Education
2013 MFA, Photography, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2009 BA, Studio Art, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Solo Exhibitions
2018 He Said/She Said, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Bait and Switch, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Thorny Blockade, Central Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2016 Constraint, Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art, Phoenix, AZ
2015 Malena Barnhart: Video Works 2012-2015, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
2014 No Matter What, Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2013 TOGTFO, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2009 You Can Have Everything, The Blue Elephant Art Center, Frederick, MD
Group Exhibitions
2021 Feminism 5.0, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ [ curator: Grant Vetter ] (Upcoming)
2021 The Artrageous Art Gala Auction, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and Scottsdale Arts, Scottsdale, AZ [ curator: Lauren O'Connell ]
2021 The 13th Edition: Anniversary Group Show, Practical Art, Phoenix, AZ [ curator: Lisa Olson ]
2021 Loop, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY [ curator: Anthony Mead ]
2020 Art Department Virtual Exhibition, Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ [curator: Jennifer Harris]
2020 Politics as Unusual, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ [curator: Grant Vetter]
2020 20/20: 20 Years of Eye Lounge, Grant Street Studios (Step Gallery and Northlight Gallery) Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ [ invitational ]
2020 Migration: A series transformed, Practical Art, Phoenix, AZ [ invitational ]
2020 Art Department Virtual Exhibition, MCC Art Gallery, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ [curator: Jennifer Harris ]
2020 Roadside Attraction, an outdoor exhibition occurring at locations throughout the Phoenix area, ArtFarm PHX, AZ [curators: Lani Hudson, Chris Jagmin, Lisa Olson, and Patricia Sannit]
2020 The wrong biennial, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ [curator: Grant Vetter]
2020 Alptraum: The Wandering Show, The Torrance Museum, Torrance, CA [curators: Marcus Sendlinger and the Torrance Art Museum]
2020 Artlink 20th Annual Juried Show, Park Central, Phoenix, AZ [jurors: Bentley Caverley, Liliana Gomez, Rembrandt Quiballo, Sally Chronicles, and Tricee Thomas]
2019 Control, Alt, Create, New School for the Arts and Academics, Tempe, AZ [invitational]
2019 The Snake Eats Its Tail, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ [curators: Kristin Bauer and Brooke Grucella]
2019 GODDEX RESISTRIX, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA [curator: Hannah Piper Burns]
2019 20 Years of Modified, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ [curators: Merryn Omotayo Alaka and Miguel Angel Monzon]
2019 Eleutheria, Cobra Flute Projects, Phoenix, AZ [curator: Bill Dambrova]
2019 Alptraum: The Wandering Show, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ [curators: Grant Vetter, Rembrandt Quiballo and Marcus Sendlinger]
2019 Inspired by History, Chandler Museum and Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ [curator: Peter Bugg]
2019 GODDEX RESISTRIX, Boathouse Microcinema, Portland, OR [curator: Hannah Piper Burns]
2019 Skin in the Game, A two-person exhibition with Samantha Lyn Aasen, Random Access Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY [curator: Regan Henley]
2019 ArtDetour Group Show, The Lodge, Phoenix, AZ [curators: Rafael Navarro and Abbey Messmer]
2019 GIRL POWER: Sisters of the Technological Revolution, A two-person exhibition with Susan Prosser, Youth Library, Tempe, AZ [curator: Michelle Dock]
2019 Occupied, Cobra Flute Projects, Phoenix, AZ [curator: Bill Dambrova]
2019 19th Annual Artlink Juried Exhibition, Park Central, Phoenix, AZ [ jurors: Lisa Sette, Gennaro Garcia and Jennifer McCabe ]
2019 In, On, and Of Paper, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ [ curator: Rembrandt Quiballo ]
2019 Retro Reaction, Tempe Center for the Arts Gallery, Tempe, AZ [ curator: Michelle Dock ]
2018 Carmody Foundation Grant Recipient Group Show, Sisao Gallery, Phoenix, AZ [ juried ]
2018 10 Artists/2000 Speculums, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ [ curator: Lauren O'Connell ]
2018 The 15th, 19th and 26th: Get Out the Vote, Practical Art, Phoenix, AZ [curators: Patricia Sannit and Lisa Olson]
2018 2018 Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ [curator: Jennifer Campbell]
2018 PHX ART NOW, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ [curator: Grant Vetter]
2018 Arizona Biennial 2018, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ [juror: Rebecca R. Hart]
2018 Object Inspiration, Vision Gallery and the Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery, Chandler, AZ [curator: Peter Bugg]
2018 Ritual and Randomness, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ [curators: Samantha Lyn Aasen and Kim Sweet]
2018 Art Detour 30 Exhibition, Artlink Artists Council, Warehouse 215 at Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ [invitational]
2018 In Sight II, New City Studio, Phoenix, AZ [invitational] *My piece was censored from the show and replaced with a sign denoting its absence.
