Studies
1977 Private studies with Nelson Shanks
1974 Private studies with Ben F. Long, IV, Florence, Italy

Solo Exhibitions

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Travelogue, Somerville Manning, Greensville, DE

Bo Bartlett
, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI

One Person Show, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME.

Manifest Destiny, Winston Wächter Fine Art, LLC, Seattle, WA.

This Inner Outer World, P·P·O·W, New York, NY.

Still Point of the Turning World, P·P·O·W, New York, NY.

New Paintings and Works on Paper, Winston Wachter Gallery, Seattle, WA.

Still Point, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.

Heartland, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA;
Traveled to: Greenville County Art Museum, Greenville, SC; The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Santa Barbara Art Museum, CA; The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.

2002 P·P·O·W, New York, NY
2001 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2000

Water Series, University at Buffalo Art Gallery, SUNY, Buffalo, NY.

P·P·O·W, New York, NY.

1999 Torch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1998 P·P·O·W, New York, NY.
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL.
1997 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1996 P·P·O·W, New York, NY.
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS.
1995 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1994 P·P·O·W, New York, NY.
1993 More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1992 Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1991 P·P·O·W, New York, NY.
1990 Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC.
1988 P·P·O·W, New York, NY.
Sublimism: New Paintings and Drawings, The Cast Iron Building, Philadelphia, PA.
1986 Studies for Work in Progress, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1985 Paintings and Drawings, 1983-85, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1983 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA.
1982 Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

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Los Angeles Art Show, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI

People
, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY

Art Chicago Contemporary Art Fair, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

USArtists American Fine Art Show, Philadelphia, PA.

Figuration, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA.                

Inlimbo, Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, Denver, CO.             

Then as Now, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, PA.        

21, P·P·O·W, New York, NY.                

US Artists American Fine Art Show, Philadelphia, PA.

Innocence Found, DFN Gallery, New York, NY.

6th Annual Realism Invitational, Karen Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

Not Just Another Pretty Vase: A Comprehensive Exhibition Still Life Painting, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA.

The Art Show, ADAA, New York, NY.

Transforming the Commonplace, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
                 Edie Caldwell Gallery, Sausalito, CA.

Aquaria, Traveling Exhibition originating at Aufsttellung in der Ausstellung, Linz, Austria.

2000

In the Shadow of the Flag, Tippy Stern Fine Art, Charleston, SC.
1999 Indomitable Spirits: The Figure at the end of the Century, The Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA. Curated by Grady Harp (catalogue)
Changing Faces: Contemporary Portraiture, Jim Kemper Fine Art, New York, NY.
1998 Oil Patch Dreams, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX.
Heroic Painting, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC.
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ.
1997 Heroic Painting, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN.
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV.
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI.
University Gallery at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
David Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY.
1996 Heroic Painting, Traveling exhibition organized by the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC.
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL.
Queens Museum, Queens, NY.
Reality Bites: Realism in Contemporary Art, The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City, MO.
1995 Twenty-Five Years, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Tattoo Your Dog, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC.
1994 Fallen Idylls: American Figurative Painting, organized by P·P·O·W and Christopher Sweet, Art Miami ‘94, Miami, FL.
Group Exhibition, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Too Human, curated by Annie Gawlak, Philadelphia, PA.
Points of Interest/Points of Departure, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1993 Preternatural Worlds, curated by Sally Perisho, Center for the Visual Arts, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO.
Drawing on the Figure, organized by Stanley I. Grand, Carlsten Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI.
Twilight Intervals, organized by Christopher Sweet, Patricia Shea Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
1992 Beyond Realism: Image and Enigma, curated by Paul Binai, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA.
1991 Three on the Figure, Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, OH.
Ex-Patriots, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA.
Of Nature and the Human Spirit, Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Art For Your Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
Ten Contemporary Philadelphia Painters, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA.
1990 Salon Show, New York Academy of the Arts, New York, NY.
Contemporary Philadelphia Artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
Regarding Art: Artworks About Art, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.
1989 Love and Charity: The Tradition of Caritas in Contemporary Painting, Sherry French Gallery, New York; Dowd Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY at Cortland, NY; The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ; Roland Gibson Gallery, SUNY at Potsdam, NY.
Trains and Planes: The Influence of Locomotion in American Painting, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY; Roberston Center for the Arts, Binghamton, NY; National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC; Evansville Museum of Arts, Evansville, IL; The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ.
Revelation and Devotion: The Spirit of Religion in Contemporary Painting, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY.
Delaware Biennial, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE.
Commission: Warner Gateway, Developer: Trammell-Crow, Los Angeles CA.
Commission: LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA.
Art for your Collection, Group Exhibition, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC.
1988 New York Inspired: Past & Present, John Szoke Gallery, New York, NY.
1987 Fellowship Show, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
1985 Centennial Exhibit, N.C. Bradley Collection.
1984 Disdain for False Authorities, Alternative Space, Philadelphia, PA.
1983 Fellowship Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
1981 Group Show, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Fellowship Exhibit, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Drawing Exhibition, Beaver College, Glenside, PA.
Rutgers National, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ.
Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
1980 Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
1979 Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA.

