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Memberships
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (executive member)
International Society of Speleological Artists
Royal Society of Arts (fellow)
Selected exhibitions
2021 Bienala Albastră (Blue Biennale), Brașov, Romania
Manila Bang - Interconnections 2021, Gallery Roberto, Festival Mall, Philippines
Solo Exhibition - Un Beau Refuge, St Columbkille, Termonmaguirke, N. Ireland
31st International Invitational Salon, New Arts Program Gallery, Kutztown, USA
2020 Black and white sketches in Quarantine, online project based in Amman, Jordan
5th European International Art Book Biennale, Karolyi Castle Museum, Carei, Transylvania
Hello World, online project organised by Trans-Cultural Exchange, Boston, USA
Un beau refuge (virtual opening via H-France), Massey University, New Zealand
JR 100+ exhibition, Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
Caronasituation, online project via Hovinkartano Arts Centre, Finland
Pandemic Art, online project + exhibition at Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Napoli, Italy
27th Anniversary exhibition, State of Mexico Watercolour Museum, Toluca
2019 Face to Face, Biserica Fortificata Cincsor, Transylvania, Romania (with Frank Hohler)
Colours of the Rainbow Nation, Art Curator Gallery, Lourensford Estate, Capetown, S. Africa
Solo exhibition - Eternal Circle, Sunoko Old School, Fukuoka, Japan
Jubilee exhibition, Czech Association of Arts, based in Gallery Orlovna
Inaugural exhibition, Sanskriti Art Gallery, Rajasthan. India
Solo exhibition - Little echoes, National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta, Malta
21 Peron International, Izmit Historical Station Gallery, Turkey
The Path of the Great Union, Armagh County Museum, N.Ireland (with Mirela Ungureanu)
2018 Peace and Love, Maltese Hall, Strakonice Castle, Czech Republic
Artists’ residency exhibition - National Museum of Art, Romania (with Mirela Ungureanu)
IWS Festival Exhibition, Manes Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Love to Art, The City Palace, Udaipur, India
Artists’ residency exhibition - Sri Sri University, Orissa, India
2017 International Artists’ Collection, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
The Nature of Small Fatra, Budatinsky Hrad, Zilina, Slovakia
Solo exhibition - Un Beau Refuge, Gallery U Artus, Kromeriz, Czech Republic
Solo exhibition - Our Woodlands, National Museum of Art, Romania
International Artswitch, Jogja Gallery, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Retrospective exhibition - Old Town Hall Gallery, Banbridge, N. Ireland
2016 Solo Exhibitions - Eternal Circle and the Forest Deep, National Museum of Romania
5th European Speleological Congress, Dalesbridge Centre, Dales National Park, UK.
Solo Exhibition - Un Beau Refuge, The French Church, Portarlington, Ireland
Annual Spring Art Exhibition, DP Dhar Trust, Kashmir, India
Collection of the Inter-Art Foundation, National Library of Romania, Bucharest
50 Shades of Red, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Solo Exhibition - Un Beau Refuge, French Cultural Centre, Boston, USA
2015 Ukraine-Europe, City Hall, Kiev, Ukraine
Liberation 70th Anniversary, Sandol Arts Centre, Gunsan North Jeolla Provence, S. Korea
Solo Exhibition - Eternal Circle, Chateau Kroměříž & Galerie Artuše, Czech Republic
Intercultural Links Exhibition, United Nations Palace, Geneva, Switzerland
2014 Art in the Air, Sasaran, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
Collection of the Inter-Art Foundation, Muzeul Naţional a Transilvanie, Romania
Invited Artist - Dublin Biennial, Ireland
Presenting Cultures, Atelier of Alexandria, Egypt
Solo Exhibition - The first years of agreement, Chateau du Bost, Bellerive, France
Hallhato Hang Foundation, Vidovszky Bela Gallery, Gyomaendrod, Hungary
Terchova Symposium of Modern painting, Slovakia
2013 Meanings, Gallery Stalowa, Warsaw, Poland
Peace and Harmony, Palmira Palace, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine
Expozitia de Tabara Internationala, Inter-Art Galleries, Aiud, Romania
Without Borders, Altiero Spinelli Building, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
Nations-Water-Culture, UN Headquarters, New York, USA
