Solo Exhibitions
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2021
#5 Sol LeWitt Studio (USA) | Irene Barberis: Choreographing Colour, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
2020
#4 Irene Barberis: A Response to Sol LeWitt’s Italian Studios, curated by Milos Zahradka Maiorana, Tibaldi Contemporanea Gallery , Rome, Italy
2019
#1 Studio Exhibition: Sol LeWitt Studio, Chester Connecticut, USA
#2 A Response to Sol LeWitt’S Studio; Variations and Compositions, SACI Gallery, New York, USA.
The Tapestry of Light, Museum of the Bible, Washington DC.
#3 Studio Exhibition/Mahler LeWitt Studios, Spoleto, Italy
2018
...and then...,Transitions, Langford120, Melbourne
Psychochoreography: a confluence of thinking, Irene Barberis & Adrian L Page (curator I Barberis), Langford120, Melbourne
Who’s afraid…? Irene Barberis / Wilma Tabacco, Ellipsis Gallery, Langford120, Melbourne
2017
Tapestry of Light: Intersections of Illumination, Brussels Cathedral, Belgium
Tapestry Of Light: Intersections of Illumination, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, UK
Wall Drawing –Langford120, Melbourne
2016
Re Forming the Line: blow, cut, melt, Langford120, Melbourne
Illuminating configurations, The Bury Art Museum, United Kingdom
2015
All I wanted was the cut space pinned to the wall, Langford120, Melbourne
Vision du Ciel, Langford120, Melbourne
2014
Lines of Thought #3, Langford120, Melbourne, Australia
Revelation /Apocalypse, Visual Arts Centre, Latrobe University, Bendigo, Victoria
2012
Apocalypse/ Re Looking 1996 – 2012, Langford120, Melbourne, Australia
2011
First Breath Last Breath; Breathe, an installation with Mike Parr, Bury Museum and Art Gallery, Manchester, UK.
The Tapestry of Light; The Art & Science of Illumination and the Photon; an installation with Professor David Mainwaring, Gallery Tashkeel, Dubai and Sharjah UAE
2009
Apocalypse: Seven Histories in Futures, International Arc Biennale, Brisbane 2009
Apocalypse: Room of Light, SOAG RMIT University, Melbourne
Writings on the Wall, Space Delawab, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Writings on the Wall 2, DrawingSpace, Melbourne
Tapestry of Light, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
2008
Drawing Revelation – Slow Release and Pink Mesh Holes , Project Space, Down Time, RMIT, Melbourne
Installation: Rubber Constructions, JDMF. ECA Studio, Chicago, USA
2007
Lux In Tenebris Lucet: with Godwin Bradbeer, SOAG, RMIT University, Melbourne
20,000 Colours: The Artistic Gene;, Four Generations of Women, Albury City Museum and Library, NSW
2006
Room of breath, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney
Breath; skin; light: Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
Splats : four foil dresses and a pink cross /END frieze - Atelier show, Cite Internationale des Arts
2005
Set of verbs/ visions and dreams, Square Gallery, RMIT City Campus Melbourne
Barberis from Lewitt, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney
2004
Lightlines; a Kinaesthetic Experience: reflections from the Frankston Public Art Project, in conjunction with Steve Wright, of Steensen Varming Pty. Ltd. Span Gallery, Melbourne
Lineage of Light: Reading Wheels, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney
Crosses Stars + Circles, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland
Don't Take my Breath Away #6 plastique, Salle 3A, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Cut it Out! It’s a Wonderful World, Salle B, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Line of thought #2, Atelier 8113, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris France
2003
#4 plastique: pink, Helen Maxwell Gallery, ACT
#5 plastique: specula, Span Galleries, Melbourne
2002
Plastique with S!X designers, Span Galleries, Melbourne
Breath - Four Corners, Artists Commune, Contemporary Gallery, Hong Kong
2001
October Paintings – 2001, compositional fragmentation / reflected everyday, Gallery Three, Span Galleries, Melbourne
Breakdown of Space and the Build up of Colour 1978 – 2001, Built Pictures, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne
2000
Abstract and Figurative Elements of the Apocalypse and its Representations:
Gallery One: Abstract and Figurative Elements of the Apocalypse, Span Galleries, Melbourne
Gallery Two: Mosaics, Manuscripts, End Signs and Equations, Span Galleries, Melbourne
Gallery Three: Windows and Wood Cuts, Span Galleries, Melbourne
Gallery Four: Emblems and Allegories, Span Galleries, Melbourne
Gallery Five: Reading Revelation and Glow in the Dark Wall Drawing (taped work), Span Galleries, Melbourne
Factory / Studio Space: A:Polymerous Still Life; 2,000 sq. ft, Span Galleries, Melbourne
Front Space: Info - Overflow + Aftermath, Span Galleries, Melbourne
Apocalypse Circles, St. John's Southbank, Melbourne
1999
Star Painting, From the Apocalypse, Figurative and Abstract Elements, Victoria University Gallery, Melbourne
Saying it with Flowers, with Wilma Tabacco, RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall, Melbourne
Saying it with Flowers, with Wilma Tabacco, Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury, NSW
Saying it with Flowers, with Wilma Tabacco, The University Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania
Saying it with Flowers, with Wilma Tabacco, Geelong Regional Art Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
Saying it with Flowers, with Wilma Tabacco, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria
1998
Saying it with Flowers (Wilma Tabacco), Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide
Apocalypse Circle Series, and Ten Black Flowers, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1997
Red Horse / Revealed Geometry, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
Line of Thought, Victoria University, Victoria University Gallery
1996
Charpentes, Latrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne
1995
The Spiritual and the Mundane - Aspects of Scripture in the Modern World:
Space One: Symbols and Types, Heavenly Jerusalem, (wall drawing), Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
Space Two: The Spiritual and the Mundane, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
Space Three: Wheels Within Wheels, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
Space Four: Separated Gatherings, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
Transitional Installation: Micrography / Ten Pieces, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
1992
These Women - Where Honour's Due, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
1991
Recent Paintings, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
Geometer God, Luba Bilu – wall and window work, Melbourne
1990
2 No. Plans, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
Wall Drawing, Build a picture milk cartons, Room Four, Linden, St Kilda Arts Centre, Melbourne
1988
Miniatures, From The Douce Apocalypse, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
1986
Transitions; Angels lifting still lives into heaven – figurative and abstract constructions, United Artists, Melbourne
Building Pictures: Ritz St Kilda – Majestic Studios, St Kilda
1983- 1984
Mirrored Melbourne, two pieces-1000 images, Public Art Billboard Project, Victorian Ministry for the Arts
1982
Everyday outlined, still life installation and growth paintings, Cite des Arts Open Studio,Pont Marie, Paris
1982
The edge and everyday, paintings, drawings and still life installation, Rue Giradon, Monmartre, Cite Das Arts, Paris, France
1981
Installation and the everyday - spatial dialogues, with Gary Goldstein, Cite Des Arts Paris
1980
Fractured Realism, Feminism, Cubism, and the Grid, Solo Studio Exhibition, Open Exhibition program
1979
100 paintings from the everyday - and other materials, Pinacotheca, Melbourne
1977
Fractured realism and coloured edges; Victorian Ministry for the Arts, Billboard, City Square, Melbourne (Two Pieces, 12ft x 20ft, painted on wood)