ARTIST STATEMENT
Barrie J Davies Artist Statement
Barrie J Davies is an artist based in Brighton, UK. He uses a variety of artistic methods when creating his works, including graffiti, humour, street art, graphic design, and pop art. In 2000, he graduated from the Southampton Institute with a Degree in Fine Art, and in 2004, he earned his Masters in Fine Art from the University of Wales Institute.
Social media, graffiti, consumerism, pop culture & the urban environment in which he lives all have an impact on his paintings. Acrylic, common paints, spray paint, glitter, screen printing, markers, comic books, digital printing, and found objects are just a few of the mediums he employs.
His fun colourful artwork is a chaotic and playful visual remix using found imagery exploring humour, subversion, cartoons, memes, kitsch and pop consumer culture.
Barrie's artwork can be found in public & private collections around the world & is also owned by Noel Fielding & Norman Cook (also known as DJ Fatboy Slim).
Selected solo and group exhibitions have been:
"WONKY POP" Gallery 40, Brighton (2023); "ART IS ART PUSHING BOUNDERIES" Coles Gallery, Corn Exchange, Leeds (2023); “OPEN” Atelier Beside the Sea, Brighton, (2022); "BARRIE J DAVIES' GREATEST HITS" Crown Street Gallery, Darlington, (2019); “SAATCHI SCREEN” Saatchi Gallery, London (2019); “POP ART EVERYTHING ELSE IS NOT QUIET" Artraum-Mosimo Galerie, Rees, Germany (2018); “CRASH COURSE FOR THE RAVERS” Stone Space Gallery, London (2017); “SECRET” The Royal College of Art, London, England (2017); “SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY” Norwich Play House, Norwich (2016);
“KEEP THE COSMIC TRIGGER HAPPY” Paper Gallery, Bristol (2015); “CORRESPONDENCE” Q Gallery, Brainerd, Minnesota, USA (2014); “6 X6” Rochester Contemporary Art Center, New York (2014); "THE FRIEZE ART FAIR" Regents Park, London, England (2012); "TRACES" ATELIER 5B, Schondorf am Ammersee, Germany (2012); “POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE” CRG Gallery, New York, USA (2011); “THE BOOK OF DEATH” Musuem of Modern Art Wales, Machynlleth, Wales and “4 TO 7” Propeller Island Gallery, London, (2009).