Tina Barney

Bio

Tina Barney, an internationally acclaimed American artist, emerged as a significant voice in the art world in the early 1980s with her strikingly intimate yet provocative photographs that explore the domestic lives and social rituals of East Coast upper-class families. Her unique approach deftly balances the line between candid and choreographed photography, creating a rich tapestry of engagement and detachment that invites viewers into her subjects' worlds. Barney's work is celebrated in the permanent collections of esteemed institutions globally, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Notably, her photographs were featured in the prestigious 1987 Whitney Biennial. Recent solo exhibitions have showcased her work in prominent venues, such as "Tina Barney: Photographs" at the New Orleans Museum of Art, "The ans" at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, TN, and exhibitions at the Barbican Art Gallery in London and the Museum of Art in Salzburg, Austria. In addition to her photographic work, Ms. Barney is also an accomplished author, having published several noteworthy books that reflect her artistic vision. These include "Theatre of Manners" (Scalo Publishing, 1997), "The ans," a collaboration with the Barbican Art Gallery and Steidl Publishers (2005), "Players" (Steidl Publishers, 2011), "The Noguchi Museum: A Portrait," a joint project with Stephen Shore (Phaidon, 2014), and the retrospective monograph "TINA BARNEY," which spans 40 years of her career and features an insightful afterword by Peter Galassi (Rizzoli International Publications, 2017). Tina Barney currently resides and works in the vibrant settings of New York and Westerly, Rhode Island, where she continues to create compelling narratives through her lens.