Solo Exhibition - Eternal Circle, Bulgarian State Cultural Institute, Mission Gallery
2012 Solo Exhibition - Un Beau Refuge, German Huguenot Museum
Installation - Globalisation-Connections-Time, Kunsthalle, Hanover, Germany
Solo Exhibition - Sticks & Stones, Chapel of St John’s Church, Edinburgh, Scotland
Berlin Biennale, Germany (with Art-Wiki Group)
2011 The Palette of Freedom Project, National Museum of Russian Art, Kiev, Ukraine
Inaugural Exhibition, Cavafy Museum, Alexandria, Egypt
Solo Exhibition - Un Beau Refuge, The Island (Lisburn City Gallery), N. Ireland
Conexiuni, Muzeul de Istorie, Aiud, Romania
International Society of Speleological Artists, Buxton City Museum & Gallery, England
2010 Solo Exhibition - Un Beau Refuge, Greyfriars Municipal Gallery, Waterford, Ireland
Solo Exhibition - Sacred Trees, Glastonbury Abbey, Vale of Avalon, England
Solo Exhibition - Un Beau Refuge, Musée Rochelais, La Rochelle, France
Solo Exhibition - 5th International Huguenot Congress, University of Ulster, N. Ireland
2009 Cigognes et Nature, Regional Gallery of Rabat, Morocco
L' Association Marocaine des Arts, group exhibition, Gallery Bab Fez, Sale, Morocco
Solo Exhibition - Brown Bull Walking, National Museum of Ireland Gallery
International Society of Speleological Artists, Wells Museum, Somerset, England
Solo Installation - Echoes, Fourknocks Passage Tomb, Meath, Ireland
Solo Exhibition - Brú na Bóinne, (Newgrange & Knowth), Ireland
Installation - PLUS YOU, Woburn Studios, Slade School of Art, London, England
2008 International Symposium of the Art Book, Cairo Atelier, Egypt
Mediteran 2008, Croatian Academy of Science and Art, Palace Milesi, Split, Croatia
Trogir Municipal Museum, Cate Dujsin-Ribar Gallery, Croatia
Installation - Urikivi Puut, Uhrikivi Sacred Site, Finland (with Josef Hasenöhrl)
Never Dream, Hovinkartano Gallery, Hämeenlinna, Finland
IS MISE exhibition, 411 Galleries, Shanghai, PR China
Solo Exhibition - The shape of things remaining, Cavan County Museum, Ireland
Installation - Labor, Kunstraum, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
2007 International Society of Speleological Artists, Wells Museum, Somerset, England
Lessedra 6, Sofia, Bulgaria
Shelter (70th anniversary exhibition), Casa Cultural, Gernika, Spain
Connecting Art, A visual walk in the old city, City Museum, Xanthi, Greece
2006 Le ciel rouge, Gallery 13 Bis, St-Pierre, Reunion
Connecting Art, Cilaos Cultural Centre, St.Pierre, Reunion
Dialogues #1, Gallery Vlassis, Thessolonika, Greece
ConnectingArt, Delegates Hall, United Nations Building, New York, USA
Solo Exhibition - Placing Saint Patrick, National Museums Northern Ireland (Armagh)
The European Union Spring Exhibition, Orient Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2005 6X6 Showcase, Central Academy of Art, Beijing, PR China
Karantina Adasi, Urla Tahaffuzhane, Izmir, Turkey
Güzelyali Cultural Center, Izmir, Turkey
Solo Exhibition - Complex primitive, Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick, N. Ireland
Biennale of Contemporary Arts, Arad State Theatre and Museum of Arts, Romania
Selected festivals
2021 European Cultural Heritage Initiative (EHOD), European Union (Solo)
2021 Artmedia 10th Anniversary Celebrations, Ukraine and Russia (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)
2017 Festival Forfest XXVIII, Kroměříž, Czech Republic (Solo)
2017 European Cultural Heritage Initiative (EHOD), European Union (Solo)
2016 Festival Francais de Portarlington, Ireland (Solo)
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)
2006 Saint Patrick's Day, Ireland (Solo)
Selected projects
Colours of Life, International Heritage Festival (with Art Pivot)
2021 Gallery FourLife, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Tenth Anniversary Exhibitions (with Artmedia)
2021 Launch event, Sputnik in Crimea (national broadcast)
2021 Lake of Dreams Gallery, Evpatoria
2021 Russo Touristo, Simferopol
2021 Lotus Valley, Krasnodar Krai
2021 Gallery 2, Palace of Crafts, St Petersburg
2021 Alusta
Manifestations of Space (with Jasna Barisic, Branka Ridicki and Andrea Musa)
2018 Gallery Viseslav, Nin, Croatia
2018 The Island (Lisburn City Gallery), N. Ireland
Symbols (with Daniela Todorova and Todor Todorov)
