Daniel Barrow

Winnipeg-born, Montreal-based artist Daniel Barrow uses obsolete technologies to present written, pictorial and cinematic narratives centering on the practices of drawing and collecting. Since 1993, he has created and adapted comic book narratives to “manual” forms of animation by projecting, layering and manipulating drawings on overhead projectors.

Barrow has exhibited widely in Canada and abroad. In 2010 his work was featured in a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of York University. He has performed at The Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), PS1 Contemporary Art Center (New York), The Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), The International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s 2009 TBA festival, and the British Film Institute (London).  Barrow has supported acts such as Antony and the Johnsons, The Hidden Cameras , and Miranda July. Barrow is the 2008 winner of the Images Festival’s Images Prize for his episodic performance Every time I see your picture I cry, and the winner of the 2010 Sobey Art Award. He is represented by Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto.