Barry Wilson is a member of NAPA and trained at the Camberwell School of Art and was taught by influential artists such as Bruce Mclean, Cornelia Parker, Jock Mcfadden and Ian Mckeever.
Before becoming a full time artist I worked in film and television painting scenery and fronting a changing rooms style tv programme called ‘Room Raiders’ as an interior designer, my love of paint finishes and gold leaf lead to my obsession with gold and the techniques that can be applied to it.
The fragility of beauty….
“The aim of my paintings has been to emulate a faint image in an antique mirror or a creased and faded much loved photo. I believe the delicate, fragile beauty of gold leaf and the fresh, translucent quality of Acrylic paint belies the somewhat brutal techniques I employ. These include using industrial spray guns, scouring pads and water jets, scrubbing back the layers of paint to reveal the gold leaf base which seems to give the structure / framework of the painting. I believe the result is a vibrant and edgy captured moment; contemporary and beautiful.”
Barry’s highly distinctive paintings have been exhibited in major museum and galleries worldwide with international acclaim, winning the celebrated Saatchi award in 2012.
AAF Battersea
Fresh Art Epsom
AAF New york
AAF Hong Kong
AAF Seattle
ArtChill Jaipur
Catherine Miller gallery London
Fairfax Tunbridge Wells
Wing Galley Wadhurst
Moreton Gallery Cotswolds
Wey Gallery Surrey
GNT Gallery Eastbourne
Saatchi Gallery London WeWorks Charity Auction
Fairfax Gallery London / Tunbridge wells
Russell gallery Fulham London
Catherine Miller Gallery Chelsea London
Wey Gallery Surrey
Moreton Gallery Cotswold
Fresh Art
Hampstead Art Fair
Wing Gallery Wadhurst
Brick Lane Galler London
ArtChill Jaipur india
AAF New york
Wey Gallery London
Russell Gallery London
Towner Art Gallery Eastbourne
Catherine Miller Gallery London
Moreton Gallery Cotswold
AAF Battersea Catherine Miller
AAF New York Linda Blckstone Gallery
AAf Hong Kong Linda Blackstone Gallery
Russell Gallery London
Fairfax Gallery Tunbridge Wells
Rebecca Hossack Gallery London
London art Fair
Catherine Miller Gallery London
Moreton Gallery Cotswold
AAF Battersea Catherine Miller
AAf Hong Kong Fairfax
Store Street gallery London
Fairfax Gallery Tunbridge Wells
Catherine Miller Gallery London
Moreton Gallery Cotswold
AAF Battersea Catherine Miller
Russell Gallery London
Fairfax Gallery Tunbridge Wells
Red Barn Studios Northamptonshire
Catherine Miller Gallery London
Cannizaro House Wimbledon London
AAF Battersea Catherine Miller
Kaplinski Dubai
Store Street Gallery London
Aspen Gallery Dubai
Saatchi Gallery London 15th July 2011
AAF Battersea London
Kempinski Gallery Dubai
Tracey Mcnee Gallery London
Tracey Mcnee Gallery Glasgow
AAF Edinburgh
AAF Bristol
Fairfax Gallery London
Viewpoint Gallery Sussex
Tate Modern 2008
Riverside Studios London
Barbican (London Group)
Saatchi ‘Showdown ‘ (Winner) 2012
Cards produced by Red Rag studios and sold worldwide
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