Barbara Kolo - Contemporary Artist / Painter
Barbara Kolo, born and educated in New York, cultivated an appreciation for art from a young age. Her passion for drawing and painting led her to attend the High School of Art and Design, followed by the School of Visual Arts, where she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Throughout the 1980s, Barbara built a successful career as an award-winning art director in creative advertising for films and television. She received numerous accolades, including several Key Art Awards, a Don Belding Award, and a New York Festivals Gold Medal, among others. Her career brought her to Los Angeles in 1989, where she worked as an independent freelance art director, collaborating directly with major film studios and design firms specializing in film advertising. In 1991, she became the Director of Print Advertising for Universal Studios.
Barbara's early interest in drawing and painting never waned. During the early 1990s, she pursued her own artistic voice and began creating her own works, gradually transitioning from commercial art to fine art, marking the beginning of her second career.
To date, Barbara has exhibited her paintings in galleries nationally and internationally. She participated in numerous art fairs across the United States, including Art Hamptons, Art Market Hamptons, Art Market SF, Art Palm Springs, Art San Diego, Art Southampton, Art Wynwood, Context Art Miami, The Houston Fine Art Fair, Intersect Aspen, Intersect Palm Springs, Intersect San Francisco, The LA Art Show, and showcased in international art fairs such as Art.Fair and The Affordable Art Fair in Cologne, Germany, The Affordable Art Fair in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Art Toronto in Canada.
Barbara's work is represented by Slate Contemporary in Oakland, CA, Fresh Paint in Culver City, CA, and Art Project: Paia in Maui, HI. Her paintings are included in many private and public collections, including Antioch University in Marina Del Rey, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in Washington DC, Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN, Pendry Park City in Utah, and the Rosewood Hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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