Barbara Smith Gioia

MFA,
Hunter College, New York, NY

BA
Ramapo College, NJ

Barbara Smith Gioia is a New York based, abstract artist working as a painter, printmaker, and collagist. Her work explores color as structure; rhythms and beats; and the tension between stability and instability. Using the grid as her foundation, the works develop through a call and response and make visual references to music, textiles, and the presence of the artist’s hand. For Smith Gioia, every painting is its own journey where the process of becoming is the essence of the work.

Her work is included in numerous private collections. Her professional work has included Adjunct Professor of Art, Program Artist at Storm King Art Center, Exhibitions Coordinator at Garrison Art Center and independent arts educator for community art projects at schools and museums.

She has lived with her husband in the Lower Hudson Valley for the past 33 years where they work, play, and raised a family.