Barbara Ségal
(b. Bronxville, New York)
Lives and works in Yonkers, New York.
EDUCATION
L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure, des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France | 1972 - 1974
BFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY | 1970 - 1972,1996
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Yonkers Sculpture Meadow on the Hudson | Artist, Curator, Contractor, Yonkers, NY | 2000 - Present
New York Academy of Art | Adjunct Professor, Stone Carving, New York, NY | 2018 - 2020 School of Visual Arts | Adjunct Professor and Lecturer, Stone Carving, New York, NY | 1990 - 2023
Westchester SUNY | Adjunct Professor, Sculpture, Westchester, NY | 1993 - 2018
Yonkers Arts | Co-Founder of Yonkers Arts Incorporated, Yonkers, NY | 2005 - 2010
Art on Main Street Yonkers | Co-Founder, Executive Director, Chairman, Yonkers, NY | 1995 - 2002
Robert Grossman | Director of Sculpture, Clay Animation, Commercials, New York, NY | 1983 - 1984
SGF Scultura | Sculptor, Carrara, IT | 1975 - 2012
Roman Bronze Works | Artisan, New York, NY | 1975 - 1976
Studio SEM | Sculptor, Pietrasanta, IT | 1974
Fonderia Tommasi | Sculptor, Pietrasanta, IT | 1974
SELECTED LECTURES
Sculpture Practice: Materials / Techniques / Concept | Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA | 2022
In conversation: Barbara Ségal and Professor of Art History Paul Kaplan | Neuburger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, NY | 2021
In conversation: Barbara Ségal and Purchase College’s Professor of Sociology, Mary Kosu, and Assistant Professor of Art History, Leslie Wilson | Neuburger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, NY | 2021
Visiting Critics: Studio Visits and Critiques with Artists-In-Residence | New York Academy of Art, New York, NY | 2021
Technique to Concept: How Renaissance Methods Drive Creativity | TEDxPenn, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, PA | 2019
How the Artist is Redefining Herself | National Arts Club, New York, NY | 2019
Sculpture for Yonkers Art: A Community-based Public Art Initiative | Philipse Manor Hall, Yonkers, NY | 2016
The Digital Stone Project: Connecting Art and Technology | Digital Stone Carving Residency, Garfagnana, Italy | 2016
Muhheakantuck Changing River Changing Cities | Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY | 2005
Artist Talk with Barbara Ségal and Anthony Padovano, PhD | Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY | 1975
Pietrasanta and Carrara: Quarrying Marble and Creating Sculpture | Harvard Club, New York, NY | 1975
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Concentration Power | Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY | 2021
Muhheakantuck, Changing River Changing Cities | Vassar College, James W. Palmer Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY | 2006
Women of Stone | Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY | 2000
Virtual Bride: Barbara Ségal & Carrie Schoenfeld | La MaMa La Galleria, New York, NY | 1999
Over and Under | The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY | 1998
Barbara Ségal: 90’s Commentary in A Classic Medium | The Westchester Gallery, White Plains, NY | 1994
Barbara Ségal | Gallery Henoch, New York, NY | 1989
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Surprises Unknown: The Art of Wrapping | Lehman College, Bronx, NY | 2025
No Bodies: Clothing as Disruptor | Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY | 2024
Resilience | ABC Stone, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY | 2021
Taschen-Ikonen Und Wertanlagen / Bags - Icons and Investments | Spielzeug Welten Museum, Basel, CH | 2021
Emerging to Established: Annual Winter Group Show | Krause Gallery, New York, NY | 2019
She: Deconstructing Female Identity | National Endowment for the Arts, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY | 2017
