BARRY BERG

“My art derives from the forms and situations
of the coastal environment; an area of ephemerality and continuous change; a region where extremes meet; where one is always conscious of infinite relationships of light and movement.
A thread running through my work has been the effect of seeing and experiencing things from above heightened circumstances. The aerial overhead component allows for vibrant,
undulating space to mentally visualize within.”
EDUCATION
B.A. Cum Laude, Studio Art, University of California at Irvine, 1975
Graduate Work, Art Education, University of California at Irvine, 1976
PROFESSIONAL
2001 – Current
B2 Productions – Publishing Creative & Manufacturing - Owner
MAGAZINES
Alert Diver
Water
FOAM
Snowboard Journal
Dig
BOOKS
Tavarua, Na Gauna E Vadjirorogo Tuke O Viti; Scott Winer Photography; 2022
Tavarua, The Spirit of Fiji's Heart-Shaped Island; Scott Winer Photography; 2011
Goin' Big: Gotcha and The Evolution of Modern Surf Style; O'Sullivan; Full Force, Inc.; 2008
The Pipeline: Deep Inside the Worlds Most Respected Wave; Airborne Media LLC & Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc.; 2008
Surfline's Costa Rica Surf Guide; Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc. & Airborne Media; 2008
Jeffreys Bay: Down the Line at the World's Best Pointbreak; Airborne Media LLC
& Surfline/Wavetrak, Inc.; 2007
Ball pythons: The History, Natural History, Care and Breeding; Barker and Barker; VPI Library; 2006
Surfline's California Surf Guide: Secrets to Finding the Best Waves; Collins; Surfline; 2005
1978 – 2001
Surfing magazine; Associate Publisher, Creative
Surfing
BodyBoarding
Surfing Girl
Volleyball
Desert
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2023
Overhead, Cruise Control Contemporary, Cambria, CA
1989
Painted Fragments, Five Feet, Laguna Beach, CA, Siren Art International
1984
Coastal Presence, Stage One Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983
New Work/New Studio, Los Obreros Space, San Clemente, CA
1976
Southern Exposure, Arnold Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
GROUP
2017
Barry Berg & R.T. Pece, Paul Williams Gallery, Ontario, CA
2013
Photography Exhibit, Historic Cottage Gallery at SC State Beach, San Onofre Parks Foundation, San Clemente, CA
1994
Gun Show, Arieas/Pece Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
1990
Heal The Bay, James Corcorian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985
2D and 3d Works, Art Institute of Southern California, Laguna Beach, CA
1984
Alumni Exhibition 1970-1983, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
All California 1984, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA, Juror, Henry Hopkins, Director, SFMMA
1982
Target: Earth, Double Rocking G Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981
Sales & Rental Gallery in conjunction with California: The State of the Landscape 1872-1981, Newport Harbor Art Museum,
Newport Beach, CA
Alumni Art Exhibition, Twelve-person exhibition, University of California at Irvine, CA; Curator, Leah Vasquez
1980
Three Person Exhibit, Stage One Gallery, Orange, CA
Correspondence Show, Castle Ga11ery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
Poesia & Realta, Gruppo Alternativo, Centro Documentazioni Arti Visive e Archivio, Salerno, Italia
L.A. 200, Traction Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Help Show, Otis-Parsons Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA; Curator, Lon Spiegelman
1979
Modern Correspondence, Lincoln Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Contents: Objects, Piles and Boxes, Main Art Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, CA; Curator, Mike Crane
Mail Etc., Art: Traveling Correspondence Art Show, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; circulating to Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA and Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
The Stamp Act of·1979, Junior Arts Center Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA; Curator, James Volkert
In the Bathroom, Seven-person exhibition, Room 212, Artists' Space, San Clemente, CA
Certified Mail Art Show, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia
Rudimentary Desires, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
National Cremation of Mail Art, Gallery 101, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI
Umbrella, University Art Galleries, University of California, Riverside, CA
Bard College Mail Art Show, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
International Postal Art Exhibit, The Art School Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Poste Restante, Liverpool Academy of Arts, Liverpool, England
Art Wet: Artists Interpret the Pacific, Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA; Curators, Victoria Kogan and Bill Riley
Mail Art-Exhibition, Artists' Meeting Place of Stuttgart, IX; Congress of the International Association of Art, Stuttgart, West Germany; Curator, Angelika Schmidt