Awards
1993 PEW Fellowship in the Arts
1987 Philadelphia Museum of Art Award
1981 Benjamin Lanard Memorial Award, South Street Art Supply Prize
Purchase Prize, Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Drawing Competition, Beaver College, Glenside, PA
Museum Merit Award, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA
1980 First Thouron Prize
Consolidated/Drake Press Award
Eleanor Grey Still Life Prize
William Emlen Cresson Traveling Scholarship
1979 Cecelia Beaux Memorial Portrait Prize
First Purchase Award, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA
1978 Charles Toppan Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1977 Packard Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Public Collections

Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC

La Salle University Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA

Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA

McCormick Place Metropolis Pier and Exposition Authority, South Hall, Chicago, IL

United States Mint, Philadelphia, PA

Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA

Office of the Governor, Harrisburg, PA

Curtis Institute, Philadelphia, PA

Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA

Hunter Museum of American Art, TN

Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA

Denver Museum of Art, Denver CO

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Yasiejko, Christopher. “ Every element of Bartlett painting tells part of a story.” The Delware News Journal.November 4 2007.

Donohoe, Victoria. “ A collector’s chronicle of Judaism.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 7 2007.

Leffingwell, Edward. “Bo Bartlett at P.P.O.W.” Art in America. December 2006. p. 155.

Perricelli, Lynne Moss. “Clothing in Drawings: Revealing and Concealing,” American Artist Drawing, vol 3, issue 11. Fall 2006. p. 92-93.

“Spook Memory,” Harper’s Magazine. Reproduction of Au Matin. September 2006. p. 27.

Bo Bartlett. American Art Collector. April 2006, pg.122-127.

“Children’s Suite,” New York Home. Reproduction of Crossroads. September/October 2006, pg. 69 and cover.

Doherty, Stephen M. “Being in the Moment,” Watercolor. Fall 2006, p. 84-93.

Kipnis, Laura. Will Love Endure?. Reproduction of Wedding, The Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2006, pg.37.

Post Modern Portraiture: The Logan Collection Vail. Reproduction of The Wedding Picture. Logan Collection, Vail. pg. 142.

Little, Carl, “Still Point,” Island Journal, 2005, Vol. 21, pg. 65-73.

Spencer, Russ, “A Big Little Place, Bo Bartlett Paints in the Still Point of the Moment,” The Independent, June 24, 2004, pg. 67.

Lester, John, “Coming Home,” Focus: On Columbus State University, Fall 2004, Vol. 11, No. 2.  P7-10.

The Best of LA, Top Ten, “Heartland: Paintings by Bo Bartlett, 1978-2002,” August 2004, p. 216

Spencer, Russ, “A Big Little Place, Bo Bartlett Paints in the Still Point of the Moment,” The Independent, June 24, 2004, pg. 67.

Woodard, Josef, “Images and Imaginings of the American Grain,” Scene, June 25-July 1, 2004, Cover and pg. 20.

Doane, Guillaume, “Artist in Residence, An American Realist,” June 24-July 7, 2004, pg. 49.

Disch, Thomas M. “Gallery going,” The New York Sun, March 4, 2004.

Paintings for TIME, to accompany article: “Person of the Year, The American Soldier,” December 29, 2003 – January 5, 2004, p. 32.

