2007 Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
CCT Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Focus Five, Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, Chicago, IL
Rockford Art Museum Midwestern Exhibition, Rockford, IL, juror:
Gregory Knight, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Westmoreland Art Nationals, Art & Heritage Festival, Latrobe, PA
2005 Barsema Visitors Center, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Westmoreland Art Nationals, Art & Heritage Festival, Latrobe, PA
Women's Works 18th Annual Exhbition, Woodstock, IL
Diversity & Sprit, CWCA juried exhbition, Womanmade Gallery,
Chicago, IL
2004 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Columbia
College, Chicago, IL
2003 Womens Works 16th Annual Exhibition, Woodstock, IL
2002 Deus Ex Machina, Bradley Uniiversity, juror: John Paul Capinigro,
on-line exhibit at http://tinyurl.com/r8fzo
1998 Stateline Vicinity Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum,
juror: Lynne Warren, MCA, Chicago
Women in Photography, Ohio State University Art Gallery, Newark Campus
1997 Coming Home, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, NM
Toledo Friends of Photography, Toledo, OH, juror: Kenda North
Women's Caucus for Art, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery,
Chicago, juror: Faith Ringgold
Illuminance '97, Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
1996 Reframing Tradition, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven CT,
jurors: Susan Kismaric, Museum of Modern Art, and Todd Papageorge,
Yale University
SOHO Photo Gallery Photography Compeition, New York, NY,
juror: Susan Kismaric
ARC Gallery Regional Exhibition, juror: Greg Knight,
Chicago Cultural Center
Illuminance '96, Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX, juror: Thomas Southall
1993 Altered Images, Contemporary Art Center, Arlington Hts. IL,
juror: Sashi Caudill
WARM Annual Juried Exhibition, Minneapolis of Art & Design,
juror: Nancy Spero
CWCA Juried Exhbition, Chicago, IL, jurors: P. Bramson, I. Johnson,
Indira Johnson and Joanna Pinskey
1992 Women & Surrealism, 333 Wacker Gallery, Chicago, IL,
juror: Mary Jane Jacob
Photonational 1, Michigan Friends of Photography traveling
exhibition, jurors: Robert Heinecken and Joyce Neimanas
1991 US Biennial IV, University of Oklahoma Museum of Art
Illuminance '91, Lubbock, TX, juror: Betty Hahnn
1990 Photography '90, Jenkintown PA, juror: Duane Michals
1989 Photospiva, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO
Current Works 1989, Kansas City, MO, juror: Thomas Southal
Light Sensitive X, Gainesville, FL, juror: Evon Streetman
Photowork '89, University of Miami, juror: Barbara Crane
1986 Photospiva, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO
Heartland of American Vision, Artlink, Ft. Wayne, IN
Articles, Reviews, and Mentions
2006 Michael A. Weinstein, "Barbara Stewart Thomas," New City, 10/06/06 (Chicago).
Lauren Weinberg, "Focus 5," Time Out Chicago. 12/17/06.
"Take Five." WHERE, 12/06, (Chicago)
2004 Kristin Gehring, "On the Scene," Chicago Journal, 10/7/04 (Photograph.)
2003 Jessica King, "Through the eyes of a camera," Northern Star,
April 24, 2003, (DeKalb, IL)
1996 Michael A. Weinstein, "Barbara Stewart Thomas", New City,
11/7/96 (Chicago)
1995 Michael A. Weinstein, "Carrie Notari, Barbara Thomas, Christina Witnik,
"Photographs: Inside and Out", New City, 2/2/95 (Chicago)
1994 Michael A. Weinstein, "Barbara Thomas "What's Right with this Picture?",
New City, 7/7/94 (Chicago)
Women in the Arts", Chicago Artists' News, 3/94 (photograph published)
1993 Abigail Foerstner,"Photography: Array of thematic images hangs on
ARC Gallery walls," Chicago Tribune, 3/12/93
1991 Abigail Foerstner, "Photography: The medium's a winner in ARC national
exhibit," Chicago Tribune, 2/8/91 (as Co-Chair)
1990 Michael A. Weinstein, "Barbara Thomas," New City, 10/18/90 (Chicago)
Chicago Tribune, Friday Section, 10/5/90 (photograph published)
Selected Publications
1998 Stateline Vicinity Exhibition Catalog. Rockford Art Museum,
mention by Lynne Warren, p. 5
1996 Illuminance '96 Exhibition Catalogue, Lubbock TX
1993 Photograph published in American Voice #32, Louisville, KY
Barbara Thomas, "Women: Image and Myth", in TriQuarterly #87,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (essay and photographs)
Photograph published in Before We Reach the Sky, Chicago, IL
Photograph published in Robert Hirsch, Exploring Color Photography,
p. 263, 2nd Edition, William C.Brown & Benchamark Publishers
1991 Cover photograph, Chicago Artists' News, 10/91
1987 "1000 Words," Chicago Reader, 10/9/87 and 7/10/87
Teaching and Professional Positions
1990-pres. Instructor of Photography, Northern Illinois University
1998-2001 Gallery Director, Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL
1991-2002 Instructor, Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL
1989-1990 Instructor, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
1988-89 Instructor, Rockford College, Rockford, IL
