Vitae
1941 - Born in Hamm, Germany
1960 - came to USA on student visa
1963 - married artist Julian Stanczak
1968 - became American citizen - 2 children, Danusia and Krzys
Education
1957 - apprenticeships with mosaic master, Muenster
1957 - 59 - Werkkunstschule, Muenster: weaving, enameling
1960 - apprenticeship with fresco painter, Cincinnati
1960 - 63 - Art Academy of Cincinnati: certificate in painting, printmaking, sculpture, graphic design
1962 - 64 - Xavier University, Cincinnati: liberal arts
1966 - 75 - BFA: German Literature, Art Education, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
1990 - MFA: Art Education, Art History, Case Western University and Cleveland Institute of Art
Employment
1975 - 1976 - Art teacher, Parma School System, Parma
1976 – 2011 - Professor, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland
Awards
2020 – Seven Hills Hall of Fame Award for excellence in Sculpture, Seven Hills, Ohio
2019 - The Burchfield Award for Artistic Excellence. The Cleveland Institute of Art
2011 - The Viktor Schreckengost Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Cleveland Institute of Art - CIA Emeritus
2009 - Judson Smart Living Award for contributing 35 years of Education in the University Circle.
1998 - Certificate of Merit, Premier Print Award from the Printing Industries of America for the book design: Julian Stanczak A Retrospective 1948-1998.
Solo and Invitational Exhibitions
Besides the yearly CIA Faculty Exhibitions
2023-24
Barbara Stanczak: Spirit & Matter, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Oh
2019
Full Spectrum, Julian Stanczak paintings, drawings & prints; Barbara Stanczak wood & stone sculptures. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Sculpture from the Collection, group show, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2018
Transcendence, Julian Stanczak’s Prints, Barbara Stanczak’s stone carvings, Stanton-Harris Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Harmonic Duality – Wood Sculptures by Barbara Stanczak and Paintings by Julian Stanczak, The Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2016
Organic Forms & Pulsating Lines, works of Barbara and Julian Stanczak, Mercyhurst University, Cunnings Art Gallery, Erie, Pa
2015
Color & Form - Julian and Barbara Stanczak, The Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2014
The Given and the Imagined in the Art of Barbara Stanczak, Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
2013
26th Annual International Exhibition: Julian & Barbara Stanczak, prints and sculptures, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron
2012
Barbara Stanczak: Form + Response, One-person Retrospective exhibition, Reinberger Galleries, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Color - Form – Action, Barbara Stanczak, Sculptures and Photographs, Beachwood Community Center, Beachwood, Ohio
2011
Barbara Stanczak: Director’s Choice, One-person exhibition, The Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio
21st. Century Expressions of the Second Sex, Convivium 33 Gallery, Cleveland
2007
Parallel Paths – Singular Quest: The Art of Julian & Barbara Stanczak, Cleveland Artist Foundation, Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood. Ohio
2006
Barbara Stanczak: Reflections on Nature, Botanical Gardens, Cleveland
Intersecting Pathways: Julian & Barbara Stanczak: University of Wisconsin at Madison. Madison, Wisconsin
Media Mixer: Sculpture from the Collection, Group show, UB Anderson Gallery, University of Buffalo, NY.
On a Pedestal, 2nd. juried show of Ohio Sculpture, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland
2005
Water, Elevation Art, Cleveland, Ohio
On a Pedestal, 1st. juried show of Ohio Sculpture, Sculpture Center, Cleveland
2004
From Nature to Art, Barbara Stanczak: Wood and Stone Carvings, Nature Realm, Bath, Ohio
Barbara Stanczak: Carvings, Studio Sangha, Cleveland, Ohio
2003
Barbara Stanczak: Photographs from the Metro Park System, Sieberling Nature Realm, Bath, Ohio
2002
Intuitive Parallels - Retrospective Barbara Stanczak:, Butler Institute of Art, Salem
2000
Barbara Stanczak: Homage to Nature, The Pearl Conrad Gallery, Ohio State University. Mansfield, Ohio
1999
The Cleveland Clinic presents the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland Clinic
1998
Artist Educators – Five Artists Exhibition, Great Northern Corporate Center, North Olmstead, OH
1997
Responses to Nature – Responses to Art: Julian & Barbara Stanczak, Cleveland Botanical Gardens
1995
Action – Reaction: Julian & Barbara Stanczak, Lakeland Community College for Fine and Performing Art, Lakeland, OH
1994
Barbara Stanczak – Recent Paintings, Sculptures and Reliefs, Cleveland Intown Club
1993
The Nature of Color & the Color of Nature, The Greater Cleveland Garden Center
1992
Barbara & Julian Stanczak, Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike
Off the Wall, Cleveland for Contemporary Art, Cleveland
1991
Art on the Block, The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland
1990
Master’s Degree Thesis Exhibition, Case Western Reserve University
Cut outs, CIA Women’s Committee Fundraiser, McCullough Center, CIA
1989
From A to ZIZI, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art
1988/89
Geometric Abstraction - A Cleveland Tradition, Lausche Building, Cleveland
Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio
1988
Geometry and More, Great Northern Corporate Art Gallery, North Olmstead
Cleveland Artists, Cleveland Clinic Display, Cleveland
1987
A Family Show: Dubaniewics & Stanczaks, Cain Park Gallery, Cleveland
1986
Art and the Art of Flower Arranging, Greater Cleveland Garden Center
1985
Barbara Stanczak - Art Education Alumni Exhibition, CWRU
1984
John Clague & Barbara Stanczak, Russel Women’s Civic Club, Russel, Oh
Curator of numerous exhibitions for artist Julian Stanczak throughout the United States.
Contributor to J. Stanczak’s numerous publications here and in Poland.
Designer of many of Julian Stanczak’s posters, catalogues and announcements.
Executive producer of J. Stanczak Video productions: Julian Stanczak and OP Art: The Perceptive Eye, 2001; Julian Stanczak: Symphony in Color, 2002; Julian Stanczak: Artistic Process.
Public & Private Collections
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Anderson Gallery at the State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
The Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
The Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, OH
Central Cadillac Headquarters, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Clinic, Fairview Cancer Foundation, Rocky River, OH
CARTA, The Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Artist’s Foundation, Lakewood, OH
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH