Approved: 12.10.2006

Hilary Barry

Artist, Curator, Maker, Researcher, Teacher

Approved: 12.10.2006

My paintings are inclined to be about the inner and outer world, and my mind often focusses on recollections of the past and I am haunted still by some of the images I have seen on TV and social media. My language is painting, there is something primal about it. In my latest work the mark making has become more spontaneous, there is no initial drawing, although I usually return to a painting and repaint, building up the marks with more layers of glazes or paint. The layering in the painting is about memory, life and painting time. 

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    Artist Statement

    My paintings are inclined to be about the inner and outer world, and my mind often focusses on recollections of the past and I am haunted still by some of the images I have seen on TV and social media. My language is painting, there is something primal about it. In my latest work the mark making has become more spontaneous, there is no initial drawing, although I usually return to a painting and repaint, building up the marks with more layers of glazes or paint. The layering in the painting is about memory, life and painting time. 

    CV & Education

    Qualifications

    M.A. Fine Art        Middlesex University, 2006

    B.A. Fine Art         Byam Shaw, London

    Foundation:          Bournville, Birmingham

    Exhibitions

    Sept-Oct 2019      Easterly Artists;: People Power, Lowstoft

    April-May 2019     Easterly Pop Up: Britten Centre, Lowestoft

    Sept - Nov 2016  Selected Group: ‘Autumn’ Boundary Arts , Cardiff 

    March  2016         Selected Group “Breath of Nature” Boundary Art, Cardiff

    March –May 15    Selected Group: “Breath of Nature” Boundary Arts, Cardiff Bay

    July 2015              Selected Group “Summer Show” Abergavenny Art Shop

    April 2015              Selected Group “Y Not” Espacio Gallery, London E2

    Nov 14 – Jan 15   Selected Group “Borders” Bernard Weatheril House, Croydon

    Oct 14 – Dec  15  Selected Group ‘Brynmawr Heritage Festival, Wales

    June 2013            Selected Group “Feminist Times” Online

    March 2012          Selected Group: 'It Is Green', Cultivate  Vyner Street             

    July 2011              Selected Group: 'Oh Open', People & Portraiture. Bethnal Gn

    June 2011             Selected Group show: Curated Kings Hill, Kent 

    March 2010          Selected Group: 'BRICK', The Gallery in Redchurch Street, 

    August 2009         Selected: Cork Street Open. Cork Street. London W1

    May 2009              Selected Group; 'CRAC', Hackney Empire. London E8

    June 2008 -13      SelectedGroup Show: Curated June Frickleton DMH, London 

    April 2008             Selected: ‘Artandaid’, Red Cross Exhibition, Hague, Neths

    July 2007 -12        Selected: Barnet Open, Artsdepot, London N12

    March 2007          Selected Group: ‘New Art’, Birmingham

    March 2007          Selected Group: ‘Women’s Work’ Arts Centre, Basingstoke

    February 2007      Selected Group: Show: Historic Dockyard, Portsmouth

    Solo

    Oct 14 – Jan 15  “Landscape and Memory” Psychotherapy Centre, 

                                   London NW5

    July - Aug 2010    'Sanctuary', Tavistock Centre, 120 Belsize Lane, London NW3

    Sept 2009             'Figures in a World', London Psychotherapy Centre, 

                                   London NW5 

    Oct - Dec 2008     'Change', Cloisters. Pump Court, Inner-Temple, London WC1

    April 2007             'What Lies Beneath', Pittstudio & Gallery, Worcester

    Annual

    Nov 2007 - 14      Open Studio: Chocolate Factory. London N22

    June 2017 -19      Suffolk Open Studio. Kessingland, Suffolk 

    Dec 2017 -19        Open : The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk