 | ||||
Current memberships
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (executive member)
Royal Society of Arts (fellow)
Selected solo exhibitions
2024 From time to time, The Baroque House, Nin, Croatia
2024 The little forest, MIDAC Museum, Italy
2023 My covid diary, Ogulin City Library, Croatia
2022 My covid diary, 4th Floor, Picasso Building, Chandigarh, India
2020 Un Beau Refuge, Massey University, New Zealand
2019 Eternal Circle, Sunoko Old School, Fukuoka, Japan
2019 Little Echoes, National Museum of Malta, Valletta
2017 Our Woodlands, National Museum of Art, Romania
2016 Eternal Circle and the Forest Deep, National Museum of Unification, Romania
2016 Un Beau Refuge, French Cultural Centre, Boston, USA
2015 Eternal Circle, Chateau Kroměříž, Czech Republic
2013 Eternal Circle, Bulgarian State Cultural Institute, Mission Gallery, Sofia
2012 Un Beau Refuge, German Huguenot Museum
2010 Un Beau Refuge, Musée Rochelais, La Rochelle, France
2009 Brown Bull Walking, National Museum of Ireland
2006 Placing Saint Patrick, National Museums Northern Ireland, Armagh
Selected collaborative exhibitions
2024 Artists Residency Exhibition, Gullkistan Centre for Creativity, Laugarvartn, Iceland (3 person)
2023 Ventipertrenta award winners exhibition, Palazzo Bonfranceschi, Italy (9 person)
2021 Artmedia 10th Anniversary Gallery 2, Palace of Crafts, St Petersburg (6 person)
2019 Face to Face, Biserica Fortificata Cincsor, Transylvania (2 person)
2018 Manifestations of Space, Gallery Viseslav, Nin, Croatia (4 person)
2013 Meanings, Gallery Stalowa, Warsaw, Poland (3 person)
2009 Ministry of Culture, Shredets Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria (3 person)
2008 Taksim Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey (2 person)
2007 70th anniversary exhibition, Casa Cultural, Gernika, Spain (5 person)
2006 EU Spring Exhibition, Orient Gallery, Amman, Jordan (6 person)
Selected group exhibitions
2024 International Festival Exhibition, Nakhon Sawan University, Thailand
2023 Hanoi Connecting, Vietnam
2022 One Thing to Remember, Gallerie Schaeffer, Oslo, Norway
2021 Bienala Albastră (Blue Biennale), Brașov, Romania
2021 Manila Bang - Interconnections 2021, Gallery Roberto, Philippines
2020 European International Art Book Biennale, Karolyi Castle Museum, Carei, Transylvania
2020 Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
2019 Jubilee exhibition, Czech Association of Arts (by special invitation)
2019 Art Curator Gallery, Capetown, South Africa
2018 Sri Sri University, Orissa, India
2017 Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2014 Invited Artist - Dublin Biennial, Ireland
2011 National Museum of Russian Art, Kiev, Ukraine
2011 Cavafy Museum, Alexandria, Egypt
2009 Regional Gallery of Rabat, Morocco
2008 International Symposium of the Art Book, Cairo Atelier, Egypt
2008 Croatian Academy of Science and Art, Palace Milesi, Split, Croatia
2006 Delegates Hall, United Nations Building, New York, USA
2005 Central Academy of Art, Beijing, PR China
2005 Arad State Theatre and Museum of Arts, Romania
Works in selected public collections
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Art
National Gallery (Foreign Art), Sofia, Bulgaria
French National Archive
National Museum of Art, Cluj, Romania
National Museum of Malta
National Museum of Ireland
National Museums Northern Ireland (Armagh)
Jersey Museum and Gallery
State of Mexico Watercolour Museum, Toluca
Nakhon Sawan International Art Museum, Thailand
ASROPA International Art Museum, Gunsan, S.Korea
Sasaran Museum of Art, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Cavafy Museum, Alexandria, Egypt
PGU Zilina, Slovakia
Museum of International Dynamic Arts, Italy
Works in selected academic collections
Telcom University, Indonesia
Chitkara University, Punjab, India
Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan
Sri Sri University, Orissa, India