Still Point of the Turning World, catalogue to accompany exhibition, P·P·O·W

Disch, Thomas. Gallery Going, The New York Sun, March 4, pg 18 (reproduction)

Lewis, Sarah and Lloyd, James E. Summer Flings. Reproduction of “Firefly,” Natural History, 7/03- 8/03

Frances Richard, “Curve  The Female Nude Now,” Universe Publishing, p.32-33. 

Butler, Charles T.  ed. Bo Bartlett. Columbus, Ga.: Columbus Museum. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Heartland: Paintings by Bo Bartlett, 1978–2002.

Hill, Joe, “Bo Bartlett at P·P·O·W,” Art in America, January, 2003, p.105-106.

Johnson, Ken. Review of New Paintings at P·P·O·W Gallery.  New York Times, June 14, 2002.

Review, New Yorker Magazine, July 15, 2002, p. 19.

Catalogue, P·P·O·W New Paintings: May 4 – July 15, 2002

Catalogue, Aquaria: The Fascinating World of Man and Water. Linz, Austria: Kulturland Oberösterreich.

Harper’s Magazine, September 2002, pages 37, 40 (reproductions of Exodus, Dreamland)

Alles Rauscht: Wasser-Kunst in den Kunstammlungen Chemitz. Review of Aquaria: The Fascinating World of Man and Water, curated by Barbara Wally. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June, 2002 (with reproduction of Leviathan).

Aquaria – eine faszinierende Welt. Review of Aquaria: The Fascinating World of Man and Water, curated by Barbara Wally. Amstblatt Chemnitz, May, 2002 (with reproduction of Leviathan).

Im Zeitalter der Wassermaenschen. Review of Aquaria: The Fascinating World of Man and Water, curated by Barbara Wally. Der Spiegel, April 29, 2002 (with reproduction of Leviathan).

Irma  Schlagheck. "Vor uns die Flut." Review of Aquaria: The Fascinating World of Man and Water, curated by Barbara Wally. Nurnberger Zeitung, June 17, 2002 (with reproduction of Leviathan).

Siegfried Stadler.  "Alles rauscht." Aquaria: The Fascinating World of Man and Water, curated by Barbara Wally. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. June 10, 2002.

Catalogue, University at Buffalo Art Gallery Overview, Sept. 1998 – Mar. 2001.

Palm Beach Daily News, Sunday, January 7, 2001, page B1 (reproduction).

Catalogue, Bo Bartlett, Paintings from The Sea Series, essay by Al Harris, University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 15 pp.

Harper’s Magazine, January 2001, Page 26 (Bone reproduction).

Wall, Donna Dorian “The Art of the Narrative,” Southern Accents, November-December 2000, pg-90-92, Lighting Bugs (reproduction).

Campbell, Robin. “Keeping It Real,” Art & Auction, Summer, p. 98 - 103 (reproduction).

Martin, Frank. “’Flag’ exhibit examines some controversial issues,” The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC, p. 9E.

Gallery Guide, PAFA, Gallery 13, Sylvia Yount, Chief curator.

Wall, Donna Dorian. “The House that Art Built,” Art & Antiques, pp. 74-81 (reproduction).

Harper’s, September, p. 35 (reproduction).

Kennedy, Margaret. “Hold that Pose,” House Beautiful, September, p. 70, 72 (reproduction).

Mahmoud, Ben. “Bartlett’s paintings require scrutiny,” DeKalb Daily Chronicle, November 14, 1998.

Catalogue, “Bo Bartlett,” in conjunction with exhibition at P·P·O·W, New York, NY.

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Hogin, Laurie. “Heroic Measures,” New Art Examiner, May, p. 18-23, 1997.

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Catalogue, “Heroic Painting,” published by Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC.

Bumgardner, Ed. “Heroic Gestures,” Winston-Salem Journal, February 4, 1996. p. E1, E2. (reproduction)

Patterson, Tom. “Eye on Art,” Winston-Salem Journal, February 11, 1996. p. E3.

Zimmerman, David. “Art exhibit casts a critical eye at common concepts of heroism,” USA Today, October 29, 1996. p. 6D, reproduction.

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Schjeldahl, Peter. “Heroism Addiction,” The Village Voice, August 6, 1996.

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Catalogue, Too Human, curated by Annie Gawlak, Philadelphia, PA.

Catalogue, Bo Bartlett, in conjunction with one person exhibition at P·P·O·W, New York, NY.

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