Art Chicago, Thomas masters Gallery, merchandise mart, 2010, 2011

"Art from the Heartland", curated by Paul Klein. Indianapolis Art Center, Jan, 2010. 

"new Abstractions" - brenda barnum & marianna levant, "the architrove" , chicago, march. 2008

Art Chicago, James Corcoran Gallery, Chicago, IL, April, 2007

Art Chicago, Walter Bischoff Gallery/ Berlin, Thomas Masters Gallery/ Chicago. April, 2006

"Blue" Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL Dec.2005

"8 Ball", 4Art, Chicago, IL August, 2004

Works on Paper, Marsha Childs Gallery, Princeton, N.J. April,2000

"Botanicals" Butters Gallery. Portland OR, March, 2000

"Sextablos" Hyde Park Art Center, Aug.1999,  Barrister Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 

     May.2000,Augen Gallery, Portland OR, Nov. 2000

New York Expo, New York,NY March 1999

"Davis Street Inaugural", Butters Gallery, Portland, OR Feb. 1999

Art Expo Miami, Marco Fine Arts, Miami FLA Jan.1999

"Contemporary  Abstraction", Klein Gallery, Chicago,IL Dec. 1998

Gallery Sur, Carmel, C.A., Oct. 1997 

Vancouver International Art Exhibition, Butters Gallery, Vancouver, B.C. June, 1997

Group Show, Butters Gallery, Portland Oregon, April, 1997

Group Show, Jayson Gallery, Chicago, IL Dec. 1996

"20 at Knox", Knox College, Galesburg, IL, Sept. 1996

"Painterly Abstraction" , Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, July, 1996 and

     Indiana University, Gary, IN, Sept. 1996

Group Show, Jayson Gallery, Chicago, IL Dec. 1995

"Wanderlust....abstraction in Chicago"  A.R.C. Gallery , Chicago. IL,  Sept. 1995 

Group show. FachHochschule, Offenburg, Germany. Oct.1994

ART EXPO, Chicago. Walter Bischoff Gallery, May 1994

Chicago Drawing Exhibition, Madiera, Portugal, July 1993

ART EXPO, Chicago.  Walter Bischoff Gallery, May 1993

"Emerging Chicago Abstraction", Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL Jan.1993

Chicago Abstraction, Klein Gallery, Chicago IL Dec. 1993

Burns Fine Art, New York, NY, Dec. 1992

Gallery North West, Indiana University, Gary, IN, Aug. 1991

"18 Artists" 1800 Clybourn Building, Chicago, June 1991

"Aktuelle Kunst Aus Amerika", Amerika Haus, Stuttgart, Germany, June 1991

Randolph Street Gallery Auction, Chicago, May 1991

"Rapture" Lorenzo Rodriguez Gallery, Chicago, May 1991

"Paint" Sazama Gallery, Chicago, Jan. 1991

Los Angeles Art Expo, Dec. 1990

Cologne Art Expo, Germany, Nov. 1990

"New Work for a New Decade" Gallery Vienna, Chicago, Jan. 1990

"Transcultural Exchange Show" Chicago and Vienna, Austria, fall 1989

"Abstractions" Zola Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, June1988

"Arts Midwest Fellowship" Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Oct. 1987,

The Wursum Museum, Racine, WI. Feb. 1988,  Evanston Art Center, 

    Evanston, ILL. May 1988

"Masks" Klein Gallery, Chicago,  Sept. 1987

International Contemporary Art Fair, Fort Apache Gallery, London, May 1986

Hippodrome Nightclub, London, England, May 1986

"Fort Apache Expo Show" Fort Apache Gallery, Chicago, May 1986

Limelight Nightclub, Chicago, July/ March 1986

"Convergence: Mind, Myth & Material", Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, April 1985

"Wish You Were Here" Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, April, 1985

"Chicago" Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, Jan. 1985

"Post Industrial Paint", Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, July 1984

SELECTED ONE PERSON SHOWS:

Forms gallery, Del Ray Beach, FL, Feb. 2011

Thomas masters gallery, Chicago, Il , may 2009

Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL , dec. 2006

Butters Gallery, Portland, OR, Dec. 2004

Thomas Masters GAllery, Chicago, IL, Sept. 2003

Eastwick Gallery, Chicago, IL, May 2002

Eastwick Gallery, Chicago, IL, May 2001

Butters Gallery, Porland, OR, Sept. 2000

Eastwick Gallery, Chicago, IL, March,2000

New York Art Exposition, Marco Fine Art, March,1998

Butters Gallery, Portland OR, Sept. 1997

Walter Bischoff Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany, June 1990

The Broadway Gallery, Detroit, MI. May 1988

Bates Gallery, Chicago, ILL. Nov. 1986

Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, ILL. Oct. 1985

GRANTS

1986 Arts Midwest NEA Fellowship Award

 INSTALLATIONS

Rogers Park Mural , Chicago 2011

Rootstock Wine Bar, Chicago, IL , summer 2009

Webster's Wine Bar, Chicago, IL, Feb. 2008

Õ , Biro Restaurant, Sheboygn, Wi, Dec. 2007

Club 950, Chicago, IL , Aug. 1987

Limelight Nightclub, Chicago, July/ March 1986

Hippodrome Nightclub, London, England, May 1986

REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS

Klein, Paul, Brenda Barnum/Joanne Aono- Dualities, Artletter, Jan 2012

Klein, Paul, Brenda Barnum/ Marianne Levant, Artletter , March 2008

"30 Jahre Fachhochschule Offenburg"  catalogue, Oct.1994

Bourrie, Sally, "Art Aloft',  review of "Rapture," New City, May, 1991

McCracken, David, " Gallery Scene", review of "Paint", Chicago Tribune, Feb.1991

Hardt, Su, "Brenda Barnum aus Chicago- Born to be Wild", Kunst Magazin, Stuttgart,

Germany, May 1990

McCracken, David, "Gallery Scene", review of "Abstractions", Chicago Tribune,July 1988

"Choices: Twenty Painters from the Midwest", catalogue from the Arts Midwest Fellowship Show,  essay by Julia Yanson

Waddington, Chris, "Different Strokes, review of Arts Midwest Show. Art Paper, Nov.1987

Hixon, Kathryn, review of one person show at Bates Gallery, New Art Examiner, 

     Jan. 1987

"Gallery Preview", Nit & Wit, Dec. 1986

Leonhart, Mark, "Brenda Barnum/ Linda King", review of show, New Art Examiner, Feb/86

Segard, Michel, Chicago's New Expressionism", New Art Examiner, May 1985

Lyons, Christopher, "Post Industrial Paint", review of show, Chicago Sun Times,  July1984Artner, Alan, "Post Industrial Paint" review of show, Chicago Tribune, July 1984

COLLECTIONS:

Arthur Anderson & Co., Chicago, Il

Walter Bischoff, Walter Bischoff Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

Billy Corgin, Chicago, IL

John Hancock Center-Signature Room at the 95th

Dr. Jerome Hausman, Evanston, Il

I.M.C. Inc. Northbrook,IL

Jay Goltz, Chicago, IL

Edward & Nancy Kienholz, Hope, Idaho

Robert and Janice Laff, Miami, FL

Judith Mamet, Chicago. Il

Peter Miller, Peter Miller Gallery

Dorothy and Alan Press, Chicago, Il

Prudential Insurance Co., Newark N.J.

 Alan Ravitz, Chicago, Il

Saks Fifth Ave., New York

Robert Wislow, Chicago,IL