Education
MA Fine Art - Distinction. University of The Arts London. UK
BA Fine Arts. University of Westminster. UK
Film
2021 Narrator, Writer. Once Upon A Crime - Origin Story. Bad Alex Productions
2019 Kings Guard, King Lear, BBC/ Amazon Prime
2018 Interviewer - Stealing Southbank
2014 Warrior - Legend of Tarzan. Warner Bros
Art Fairs
2019 Bangla Biennale, Komdhara, India
2012 Barcelona Showcase, Casa Batllo, Spain.
2012 The Other Art Fair, Ambika P3, London.
2011 Festival of Lights, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
2011 Unhinged Festival, Electric Brixton. London.
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Live Art Saturday, Elizabeth James Gallery, London.
The Ripley Arts Centre, London.
2016 Recovery Cafe, London
2012 Cycooldelic Revolution, London.
Group Exhibitions
2021 Wandsworth Framed, London
2019 Trasformazoni Exhibition tour, Serole, Bossolasco, Monastero, Bormida, Cortemilia, Bubbio, Italy
2018 Mass. Chelsea College of Arts. London
UN World Youth skill Day, Narrative London, Westminster, London
Interim Show, UAL Chelsea, London
Post Contemporary Wave, World Art Day. Narrative Movements
Un:Pact, Chelsea College of Arts. London.
Post Contemporary Wave, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India.
Open Studio, UAL Chelsea College of Arts, London.
2017 Organic Wave, Narrative Movements, Pondicherry, India.
Path, UAL Chelsea College of Arts, London.
Rotary Sadan, Kolkata, India.
Gallery Kunst Aan De Kade, Delft, Netherlands.
PCW, Kumarghat, Unakoti, Tripura, India.
Kidderpore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Chitale Bandhu, Shanipar Chauk, Sadashiv Perth, Pune, India.
Dharapara, Gushkara Burdwan, West Bengal, India
PCW 13, Royal Palms, Narrative Movements, Mumbai, India.
Shapers of Minds, Elizabeth James Gallery, London.
Post Contemporary Wave 12, Kanchrapara, West Bengal, India.
Prayas, Post Contemporary Wave 11, Mangrol, Gujarat, India.
Narrative Movements, Cottage Guest House, Pondicherry, India.
BSNL Crossing, Pondicherry, India.
Narrative Movements, Behala Naba Proyas, Kolkata, India.
Post Contemporary Wave 8, Narrative Movements, Howrah, West Bengal, India.
Urban Landscapes, Elizabeth James Gallery, London.
2016 The Mysteries Within, Narrative Movements, Pondicherry, India.
Post Contemporary Wave, Poinan, West Bengal, India.
Post Contemporary Wave, Niğde Yeşilburç Village Ulukisla, Turkey.
A Celebration of African Queens, JonaQuest Art Gallery, Greenwich, U.K.
Streatham Festival, Art23, London.
Post Contemporary Wave 3. Sehalai, Santiniketan, India.
Post Contemporary Wave 2. Hooghly, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
Visions of Nature. Chelsea Fringe Festival, Oxford House, London.
Transitions, Menier Gallery, London.
PCW, Komdhara, New Delhi, India.
Post Contemporary Wave, Hooghly, West Bengal, India.
2013 Little Summer Benefits, Cultivate Gallery. London.
Urban Arts Live, Vibe Gallery, London.
A Spot of Red, Menier Gallery, London.
Cities - All Dimensions, Tokarska Gallery, London.
The Truman Brewery, Brick Lane. London.
Showcase Cities, Richmix. London.
2012 Beyond The Image, Espacio Gallery, London.
Affordable Art Exhibition, Vibe Gallery, London.
Luxury Goods, Courtyard Theatre, London.
Showcase Cities, Richmix, London.
Grey Area, Brighton.
2011 Greenwich Art Market.
Candid Gallery, London.
Merton Abbey Mills, London.
2010 Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair, London.
2003 Bite, Islington, London.
2002 Marks, Harrow, London.
2000 Bromley Art Fair
Selected Curated Exhibitions
2021 London Design Festival, Park Royal, London
2018 World Art Skill Day, Narrative London, Chelsea College of Arts, London
Un:Pact, UAL Chelsea College of Arts London
2014 Amber and Rain, The Yard, Vauxhall, London.
Artist Spotlight, Juxtaposed Gallery. Camden, London.
Arte Makers Art Market, Juxtaposed Gallery. Camden, London.
