Sally Barbier
Sally Barbier was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. The architecture and culture of Louisiana in New Orleans, the Bayou, and her experience growing up there as a French-speaking Catholic, have always influenced her work. In 1973, she received a BA from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, and in 1975, she earned an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After graduating, Barbier accepted a teaching job in Texas and, in 1976, she moved to Alberta as an instructor with the Alberta College of Art in Calgary. Her works are held in public and private collections across Canada.
Barbier’s drawings and ceramics have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in Canada and the United States. In 1994, she was the recipient of Auckland, New Zealand’s prestigious Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award. Family, architecture and the symbolism invested in the ritual and material culture of the Catholic Church have moved Barbier to create objects that hold power or meaning for her. Her work has been described as autobiographical in this way, and she describes her work as her own honest depiction of the world.
Compiled 2014
Barbier’s drawings and ceramics have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in Canada and the United States. In 1994, she was the recipient of Auckland, New Zealand’s prestigious Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award. Family, architecture and the symbolism invested in the ritual and material culture of the Catholic Church have moved Barbier to create objects that hold power or meaning for her. Her work has been described as autobiographical in this way, and she describes her work as her own honest depiction of the world.
Compiled 2014