BO BARTLETT

BO BARTLETT (b. 1955 in Columbus, GA) received his Certificate of Fine Arts in 1981 from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and a Certificate of Filmmaking from New York University in 1986. In 2023, Bartlett received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Art from the New York Academy of Art and The Honorary Certificate from the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts. 

Bartlett has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA; Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI; The Florence Academy of Art, Jersey City, NJ; Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL; and Weber Fine Art, Greenwich, CT, among others.

His work has been included in group exhibitions at numerous institutions including the Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX; Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA; National Arts Club, New York, NY; National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH, Linz, Austria; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; and the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC. 

Bartlett’s work may be found in the collections of the Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO; The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC; La Salle University Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL; Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA; Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL, and elsewhere. 

Bartlett is the recipient of rewards and accolades including the South Arts Fellowship, South Arts, Atlanta, GA; Atelier Focus Fellowship, Chattahoochee Hills, GA; 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art, Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; Pew Fellowship in the Arts, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia, PA; Museum Merit Award, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA; Museum Merit Award, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; and the Benjamin Lanard Memorial Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, among others. 

The artist lives and works in Columbus, GA and Wheaton Island, ME.