Artist Statement
My artistic voice has traveled a twisted road to arrive at this moment: I’m a fiber artist with an insatiable curiosity that drives my work in handmade paper, pulp casting and weaving.
My mother taught me the magic of turning pulp into paper, and the satisfaction of breaking with tradition. I’ve wandered through clay, fiber, natural dyes, and structural basketry, while my parallel path as a singer-songwriter has always informed the rhythm and poetry of my work.
The wall sculpture and collage art I create is a conversation between these disciplines. I begin by developing base materials using plant fiber, paper pulp, natural dyes, found objects, upcycled silk and other fibers. Then, I co-create with what I’ve formed, found and foraged.
Mine is a process of patient discovery. Like the meaningful relationships I nurture in my life, I choose elements and materials that I want to spend time with - and learn from. I invite them to reflect my thoughts, I encourage them to guide the composition and I excitedly anticipate their revelation of meaningful narratives centering on resilience, joy and becoming.
By using natural, upcycled and unexpected materials, I hope to encourage viewers to rethink their assumptions and expectations. Each piece is reborn into a quiet, textured meditation that sparks wonder, invites contemplation and reveals the transformative strength found in stillness.
Artist CV
Bev Barnett
Fiber and Mixed Media Artist
Born: Austin, Texas
Works: Northern California - Sacramento area
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA: Crocker Kingsley
Arts Center of Benicia CA: Forma Natura
Switchboard Gallery, Placerville CA: Atelier on Main
Patty McMullen-Mikles Art Gallery, Yavapai College, Clarkdale AZ: Sustainable Art
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY: Fantastic Fibers
Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA: Mendings & Marvels
Pence Gallery, Davis CA: Slice, Contemporary Art by California Artists
The MACC, Rancho Cordova CA: 59th Annual Mother Lode Exhibit - 3rd Prize Award Winner
Sacramento Open Studios
2024
Cultural Center of Cape Cod MA: White and Texture
Museum of Northern California Art (MONCA), Chico CA: Playful Spirit
Granucci Gallery at the Center for the Arts, Grass Valley CA: Misfits
Mills Station Art & Cultural Center, Rancho Cordova CA: Pure Imagination
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA: Left Coast Artists
Gallery One, Ellensburg WA: Looks Good on Paper
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes CA: CONNECTED
2023
Pence Gallery, Davis CA: Slice, Contemporary Art by California Artists
Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael CA: Black and White
Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA: Natural Elements
Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA: Hot & Cold Wax Artists of California
Sacramento Open Studios
2022
Mills Station Arts and Cultural Center, Rancho Cordova CA: 56th Annual Mother Lode Exhibition
Sacramento Open Studios
RELATED WORK
Grant Panelist, City of Sacramento Office of Arts & Culture (2025)
Singer-songwriter with three album releases available on all streaming services (2003 - present)
Arts Non-profit Management & Volunteering
2025 Marketing committee member, Blue Line Arts, Roseville Calif.
2013 – 2016 Founder and executive director, Woodshed Music and Arts, Los Gatos Calif.
2007 – 2010 Board member, Folk Alliance Region West (2010 FAR-West Conference Director)
2005-2007 Board member, West Coast Songwriters Association (Songwriting Competition Manager)
2004 Board member, Guitars not Guns
From graceful acoustic and contemporary folk to driving roots Americana, Bev Barnett and Greg Newlon start with a groove, add some harmony and have a whole lot of fun.
They call it living in the key of love - audiences call it inspiring, joyful, and memorable.
Bev Barnett & Greg Newlon
Original songs about life, love, and the pursuit of something real.
“Wow, that’s smooth!”
“Bev Barnett & Greg Newlon effortlessly channel the intimate, casual atmospheres of cozy living rooms and warm hearths.”