Barrie J Davies Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 – “NO LOOKING” TheWales Millennium Centre,Cardiff,Wales

2008 – “THEBARRIE J DAVIES SHOW” Centrespace Gallery,Bristol,England

2007 – “PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE STAIRS” Q Gallery, Narberth,Wales

2006 – “THE BALLAD OFBARRIE J” G39,Cardiff,Wales

2005 – “MAY CONTAIN NUTS” Oriel I Bawb,Snowdon Mill, Porthmadog, Wales

2005 – “BARRIE J DAVIES IS AN ARTIST” Fold Gallery,Kirkby Stephen,Cumbria,England

2004 – “BLOW MY MONKEY” The Red Box Gallery,Ninian Road,Cardiff,Wales

2003 – “SERENDIPITY” The Circle Gallery, Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd, Wales

2001 – “23 RPM” Haverfordwest Library Gallery, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire,Wales

2000 – “CRIME SCENE” ProjectMilford,Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire,Wales

1998 – “WORLDS MOST WANTED” Haverfordwest Community Centre, Pembrokeshire,Wales

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 – “ART CAR-BOOTIQUE” Chapter, Cardiff, Wales

2012 – “MADE IN SPRING” Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff, Wales

2012 – “SPRING #3” Project Ten Gallery, Cardiff, Wales

2011 – “DIRTBOX” Nos Da, Cardiff, Wales

2011 – “CHRISTMAS SHOW” St Davids Hall, Cardiff, Wales

2011 – “WINTER #2” Project Ten Gallery, Cardiff, Wales

2011 – “SECRET” The Royal College of Art, London, England

2011 – “SOMEBODY PEOPLE” The Dairy, Cardiff, Wales

2011 – “FLUXUS NEVER STOPS”KaunasBiennial,Lithuania

2011 – “PAINTINGS” Gallery 407, London, England

2011 – “ROOTS AND SHOOTS” MidWales Arts Centre, Caersws,Wales

2011 – “SUMMER #2” Project Ten Gallery,Cardiff,Wales

2011 – “ART CAR-BOOTIQUE” Chapter,Cardiff,Wales

2011 – “100 POSTCARDS” Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff, Wales

2011 – “PAPER” Project Ten Gallery,Cardiff,Wales

2011 – “100 POSTCARDS” The Royal Standard, Liverpool, England

2011 – “A JOURNEY TO THE EAST” SOS Gallery, Bandug, West Java, Indonesia

2011 – “MY EVERYDAY OBJECT” Polifemo, Milan, Italy

2011 – “350 EARTH” Bunnel Street Gallery, Homer,Alaska,USA

2011 – “SOAPBOX ARTS FESTIVAL 2011” St Helen’s, England

2011 – “IMAGINE BLUE SQUIRRELS” Miami Arts, Miami, Arizona, USA

2011 – “CUTCLICK” Artlandish Gallery, Cleethorpes, England

2011 – “RESLIENCE” Llantarnham Grange Art Gallery, Cwmbran, Wales

2011 – “POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE” CRG Gallery, New York, USA

2010 – “POLAR ART FAIR” Tactile Bosch Gallery,Cardiff,Wales

2010 – “SECRET” The RoyalCollege ofArt,London,England

2010 – “THE PROFESSIONALS” Eversheds,Cardiff,Wales

2010 – “AUTUMN BOOK ARTS FAYRE” Ffotogallery, Penarth, Wales

2010 – “EMERGING ARTISTS” The Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales
2010 – “SHOWCASE” Old Library Artspace, Cardiff, Wales

2010 – “INKLINGS” Milkwood Gallery,Cardiff,Wales

2010 – “100 T-SHIRTS” Jazzcakes,Cardiff,Wales

2010 – “SUMMER BOOK ARTS FAYRE” Ffotogallery, Penarth,Wales

2010 – “THE BOOK OF DEATH” Musuem of Modern Art Wales, Machynlleth,Wales

2009 – “FRAMEWORK SOCIAL” Framework,Swansea,Wales

2009 – “ART AND PROMISES” The Marriot Hotel,Cardiff, Wales

2009 – “CONTEMPORARY ART FROM WALES & BOARDERS”SwanseaMuseum,Wales

2009 – “COMMUNICATIONS” Elder Street Gallery,Houston,Texas,USA

2009 – “BLAH BLAH” Elysium Gallery,Swansea,Wales

2009 – “THE FRIEZE ART FAIR”RegentsPark,London,England

2009 – “SECRET” The RoyalCollege ofArt,London,England

2009 – “THE TAIL COAT PROJECT” Craft in the Bay Gallery,Cardiff, Wales

2009 – “SEX, ANARCHY,WALES” The Globe,Cardiff, Wales (Curated by the Big Fuss)

