Daniel Barclay
Bio
Daniel Barclay. Lima, Peru, 1972. Lives and Works in São Paulo, Brazil.
Group Shows:
1999 “El Comic en el Arte Moderno”, 2V “S” Gallery, Lima, Peru
La Paz “Capital de la Cultura Iberoamericana”, Banner Show, La Paz, Bolivia.
“El Ultimo Lustro”, Cultural Center of Miraflores City Hall, Luis Miro Quesada Garland Space, Lima, Peru.
I International Exhibition of Micro-Engraving Vitoria 2000, Art Museum of Espírito Santo, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
2000 “Accidente de Transito”, Daniel Barclay and Sebastian Frank, Pacific University, Lima, Peru
2001 “NO(s)OTROS, Colectivo “Otrosomos” (Cur. María Burela), Cultural Center of Spain, Lima, Peru
2002 “Juegos No Cuerdos” Colectivo “Otrosomos” (Cur. María Burela), La Galería, Lima, Peru
2003 “Entre Eros y Tanatos” Colectivo Otrosomos (Cur. María Burela), Cultural Center of Spain, Lima, Peru
“Post-postal”, Euroart Studios, London, UK
2004 MA Show, Central Saint Martins Art School, London, UK
2005 “Location/locality, the self through location”, Diorama Arts Center, London, UK
“What Happens When Everything Is Reduced To Ones And Zeros?”, Pearlfisher Gallery, London, UK
Performance “Banana Republic”, Festival “The Free Will”, Berlin, Germany
2006 “Reencuentro 1”, Corriente Alterna Visual Art School, Lima, Peru
2009 “Medalla de Oro”, Corriente Alterna Visual Art School, Lima, Peru
2011 “Um punto nao revelado numa ilustración botánica”, Hermes Artes Visuais, São Paulo, Brazil
2012 “Sábado”, Contemporary House, São Paulo, Brazil
2016 “Think Big”, Chisthopher Phaschall Gallery, Bogota, Colombia
2017 “A soma dos quadrados dos catetos é igual ao quadrado da hipotenusa” (Cur. Omar Porto), Saracura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018 “O Maravilhamento Das Coisas” (Cur. Julie Dumont), Sancovsky Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
VIR Open Studio Viafarini, Milan, Italy
2019 “Tropical Gardens” (Cur. Julie Dumont), Felix Frachon Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2020 “Les Petites Editions”, Felix Frachon Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Art Paris Art Fair, Younique Gallery, Paris, France
2022 Open Studio Viafarini, Milan, Italy
PINTA PArC Art Fair, Younique Gallery, Lima, Peru
Solo Shows:
2001 “Identidad y Consumo”, Visual Art School “Corriente Alterna“, Lima, Peru
2005 “Chamán Urbano”, Visual Art School “Corriente Alterna“, Lima, Peru
2006 “Subcutáneo”, La Galería, Lima, Peru
2007 “Convento”, La Galería, Lima, Peru
2010 “Tu morro w”, Tumay Space, Lima, Peru
“Trópicos Sólidos/Materia Oscura”, Contemporary House, São Paulo, Brazil
“Hot Air”, Gorup Gallery, Torino, Italy
2011 “Aire caliente”, Space la ex culpable, Lima, Peru
“Novos trópicos”, Hermes Artes Visuais, São Paulo, Brazil
2012 “No vacancia/espacio ocupado”, IK Projects, São Paulo, Brazil
2014 “Estratificaciones Culturales”, Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru
2015 “Bambaísmo”, Cultural Center of Miraflores City Hall, Luis Miro Quesada Garland Space, Lima, Peru
“Bambaísmo”, Christopher Phaschall Gallery, Bogota, Colombia
2017 “Siesta”, Emma Thomas Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
2018 “Pavilhao/Pabellón“, Cecilia Gonzalez Gallery, Lima, Peru
“Caderno Jornal“, 55SP, São Paulo, Brazil
2020 “Nuevo Loreto“, Vigil Gonzales Gallery, Lima, Peru
2022 “Líneas de horizonte“, General Consulate of Peru, Milan, Italy
“Líneas de palabras“, Hubart, Milan, Italy
PINTA Miami Art Fair, Younique Gallery, Miami, USA
Residences:
2010 FAAP, São Paulo, Brazil
2011 Curatorship Forense, Boiçucanga, Brazil
Hermes Artes Visuais, São Paulo, Brazil
2012 Hermes Artes Visuais, São Paulo, Brazil
2015 Barcú, Bogota, Colombia
2017 Kaaysa Art Residency, Boiçucanga, Brazil
2018 Viafarini Art Residency, Milan, Italy
2019 NES Art Residency, Skagastrond, Iceland
2022 Viafarini Art Residency, Milan, Italy
Studies:
2003-2004 MA Fine Arts, Central Saint Martins Art School, London, UK
2002-2003 Thesis “Chaman Urbano”, Corriente Alterna Visual Art School, Lima, Peru
1994-1999 Fine Arts Career, Corriente Alterna Visual Art School, Lima, Peru
Prizes:
2001 First Prize of IX National Painting Hall, ICPNA, Lima, Peru
Finalist of V Fundación Telefónica Competition, Lima, Peru
1999 Gold Medal, Corriente Alterna Visual Art School, Lima, Peru
Statement
The series "Contacto", started in 2021, as a logical continuation to the series called "Pollution" of 2020. "Pollution" is the first outline and reaction to the moment of isolation and loneliness experienced in pandemic.
The artist relates through abstraction and color the social condition of the individual in pandemic and his different "layers" used. Given the degree of anxiety created, the desire to relate and the fear of becoming contaminated, the individual employs physical, subjective and psychological layers that symbolize a mental displacement in the face of the impossibility of free spatial development of the person. This psychological treatment fades and abstraction comes with an affirmed colorimetry of natural tones: red, terracotta, violet and blue, reminiscent of the Peruvian coastal landscape or that search for physical and mental freedom longed for.
"The representation of abstraction as a form of figuration of the contact between two persons, also narrates the occupied space or the architecture that separates us and/or brings us together. Forms and lines that cross or invade the geometries try to talk about the risks in contact through an abstraction of vital forms," says the artist. Architecture is a strong family influence on the artist’s work. Barclay’s painting is the work of space, the proportions in the fabric, the paths and the interior-exterior without neglecting human contact.
"Contact" is one of the most personal series seen. The artist not only reflects the anguish experienced as a response to an uncertain future, but we see his analysis, reaction and confrontation thanks to the freedom of stroke and color that achieves.
Text by Galerie Younique. November 2022
