J. BARRY MOTES
Professor of Art,
Fine Art Department Head
Jefferson
Community & Technical
College
Louisville, Kentucky
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS - 100+ including:
Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Al
LaGrange National Biennial XXVI, LaGrange Museum of Art, LaGrange, GA
Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, IN
Layers, Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
54th Annual Mid-States Exhibit, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
ARTstravaganza, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chatanooga, TN
Great Plains National, Moss-Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State Univ., KS
Switchyard, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
Juried Regional Exhibit, Indianapolis Museum of Art - Columbus Gallery, IN
Yeiser 2002 National , Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
New Works: Nine States, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Art in Academia, SECAC, University of South Alabama, AL
Ohio Valley Annual, Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN
Regional Juried Show, The Renaissance Art Center, Dickson, TN
All Kentucky Juried Show, Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
Arts on Main - Juried Regional Exhibition, Shelbyville, KY
Birdy II, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
Dreams of an Artist, Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, KY
Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, KY
Ohio Valley Annual, Floyd County Museum, New Albany, IN
Juried Alumni Show, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Searching for the Hidden, C.S. Lewis Symposium, Cambridge, England
Memphis Arts Festival, Memphis Botanic Gardens, Memphis, TN
Visual Art Fellowship Winners, Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY
What I Did on My Summer Vacation, Western Kentucky U., Bowling Green
Black Velvet Art Show, Artswatch, Louisville, KY
The Louisville Scene, Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY
Hunting and Fishing on the 4th Floor,  Murray State University, KY
New Art From Kentucky, Space 900 Gallery, Chicago, IL
September Show, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
 

GRANTS AND AWARDS
Schrodt Award for Excellence, Water Tower Regional, Louisville, KY
Best in Show, Bluegrass Biennial, Morehead State University, KY
Individual Artist Development Grant, Kentucky Arts Council, 3 awards
2nd Place, Best Local Visual Artist, 2009 LEO Readers' Choice Awards
Jones Foundation Grant for Professional Development, JCTC
International Scholars' Program - Oxford,  KCTCS
Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 3-Time Awardee
Best Local Visual Artist, 2003 LEO Readers' Choice Awards
1st Place, Mazin Biennial, Jewish Community Center, Louisville
Professional Development Grant,  KCTCS, 2-Time Awardee
Merit Award, Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit, Renaissance Center
Honorable Mention, All Kentucky Juried Exhibition, Capitol Arts Center
Semi-Finalist, Basil H. Alkazzi Award, New York
Distinguished Educator Award, Jefferson Community College
Kohlepp Memorial Merit Award, Water Tower Annual, LVAA
Al Smith Visual Artist Fellowship, Kentucky Arts Council
 
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All art work is the copyrighted property of 
Barry Motes and Motesart Inc. (not to be confused with the Motesart Massage & Lounge). 

Any reproduction, rebroadcast, or retransmission without the expressed written consent of the artist is prohibited, and could 
result in being beaten to a bloody pulp.
ONE or TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS, including:
Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, IN
Brescia University, Owensboro, KY
Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, KY
Rosewood Arts Centre, Kettering, OH
Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, KY
Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH 
Erin Devine Gallery, Louisville, KY
Elizabethtown Community College, Elizabethtown, KY
Union University, Jackson, TN
Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY 
Spalding University, Louisville, KY
Oakland City University, Oakland City, IN
Asbury College, Wilmore, KY
Owensboro Community College, KY
Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Maysville Community College, Maysville, KY
Floyd County Museum, New Albany, IN
Pump House Art Gallery, Chillicothe, OH 
Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
Ohio University-Chillicothe, OH
Jefferson Community College, Louisville, KY
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
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"IDENTITY"
Heads Up Kentucky 
public art project
"ELVIS WILDCAT"
UK Basketball Museum
Wildcat Project 
EDUCATION
M.F.A. - Painting & Drawing, University of Tennessee
M.A. - Studio Art, Morehead State University
B.A. - Art, Magna Cum Laude, Morehead State Univ.
Barry Motes has received professional development funding through the Kentucky Arts Council, supported by state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.