Alexandria University, Faculty of Arts, Egypt
National Museum of Bulgaria, Academy of Science and Arts
International Academy of Digital Arts and Science, New York, USA
Belarus State Academy of Arts, Minsk
Recent Awards
2024 Kala Ratna Award, Rajasthan, India
18th Ventipertrenta, Second Prize Award, Italy
Selected festivals
2024 Nakhon Sawan International Art Festival, Thailand (group)
2022 Global Week, Punjab, India (group)
2022 Culture Night Oslo, Norway (group)
2021 Euroasian Guild Festival, Borovoe Resort, Kazakhstan (with Artmedia)
2019 Kyusyu International Festival, Fukuoka, Japan (Group)
2019 Jubilee of the Czech Association of Arts (Solo, by special invitation)
2018 Centenary of the Great Union, Romania (Residency)
2018 IWS International Watercolour Festival, Prague, Czech Republic (Group)
2018 Face II Face India International Arts Festival, Rajasthan, India (Group)
2017 Yogyakarta International Arts Festival, Indonesia (Group)
2016 International Spring Art Kashmir, India (Group)
2015 Festival Forfest XXVI, Kroměříž, Czech Republic (Solo)
2014 Sasaran International Art Festival, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia (Group)
2014 Bos’Art Festival, Vichy, France (Guest of Honour)
2013 Programme for the Irish Presidency of the EU (Solo)
2013 Bulgarian National Day (Solo)
2012 Edinburgh Festival, Scotland (Solo)
2012 Culture Works Festival, Toronto, Canada (with TransCultural Exchange)
2011 Cavafia (12th), Cairo - Alexandria, Egypt (Group)
2010 La Nuit des Musées, France (Solo)
2009 Printemps des Arts, Region of Rabat, Morocco (Group)
2007 Aniversario 70, Gernika, Spain (Group)
2007 Cultural Events in the old city, Xanthi, Greece (with ConnectingArt)
Selected illustrated talks and lectures
2023 University of Architecture, Hanoi, Vietnam
2023 Telcom University, Indonesia (keynote address at 10th Bandung Creative Conference)
2022 Chitkara University, Punjab, India
2021 Mount Wachusett College, Boston, USA
2020 Massey University, New Zealand (Via H-France)
2017 National Museum of Art, Cluj, Romania
2016 Lesley University College of Art, Cambridge, USA
2015 Muzeum Kroměřížska, Czech Republic
2014 School SJK Chung Wah, Malaysia
2013 Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, USA
2013 Belfast City Hall, N. Ireland
2012 Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Ireland
Selected Writing
Simplicity Amplified - with D. Yonidar & T. Zulkarnain (Pub. PT Kanisius, ISBN 978-979-21-8080-0)
Journals of the colloquium of Forfest International Festival, Czech Republic (2015 - 2022)
It’s not about the Tech - Bandung Creative Conference Paper (Pub. KNE Open, ISSN 2518-668X
Systems and Design Thinking - with D. Yonidar & R. Kumar (Pub. KNE Open, ISSN 2518-668X
International Society of Speleological Artists Journal (ISSN 1750-9386)
Selected Other Activities
Teaching workshops Ireland, England, Morocco, France, Czech Republic, India, Croatia
Studio based workshops Turkey, Jordan, Spain, Finland, Croatia, Egypt, Morocco, Ukraine,
Romania, Slovakia, France, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Japan,
Iceland, Vietnam, Thailand
Open day Royal Albert Memorial Museum, England
Residencies Gullkistan Centre for creativity, Iceland
Three little birds Gallery, Janja Gora, Croatia
Sri Sri University, India
National Museum of art, Romania
Judge The Webby Awards, New York, USA (2013-2025)
ArtPivot International exhibition and tour, India (2021)
Adana Biennial, Turkey (2007)
Read a more complete CV here
"Tommy Barr is a Northern Irish artist, his work is rooted in cultural identity. He has a gift for conveying a narrative that is based on specific and important events, but honing in on their universal and cross-cultural references. His works share, inform, or challenge perceptions."
Kim Goldsmith
Art and objects conservator and curator
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
