Collection of BARNABY BARFORD in a gallery layout

BARNABY BARFORD

Barnaby Barford (b.1977) works across drawing, sculpture, film, installation, and painting, using recognisable imagery to reframe ancient cautionary tales in a contemporary light. Represented by David Gill Gallery since 2004, he has exhibited internationally, including a survey show at MOCA Virginia (2013). His work is held in major collections such as the Victoria & Albert Museum (London), the Museum of Fine Art (Houston), and the National Libraries of France and the Netherlands.

ARTWORKS

Artworks for Barnaby Barford's upcoming duo show 'Day Trip' will be released online on Sunday 6 April. If you'd like to see the works list before this date please contact us

EXHIBITIONS

CV

Education:
2000/02 MA Ceramics and Glass Royal College of Art
1999 ISIA, Faenza, Italy Erasmus Socrates exchange programme
1997/2000 BA(Hons) First 3D design University of Plymouth, Exeter

Teaching:
2004 to present, Central Saint Martins, London, Associate Lecturer 

Public Collections:
Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas, USA
National Museum, Sweden
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Crafts Council, London, UK
Shipley Art Gallery, Tyne & Wear Museums, UK
The Paintings in Hospitals Collection, UK
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, UK
The National Library of the Netherlands
The National Library of France
Public Library of Reims, France
Public Library of Limoges, France

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2020 TRUTHLIESFEARLOVE, David Gill Gallery, Online Exhibition

2019 MORE MORE MORE, David Gill Gallery, London

2016 ME WANT NOW, David Gill Gallery, London
2015 The Tower of Babel, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2013 Barnaby Barford, MOCA Virginia, USA

2013 The Seven Deadly Sins, David Gill Gallery, London

2011 Love Is… David Gill Galleries, London, including publication

2010 The Battle of Trafalgar, OA Madrid, Spain

2010 Damaged Goods, David Gill Galleries, London

2009 The Good, The Bad, The Belle, Spring Projects, London

2007 Private Lives, David Gill Galleries, London

2006 A day in the life, David Gill Galleries, Design Miami
2005 Beauty of the Beast, David Gill, London

2004 Dear God, Paul Smith, Floral St, London

2002 Ceramic Illusions, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea

Awards:
2016 h.Club 100 award in Art, Design & Craft, The Hospital Club, London

2007 Medal of the President of the Italian Republic International Competition of Ceramic Art, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy

2005 Wallpaper* Young Designer of the Year

Selected Public & Private Commissions: 
2016 Permanent Public Artwork, London Borough of Waltham Forest

2013 Louis Vuitton permanent sculptures for Louis Vuitton Selfridges

2011 The Big Win, The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, Arts Council England

2009 Mirrors for International Corporate Art, Miami

2008 Film for Animate Projects, Channel 4 and Arts Council England

2007 Wallpaper* Fashion Story

2004 Nativity Scene, David Gill Galleries, London
2003 Ceramic work, LCA Contemporary Art Ltd, Oslo

2003 Installation, Applied Arts Agency, Clerkenwell, London

2003 Installation, Saatchi and Saatchi, London

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2023 Welcome to My World: Ceramics with Narrative. Travelling exhibition in the UK
2022 OVERRIDE, Chicago
2022 Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne
2022
2020 KCAW, London

2018 Erotic: Passion & Desire, Sotheby’s, London

2018 Material Earth: Myth, Material and Metamorphosis, Messum’s Wiltshire

2018 Nature Morte, Contemporary Artists reinvigorate the Still Life, Guildhall Art Gallery, London

2017 The Learned Society of Extra Ordinary Objects, Somerset House, London

2017 Turn The Page: 10 Years of Hi-Fructose, Akron Art Museum in Ohio and Crocker Art Museum in California, USA

2017 Craftsmanship Alone is Not Enough, Lethaby Gallery, London

2016 Turn The Page: 10 Years of Hi-Fructose, MOCA Virginia, USA

2016 Brutal Beauty, Marta Herford, Germany

2015 My Blue China, Bernardaud Foundation, Limoges, France and travelling

2015 Nature Morte, Contemporary Artists reinvigorate the Still Life, Hå game prestegard, Stavanger, Norway and travelling to museums across Europe including in; Poland, Sweden, UK

2015 The Art Room, Selfridges Work It!, London


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