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Love and the Origami Animals II |
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Enquire about Mychael Barratt Mychael Barratt was born in Toronto, Canada but thinks of himself as a Londoner. He has that immigrant's zeal for his adopted home and includes local settings that have a personal resonance in much of his work. Barratt is a narrative artist and anecdotal incidents from his day-to-day life which he gathers like a magpie are at the heart of his paintings and prints. |
MYCHAEL BARRATT BIOGRAPHY
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STATEMENT My earliest artistic influences were Dutch artists such as Rembrandt and Vermeer and 19th century children's book illustration. Although my tastes and interests have diversified over the years I still feel that both of those early passions were determining factors in the development of my work. The result is a desire to create atmospheric images with a strong sense of the narrative. It is immensely important to me that the spaces feel substantial and concrete even if the subject matter is purely flights of fancy. This is combined with my magpie's inclination to wander about collecting any curious faces, settings and incidents that I may happen upon. The series Life Imitating Art combines contemporary scenes of London but incorporates characters and objects lifted from art historical references. These most accurately depict the world I live in - one brimming over with possible subject matter. EDUCATION 1980-82 Symposium School of Art, Winnipeg, Canada ASSOCIATIONS Elected Member of The Federation of Canadian Artists, (F.C.A.), 1998 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 1994 Montpelier Gallery, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon Dales Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge 1995 Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 1996 Chalk Farm Gallery, London 1998 Hawes and Curtis, London 199-2004Juried Exhibitions, Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, 2000-2005National Print Exhibitions, Mall Gallery, London 2000-2003Overseas Printmakers, Flagstaff Gallery, Auckland. NZ. 2000 No Day Without a Line. Bankside Gallery, London 2001 The Green Line.Gallery K, London; Nicosia, Cyprus, Athens, Greece 2001 Gallery K, Hampstead, London 2002 Leeds City Art Gallery, Craft & Design Gallery, Leeds 2003 Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition Wiseman Gallery, Oxford, UK 2004 Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, Bucks, UK Under the Influence, Bankside Gallery, London 2005 Under the Influence Tour, 5 UK galleries Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition Wyards Gallery, Faversham, Kent, UK Gallery K, Hampstead, London 2006 Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, Bucks, UK Three person show Under the Influence Tour, 2 UK galleries PUBLICATIONS |
Mychael Barratt - Lovers Over London
Mychael Barratt - Modigliani's Dog
Mychael Barratt - World is a stage