I am a Minneapolis, Minnesota based street photographer. Largely self taught I also studied at Visual Studies workshop in Rochester NY and Lightworks in Minneapolis. My camera and I have a long- time relationship with the street. The street is where I feel the most inspired, engaged, and creative. It is where I uncover ideas, find the pieces, and make connections Though cities still provide me with subject matter, I also have projects that look into landscape, abstraction, portraiture and religion. In addition to numerous exhibitions of my photographs, I have also served as art director with filmmaker Shelli Ainsworth on short and feature films, taught photography at a variety of institutions and worked in the photography department at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. My work can be viewed at http://terrybarczak.com and on Instagram as Terry Barczak.
Select Group Exhibitions
2023
Art Intersection, Gilbert AZ, “Picturing Resistance”, Juror: Ken Light
NYC4PA, “Same But different”, Juror: Debra Klompching
2022
Finalist Critical Mass 2022
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury Vt., “Portals: Windows, Mirrors, Doors”, Juror: Laura Moya
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vt. “Color” Juror: Jeff Curto
2021
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Mn. “The Portrait” Juror: Robi Chakraborty
A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Tx. “Black and White”
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Mn. “The Found Object”, Juror: Elizabeth Finsch
2020
PhotoPlace Gallery, “Botanicals”, Juror: Sue Ann White.
Dallas Center for Photography, “The Human Portrait”, Juror: Jennifer Spelman.
Los Angeles Center of Photography, “The Connected World”
Texas Photographic Society, TPS 29 The International Exhibition, Juror: Elizabeth Avedon, Honorable Mention
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, “State of Fear”
New York Center for Photographic Arts, NYC, “Decay, Corrosion, Rust”, Juror:Darren Ching, Juror’s Selection.
The Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ, “The Qualities of LIGHT” flat file.
Griffin Museum of Photography, 26th Juried Exhibition, Juror: Alexa Dilworth
Houston Center for Photography, “Togethering”
Los Angeles Center of Photography, “Street Shooting Around the World”, Juror: David Gibson
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, “The Still Life”, Juror: Ann Jastrab
2019
The Curated Fridge, Juror: Allison Kemmerer.
AAP Magazine #8 STREET, Merit Award.
South x Southeast photo gallery, “The Southern Landscape”, Juror: James Pearson.
LA Photo Curator, “Trees”, (honorable mention), Juror: Dulce Stein.
Texas Photographic Society, “Urban Landscape”, Juror; Jamey Stillings
A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas. “Red”, Juror: Fran Forman
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Mn, “The Shape of Things”, Juror: Ross Anderson
A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas. “Botanicals” , Juror: Wendi Schneider
Los Angeles Center of Photography, “What’s In Your World”, Juror: Susan Spiritus
The SE Center for Photography, “Color”, Juror: Blue Mitchell
Davis Orten Gallery, Hudson, NY, Annual Group Show, Juror: Paula Tognarelli
Midwest Center for Photography, “Earth Elements”, International Landscape Exhibition
ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Loosen Art, Rome, Online gallery, “Urban Lights
2018
Gamut Gallery, Minneapolis, Mn. 2018 Annual Call. Juror: Tara LaPlante
Minneapolis Photo Center, Minneapolis, Mn. “Eyes of a Stranger” Juror: Valerie Jardin
A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas. ”Light” Juror: Geoffrey Koslov
Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Ill. National Juried Exhibition
2017
INPHA 5 Manifest International Photography Annual, Cincinnati, OH. (3 photographs)
2016
PhotoMidwest, Madison WI, Annual group show, Juror: Larry Fink
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA. Juror: Heather Snider
Altered Aesthetics, Minneapolis, Mn.
Gallery 360, Minneapolis, Mn.
2015
Made Here Minnesota, “Intersections”, Installation- 3 photographs
PHOTO Gallery, Oakland, CA.
1979
Film in the Cities Gallery, “Street Work”, solo show
Macalister College Gallery, St. Paul Mn. “6 Photographers”
University Gallery, University of Minnesota, “Young Minnesota Artists”
Film Work
Collaborations with writer/director Shelli Ainsworth
2019
Set Design, “Aunt Phyl”, TV pilot. (in preproduction)
2013
Art Director, “Stay Then Go”, Feature film.
2004
Production Design, “Film Fatale”, pilot for TV, Created still projected images to define the set and the world of this series.
2000
Production Design, “Spa”, 30 minute digi-beta.
1995
Executive Producer/Set photographer, “This is Destiny”, 20 minute film,16 mm.
1993
Media Design, “A Psychic Mom”, 90 minute experimental theatre production. The actors in this production interacted with a series of still and moving images that I created.