Biography

Barbara Bryn Klare (she/her/elle) is an artist and psychotherapist based in Ohio (USA) and France. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo shows at Cleveland Botanical Garden and hugomento in San Francisco, and group shows at Miami Art Week / Art Basel, Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, and Pont-de-Claix, France. Artist residencies include Galerie Abstract Project in Paris and Textilsetur in Blönduós, Iceland. Klare received an MA Fine Art Merit from University for the Creative Arts (UK) and a BA in Geology and Studio Art/Art History from Oberlin College (USA). Previously, she was a freelance textile and surface designer in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Statement

How Colors Compose Themselves

Recently, I have been exploring the emotion and language of color and light through a mix of collage, drawing, and painting. Influenced by color field painting and neon art, I approach the surface as a space where hues breathe, overlap, converse, and fluoresce. I observe how colors compose themselves, how they behave with their neighbors, and how light emanates or dissolves through them.