2017 Blur, Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art and MCC Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ [curator: Ted Decker]
2017 LA DADA, Megaphone PHX, Phoenix, AZ [juried]
2017 Present Tense, The Monorchid, Phoenix, AZ [curator: Mark Jay Freedman]
2017 ILMIÖ Festival, Turku, Finland [juror: Rose Pietola]
2017 A New New Wave! The Monorchid, Phoenix, AZ [curator: Mark Jay Freedman]
2017 Unmasking Identity, Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art, Phoenix, AZ [curators: Faith Damm and Alexis Sheets]
2017 2017 Portland Underground Film Festival, Clinton Street Theater, Portland, OR [ juror: Lani Jo Leigh]
2017 Strange Changes, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ [curator: Tawny Kerr]
2017 At the Intersection of Memory and Conjecture, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [juror: Liz Allen]
2017 Nasty Women, Noisy Women, Knitting Women & Naked Women, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ [curator: Grant Vetter]
2017 Nasty Women, The Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
2017 Nasty Women, The Grand ArtHaus, Phoenix, AZ
2016 All in One: a Projected-Only Loop Group Show, Piazza Martiri della Libertà, Chiari (BS) Italy [jurors: Linda Alborghetti and Marco Bellini]
2016 Fragments, Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT [juror: Crystal Heiden]
2016 AVI Videoart Festival, Israeli Cinema Museum, Jerusalem, Israel [juror: Ynin Shillo]
2016 Tiny Works/Tiny Dances II, 9 the Gallery, Phoenix, AZ [juror: Laura Dragon]
2016 Eye Lounge Group Show, Shortcut Gallery, Phoenix, AZ [invitational]
2016 Push Comes to Shove: Women and Power, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ [curator: Sara Cochran]
2016 Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ [ curator: Jennifer Campbell ]
2016 New Art AZ, The Walter Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ [ juror: Justin Germain ]
2016 Artist in Residence, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [ curator: Nic Wiesinger ]
2016 Critical Mass, Tempe Galleries, Satellite Gallery at the U.S. Post Office, Tempe, AZ [ jurors: Ted Decker, Christine Cassano and Marco Albarran ]
2016 VIDEODROME 3, Rye Wax, London, United Kingdom [ juried ]
2016 Time Spent, Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ [ curators: Jennifer Harris and Ted Decker ]
2016 IN FLUX, Scottsdale Public Art, Scottsdale, AZ [ juried ]
2016 BEING HER NOW, University Gallery, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD [ juried ]
2016 APPed Metaphors, Morrison Gallery, University of Minnesota, Morris, Morris, MN [ jurors: Anne Hennen Barber and Gary Wahl ]
2015 Gendered Perspectives: An Investigation of Contemporary Identities, Hartman Center Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL [ jurors: Jess T. Dugan and Margaret LeJeune ]
2015 Tiny Works/Tiny Dances, 9 the Gallery and ARTELSHOW, Phoenix, AZ [ juror: Laura Dragon ]
2015 Sightlines, The Packing Plant, Nashville, TN [ jurors: James Cathcart and Christine Rogers ]
2015 Virtual Insanity, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI [ juried ]
2015 De’Lunula Screeners, The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ [ juror: Troy Farah ]
2014 Photo Solandra, Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ [ invitational ]
2014 Artlink Annual Juried Exhibition, The Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ [ jurors: Jim Ballinger, Randy Slack, and Louise Roman ]
2014 Impromp2, Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ [ invitational ]
2014 Impromptu, Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ [ invitational ]
2013 #Hashtag, Cameron University, Lawton, OK [ juror: Megan Rigoni-McCormic ]
2013 Emerge, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ [ juror: David Emitt Adams ]
2013 Double Vision II: Multi-Channel Video Festival, Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN [ juror: Flounder Lee ]