Group Exhibition | Jim Kempner, New York, NY | 2016
Radical Intent / Gallery 151 | ABC Stone, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY | 2015
What Not To Wear | George Washington University, Brady Art Gallery, Washington, D.C. | 2014
Pratt Institute’s 125 Icons: 1887 - 2012 | Pratt University, New York, NY | 2012
Inspiring Spaces: 25 Years of MTA Arts for Transit | MTA Arts & Design, New York, NY | 2011
Eye World | Triple Candie, New York, NY | 2009
Great Women Artists: Selections From The Permanent Collection | Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY | 2009
Save America’s Treasures | The White House, Washington, D.C. | 2000
National Academy of Design | Faculty Group Exhibition | New York, NY | 1995
Fashion is a Verb | The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology | New York, NY | 1995
Barbara Ségal | The Hokin Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL | 1992
Summer Group Exhibition | Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY | 1985
Group Exhibition | Elaine Benson Gallery, East Hampton, NY | 1980
Homage a Collamarini | Musée Rodin, Paris, FR | 1973
AWARDS AND GRANTS
TEDxPENN | University of Pennsylvania | 2019
Inaugural Yonkers Visionary Award | Westfair Communications | 2015
Senate-Assembly Legislature Citation for Arts | New York State Senate | 2015
50 for 50, Arts | Westchester | 2015
Pratt Institute’s “125 Icons 1887-2012” | Pratt Institute Alumni Association | 2012
Public Art Network’s 2008 Year in Review | Americans for the Arts | 2008
WOW, Working Women of Westchester, Westchester Business Journal | 2008
The Mayoral Citation from the City of Yonkers | Presented by the Mayor of Yonkers | 2007
The Compleat Sculptor | New York City Parks and Recreation | 2006
Metropolitan (MTA) Arts & Design Award | Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Arts & Design | 2005
West Harlem Art Fund Award | West Harlem Art Fund | 2004
Arts Award | Westchester Arts Council | 2003
Arts (NYSCA) Grant | New York State Council on the Arts | 2002
Arts Alive Award | Westchester Arts Council | 2000
The Housing and Urban Grant Award | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) | 1995-1996
SELECTED PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
Barbara Segal: Stone Artist | The Curators Salon | 2024
Stone Carver Barbara Segal Brings Art and Function to Yonkers Spaces | Lindsay Lee | The Yonkers Ledger | 2024
Artist Barbara Segal’s Sculptures Brighten Up Yonkers Waterfront | Yonkers Times | 2024 Barbara Ségal | Basic Magazine | 2024
Barbara Ségal - Créatrice Du Sac Iconique | Pierre Online France | 2020
Celebrating the New York Academy of Art at the Galerie House of Art and Design: Dubbed ‘Resilience,’ The Sculpture Exhibition Hosted by ABC Stone and The New York Academy of Art Celebrates the Prestigious Carrara Merit Residency Scholarship | Galeria | 2021
Upset in Stone: Barbara Ségal, Experimental Sculptor Barbara Segal on Luxury, Commodity, and Change in Her Work | Trebuchet Magazine | 2021
Barbara Segal: Stone Artist | Gita Joshi | Medium | 2018
50 Contemporary Women Artists: Groundbreaking Contemporary Artists from 1960 to Now | John Gosslee and Heather Zises, editors, foreword by Elizabeth Sackler | 2018
Kristen Noel Crawley's Decor Wish List: From Star Wars Art to a Psychedelic Rocking Chair | Lindsey Mather | Architectural Digest | 2017
Barbara Ségal: Purses Made of Stone | Insider | 2017
Meet Barbara Segal, the artist carving Birkin bags from marble | Wendy Syfret | i-d Magazine | 2017
The Birkin Bag Has Become a Canvas for Conceptual Art | Aria Darcella | ELLE Magazine | London Daily | 2017
Barbara Segal | Views - Baur au Lac Magazine | Zurich, CH | 2017
This 100-pound Stone-Carved Birkin Bag is Still Cheaper Than the Real Thing | Faran Krentcil | New York Post | 2016
