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Visual Art

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Visual Art
3D barcode in papier mache

Milk Row Studios • 438 Somerville Ave • Studio 1B

Somerville Open Studios

May 2-3, 2026

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shadowy video projection

BARCODE JOURNEYS

Sept -Dec 2025

Somerville Museum

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My Year in Barcode

2022

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About Me

Visual artist living in Somerville, Massachusetts, 

creating conceptual contemporary art,  mixed media, paintings, mosaics

works at Copan, Honduras


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438 Somerville Ave / Milk Row Studios

Holiday Market º Sunday, December 13, 2025 º 

BARCODE JOURNEYS | Exhibition Showcase

baggage tags in collage

Flight Delay

Baggage tags

Barbara Jo

 2022

Gallery shot with three pieces

Rip it Good

Velcro, wood, paint

Barbara Jo, 2022


QR Textil

Sheep wool fabric on frame

Cindy Ramírez, 2022


Ofrenda III

Print on fabric and red thread

Cindy Ramírez, 2023


blue fabric quilt in barcode pattern

How Can We Sleep at Night? 

Thread, yarn, recycled garments 

Kyle Huffman, 2025


The quilt form seemed like the perfect vehicle to address issues of insomnia in these times of political distress. The calming blue and black stripes of the traditional quilt structure called Roman Coins mimic the stacking stripes of the barcodes found on sleep medications. Stitched on the obverse side, their names and methods and tactics for inducing sleep are interspersed with words, intended to dispirit and harm us. 

ON VIEW

The Code Bar

Janine Fay, Lesley Bannatyne, banner by Gary Duehr

Questions?

Please contact me if you cannot find an answer to your question.

Barcode Journeys, September -Dec. 6 2025  | A themed-group exhibition

Participating Artists: Lesley Bannatyne, Lynn Cannici, Woolsey Cole, Chesterman, Gary Duehr, Lydia Fash, Nathan Fash, Kyle Huffman, Barbara Jo, Olga Mesa, Elizabeth Pacini, Cindy Ramírez, Leddy Saenz, Charlie Warren, and Sandra Wascher


Milk Row Studios | 438 Somerville Ave | Next to Market Basket and above Little India



Somerville Open Studios • May 2-3, 2026 • Milk Row Studios • or DM me for studio visits 

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