2013 West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, WVU Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV [ jurors: Daniel Boyd, Dana Coester, Gerald Habarth, Michael D. Lies, Michael Sherwin and Jacob Tonski]
2013 SPE Multicultural Caucus Film and Video Festival, SPE National Conference, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL [ juror: Neil Chowdhury ]
2013 Objectify This!, GSC Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [ jurors: Ally Glowacki and Leila Kelly ]
2013 Fon Seks: Digital Handheld Technology and the Transformation of Intimacy, UIS Visual Arts Gallery, University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL [ jurors: Dave Kube and Michael J. Murphy ]
2013 Confluence, Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ [ jurors: Cecily Sophia Culver and Anna Garner ]
2013 Selections 2013: The All-AZ Show, No Festival Required Series, Bragg’s Pie Factory, Phoenix, AZ [ invitational ]
2013 Heat Wave: Desert Photography Exhibit and Symposium, exhibition traveled to: John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ, and Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ [ juror: Rod Slemmons ]
2013 Approaching the Limit, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [ juror: Rod Slemmons ]
2012 MFA Summer Juried Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [ jurors: Dr. Julia Friedman and LG Williams ]
2012 Voyeurism and Intimacy: The Public/Private Divide in Photography, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA [ juror: Todd Hido ]
2012 Troubling the Archive: Works by Feminist Artists, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [ curator: Rosalind Shipley ]
2012 Confluence of the Uncanny & Mundane, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [ juror: Andrea Modica ]
2011 Alternative to What?, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [ jurors: Jim Hajicek and Carol Panaro-Smith ]
2010 Elsewhere, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [ jurors: Robert and Shana Parkeharrison ]
2010 Convergence, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [ invitational ]
2010 Unfiltered The Blue Elephant Art Center, Frederick, MD [ invitational ]
2009 Senior Show, Herman Maril Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2009 Honors Thesis Exhibition, Herman Maril Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD [ small group ]
2009 Anwar Sadat Art for Peace Exhibit, Herman Maril Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD [ juried ]
2008 Wanted: Dead or Alive, Herman Maril Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD [ juried ]
2008 Nature vs. Synthetic, Herman Maril Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD[ juried ]
2008 Art Formally Known as Prints, Herman Maril Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD [ juried ]
2008 Art Anonymous, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2008 Proudly Coloring Outside the Lines, Union Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD [ juror: Justin Orlando Fair ]
2007 Proof, Herman Maril Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD [ juried ]
2007 Visual AIDS, James Cohan Gallery, Washington D.C.
2006 Annual Juried Student Show, Boyden Gallery, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD [ juried ]
Collections
Permanent Collections, New Media Arts Center, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
Permanent Collections, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Barnard Special Collections, Columbia University, New York, NY
Personal Collection of Former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright
Publications and Press
Trimble, Lynn. How #MeToo Inspires Phoenix Artists, The Phoenix New Times. October 10, 2019.
Best Sticker Artist: Malena Barnhart | Best of Phoenix® 2019, The Phoenix New Times. 2019.
