Exhibitions Christopher G. Barnes (617) 884-2745 (207) 529-5342 10/2/10-12/5/10 Photographing Maine: Ten Years Later Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine 6/23/10-8/1/10 Shadow and Memory Ellis Island photographs Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ. 6/19/10 Raising The Bar Exhibition and auction, University of New Hampshire Art Museum, Durham, NH. 11/15/08-1/11/09 20 at 20 Zullo Gallery, Medfield MA. 8/02/08-9/13/08 Maine Lakes Cherry Gallery Damariscotta, ME One person show 12/8/07-1/15/08 Made in Chelsea Spencer Gallery Chelsea MA. 11/23/07-1/15/08 Selections Gallery 170 Damariscotta ME. 10/29/07-12/17/07 Museum at the University of New Hampshire. One person show. 12/8/06-1/16/07 Gathering Together A Group Show Gallery 170 Damariscotta ME. 12/1/06-12/30/06 Made in Chelsea Group Show Spencer Gallery Chelsea MA. 11/15/06-3/15/07 Exhibition at Ellis Island Museum and National Park, New York, NY 2/1/05-4/1/05 4 Person Show Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA 9/15/04-12/30/01 Juried exhibition Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA 7/1/98-8/1/98 Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA Grand re-opening; Selections from the permanent collection 5/1//92-8/1/92 Selected Images from New England Biennial 1991 Instituto Chileno Norteamericano de Cultura, Santiago, Chile 10/91-12/91 New England Biennial 1991 Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA 2/91-3/91 Before the Fall 6-91 Northeastern University Art Gallery and Art Space Gallery at Massachusetts Artists Foundation, Boston, MA
10/90-1/91 Boston 1990: Sixth Triennial Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA 1/90-8/90 Museum of Fine Arts Boston Display of photographs from the permanent collection 10/89-12/89 Capturing an Image 150 Years of Collecting Photography Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University 10-89/current Ellis Island Museum Permanent display, Ellis Island, NY 9/89-9/90 Traveling Exhibit of Ellis Island photographs 3/89-4/89 Photography, A Contemporary View Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI 3/86-5/86 Contemporary Art of the Commonwealth, Photography Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 7/86-8/86 Twentieth Century Gallery, Boston, MA 2/86-04/86 1985 Finalists and Recipients of the Massachusetts Artists Foundation Photography Fellowship, Clarence Kennedy Gallery, Cambridge, MA 4/21/85 WGBH 10 O Clock News Television feature of work 3/85-4/85 Big Color Photos Gallery Naga, Boston, MA 9/84-10/84 Massachusetts Photography, 1984 Federal Reserve Bank Building Gallery, Boston, MA 1/83-12/84 Christopher Barnes, Subway Photography Displayed at nine colleges and universities; sponsored by New England Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts Touring Program 1/83 Community Focus Warner Cable TV Profile of artist and work
4/82-6/82 Bay State Photography Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA 4/82-5/82 Five Years of Creative Photography Gallery Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 3/82-5/82 Selected Images Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, Boston, MA 1/82-2/82 Photography 1982 Northeastern University Art Gallery, Boston, MA 10/81-11/81 What s Going on in Harvard Square? Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA 9/81-10/81 Subway Cambridge City Hall and Loeb Drama Center, Harvard University 2/19/81 Cambridge USA Channel 56-TV Interview featuring photographs 10/80-11/80 City Spectrum Massachusetts Institute of Technology Creative Photography Gallery, Cambridge, MA 12-79/01-80 WGBH 10 O Clock News Interview featuring photographs Grants 2000 Commission to produce book Maine Lakes 08-88 National Endowment for the Arts Awarded for Ellis Island portfolio 11-87 Chelsea Arts Lottery Grant Awarded by the Massachusetts Arts Lottery Commission to fund photographic essay on Chelsea, MA 07-85 Massachusetts Artists Foundation Photography Fellowship Finalist
02-83 Project Completion Grant Awarded by the Massachusetts Artists Foundation 08-82 New England Visual Arts Touring Program Awarded by the New England Foundation for the Arts to sponsor touring exhibit of subway construction photographs during 1983-84 06-80 Massachusetts Artists Foundation Photography Fellowship Fellow 09-79/01-83 Arts-On-The-Line Project Received grants from Cambridge Arts Council to photograph construction of Red Line subway extension and to produce four exhibitions 02-79/06-79 Artists-In-Residence Awarded by the Massachusetts Artists Foundation; carried out in the Medfield Public Schools 02-78/05-78 Artist-In-Residence Awarded by the Massachusetts Artists Foundation; carried out in the Watertown High School 08/77 Massachusetts Artist Foundation Photography Fellowship Finalist Permanent Collections Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy The Decordova Museum, Lincoln, MA Ellis Island National Park and Museum The Fogg Museum, Harvard University Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massport Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Photographic Resource Center at Boston University State of Massachusetts State of New York Cambridge Savings Bank Charles River Associates First National Bank of Boston Haley and Aldrich Morrison-Knudsen Corporation Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill Private Collections
Publications Forgotten Ellis Island Maine Lakes Outdoor Photographer Architectural Review Better Homes and Gardens Boston Globe Magazine Boston Magazine Feature Article Boston s Women s Magazine Building Design and Construction Construction Specifier Ellis Island: Echoes from the Nations Past Engineering News Record 2 covers with inside photos Historic Preservation cover and feature House and Garden Orion: Nature Quarterly Polaroid Magazine Professional Builder Magazine Royalty Yacht Smithsonian feature Tunneling Contact Information: Christopher G. Barnes 116 Winnisimmet St. Chelsea, MA 02150 617-884-2745 106 Waldoboro Rd. Bremen, ME 04551 207-529-5342