She maintained a studio in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City from 1995 to 2016 with her current studio being located on 57th St. in Midtown Manhattan.
NEW YORK, NY, September 26, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to name Barbara LaVerdiere Bachner a Lifetime Achiever. An accomplished listee, Ms. Bachner celebrates many years' experience in her professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes she has accrued in her field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Ms. Bachner is a student of art history and a celebrated visual artist. She maintained a studio in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City from 1995 to 2016 with her current studio being located on 57th St. in Midtown Manhattan. Ms. Bachner was born in Waterville, Maine to Thaddeus Eugene and Bernadette Artemise LaVerdiere. She married Robert Lawrence Bachner when she was 24 years old. They have a daughter, Suzanne Jouve Bachner. In 1968 Ms. Bachner launched her art career by earning a bachelor's degree in art history, magna cum laude, from New York University, at which time her field of study emphasized Italian painting in the 16th and 17th centuries. As a studio artist, she went on to study at the National Academy School of Design and the Art Students League in NYC through the late 70s and 80s. Later her Master of Fine Arts Degree was earned at Johnson State College, in Johnson, VT. She began making art as a painter, expanding to printmaking, sculpture, installation and video. Ms. Bachner has been exhibiting since 1978 and, though she enjoyed her solo presentations, her proudest moments have been being a part of exhibits that were more globally impactful.
In addition to creating art, Ms. Bachner lectured at the Ulster County Art Association and at the Woodstock School of Art in the 90s. She has served as a panelist with numerous artistic groups and co-curated the Belmont Towbin Wing at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum in Woodstock, NY. In 2008 she curated "Engrams" for the Arts Society of Kingston. She has served on the Boards of the National Association of Women Artists and the Pen and Brush Club in NY and the WAAM in Woodstock, NY, where she has served in many capacities. She is a life member of the Arts Students League, NYC.
Ms. Bachner began her art career as realist painter of portraits and the human figure, then, as a post-modern artist, began employing more innovative materials such as transformed shoes and modeling pastes in her three-dimensional installations as well as working in archival print media. Her pieces look for psychological depth and beauty. Ms. Bachner singles out in particular two group shows, Chinese Ideas in American Art, at the China Gallery in New York and in 1998 the New York State Invitational Biennial. Notable solo shows were hosted at the AIR gallery in New York and the Studio D'Ars in Milan, Italy.
International locations that have hosted Ms. Bachner's work include the Roessler Gallery in Ravensburg, Germany; the Cita da Castello in Italy, the Articblue Gallery in Ibiza, Spain; the M.U.S.E.E. Cavour in Bologna, Italy; the NY Arts Gallery in Beijing, China and a three-person exhibition at the Max Planck Foundation for Human Development in Berlin, Germany, at which time she and her co-exhibitors were awarded a travel grant by the U.S. Embassy, Berlin. She has shown in numerous universities and academic institutions in the U.S. Bachner's art resides in both private collections and public permanent collections, notably the Bob Blackburn Printmaking Collection at the Library of Congress, the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, the Southwest Minnesota State Museum, Queensborough Community College, part of the CUNY, the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, NY and several non-profit hospital art collections in New York City, notably New York Presbyterian, NYU Langone Medical Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and New York Health + Hospital Arts, New York City. She is the creator of A Time to Gather Stones, the short film and released an illustrated book Behind Closed Eyes.
For her achievements in modern art, Ms. Bachner has received the 2010 Sally Jacobs/Phoebe Towbin and the 1991 Dan Gottschalk Awards from the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, numerous awards from the international nonprofit Pen and Brush, NYC, including, in 1995 the Breth-Borkman and Margaret Sussman Awards.
In 1984 she won a concourse award from the Art Students League, where she was also a recipient of the Margaret Ferguson Merit Scholarship in 1983. In 1999 she received the Lorenzo IL Magnifico Medal and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the city of Florence, Italy at their Biennale Exhibition.
Ms. Bachner was selected for inclusion in numerous volumes of Who's Who, Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in American Women, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. To view Ms. Bachner's art please visit http://barbarabachner.com and https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/barbara-l-bachner/
In recognition of outstanding contributions to her profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Ms. Bachner is being featured on the Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievers website.
Ms. Bachner was selected for inclusion in numerous volumes of Who's Who, Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in American Women, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. To view Ms. Bachner's art please visit http://barbarabachner.com and https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/barbara-l-bachner/
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