Kato, Brooke. Exhibit Brings Awareness to #MeToo Movement with Feminist Art. The Daily Orange. March 19, 2019.
Trimble, Lynn. Running with Scissors: Artists Push Paper’s Boundaries at Bentley Gallery. The Phoenix New Times. January 22, 2019.
Foster Estes, Mikey. Malena Barnhart: He Said/She Said at Eye Lounge. Java Magazine. December 5, 2018.
Graves, Elon. Artist Illustrates Sexual Assault Statistics Through Art. Downtown Devil. November 19, 2018.
Trimble, Lynn. Why 10 Artists Are Turning OB-GYN Equipment Into Works of Art. The Phoenix New Times. August 13, 2018.
Regan, Margaret. From Ordinary to Transcendent: Artists Show Works of Beauty and Struggle in TMA’s Excellent Arizona Biennial 2018. Tucson Weekly. July 12, 2018.
Scottsdale Sticker Art Exhibition Explore Gender Roles. Arizona Horizon, Arizona PBS. July 9, 2018.
Musbach, Julie. Sticker Art Exhibition Explores Gender Roles, Broadway World Phoenix, June, 19, 2018
Trimble, Lynn. Here’s What Happened After New City Studio Censored Malena Barnhart’s Work. The Phoenix New Times. January 10, 2018.
Kronenfeld, Jeff. Bait and Switch: Artist Malena Barnhart’s Show at Eye Lounge on Roosevelt. PHX SUX. July 6, 2017.
Helton, Adella. A New Wave at Monorchid. The Arts Beacon. June 8, 2017.
Work Published, Average Art Magazine, February 2017.
Work Published, Femme Fotale Volume IV: Leafless, January 2017.
Parsons, Dressler. Raw Program: Women, Power, and Resilience in SMOCA and Harry Wood Gallery. The Arts Beacon. November 24, 2016.
Trimble, Lynn. 19 Artists Explore Women, Power in 'Push Comes to Shove' at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. The Phoenix New Times. October 26, 2016.
Work Published, Femme Fotale Volume III: Analog and Alternative Process, September 2016.
Royse, Nicole. IN FLUX: Cycle 6: Scottsdale Public Art Activates Storefronts with Art and Intrigue. Scottsdale Now. August 2, 2016.
Richter, Courtney. Constraint at the Phica Shipping Containers. The Arts Beacon. January 20, 2016.
Vetter, Grant. Malena Barnhart: Video Works 2012-2015. Fine Arts Complex 1101. November 12, 2015.
Murphy, Michael J. |fōn’ seks|: Digital Devices and the Transformation of Intimacy. University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery. 2013.
Rigoni-McCormic, Megan. #Hashtag. Cameron University Art Department. November, 2013.
Pierce, William. No Festival Required All AZ Show Presents Sights and Sounds from Underground. Examiner.com. March 9, 2013.
Rabens, Tye. Art Echo. State Press Magazine. March 13, 2012.
Tillotson, Newlin. Art Students Examine Feminism in “Troubling the Archive.” The State Press. March 12, 2012.
Jehan, Sadat. The Sadat Lectures: Words and Images on Peace, 1997-2008. Endowment of the United States Institute of Peace, US Institute of Peace Press, 2010.
LaRocca, Lauren. Malena Barnhart: Reminding Us of the Way We Remember. The Frederick News-Post, December 4, 2009.
