Solo Exhibitions

2007
Flourish, June 4 - June 29, 2007.
Solo Exhibition – Works on paper, digital video and digital photography
Some Space Gallery. Seattle, Wa.

2006
Works on Paper, June 2 - July 2, 2006.
Gallery 070. Vashon Island, Wa.

Aether (The Vapors) - February 10 - March 26, 2006.
DVD; digital video, animation, and soundscape.
Tollbooth Gallery. Tacoma, Wa.
Supported with funding from Tacoma Arts Commission.

2005

Woolworth Windows, Urban Art Installation
August 8 - October 29, 2005.
Tacoma Contemporary - Woolworth Building. Tacoma, Wa.



Group Exhibitions

2009

Winter Group Exhibition, Dec 05, 2009 - Jan 29, 2010
Circa Gallery. Minneapolis, MN.

High Line, April 2 - May 16, 2009.
Catherine Person Gallery. Seattle, Wa.

2008

Hybrid, Dec 8, 2008 - Jan 14, 2009.
Center on Contemporary Art 2008 Annual
CoCA. Seattle, Wa. Juror: Riko Nakasone

2006

Aesthetics/Analytics, November 9 - December 9, 2006.
Seattle Art Museum Sales Gallery
Seattle Tower Building. Seattle, Wa.

2005

Center on Contemporary Art Painting Marathon and Auction
Friday and Saturday, October 21 & 22, 2005
COCA. Seattle, Wa.

The Biology, Chemistry, Physics Invitational Show
September 2005 - September 2006
Seattle – Tacoma International Airport Concourse A

Two Person Exhibition
April 15 - May 28, 2005.
Artemis Gallery. Seattle, Wa.

2003

The Fourth Annual Shrinky Dinks Invitational and Auction
Zeitgeist Coffee, Group Exhibition. Seattle, Wa.

RESTART @ Northwest Work Lofts
Restart, Group Exhibition. Seattle, Wa.

Vs. new york & godzilla
Cat Box Collective, Group Exhibition. 3 artists, inaugural exhibit. Tacoma, Wa.

Defining the Homeland
Gallery 110, Group Exhibition. Juried by Greg Bell.

Selected Studies
Bluebottle Art Gallery, individual pieces. Seattle, Wa.

Little Things Count
CoCA's Annual Member's Gift Show. Seattle, Wa.

2002

South Sounds 2002
August 15 - September 12, 2002
Commencement Bay Gallery, Group Exhibition. Juried by Tara Young, Assistant Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art for the Seattle Art Museum. Tacoma, Wa.

2001

The First Splash
November 17, 2001
Bellevue Art Museum. Soul Salmon sculpture project. Electric Catfood Lightbulb Head ® collaboration. Bellevue, Wa.

1998

Ray Schwalm Memorial
June 1 - 12, 1998
Department of Art Scholarship and Exhibition WWU

Statement

My recent work is focused on the formal elements of painting and drawing: line, form, and color. Expanding on my attachment to ink and paper, I've been layering opaque acrylic shapes over translucent acrylic ink washes. I'm interested in the contrasting painterly approaches and the depth it creates.

In and effort to remove the pictorial illusion of the pieces, I remove references to perspective. Rather I play with planar surfaces and an ambiguous point of view (a nod to primitive art). I am attracted to the hard edge elements of modernist art, as well as the tension involved in constructivist compositions.

These works explore the gap between natural and man-made constructions. I aim to create forms that seem familiar, but mix context and scale to create new relationships. They try to find a balance, and secure a foothold, in a position of disorder and potential collapse. I am inspired by topography, geology, architecture, science-fiction, cartography, and historical handwriting systems. Taken in entirety, these are interpretations of a future primitive.



About

Barry Maxwell is a visual artist born 1976, Washington State. He studied art, design and multimedia at Western Washington University in Bellingham. Recently his work has been shown at the COCA Northwest Annual, been published in Rivet magazine, shown publicly by Tacoma Contemporary in Tacoma, Wa., and included in the Seattle-Tacoma International airport art invitational. His awards include the Tacoma Art Initiative Grant by the City of Tacoma Arts Commission 2005-2006.



Awards

2005 Tacoma Artists Initiative Program Award. Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma, WA

1998 Ray Schwalm Memorial Scholarship, WWU.



Press

Scott, Carrie E.A. “Masters in Miniature.” The Seattle Weekly. June 6 - 12, 2007.

Reidel, J.A. “Maxwell provokes at 070.” The Vashon Island Beachcomber. May 31, 2006.

Whale, Robert. "Artists' work exhibited at City Hall gallery." Auburn Reporter. April 28, 2004.

Fefer, Mark. “SW THIS WEEK, VISUAL ARTS.” The Seattle Weekly . March 10-16, 2004.

Graves, Jen. "The Arts: Poster trail leads to warehouse art show." The Tacoma News Tribune . July 27, 2003.