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
2018
Saatchi Gallery London WeWorks Charity Auction Fairfax GalleryLondon / Tunbridge wells Russell gallery Fulham London Catherine Miller Gallery ChelseaLondon Wey Gallery Surrey Moreton Gallery Cotswold Fresh Art Hampstead Art Fair Wing Gallery Wadhurst
2017
Brick Lane GallerLondon ArtChillJaipur india AAF New york Wey Gallery London Russell Gallery London Towner Art Gallery Eastbourne
2016
Catherine Miller Gallery London Moreton GalleryCotswold AAF Battersea Catherine Miller AAFNew York Linda Blckstone Gallery AAf Hong Kong Linda Blackstone Gallery Russell Gallery London Fairfax Gallery Tunbridge Wells Rebecca Hossack Gallery London
2015
London art Fair Catherine Miller Gallery London Moreton GalleryCotswold AAF Battersea Catherine Miller AAf Hong Kong Fairfax Store Street gallery London Fairfax Gallery Tunbridge Wells
2014
Catherine Miller Gallery London Moreton GalleryCotswold AAF Battersea Catherine Miller Russell Gallery London Fairfax Gallery Tunbridge Wells Red Barn StudiosNorthamptonshire
2013
Catherine Miller Gallery London Cannizaro House Wimbledon London AAF Battersea Catherine Miller Kaplinski Dubai Store Street Gallery London
2012
Aspen Gallery Dubai Saatchi Gallery London 15th July 2011 AAF Battersea London
