Barbara Boissevain is a contemporary visual artist and photographer, based in Palm Springs, California, whose work focuses on the impact of human activity on the environment. Nature’s ability to regenerate and reclaim human altered landscapes is a central theme in her work.
Boissevain studied painting at Parsons School of Design in New York before immersing herself in photography, earning a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from San Jose State University.
Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe, including Mémoire De L'Avenir, Paris; the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA; Galerie Numero Cinq, Arles, France; the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland. In 2018 she was an artist in residence at Galerie Huit in Arles, France. She was invited to Atelier 11 for a solo residency through L’AiR Arts international residency program in Paris in July 2022. In the Summer of 2023 she was honored to participate in the Cycladic Arts Residency in Paros Greece.
Boissevain’s photographs are in numerous public and private collections, including the Google Corporate Art Collection, Sunnyvale, CA and the De Pietri Artphilein Foundation, Lugano, Switzerland.
