Barbara Straussberg

Barbara Straussberg is an abstract painter and paper artist working in Philadelphia. Her process is material based and explores the intersection of ancient Korean paper art with contemporary abstract painting. Her studio practice encompasses painting, drawing, printmaking, paper sculpture and collage.

Straussberg’s recent solo exhibitions include: Paper Revealed, Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia (2022); URBN Headquarters, Naval Yard, Philadelphia (2020) and Allen’s Lane Art Center, Philadelphia (2020). Select group exhibitions include: Looks Good on Paper, National Juried Exhibition of Works on and of Paper, Pyramid Atlantic, MD; Une Exposition d’arts Obessionels de la Fibre, Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia (2019); Contemporary Craft, Delaware Art Museum (2018) and Gawanghwamoon International Art Fair (GIAF), Seoul, Korea (2011). Her works are held in private, museum and corporate collections including Biggs Museum of American Art, SAP America, Fox Rothschild and Brandywine Realty Company (Lobby). She was awarded a Fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Merit Grant Residency at the Vermont Studio Center.

Straussberg received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Distinction in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania, and Certificate in painting and printmaking at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.