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Current memberships
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (executive member)
International Society of Speleological Artists
Royal Society of Arts (fellow)
Selected solo exhibitions
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 Retrospective exhibition, Old Town Hall Gallery, Banbridge, N. Ireland
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
2019 Face to Face, Biserica Fortificata Cincsor, Transylvania (2 person)
2018 Manifestations of Space, Gallery Viseslav, Nin, Croatia (4 person)
2018 Artists’ residency exhibition, National Museum of Art, Romania (2 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
2022 Gallerie Schaeffer, Oslo, Norway
2022 Ventipertrenta 18, MIDAC Museum, Belforte del Chienti, Italy
2021 Palace of Crafts, St Petersburg, Russia
2021 Bienala Albastră (Blue Biennale), Brașov, Romania
2021 Interconnections 2021, Gallery Roberto, Festival Mall, 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
2015 Sandol Arts Centre, Gunsan North Jeolla Provence, S. Korea
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 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
Selected illustrated talks and lectures
2022 Chitkara University, Punjab, India
2022 Mount Wachusett College, Boston USA
2020 France & Beyond conference, Massey University, New Zealand
2017 National Museum of Art, 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
Works in selected major public collections
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Art
National Gallery (Foreign Art), Sofia, Bulgaria
French National Archive
National Museum of Arts, Cluj, Romania
National Museum of Archaeology, Malta, Valletta
National Museum of Ireland
National Museums Northern Ireland
Cavafy Museum, Alexandria, Egypt
PGU Zilina, Slovakia
Sasaran Museum of Art, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Borobudur Temple Museum, Magelang, Indonesia
Works in selected academic collections
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
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