2009 – “ART FORCE 1” The Israeli Centre for Digital Art,Holon,Israel

2009 – “THE BIG EVENT” Nos Da,Cardiff,Wales (Curated by the Big Fuss)

2009 – “REPETATIVE VARIATIONS” Monkey Bar,Swansea,Wales

2009 – “4 TO 7” Propeller Island Gallery,London,England (curated by Mark Mcgowan)

2008 – “CRASH WORSHIP” Tactile Bosch Gallery,Cardiff,Wales

2008 – “SHOWROOM” Coopers Arms, Aberystwyth,Wales

2008 – “IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME” G39 Gallery,Cardiff,Wales (curated by Anthony Shapland)

2008 – “NATIONAL ART COMPETITION” Angelus Gallery,Winchester,England

2007 – “BREAKPADS” THE Garej Artspace,Cardiff, Wales

2007 – “HAPPINESS” Oriel I Bawb,Snowdon Mill, Porthmadog, Wales

2007 – “PUNK” Galerie Lecocon,Hamberg,Germany

2007 – “PUNK” Ada Street Gallery,London,England

2007 – “SONIC ART EXPO”Plymouth,England

2007 – “ART IN IT” Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd,Wales

2007 – “SOS Art Fair”Kings Road,Cardiff,Wales

2006 – “UNSAFE” Light House,Poole,England

2006 – “WHERE WERE @” Tactile Bosch Artspace,Cardiff,Wales

2006 – “SECRET” The RoyalCollege ofArt,London,England

2006 – “FRED” Fold Gallery and various locations in and aroundCumbria,England (curated by Steve Messem)

2006 – “EXHIBIT 27” TheMuseum ofTemporary Art,Tubingen,Germany

2006 – “SURFACE” Oriel Davies Gallery,Newtown, Powys,Wales

2006 – “UNDERCOVER” Oriel Davies Gallery,Newtown, Powys,Wales

2006 – “WISH YOU WERE HERE!” Artshed, Ware,Herts,England

2005 – “MULTIPLEX 4″ The Old Cinema Art Space, Hoxton,London,England

2005 – “SLICE 3″ChapterArtGallery,Cardiff,Wales

2005 – “MULTIPLEX 3″ The Old Cinema Art Space, Hoxton,London,England

2005 – “SECRET” The RoyalCollege ofArt,London,England

2005 – “THE WELSH CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2005″ Oriel I Bawb, Porthmadog, Wales,

2005 – “MOBILE” Arena Gallery,Liverpool,England

2005 – “SUPER 8 STATION 2″ Station Art space,Bristol,England

2005 – “OBSESSION” GALERI X,Istanbul,Turkey

2005 – “STATES OFUNION?” Catalyst Arts,Belfast,Northern Ireland

2004 – “THE POST CARD SHOW” The Surface Gallery,Nottingham,England

2004 – “SLICE 2″ Tactile Bosch Gallery,Cardiff,Wales

2004 – “SECRET” The RoyalCollege ofArt,London,England

2004 – “FLIM FLAM” G39, Mill lane,Cardiff,Wales (Curated by Anthony Shapland)

2004 – “JACUZI JUNTA” Chapter arts Centre,Cardiff,Wales

2004 – “PERFECTLY NORMAL” Tactile Bosch Gallery,Cardiff,Wales

2003 – “SECRET” The RoyalCollege ofArt,London,England

2003 – “SLICE” Jacobs Market Art Space,Cardiff,Wales

2003 – “DRAWING, THE END OF THE LINE” Ecole Municipale de Dessin,Saint-lo,France

2003 – “CAERLEON ARTS FAIR” Artavia Gallery, Caerleon,Wales

2002 – “CHRISTMAS SHOW” Artavia Gallery, Caerleon,Wales

2002 – “ART IN THE MARKET”Newport market Gallery,Newport,Wales

2002 –”SUMMER”BrooklynArtGallery,CardiffWales

2001 – “CHRISTMAS” InkSpot Arts and Crafts Centre Gallery,Cardiff,Wales

2000 – “ANONYMOUS” Southampton Institute Fine Art Degree show,Southampton,England

2000 – “SUMMER SHOW” Milford Haven Dockside Gallery,Milford Haven,Wales

1998 – “ALCHEMY” St Mary’s Market,Southampton,England

1998 – “FOUNDATION”CarmarthenCollege of Art & Design, Carmarthen,Wales

SOLO PERFORMANCES, EVENTS, HAPPENINGS AND PROJECTS

2010 – “THE BARRIE J DAVIES CARBOOT SALE ARTSHOP” – an interactive installation at The Artisan Beer Festival Cardiff
2010 – “BAD JOKE” – a live performance comedy at GwdiHw Cafe Bar Cardiff , 30th of September
2010 – “THE SULKATHON” – a live performance about sulking outside Cardiff city hall, 27th of August, 1pm to 2pm

2009 – DOWN THE PAN – A series of drawings exhibited in public toilets in various locations documented for the

internet.

