Biography:
I'm a figurative painter working primarily in acrylics. I was christened 'Badge' back in school of reasons unknown and I adopted it as an alias for my artwork when I started college.
My Mother tends to call me by my real name: Barry Morris.
I’ve always had trouble sleeping and as a child I was plagued by nightmares. Insomnia has led to an inability to tell dream and reality apart. As I got older the nightmares stopped but the insomnia didn’t. I find myself constantly thinking and unable to switch off. My work is driven by a compulsion to draw and an attempt to recreate the contents of my head and try to make sense of it.
I mix my own personal memories, experiences and fears together with visions from my nightmares, images culled from popular culture, music, literature, and my current obsessions, theories and ideas. Anatomy and Fear are two of my biggest inspirations; my fascination with them manifests itself in the vast majority of my work.
Exhibitions:
2012: ‘Papergirl’ Incline Gallery, San Francisco.
2012: ‘YsbrydNos’ Bocs, Caernarfon.
2012: ‘Trails of Thread’ Rotunda Gallery, Llandudno Library.
2012: 'Neo Print Prize' Neo:Gallery22, Bolton.
2012: 'Photernative' Oriel Colwyn, Colwyn Bay.
2012: 'Artefacts of Failure' Quad, Derby.
2012: 'Red Door Postcard Competition' Red Door 44, Swansea.
2012: 'Papergirl Calgary' Epcor Centre for Performing Arts, Calgary, Alberta [Canada].
2012: 'Trails of Thread' Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno.
2012: 'Trails of Thread' Adain Avion, Llandudno.
2012: 'Gwyl Arall Art Exhibition', Caernarfon.
2012: 'Papergirl Bristol' The Looking Glass Arts Space, Bristol.
2012: 'Picture Postcard Show' Electric Picture House, Cheshire.
2012: 'Skull Appreciation Day' The College of Physicians of Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum,
Philadelphia,U.S.A.
2012: 'Engedi: The Easter Story' The Imperial, Colwyn Bay.
2012: 'Part Human' Denbigh Library. [Joint Exhibition with Pea Restall]
2012: 'Part Human' Rhyl Library. [Joint Exhibition with Pea Restall]
2011: 'Helfa Gelfa Exhibition' Community Gallery Rhyl Library, Rhyl.
2011: ‘Glyndwr Summer Show @ Willow’ The Willow Gallery, Oswestry.
2011: 'Photernative: Helfa Gelf' Camera Obscura, Llandudno.
2011: 'Helfa Gelf Open Studio Arts Trail' as part of Gwrych Contemporary Artists.
2011: 'North Wales Open' Theatre Clwyd, Mold.
2011: 'Open Exhibition' Gwynedd Museum & Art Gallery, Bangor.
2011: 'Book About Death:Life' Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Clinton, South Carolina,
U.S.A.
2010: 'Book About Death' SAL Gallery/C.W Post Campus of LIU, Brookville, New York, U.S.A.
2010: 'Helfa Gelf Open Studio Arts Trail' as part of Oriel Scala, Prestatyn.
2010: 'Helfa Gelf Preview Exhibition', Community Gallery Rhyl Library, Rhyl.
2010: 'Book About Death' The Tabernacle, MOMA Wales.
2009: 'The Abyss Gazes Also' Nineteen, Llandudno.
2009: 'Creative Circles' North Wales School of Art & Design, Wrexham.
2009: 'Wrexham Open' Oreil Wrexham.
2009: 'Bangor Open' Gwynedd Museum & Art Gallery, Bangor [Prize Winner - Judge’s Choice]
2008: 'Wrexham Open' Oriel Wrexham.
2008: 'Degree Show Exhibition 08' Venue Cymru, Llandudno.
2008: 'Open Exhibition' Gwynedd Musum & Art Gallery, Bangor.
2007: 'Open Exhibition' Gwynedd Musum & Art Gallery, Bangor.
2006: 'Diploma Foundation in Art & Design from Coleg Llandrillo' Oriel Dafydd Hardy,
Caernarfon.
2006: 'Diploma Foundation in Art & Design from Coleg Llandrillo' Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno.
* denotes solo exhibitions.
casc artist studios and project space.
Oriel Scala Artists Co-Operative.
2012 as part of 'casc artist studios and project space'.
2011 as part of 'Gwrych Contemporary Artists'.
2010 based in Oriel Scala Artist Co-operative.
Member:
Helfa Gelf/Open Studio Arts Trail:
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