2010 Ministry of Justice, Atrium Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2009 Ministry of Culture, Shredets Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Stand my ground, Stand your ground (with Ozlem Kalkan Erenus)
2009 Trans Cultural Exchange Conference, Boston, USA
2008 Taksim Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 Tower Museum, Londonderry, N. Ireland
Selected illustrated talks and lectures
2021 Painting in our native tongue, Mount Wachusett College, Boston, USA
2020 Huguenot legacy in Ireland, France & Beyond conference, Massey University, New Zealand
2019 Irish Art, Cincsor Art Centre, Romania
2017 A 5000 year Journey in Irish Art, National Museum of Art, Romania
2017 Un Beau Refuge, Muzeum Kroměřížska, Czech Republic
2016 Visiting lecture, Lesley University College of Art, Cambridge, USA
2015 From the Stone Age to the Troubles, Muzeum Kroměřížska, Czech Republic
2014 Irish Art, School SJK Chung Wah, Malaysia
2013 Irish Art - A short history, Inter-Art Foundation, Transylvania, Romania
2013 Invited speaker, NY Internet Week, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, USA
2013 Momentum in the creative sector, Belfast City Hall, N. Ireland
2012 Material Culture, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Ireland
Selected Workshops & Residencies
Teaching workshops Ireland, England, Morocco, France, Czech Republic and India
Studio based workshops Turkey, Jordan, Spain, Finland, Croatia, Egypt, Morocco, Ukraine,
Romania, Slovakia, France, Malaysia, India, Indonesia and Japan
Open day Royal Albert Memorial Museum, England
Residencies Sri Sri University, India
National Museum of art, Romania
Works in selected major public collections (since 2005)
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, Valletta, Malta
National Museum of Ireland
National Museums Northern Ireland (Armagh)
National Museum (of Unification), Romania
Bulgarian State Cultural Institute
Sasaran Museum of Art, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
State of Mexico Watercolour Museum, Toluca
Arad Museum of Arts, Romania
Department of Culture, Media and Sport, London, England
Department of Culture, Tourism and Sport, Dublin, Ireland
Ministry of International Justice of the Czech Republic
Department of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
Muzeum Kroměřížska, Czech Republic
Cavafy Museum, Alexandria, Egypt
PGU Zilina, Slovakia
Municipal collection, City of Nin, Croatia
German Huguenot Museums (Berlin and Bad Karlshafen)
French Cultural Centre, Boston, USA
Borobudur Temple Museum, Magelang, Indonesia
Maridi Cathedral, Western Equatoria, South Sudan
Biserica Fortificata Cincsor, Romania
Budatinsky Hrad, Zilina, Slovakia
DP Dhar Trust Collection, Kashmir, India
Cavan County Museum, Ireland
L' Association Marocaine des Arts
Christchurch Cathedral, New Zealand
City of Edinburgh Municipal Collection, Scotland
Works in selected academic collections (since 2005)
Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan
Sri Sri University, Orissa, India
Archiepiscopale School, Faculty of Science and Arts, Kroměříž, Czech Republic
Alexandria University, 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
Selected other activities (since 2005)
Curator Terra Incognita, Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin, Rep. Ireland
Manifestations of Space, The Island (Lisburn City Gallery), N. Ireland
Trail, Saint Patrick Centre, Downpatrick, N. Ireland
Dromore Cathedral Annual Exhibition (2001-2015), N. Ireland
Judge World Heritage exhibition 2021-22, Udaipur, India
The Webby Awards (2013 to 2022), New York, USA
Writer for the ISSA Journal (ISSN 1750 - 9386)
Member of the International Committee (Judge), 2007 Adana Biennial, Turkey
Education
1982 to 1984 University of Plymouth, England
1984 to 1985 University of Hertfordshire, England
1994 to 1996 University of Ulster, N. Ireland
Working with many great painters in studio based workshops such as those listed above.
A famous aphorism by Gustav Maller is that “tradition is not the preservation of the ashes, but rather the transmission of fire”. This is an appropriate short definition of what is achieved by Tommy Barr through his works and his exhibitions.
Lyudmila Dimitrova
Director
Bulgarian State Cultural Institute