2009 – OPEN STUDIO – The studio of Barrie J Davies was open to the public every Saturday12 to 5pm for two

months

2008 – THE PUB ART GROUP – an artist group to discuss art & ideas once a week in the Pen and Wig Pub in

Cardiff

2007 – SUBEQUE – Book launch and performance,Cardiff

2007 – GAREJ – part of a group artist run art space gallery inCardiff

2006 – MULTIPLY – A series of gold brick multiples for sale at Black Pug clothing store,Albany road,Cardiff

2005 – ON THE PISS – A happening / event/ pub crawl starting at the Tut and Shive Pub City Road Cardiff going

to other pubs inCardiff. Images of this event documented for Barrie J Davies Website. 27th may

2004 – THE MUSEUM OF NOTHINGNESS – Mail Art project collecting objects that people sent in the post that

represent ‘nothing’, publicised in The Western Mail and AN magazine, Nov

2004 – GIVING YOU NOTHING – A badge art give away project at Tommy’s Bar,HowardGardens, UWIC

Cardiff, Apr

2003 – FOR THE TATE – a mail art project donating a painting on paper by Barrie J davies to be added to the

Collection of the Tate GalleryLondon.

2003 – GIVE AWAY – a mail art project giving away free unframed abstract paintings to galleries & the public

2002 – REJECTED: 2002 to 2010 – collection project file of art gallery exhibition rejection correspondence

RESIDENCIES

2010 – Online artist in residence for The Art Engagement (organised by Clare Adams)

CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES

2007 – “BRAKE PADS” Curator of a mixed media group show at the Garej Art spaceCardiff, Nov

2006 – “THE COUCH TRIP” curator and organiser of an exhibition of Video art in the lounge of a flat inCardiff,

Mar

2005 – “ALL WASHED UP!” curator and organiser of an exhibition of artwork in a Bathroom inCardiff, Aug

2004 – “SLICE 2″ Assistant Curator, Group Exhibition, Tactile Bosch,Cardiff,Wales, Aug

2003 – “SLICE” Assistant Curator, Group Exhibition Jacobs Market,Cardiff – Nov

TEACHING

2010 – Coleg Morgannwg, Pontypridd,Wales,UK

COMMISSIONS, AWARDS & WORKSHOPS

2010 – Inklings Doodle drawing workshop at Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff, Wales

2009 – The Tale Coat Project Assisting Artist with Lucy Lille commissioned by Caerphilly Council

2009 – Doodle drawing workshop at Risca House, Risca commissioned by Caerphilly Council

2007 – Nominated for Academi Welsh Book of the Year 2008 for “Subesque – The Art ofBarrie J Davies”

2007 – Nominated for the Artes Mundi Prize

2006 – The Big Arts Week 2006 atLlanedyrnHigh School,Cardiff,Wales

2005 – The Red Box Gallery Award for The Baddest Painting

2005 – Quench Magazine – cover image

COLLECTIONS

G39 Gallery,Cardiff,Wales

TheWalesMillennium Centre,Cardiff,Wales

Tactlebosch Art space,Cardiff,Wales

University of Wales Institute ofCardiff

SELECTED CRITICAL REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, MEDIA AND PRESS COVERAGE

2010 – BBC1 Television News, artwork featured in news about exhibition at Royal College of Art, Nov15th

2010 – The Jamie and Louise Show, Radio Wales, Live Radio interview, 9:15am 26th August
2010 – Metro, Cardiff issue, p.6, 25th August
2010 – South Wales Echo, “Sulking does you the world of Good”, p.6 24th August

2009 – Tros Gynnal Art Exhibition and Auction 2009 Catalogue,Lot 90, p45

2009 – Paper X Magazine, issue 2

2009 – Buzz Magazine, arts listing October, p58

2008 – South Wales Echo, “Riding your bike” 13th June, p.23

2007 – Metro Magazine “An Art review” Brodie Lynons

2007 – “Subesque – The art of Barrie J Davies” published by Editions Martin (ISBN 978-0-9530-4924-0)

2007 – South Wales Echo, “Artists hope to draw in crowds” Jan 26th, p.4

2006 – “Surface” exhibition catalogue, Oriel Davies Gallery

2006 – “Show One of Each” exhibition catalogue, G39 Gallery

2006 – “Undercover” exhibition catalogue, Oriel Davies Gallery

2006 – Metro Magazine “An Art review” by Gordon Dalton, 18th Apr, p24

2005 – Cumberland & Westmorland Herald “Its all a matter of taste”6th Aug, p4