Biografia
Barrie J Davies was born in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1977. He has graduated from Southampton institute with a fine art degree in 2000 and completed his masters Degree in 2004. Barrie J Davies’ artwork has taken many forms such as painting, drawing, sculpture, print making, installation, mail art, video, film, performance artwork, public art, events, music, internet artwork and other conceptually designed products such as T – Shirts, badges, golf balls, mouse mats and baseball caps.
His first solo exhibition called worlds most wanted which was in a community centre in Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire in 1998 which Barrie hired out for the small fee of thirty five pounds. This contained some his early work and had a grand attendance of 12 people.
His work has explored mobile phone technology in 2005 for an exhibition in Liverpool at the arena gallery, in which Barrie created the world’s longest cup and string telephone and tested it out on the streets of Liverpool, after which it was installed in the gallery.
He has shown in an exhibition in 2005 the most boring video ever in Istanbul, Turkey in which for video the word boring lasts for eight and half minutes.
Also to explore the idea of something and nothingness, he has also founded in 2004 the world’s first museum of nothingness in a briefcase in which he invites the public to send him object(s) that they think represent the idea of nothing or nothingness. The museum of nothingness is also an ongoing work.
His fun colourful painting work contain word and text jokes, riddles and secret messages of fun, humour and irony set to entertain and baffle the viewer to explore possible new truths and fake realities.
His cheap bic biro on paper drawings are a joy to look at and are fast and hasty grabbing a funny idea in putting it down in the fast whit of a stand up comedian.
