Bay Hallowell is an artist based in Santa Barbara, CA who specializes in printmaking, predominantly mono prints (one-of-a-kind works of art on paper). Her goal is to involve viewers in musings about Life’s Big Questions by engaging them in the contemplation of intriguing visual events. Her themes are often serious, yet spontaneity and playfulness permeate her working process.
Bay graduated from Bennington College (VT) where she studied Painting and Drawing with Jules Olitski and Paul Feeley and Art Criticism with Clement Greenberg, Lawrence Alloway, and Peter Stroud.
Soon after, she was hired by The Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA) to create and manage Education programs at the Museum, which she did for eighteen years. After earning an M.A. in Museum Education at the University of Pittsburgh, she became the Coordinator of Special Projects in the Education Department of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In Philadelphia, she developed a variety of interdisciplinary resources for teachers based on the Museum’s collections and taught a required graduate seminar in Art Education at the Tyler School of Art (Temple University) for twelve years.
After moving to Santa Barbara, Bay studied printmaking with Siu and Don Zimmerman, Elaine LeVasseur, and Linda Taylor. Currently, she works in the Inkspots studio in Ventura, CA, and takes workshops with master printmaker Michael McCabe (Santa Fe, NM).
Member
Abstract Art Collective
Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara
Inkspots of San Buenaventura
Los Angeles Printmaking Society
Santa Barbara Printmakers
Solo Exhibitions
State Gallery at Youth Interactive – Truth Be Told, 2019
Santa Barbara Public Library – Word Prints & Ghost Flag Drawings, 2018
Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara – Breathing Space, 2016
Santa Barbara Public Library – Marginalia, 2014
Goleta Public Library – Retrospective, 2013
Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara - Chakra Chimes, 2012
Santa Barbara Public Library - Tick Tock (R)evolutions, 2011
Selected juried group exhibitions
Arts Fund of Santa Barbara – The Tipping Point 2022
Sullivan Goss Gallery – 100 Grand: 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014
Westmont-Ridley Tree Museum of Art – At the Edges, 2021; Body & Soul, 2019;
Night & Day, 2018; Out of Place, 2017; Vital, 2015; Confluence, 2013; Lift, 2012
Abstract Art Collective Open Juried Exhibition – 2021; 2017; 2016
Santa Barbara Printmakers Annual Exhibitions – 2015 to present
Community Arts Workshop – Print Power 2018
Muckenthaler Arts Center (LA Printmaking Society) – Earth, Air, Fire 2018
Indigo Interiors – The Art of Drawing, 2018
Eagle Rock Art Center (LA Printmaking Society) – California’s Future? 2016
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art – Pressing Matters, 2016; Pushing the Limits, 2014
Jane Deering Gallery (Santa Barbara) - Flat File Project, 2013
Leslie Sacks Fine Art (L A) - Women’s Art 2013
