Michael Barry

b. Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 1954.
Michael Barry is an artist and educator. He studied fine art at the University of Cape Town and is currently pursuing a PHD at Nelson Mandela University where he heads up the Department of Arts and Culture. Barry was an active member of the Imvaba Arts Association. He continues to be involved in numerous cultural development projects around Port Elizabeth.

Gallery
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The Jazz Pianist. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Almost Free. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Decolonising the Mind. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Face of Love. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Guns in the Suburb. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Female Thoughts. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Male Thoughts. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Paper Chase. (Image courtesy of the artist).

The Cruxifixation. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Kite Boy in Helenvale. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Jazz Violinist. (Image courtesy of the artist).

1976 A Memory. (Image courtesy of the artist).

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Art Education

2012: Masters, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth.
1981: Bachelor of Art, Fine Art, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town.
1985: Higher Degree, Education, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.

Group Exhibitions (South Africa)

2017: Just Painting, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth.
2016: #TheVoices, National Arts Festival, Albany Museum, Grahamstown.
2015: Art State, Gallery NOKO, Port Elizabeth.
2014: Redefinition of the status quo – collector’s edition, Gallery NOKO, Port Elizabeth.
2013: Collective 2013, artSPACE Gallery, Durban.
2012: A4 Ideas, Boomtown, Port Elizabeth.
1981: Young South African Photographers, South African National Gallery, Cape Town.

Public Commissions

Route 67, Nelson Mandela Bay Arts Journey, Port Elizabeth.
2013: Kite boy and Skipping girls, Helenvale Urban Renewal Programme, Thusong Centre, Port Elizabeth.
The Sunday Times 100 year celebration public art work, Queenstown.

Links

Michael Barry's website

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