Nara Walker, Artist in Residence, Juxtaposed Gallery. Camden, London.
Earth, Wind and Fire, Juxtaposed Gallery. Camden, London.
Postcards From The Edge, Juxtaposed Gallery. Camden, London.
Avi-B Henna, Juxtaposed Gallery, Camden London.
Tattoo, Juxtaposed Gallery, Camden London.
Heather Rivera, Compassion and Isolation. Juxtaposed Gallery, New York, USA.
2013 Sophie Shubakoff, Parallax Art Fair, London.
Metropolis, Juxtaposed Gallery, London
Future Visionaries, St Marks Academy/ Juxtaposed Gallery.
2006 Guest Curator, St Marks Academy Upper School, London.
Commissions/ Collections
2016 Hotel Como, Lake Como, Italy
2015 Recovery Coffee House, Brixton, London.
Candid Arts Trust
1993 - 2020 private collectors
1993 Premier Inn, London.
Workshops / Talks
2020 Community Empowered Arts, University of The Arts London
2019 Closing keynote speaker. Bangla Biennale
2019 Panel Seminar, ‘Narrative Art From The Roots of Rural Culture’. Bangla Biennale.
2018 St Johns Primary, London
2014 Lambeth College Careers Fair, London
Artist Talk, St Marks Academy, London
Teaching
Lecturer, UAL Chelsea College of Arts MA Programme
Lecturer, Lambeth College, London
Lecturer, HM Prison Service
Course Manager, Nescot College, Surrey
Teacher of Art, St Marks Academy, London
Awards/ Nominations
2021 Honorarium, Wandsworth Arts, London
2021 London Lift Off Film Festival. Once Upon a Crime - Origin Story
2019 Shortlisted. Curtis Bown Publishing HW Fisher Award. Droga do Polska
2012 Nominated Runner-up. Emergent Art Award. Dubai.
Artslant Showcase. Sculpture. Happy Happi Joy Joi.
Artslant Showcase. Painting. Seven Ages of Sin
2011 Artslant Showcase. Painting. Fated Ascension.
2010 Artslant Showcase. Painting. Transcendental Genesis
Selected Interviews/ Reviews
2021 Starting Out, Business Connexions, Benhaim Publications
2019 Remi CT, In conversation https://www.remict.com/studio-project/in-conversation
2018 Post-Black' Shades of Noir
2017 Croydon Citizen, Urban Landscapes.
2014 University of Westminster alumni zine interview
2014 This is Local London, St Marks Academy Project
2014 The Knight Agency. Project Review
2013 Croydon Guardian, Surrey Comet. St Marks Academy, Metropolis Project and exhibition
2012 Unhinged Festival, Croydon Guardian.
2012 The Other Art Fair, London
Writing
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Droga do Polska, Published 2020. Republished BAP
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The Snowden Files, 2020. UAL 2020. Republished BAP
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Crossing The Line - HRH Black Panther https://ianbarringtonart.blogspot.com/2018/06/crossing-line-hrh-black-panther.html?view=magazine
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Have You Thread This? https://ianbarringtonart.blogspot.com/2018/06/have-you-thread-this.html
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Threading The Weavle - Conceptual writing for exhibition Un:Pact collaborative Exhibition
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https://ianbarringtonart.blogspot.com/2018/06/threading-weavle.html?view=magazine
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Ashanti’s Children. Ethics: Preserving Voices Vulnerable to Erasure
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Shades of Noir P72-76 http://shadesofnoir.org.uk/ethics-preserving-voices-vulnerable-to-erasure/
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Manufactured Romanticism - Eddy Peak Exhibition, White Cube https://ianbarringtonart.blogspot.com/2018/06/manufactured-romantism.html?view=magazine
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Redesigning Identity - The Practical Manual http://ianbarringtonart.blogspot.com/2018/06/redesigning-identity-practical-manual.htm
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Narrative Movements - World Art Day http://ianbarringtonart.blogspot.com/2018/06/world-art-day.html
Residencies
2019 Trasformazoni. Casa grassi, serole, Italy
2018 Academic Residency. Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Katowicach, Poland
2018 Junk, Collaborative artist project, St Johns School, London
2014 Metropolis, St Marks Academy, London
Professional Associations
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Royal Society of Arts
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Royal Society of Sculptors - MRSS
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Shooting People
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Creative Industries federation
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Raindance Film Festival
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Association of Photographers
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Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce