Denée Barr

Multimedia Artist, Photographer, Vocalist Denée Barr is an artistic chameleon. An award winning fine art photographer and winner of a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award Grant 2003 for artistic excellence in photography, Denée Barr is also an accomplished singer and First Place Winner of Howard University International Soloist Competition 1979. Denée studied voice with Audrey Nossaman Snapp in the School of Music at the University of Maryland College Park. Denée is a graduate of the Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts founded by Toby Orenstein in Columbia, Maryland. Her photographs are in numerous collections including the "Heart of DC": John A. Wilson Building City Hall Public Permanent Art Collection.

Barr frequently combines various mediums to create her photo based artwork. The Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, England selected her photos to be included in a touring exhibition in the UK entitled "Everyday Stories" featuring artwork from exceptional, international artists (1995-1996). In celebration of Columbia's 40th Birthday, a mini-retrospective Denée Barr Photographs Columbia, Maryland (1997-2006) was on exhibit at the Columbia Foundation in the American City Building, Columbia, Maryland (2007-2008). One photo toured in the Maryland-Kanagawa, Japan 25th Anniversary Sister State Cultural Exchange Exhibition Landscape & Nature: A View From Maryland touring throughout the State of Maryland and eventually on exhibit at the Kanagawa Earth Plaza for Global Citizenship in Yokohama, Japan. (2006-2008) In 2009, Nature of Things: Transformations Within Nature Photographs by Denée Barr was on exhibit March 30 - May 28, 2009 at Adkins Arboretum on Maryland's Eastern Shore. In 2010, Denée presented her photography collection From A Global Window: The Caribbean in an artist talk at the Library of Congress and at the Organization for American States in Washington, DC. In 2014, Denée Barr produced and directed "Looking From Within: 5 Film Narratives" which had debut screening at the Goethe Institut in Washington, DC in Soundscene VII: Privacy Settings DC Listening Lounge experimental sound and art installations. In 2015, Denée is open to whatever comes next, stay tuned!

Denée Barr has performed in numerous choirs and special events in the Baltimore/Washington, DC region and engaged audiences wherever she has traveled internationally with her voice, music, and art.