Colleen Barry American, b. 1981
Colleen’s paintings combine the rigor and sophistication of European Masters with the potency of Contemporary Art. Colleen draws her inspiration from the humanist sculptures of Michelangelo, the painting collaborations of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol, from the etchings of german draftswoman Käthe Kollwitz and the oil paintings of Neo Rauch. Her subjects include family members, self-portraits with her two children and mythic-like human and animal symbols. A lifetime New Yorker, Colleen grew up immersed in the music scene of the early 2000s, touring globally with the Strokes. At 21 she created paintings for film companies in New York and Hollywood; her work appeared in major motion pictures and music videos by the likes of Lil Kim and the Die Romantik. In 2011 she received an Affiliate Fellowship to reside at the American Academy in Rome with her husband, Will St. John. Colleen has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards and her work is in important collections in North America and Europe including the New Salem Museum of Art.
Colleen paints out of her studio in East Williamsburg Brooklyn. She is currently the Director of Drawing at the Grand Central Atelier in Ridgewood Queens.
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Future Fair 2023
Dittmar Viane and Colleen Barry 10 - 13 May 2023Read more -
Art Brussels 2023
Main booth with works by ASMA, Bram Kinsbergen, Colleen Barry, Daan Gielis, Dittmar Viane, Erik Chiafele, Mamali Shafahi, Max Kesteloot, Michiel Ceulers, Tom Volkaert, touche—touche 20 - 23 Apr 2023Read more
Colleen Barry, b. 1981
2022
TO BODILY GO, M Building MIAMI Group Show curated by Saša Bobojov Nov 27-Dec 3
SPRING BREAK ART SHOW, NAKED LUNCH, Take This Fire booth 1006 September 7-12th NYC
O’FLAHERTY’S The Patriot Group Exhibition July 14th - Aug 9th
CAELUM GALLERY presents RIDE THE TIGER a duo artist exhibition with Will St. John and Colleen Barry hosted by Adam Driver and Joanne Tucker, March 11- 17th NYC
Wolf Building Chelsea District
2019
L.A. ART SHOW Arcadia Contemporary Booth 413/512 Los Angeles Convention Center, CA
2018
L.A. ART SHOW Arcadia Contemporary Booth 413/512 Los Angeles Convention Center, CA THE UNBROKEN LINE: OLD AND NEW MASTERS Group Exhibition Robert Simon Fine Art, NY
5 AND UNDER: A Group Exhibition Arcadia Contemporary Pasadena, CA
RECLAMATION Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
ON PAPER: An Exhibition of Drawings The Florence Academy of Art US, Newark, NJ 12X12: A Portrait Exhibition The Florence Academy of Art US, Newark, NJ
2017
5 AND UNDER: A Group Exhibition Arcadia Contemporary Pasadena, CA
2016
SELF-PORTRAIT Eleventh Street Arts Long Island City, NY
2015
NUDE: A Figure Drawing Exhibition, Eleventh Street Arts, Long Island City, NY SUMMER SNOW Faculty Exhibition, Snow College, Ephriam UT
The NYC Preview of Paintings Acquired by the C.S.Lewis Institute, Salmagundi Art Club, NYC
The Art of the C.S.Lewis Collection, C.S.Lewis Institute, Northeast, OH
2014
SUMMER SNOW Faculty Exhibition, Snow College, Ephriam UT Inaugural Group Show, Eleventh Street Arts, Long Island City, NY
2012
ARTISTS FOR THE NEW CENTURY Bennington Center for the Arts EXPRESSING THE FIGURE Drawings from Life St. John’s University Queens, NY
2011
THE CLASSICAL IDEAL Institute for Classical Architecture and Art Gensler Office Exhibition, NY EMERGENCE Blooming Arts Festival Uptown Arts Stroll Riverside Drive, NY
2010
TWO ARTISTS: Colleen Barry and Colin Berry, Simie Maryles Gallery, Province Town, MA ESPRIT DE FEMME Beardsely Fine Art Wilton CT
OBJECTS OF ART Beardsely Fine Art Wilton CT
THE ACADEMIC APPROACH The Academy Arts Council Bryn Athyn, PA
2009
Hudson River Revival Exhibition Springville Museum of Art Springville UT
2008
The Water Street Atelier Atlanta Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
US ARTISTS/ART FAIR, Frost and Reed Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Two Artists, Two Realities St. Josephs College, Brooklyn, NY
Bennington, VT
The Hudson River School Exhibition, Hunter NY
The Thomas Moran Trust Silent Auction, Hirsh and Adler, NYC The Water Street Atelier, Bendann Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2007
US ARTISTS/ART FAIR, Frost and Reed Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Dogs in Art, Frost and Reed, New York, NY
2006
OUR DAILY BREAD, Frost and Reed, Solo Exhibition NYC
Group Exhibition Salmagundi Club, Audubon Artist Inc., New York, Point O'Woods - Group Exhibition, Fire Island, NY
2006
The Greenwich House Music School Faculty Art Exhibition, NYC
2005
Local Landscapes, The Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
The Nude-Works on Canvas and Paper, Mitchell- Innes and Nash Gallery, NY NEW PAINTINGS Frost and Reed Gallery NY
MAN’S BEST FRIEND Frost and Reed Gallery NY
2003
Group Student Show, The National Academy of Design, NY
2002
Group Student Show, The National Academy of Design, NY Group Student Show, Cork Gallery Lincoln Center, New York, NY
2001
Group Student Show, The National Academy of Design, NY
2000
Group Student Show, National Arts Club, New York, NY Group Student Show, National Academy of Design, NY
1999
Group Student Show, The National Academy of Design, NY Group Show, Cork Gallery Lincoln Center, New York, NY
