DOM BARRA, neapolitan artist, approched and started his practice in the field of visual art during his 7 years of life in England, Great Britain, studying at the Leeds College of Art and Design. His creative production interests a wide use of techniques such as installation, digital art, mixed medias paintings wit… Read More
DOM BARRA, neapolitan artist, approched and started his practice in the field of visual art during his 7 years of life in England, Great Britain, studying at the Leeds College of Art and Design. His creative production interests a wide use of techniques such as installation, digital art, mixed medias paintings with a choice of subjects spreading from works with sociopolitical concerns to works with a more introspective approch.
The works of D. Barra are characterized by an eccentric use of colours. The artist lights up his creative flair with any tools or objects on his hand, works of a very strong visual impact and out of the boundries of "style" of mass consumption art.
D. Barra has exhibited either in Italy or abroad his native country with a preference towards unusual spaces outside the common and enlightened "temples" consecrated to the worship of art excellences.
The perpetuating creative dialectic of D. Barra results in a constant research for innovative artistic results in matters of subjects and the ways they can be depicted.
He collaborates with the Italian Music Label "Subcava Sonora". He is the graphic designer for the advertisement campaigns for the NGO "Sensacional". D. Barra also is the co-founder of the fashion accessories firm "RAZE Excessories" and he is member of the Neapolitan Artist Collective "URTO!"
His works were featured on various magazine and websites such as Revolutionart Magazine, Players, The Villager Newspaper, Time Out New York and Reset Radio website, Corriere del Mezzogiorno, Libero Pensiero, Chiaia magazine, Interartive, Artbookguy.
Past Art Exhibitions :
2006 - Leeds College of Art and Design, Leeds, England, UK (Group Exhibition)
2007 - Sovereign Chambers, Leeds, Englang, UK (Group exhibition)
2007 - Code-X, SkyTv Art Show, Rome, Italy (Group exhibition)
2008 - Rising Mutiny, "Drawing with the devil's tools", Napoli, Italy (Solo Exhibition, self curated)
2008 - Old West, "Views of Rock", Napoli, Italy (Solo exhibition, self curated))
2009 - Fabbricaria, " E' una vita che aspetto" (It's a whole life that I am waiting), Caserta, Italy (Solo exhibition, self curated)
2011 - I park art day, Caserta, Italy (Group exhibition)
2011 - Denz in da ghetto (Copyleft music festival), "Mea Patria" and "The lab of anomalies", Napoli, Italy (Solo exhibition, self curated)
2011 - Trip (Even presentation of the single from the soundtrack of "This must be the place" with Sean Penn directed by Paolo Sorrentino), "Mea Patria", Napoli, Italy (Solo exhibition, self curated)
2012 - Mivhs, "De:genera", Napoli, Italy (Group exhibition)
2012 - Barcode, Art works video project for Daddy G (Massive Attack), Napoli, Italy (Solo exhibition, self curated)
2012 - Ammamuripazz, "Sociopolikatastrofika", Napoli, Italy (Solo exhibition, co-curated)
2012 - Palazzo delle arti di Napoli, "Oltre la paralisi" (Beyond Paralysis), Napoli, Italy (Group exhibition)
2012 - Asilo della conoscenza e della creatività (occupied forum of culture- "First Copyleft day NAPOLI" - 28/04/2012, Napoli, Italy (Solo exhibition, self curated)
2012 - Digital Still Images projection for "O'Zulu" Dj set (Leader singer of the Italian Band "99 Posse" at the DADA in Saviano (NA), Italy (Solo show, self curated)
2012 - Digital Still Images projection for the Art and Music event COMUNICANDO_05 produced by the music label Old Future Music at the Arenile di Bagnoli, Napoli, Italy (Group show)
2012 - "The sketchbook show" - Branson College, Ross, California, U.S.A. (Group show)
2012 - "RE/Mixed Media Festival 2012 - 3rd edition" - presentation of the project "Biutiool Beastard vs the great masters of history of art" - Brooklyn Lyceum, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A. - directed by Tom Tenney
2013 - CAM (Contemporary art museum of Casoria) - "Vote Art" - Casoria (Na), Italy (Group show) Read Less