Barbara M. Zucker (born 1940) is an American artist known for her sculpture. she was Professor Emerita, University of Vermont, and based in Burlington, Vermont. Born in

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, Zucker received a Bachelor of Science degree at the

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before receiving a Master of Arts from Hunter College. She has taught at La Guardia Community College; Fordham University;

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; the

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as a professor on the studio art faculty from 1979, being chair of the Department of Art from 1979 to 1985; and

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. She has served as an artist-in-residence at Florida State University and

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. Zucker began a series of works based on the shape of chairs in the 1960s; the following decade saw her move into

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. She has since come to explore fan shapes, and more recently began to create works with motors. She is a

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Fellow for 1975, and was awarded a fellowship from ''

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'' in 1990 to work in Giverny. She has had numerous solo shows, and co-founded the A.I.R. Gallery, the first women's co-operative gallery in the U.S., in New York City in 1972. From 1974 to 1981 she was an editorial assistant at ''

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'', and she has written for that publication, ''

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'', '' Art Journal'', and ''

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''. Her work may be found in numerous private and corporate collections, as well as the

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. Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by

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