Birds of a Feather: Barbara Schreiber

Upstairs Artspace is proud to present Birds of a Feather, a group exhibition on view from April 19 through May 29, 2026.

Barbara Schreiber’s works on paper appear lighthearted at first glance, but often have disturbing undertones.

Born in Baltimore MD, Schreiber was a Cold War baby. Her aesthetic was formed in part by dinner-table discussions of political brinksmanship, her upbringing in a gritty town, and

the solace she found gazing at tiny, enameled antiquities at the Walters Art

Museum and four small Cézanne paintings of Mt. St. Victoire at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Schreiber’s exhibitions include the High Museum of Art, PS 1, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, SPACE Pittsburgh, the Weatherspoon Museum of Art, McColl Center, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Telfair Museum of Art, Mint Museum of Art, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the Sorbonne, and numerous other spaces. She has completed residencies at Millay

Arts, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Hambidge Center, McColl Center, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and Goodyear Arts.

In addition to her work as an artist, Schreiber can sometimes be pestered into writing about visual art. Her articles, essays, reviews, and navel staring have appeared in Art Papers,

Sculpture, Metalsmith, Creative Loafing Charlotte, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Charlotte Observer, and other publications. She was an associate editor of Art Papers for ten years.

Schreiber attended Atlanta College of Art and received her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. She currently lives in Charlotte, NC.

Schreiber’s work is filled with animals that sometimes serve as stand-ins for humans. In particular, she identifies with small, wild ones—adorable, understood by few, and ultimately alone in a complex, fast-moving world.

Socials: @thatschreiber

Website: barbaraschreiber.com

Title: Waxwings and their Tempters

Medium: Acrylic on Paper

Dimensions: 22x30”

Date: 2025