Artist - Kyle Barnes. Northern Irish born painter currently living in Southampton, England. Artist. Art. Portraits. Paint on Skin. After War. Veterans.
Awards
Towry Award, best painting from Northern Ireland at the National Open Art Competition 2012
KPMG Young Artist Award, RUA Belfast 2014
Peoples' Choice, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast 2014
Tyrone Guthrie Residency Award, Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast 2015
Whyte's Award Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin 2017
Exhibitions
Canvas Galleries, Belfast, April 2009
RDS Student Awards, August 2009 (further selected for travelling exhibition, 2 shows) - RUA RED, Tallaght, Dublin August 2009
Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, October 2009
Degree Show, University of Ulster, Belfast, June 2010
Bradbury Gallery, August 2010
Carrie Neely Waterfront Christmas Exhibition, Belfast, December 2010
Young Contemporaries Exhibition, Whalley Gallery, Holywood, June 2011
RUA, Ulster Museum, Belfast, October 2011
Art at the Ivory Exhibition, Belfast, Nov- Jan 2011/12
National Open Art Competition, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, December 2011
Prize winners exhibition, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, January 2012
Burnavon Arts Centre, Cookstown, July 2013
RDS, Dublin Art Fair, November 2013
Chimera Gallery, September 2014
RUA, Ulster Museum, Belfast, October 2014
London Irish Art Exhibition, Westminster, London, January 2015
GP Studio, London, July and August 2015
'Semblance' Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin, September 2015
'Body of Work' Store Street Gallery, London, October 2015
RUA, Ulster Museum, Belfast, October 2015
Battersea Art Fair, London, October 2015
VUE Contemporary Art Fair, Dublin, November 2015
Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh, November 2015
Gormleys Fine Art Christmas Exhibition, December 2015
London Art Fair, London, January 2016
RUA, Ulster Museum, Belfast, October 2016
Battersea Art Fair, London, October 2016
VUE Contemporary Art Fair, Dublin, November 2016
RHA, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, May 2017
Unseen Between Worlds, Hamburg, July 2017
Press
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Featured in Northern Ireland Home and Lifestyle magazine, July/August 2010 edition
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Featured in Northern Ireland Home and Lifestyle magazine, Nov/December 2011 edition
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Culture NI , November 2011 Art Review, Art at the Ivory
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Ulster Life, November 2011 , A month in the art world
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Mid Ulster Mail, December 2011
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For-example Online magazine, October 2012
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Public Catalogue Founadation
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Mid Ulster mail, July 2013
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For-example Online magazine, July 2013
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Sorted magazine, March/April 2014
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Juxtapoz online, October 2014, juxtapoz.com
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Ignant, October 2014, ignant.de
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Cross Connect, October 2014, crossconnectmag.com
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Journal du design, October 2014, journal-du-design.fr
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Art People Gallery, October 2014, www.facebook.com/artpeople1
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Q106 Radio, October 2014
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Emma Duff, RUA review, October 2014, blogs.qub.ac.uk/belfastfestival/royal-ulster-academy/
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Liz Baird Review of RUA, Belfast Telegraph, October 2014
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Irish Arts Review, Winter 2014
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Mid Ulster Mail, December 2015