Barbara Korman graduated with a B.F.A. from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She received a Graduate Fellowship and an M.F.A in 1960.

Since then, her work has received many prestigious recognitions, including the Jeffery Childs Willis Memorial Award in 1984; the 1974 House of Heydenryk Award for Sculpture and most recently, the Brio Award for Sculpture, Bronx, NY in 1997/98.

Her work has been the subject of articles in the "Stylemakers" section of the New York Times; Art Speak; House and Garden Magazine; and numerous other publications. She is listed in "Who's Who in American Art; Personalities of the Americas; 2000 Artists & Designers of the 20th Century and Architecture & Design.

Ms. Korman has had fourteen solo Exhibitions in New York Galleries, and was a featured artist in over fifty Group Exhibitions, held in the United States and Greece.

Her sculptures are part of public collections at the Hebrew Home for the Aged; The Phelps Memorial Hospital; The Gay Men's Health Crisis Center and The American Movie Classics Collection. Private collectors include Mr. & Mrs. Aldo DeZordo, Milan Italy; Mr. & Mrs. J. Strumpf, Palm Beach, Florida; and Dorothy Zellner, NY,NY.

Barbara Korman lives and works in the Bronx, New York.
       She describes her work in her own words:

BRONZE CASTING

My sculptures are personal landscapes that celebrate the geology and evolution of the earth. The work grows out of my travels to the Southwest United States and wanting to capture a part of those interactions with nature: the juxtaposition of textures, the juxtaposition of forms, the intimacy of space, the vastness of space, the process of emergence, the process of compression. As I work, I seek to replicate the essence of these differences as well as to harmonize the opposing elements, creating a memorial to the grandeur of Creation. I call these sculptures the MAGMA SERIES, referring to the molten material beneath the solid crust of the earth, from which igneous rock is formed. In the foundry, pouring hot, intense, glowing amber into molds is moving magma - bronze casting is for me, the equally primordial process of formation that impels my sculptures into existence.

WOOD CONSTRUCTIONS

My wall-hanging, wood constructions unite the technical concerns and spatial interests of sculpture with those of painting. It is a synergy I find exhilarating. The forms are finely crafted from pine and lightweight plywood. The shifting planes are cut, glued, nailed, sanded, coated, and arranged to create a dynamic, three- dimensional structure. The surfaces, are activated by using a palette of real and simulated textures. Using plaster compounds, printed papers, brushed and sprayed paints and layered color washes I can achieve complex modulations that affect the relationships and visual movement within the work while contributing to the pleasure of the completed work.