EDUCATION
1986 New York University, Certificate in Filmmaking
1976-81 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
1975 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1974 Private studies with Ben F. Long, IV, Florence, Italy
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 Bo Bartlett, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bo Bartlett, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2008 USArtists, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Still Point, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
Recent Paintings, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
USArtists, Philadelphia, PA
Travelogue, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2006 Manifest Destiny, Winston Wachter Gallery, Seattle, WA
This Inner Outer World, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
2004 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
2003-4 Heartland: Paintings by Bo Bartlett, 1978-2002, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA; Travels
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
David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
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
2000 Water Series, 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
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
private(dis)play, Center of Creative Arts, St. Louis, MO
The Armory Show, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
American Green, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
Five Artists of Accomplishment from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2008 Direct Encounters: Essence of Portraiture, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Pulse Miami, Miami, FL
Yesterday and Today: PAFA Alumni Invitational, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Solstice, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
Bo Bartlett and Betsy Eby: Recent Paintings, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
2005 Figuration, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Inlimbo, Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, Denver, CO
Then as Now, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, PA
2004 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: Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
The Art Show, ADAA, New York, NY
2003 Transforming the Commonplace, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Edie Caldwell Gallery, Sausalito, CA
2002 Aquaria, Traveling Exhibition originating at Aufsttellung in der Ausstellung, Linz, Austria
Transforming the Commonplace, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2001 Figurately Literal Elain L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2000 In the Shadow of the Flag, Tippy Stern Fine Art, Charleston, SC
1999 Indomitable Spirits: The Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
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, MS
University Gallery at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
An Assessment of Contemporary Figuration, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
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: 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: 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, Center for the Visual Arts, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO
Drawing on the Figure, Carlsten Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, WI
Twilight Intervals, organized by Christopher Sweet, Patricia Shea Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992 Beyond Realism: Image and Enigma,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.
AWARDS
1993 PEW Fellowship in the Arts
1987 Philadelphia Museum of Art Award
1986 New York University, Certificate in Filmmaking
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
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA