Education

1929-33 Gads Hill Place, Rochester, Kent, England

1935-38 Gravesend School of Art, London, England

1938-40 Central School of Art, London, England


Publications

Geri De Paoli, Nancy Deeds Resler. Barbara Spring, John Natsoulas Press, Davis, California, 1998.

Albright, Thomas. Art in the Bay Area. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1985.

Contemporary American Women Sculptors. Watson Jones, Virginia, Texas Woman's Jones University Library Publication, 1985.

Garter, Clark. The Book of Cups. New York: Abberville Press, 1990.

Goodman, Judith, ed. Big Sur Women. Big Sur, California, Big Sur Woman Press, 1985.

Meilach, Donna. Woodworking: The New Wave. New York, Crown Press, 1981

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 - John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2003 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Barbara Spring Retrospective, Laguna Art Museum
1998 30 Years of Barbara Spring, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1997 Barbara Spring: The Figure, Oakland Museum of Art Sculpture Court at City Center, Oakland, CA
1995 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA. Fine Arts
1994 Fine Arts Building, Los Angeles, CA.
1992 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1990-91 Charleston Heights Art Center, City of Las Vegas Cultral and Community Affairs, Las Vegas, Nevada
1990 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1987-88 City of Los Angeles Junior Art Center, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA.
1987 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1987 Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA.
1986 Rancho Santiago College Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA.
1985 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, California
1983-84 T.K.L., Costa Mesa, CA
1983 Scottsdale Performing Arts Center Scottsdale, Arizona
1983 Lambert Miller Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
1982 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1981 Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA.
1980 Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
1979 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1978 Santa Cruz Public Library, Santa Cruz, CA.
1977 Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA.
1977 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.
1976 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1974 Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
1972 1962-72 Retrospective, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco,CA
1969 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1966 E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
1964 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
1964 Hollis Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1962 Gallery of Fine Art, San Francisco, CA.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 "Animal Show", Triangle Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
1998 Sculptural Objects, Functional Art (SOFA) 98, Chicago, IL and New York, NY
All Creatures Great and Small, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA LA Modernism, Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Perspectives of the Nineties
1997 All Creatures Great and Small, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
SOFA '97, Chicago, IL
La Moernism, Los Angeles, CA
1996 US Artfair, Seattle, WA
SFOA '96, Chicago, IL
LA Modernism, Los Angeles, CA
1995 Bread the Staff of Life, San Francisco lnternational Airport, CA.
SOFA '96, Chicago, IL
1994 The Art Cup, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1994 The Second Annual Pacific Rim Sculpture Exhibition
The Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii.
1992 Putting on the Dog, Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA.
1990 "Bay Area Sculptors of the 1960's: Then and Now," Braunstein Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1989 "Menagerie," Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA.
1989 "Party Show," Concord Gallery, Concord, CA.
1988-89 "Contemporary Wood," Banker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
1988 "The Foot Show," Los Angeles, CA.
1987 "Art Is...," The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA.
1987 "The Right Foot," San Francisco International Airport Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1986 "Filne Wood," De Anza College, Cupertino, CA.
1986 "American Cafe," San Francisco International Airport Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1986 "Looking In, Looking Out: Contemporary Portraits by Women Artists," Claremont College, Claremont, CA.
1985 "Art in the San Francisco Bay Area," The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.
1984 "You Gotta Have Art," Laguna Beach Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.
1982 "Artists' Furniture," San Francisco International Airport Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1978 "Artists Working in Wood," Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA.
1977 "Wood Sculpture of the Americas," Symposium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1976 "Images of Cups," Smith-Andersen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1975 "Animals in Art," Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
1974 "Sculpture '74," Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
1973 "Statements," The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.
1972 "Food," Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
1971-72 New American Sculpture, "Touring Exhibition, U.S. Informational Agency, Smithsonian Institute
1971 San Francisco Art Institute Centennial, San Francisco, CA.
1970 "Toys of the Artist," Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA. (Exhibit toured in Canada in 1971)