Fragments-Ziox, Hamline University Gallery, St. Paul, MN; Curators, Don Miller and Walt Nottingham
Our Own Artists: Art in Orange County, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA; Curators, Betty Turnbull,
Victoria Kogan
Who's Who That's Who, Mills House Visual Arts Complex, Garden Grove, CA
Seeing What They Send, Qwipzine coordinated by Jerry Dreva, part of Gary Lloyd Qwip Installation, Artworks, Venice, CA;
Institute for Art and Urban Resources (P.S.1) NY
1978
Postfolk 1978, The Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Postcard and Mailart Show, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
Heart of Dixie, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Artwords and Bookworks, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; circulating exhibition: Artists' Space,
New York City; Herron School of Art, Indianapolis; New Orleans Contemporary Art Center; Institute of Modern Art,
Brisbane, Australia. Curated by Judith A. Hoffberg and Joan Hugo
Secret, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Grey Matter, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Letters to Mr. Cuttlefish, Compiler of Poetic Postulates, Sanguine Suite XVI, N. Hollywood, CA
Death of Mail Art Show, Indada, Bloomington, IN
Difficult Decisions/Ethical Dilemmas, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
Lightworks Envelope Show, Lightworks Magazine, Ann Arbor Public Library, Ann Arbor, MI
First International Mail Art Show, St. John's University, Staten Island, New York
International Burial of Mail Art, Open Gallery, Eugene, OR
Southern California Postcard Show, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, CA
Copy Machine Mail Art Exhibit, San Diego Academy of Fine Arts, San Diego, CA
Open Studio International Mail Art Show, South of Market Artists, Inc., San Francisco, CA
The Crash of '79 Mail Art, R. Mutt Galleries, Northridge, CA
Robin Crozier Blue Show, Gallery Sudurgotu 7, Reykjavik, Iceland
Places, Two-person exhibit: Barry Berg & Tom Threinen, Room 212 Artists' Space, San Clemente, CA
1977
International Postcard Show, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Art in the Mail, Circulating exhibition, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Circle 77, Circulating exhibition, Uniart Gallery, Elblag, Poland
Sign/Symbol, National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Not Clay Invitational, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Summer Attraction, TJB Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
Winter Show, Five-person exhibition, Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The 1968 Mail Art Show Held Nine Years Later in Dubuque, Iowa, Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, CA
All of the Above, Wichita Art Museum, Witchita, KS
Postal Art, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Christmas Card Mail Art Show, Century Gallery, Los Angeles County Cultural Center, Sylmar, CA
1976
All California Exhibition, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
CS/PG All Media Show, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA; Juror, Henry Hopkins, Director SFMMA
1975
UC Irvine: 1965-1975, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA; Curator, Melinda Wortz, Gallery Director, UCI
1974
Annual Student Show, Fine Arts Gallery, University of California at Irvine
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Artweek, Winter Show, Gerrard Haggerty, Vol. 8/No. 44, 1977, p.6
Artweek, A Closer Look at Orange County, Lynn Gamwell, Vol.10/No. 34
Umbrella, Artists’ Books: Reviews, Vol. 2/No. 4, 1979, p.86
Artweek, Barry Berg, Environmental References, M. Spellman, Vol. 7/No. 43, 1976, p.4
Umbrella, Post Nuclear Memorials, Vol. 6/No. 4, 1983, front and back covers
CATALOGUES
Contents: Objects, Piles and Boxes, Main Art Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, California. Photo: p20
Our Own Artists: Art in Orange County, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California. pp9, 28. Photo: p29
The Umbrella Show, University Art Galleries, University of California at Riverside, California. Photo: pplO, 23
PUBLICATIONS
"Artwords and Bookworks Postcard Edition," set of 92 Artists' Postcards produced in conjunction with the LAICA Artwords and Bookworks Exhibition, Umbrella Associates, Glendale, California
OK! Magazine, Spring 1979 issue, Nihilist Press, Los Angeles, California. Photo: ppl6-20
Problems, a self-published book comprised of 14 parts depicting the human figure as an event
REVIEWS
ARTWEEK, "Barry Berg: Environmental References," Martha Spe)lman, Vol.7/No.43 (November 27, 1976), p.4/photo.
ARTWEEK, Winter Show at the Los Angeles County Museum Art Rental Gallery, Gerard Haggerty,
Vol.8/No.44 (December 24, 1977), p.6
ARTWEEK, A Closer Look at Orange County, Lynn Gamwell, Vol.10/No.34 (October 20, 1979), p.6.
UMBRELLA, Artists' Books: Reviews, Vol.2/No.4 (July 1979), p.86