Barbara Bickel
Department of Curriculum Studies
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC.

Barbara Bickel is currently working on her M.A. in Education at the University of British Columbia where her research focus is in Arts-based Inquiry. She holds a B.F.A. in Painting from the University of Calgary and a B.A. in Sociology and Art History from the University of Alberta. She has exhibited her art in Canada since 1991. Her art is currently represented by the Fran Willis Gallery in Victoria B.C. and Kensington Fine Art Gallery in Calgary, Alberta. She co-founded The Centre Gallery, a non-profit women's focused gallery in Calgary and is an independent curator. A long-time collaborative artist, her art can be found in poetry books as well as on book and CD covers.