The Artists Among Us: Barbara Segal | Westchester Magazine | 2015
A Look At Iconic Objects | New York Daily News | 2012
Footlights: Over the Tracks | Roberta Hershenson | The New York Times | 2005
Lucid Dreaming: An Economy That Flows Both Ways | Chronogram | 2006
Gobbing Up Garbage and Looking Good Doing It, Mobile Art Trucks | Alison Leigh Cowan | The New York Times | 2007
To Grace Yonkers Station, Work That Mirrors River | Roberta Hershenson | The New York Times | 2004
Loveseats and Beds Shape A Meadow | Roberta Hershenson | The New York Times | 2002
In Region/Westchester, Yonkers Waterfront Projects Move Ahead | Elsa Brenner | The New York Times | 2002
Now It’s the Art Student’s Turn: Sculptors Show Off Their Works | Art & Entertainment | The New York Times | 2000
Works That Appear Soft But Are Posed In Stone | Roberta Hershenson | The New York Times | 2000
Festival Arty Alpiles | Marie Claire | 1999
In Yonkers, Hope Is Chiseled In Stone | Roberta Hershenson | The New York Times | 1998
ART: Sculptures Figure in Two Shows in Yonkers | Vivien Raynor | The New York Times | 1998 Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York: Barbara Ségal | Beverly Russell | Sculpture Magazine | 1998
90’s Commentary in A Classic Medium | Patricia Malarcher | The New York Times | 1994
Caring for Your Collection, Stone Objects | George Segan Wheeler | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY | 1992
Barbara Ségal at Gallery Henoch, Editorial Broadcast, Morry Alter Story | WCBS | New York, NY | 1989
SELECTED PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
Obsessive Compulsive | Ella Hotel, Austin, Texas | 2013
Drawn to the Water | New York City Parks and Recreation, New York, NY | 2006
Art Trucks | JMC Art Partners and Barbara Ségal, City of Yonkers, NY | 2006 - 2007
Reverse Archeology: Charting the Saw Mill/Nepperhan River | Yonkers, NY | 2004 - 2007
Muhheakantuck: The River That Flows Both Ways | Metropolitan Transportation Authority Art & Design, Yonkers, NY | 2000 - 2005
Cloud Living Room | Yonkers Sculpture Meadow on the Hudson, Yonkers, NY | 2000 - 2003
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Trenter Co. LTD | Bangkok, Thailand | 2023 - 2024
Steve and Alex Cohen | Greenwich, CT | 2021 - 2024
Marisa Gower | Springfield, MO | 2021 - 2024
Aubrey “Drake” Graham | Toronto, CA | 2020 - 2024
ACG Professionals Inc | Atlanta, GA | 2016
Victoria’s Secret | New York, NY | 2012
The Meredith Family | Escopedo Group, Austin, TX | 2012
Sound Associates | New York, NY and Atlanta, GA | 2010
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site | Yonkers, NY | 2000
The Nic Williamson Collection, Barbados | France, England | 1996
Sheila Lampert | New York, NY | 1992
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Malcolm Forbes (*deceased)
Kenneth Gilman Collection | New York, NY
The Department of Public Works | Yonkers, NY
Aubrey “Drake” Graham | Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw | Fort Worth, TX
Jeffrey Hildebrand | Houston, TX
MTA Arts and Design | New York, NY
Bruce Makowsky | Bel Air, CA
Nicholas M. Maounis | Jupiter, FL
Neuberger Museum of Art | Purchase, NY
Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty | New York, NY
Brooke and Steven Schonfeld | Palm Beach, FL
The White House | Washington, D.C
FAIRS AND FESTIVALS
Context | Samuel Owens Gallery, Greenwich, Nantucket, CT | 2019
Art Palm Beach | Gallery Biba, Palm Beach, FL | 2014 - 2023
Scope Miami | Gallery Biba, Palm Beach, FL | 2012 - 2017
Art Southampton | McNeill Art Group, Southampton, NY | 2016
Biennale Jesus Maria | Lima, Peru | 2017
Scope NY | Krause Gallery, New York, NY | 2017
APART: Festival International d’Art Contemporain dans les Alpilles | Les Alpilles, France | 2011 Verona Marble Fair | Elite Stone, Verona, IT, Dubai | 2011
I Rolli Contemporanei di Genova | Genova, Italy | 2009