Awards and Honors
2021 2021 Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
2020 Night Bloom Grant, Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, Tucson, AZ
2019 Best Sticker Artist, Best of Phoenix 2019, The Phoenix New Times, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Carmody Foundation Grant, The Carmody Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Best Political/Social Commentary Film, The Portland Underground Film Festival, Portland, OR
2014 Best in Show, 2nd Place, Artlink Annual Juried Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ
2013 Graduate College Completion Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2013 Best in Show Honorable Mention, Fon Seks: Handheld Digital Technology and the Transformation of Intimacy, Springfield, IL [ Jurors: Dave Kube and Michael J. Murphy]
2013 2013 SPE Student Award, Society for Photographic Education [ jurors: Lupita Murillo Tinnen, Sama Alshaibi, Dornith Doherty, Dennis Keeley and Betsy Schneider ]
2013 Juror's Merit Award, Heat Wave: Desert Photography Exhibit and Symposium [ juror: Rod Slemmons ]
2012 Best in Show Honorable Mention, 2012 Society for Photographic Education Member show, San Francisco, CA
2011 Special Talent Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2011 Graduate Fellowship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2009 Colonel Wharton Award, 2nd Place, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2009 Sadat Art for Peace Award, 1st Place, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2009 John Dorsey Prize for Outstanding Curatorial Practice, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2008 Honors Program, Department of Art, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2008 Dean’s List, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2007 University of Maryland Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2006 First Year Prize, Boyden Gallery, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD
Public Lectures and workshops
2021 Loop exhibition artist panel with Heather Stratton, Jason Bernagozzi, and Malena Barnhart, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY [ moderator: Anthony Mead ]
2020 Bead Pixel Art activity, Playfest, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ.
2019 Bead Pixel Art workshop, VISION KIDS Program, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ.
2019 Guest Artist Lecture, William Jenkin’s Understanding Photographs Seminar, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
2018 Stickers and Subverting Gender Stereotypes workshop, Girls Rock! PHX, Phoenix, AZ.
2016 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Push Comes to Shove: Women and Power Symposium, Scottsdale, AZ
2013 Northlight Gallery, Heat Wave: Desert Photography Exhibit and Symposium, Tempe, AZ
2012 Society for Photographic Education Southwest Regional Conference, Graduate Student Panel Discussion, Fort Collins, Colorado
2009 Herman Maril Gallery, Moderator for a panel discussion in conjunction with the feminist art exhibition, Act Nice, College Park, MD
Professional Experience
2021-Present - Residential Art Faculty, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
Courses: ART142 Digital Photography 1, ART177 Computer-Photographic Imaging, ART289 Digital Illustration
2020 - Faculty Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Courses: ART201 Photography 1 Lecture
2019 - Co-Curator, Art is Hard Exhibition, Eye Lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2019 - Graphic Designer, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
Redesigned emergency evacuation maps for each exit of every building on Mesa Community College’s Southern and Dobson Campus.
2018 - Digital Art/Graphic Design OSO Faculty, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
Courses: ART202 Digital Arts Survey, ART283 Computer Aided Graphic Arts 2, ART289 Digital Illustration
2017 - Faculty Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Courses: ART201 Photography 1 Lecture, ART202 Photography 1 Lab
2017 - Studio Assistant for John Randall Nelson, Tempe, AZ
2016-2018 Social Media Promotion, Eye Lounge Art Collective, Phoenix, AZ
2015 - Photography OSO Faculty, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
Courses: ART131 Photography 1, ART132 Photography 2, ART133 Photography 3, ART295DA Art Workshop/Seminar Photography
2014-2021 - Adjunct Faculty, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
Courses: ART100 Introduction to Computer Graphics, ART142 Digital Photography 1, ART169 Two-Dimensional Computer Design, ART177 Computer-Photographic Imaging, ART289 Digital Illustration, ART290AC Studio Art
2014 - Faculty Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Courses: ART250 Photography 2: Black and White
2011-2014 - Instructor of Record, Arizona State University
Courses: ART194 Introduction to Digital Media, ART113 Introduction to Color Theory, ART202 Photography 1 Lab
2010 - Inspection Photographer, First American Field Services, Southern Pennsylvania
2009 - Curator, Act Nice: Feminist Art Exhibition, Herman Maril Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2007- Studio Monitor, Casting Studio and Foundry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2006-2009 - Gallery Attendant, University of Maryland Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD