Carmen Barros Howell

37825 Allder School Road, Purcellville, Virginia 22032
(540) 338-6412 | carmenbarros42@hotmail.com

Born Santiago, Chile

Education

  • Fine Arts, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, 1960-1966
  • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM., Welding class, 1966
  • Loudoun County Adult Education, Welding

Teaching

  • 1970-1980 Teacher, Loudoun Valley Community Center
  • 1980 Virginia Endowment for the Arts for Teaching
  • 1980 Started Art Program, Emerick Elementary School
  • 1980-1985 Art classes for children at home studio
  • 1985-1986 Art classes, Loudoun Country Day School
  • 1994 Natural Light School for the Arts
  • 2013- Loudoun Academy of the Arts
  • Present Private Art Classes

Shows

  • 2023
    • Solo Studio Show – Symbols and Other Clues. Presented by Rose Gallery Fine Art.
    • Group show featuring Carmen Barros Howell and her art students. Barns at Rose Hill Art Center, Berryville VA.
    • Solo Show, County Administration, Leesburg, Virginia
    • Franklin Park Art Center 
    • Studio Show, Purcellville, Va
  • 2019
    • National Juried exhibit at The Delaplain Arts Center Juror Sandy Guttman from the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
    • Solo Studio Show – Body of Work based on Lago Nauhel Huapi Suenos – desde lo profunfo del Lago Nahuel Huapi. Jury by Nancy Cobean from Rose Gallery Hudson NY
  • 2018
    • Studio Show “Love and Learning.” Jury by Nany Cobean from Rose Gallery Hudson NY
  • 2017
    • Cooley Gallery – Sculpture Show
  • 2014-2016
    • Cooley Gallery – Group Shows
  • 2013
    • Finish teaching at Loudoun Academy of the Arts
    • Private Art Classes
  • 2011-2010
    • Studio Show Exihibition
    • Sculpture in Oaxaca, Mexico. St. Pablo Etla public park
  • 2006
    • Rose Gallery, Hudson, NY 12534
    • Showing at Hickock Cole WPA and Corcoran Art Shows
    • Washington Museum, Hagerstown, MD Group Show
  • 2005
    • El Valle de Los Artistas member of the community and represented in the Sculpture Park
  • 2004
    • Solo Show, Gallery 222
  • 2002-2003
    • Arts Feminae, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington DC
  • 2002
    • Arslatino, Embassy of Chile, Washington DC
    • Gallery 222, “Bodies, Mind and Spirit” Solo Show
    • Washington DC, Pittsburgh at Washington Square, Washington DC Group Show. Juror Andrea Pollan
  • 2001
    • “Sculpture Now”
    • Gallery 222, Group Shows
  • 2000
    • “Chilean Artists at the Threshold of the Millennium”
    • The Artists Museum, Washington DC
    • Rose Gallery, Group Shows
    • Northern Virginia Community College Art Festival
  • 1999
    • Washington Sculptures “Sculpture NOW 99.” Juried by Willem de Looper
    • Rose Gallery, Leesburg VA (Solo Show)
  • 1997-1998
    • Susan Byrne Gallery, Middleburg VA
    • Harrison Norris Gallery, Washington DC
  • 1997
    • Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC
    • Arts Club of Washington, Washington DC
  • 1996
    • Designers House Show, Design Center, Washington DC. Drawings and sculptures selected by “Mill Company.”
  • 1995-1996
    • Misia Broadhead Gallery Member, work on display year round 1995-96
    • Moscoso Gallery, member, work available
  • 1994
    • Art Museum of the Americas, “Across Borders/Sin Fronteras”
    • Artempo Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Limelight “Final Acts,” Leesburg VA
  • 1993
    • Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton “Volume, Lines, Color”
    • The Greater Washington Collection of Fine Arts “8 Sculptors from the 2 Virginias”
    • Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale Art Gallery, “Dialogues”
    • International Monetary Fund Art Society Gallery “Building Bridges”
  • 1992
    • The District of Columbia Public Library “Journeys.” Juried by Luciano Penay and Lee Mills
    • Loudoun Arts Council “Body Electric.” Juried by Jo Anne Lewis, critic for Arts News
    • Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton “New Ways”
    • The FNMA Art Exhibition “Encounters”
    • The Greater Washington Collection of Fine Arts
  • 1991
    • Member, Greater Washington Collection of Fine Arts. Shows at The Gallery, Leesburg VA in September
    • The Gallery, Sculpture Exhibition, November
  • 1990
    • Museum of Modern Art of Latin America Organization of American States, “Sculpture of the Americas into the Nineties.” June 7 – September 8.
    • Greater Reston Arts Center, “Past as Prologue.” Juried by Willem de Looper
    • Martin Luther King Memorial Library, “An Exhibition by International Artists”
    • National Council of La Raza, “Latin Roots”
    • Baltimore National Symphony Fundraising Show
  • 1988-1989
    • City Gallery, Washington DC. participant in monthly group shows
  • 1989
    • Martin Luther King Memorial Library
    • City Gallery, Washington DC. “Three Latin American Artists”
    • Arlington Art Center. Show juried by Franz Bader
    • Washington Museum juried annual show
    • Studio Tour, Loudoun Council of the Arts
  • 1987-1991
    • Artspring Festival of the Arts, Lucketts VA
  • 1986
    • Washington Museum Group Show, Hagerstown MD
    • Loudoun County Administration Building Gallery Group Show, September
    • Loudoun Museum Juried Show, May. Juried by Andrew Hudson
  • 1985
    • Grace Gallery, Reston VA. April show juried by Willem de Looper
    • Arlington Art Center. March show juried by David Tannous
  • 1984-1986
    • Alexandria Art League, member participant in monthly juried shoes; juror for September 1984 show was David Tannous
  • 1984
    • Loudoun County Administrative Building Gallery, one person show. December
    • Washington Museum Group Show, Hagerstown MD
    • Arlington Art Center, member since September 1984
  • 1982
    • Washington Museum Group Show, Hagerstown MD
  • 1980
    • Guest sculptor, Loudoun County Sketch Club participant in club shows juried by David Tannous, Jack Boul, and others
  • 1980-1990
    • Waterford group art show, 2nd prizes in sculpture 1980, 1982, 1988
  • 1968
    • Group show in Salisbury MD. Works owned by several private collectors. Commissions, private collectors.