Daniel Barrow

Daniel Barrow is an illustrator and storyteller. Using his signature animation technique in live performances, he animates a narrative sequence of charismatic illustrations. He creates and adapts pictorial narratives into a "manual" form of animation by projecting, layering and manipulating drawings, found images and light. Barrow refers to this practice as "graphic performance, live illustration or manual animation."

For *Don't Let This Happen*, his first solo exhibition in Vancouver, Barrow harmoniously joins a variety of media, devising a self-sufficient means of animation using an overhead projector, a fan, some water and plastic beads. The installation combines selected illustrations, sculptures and animated videos to create a spatial narrative. As part of his exhibition at the CAG, Barrow will perform *The Face of Everything*, a story set in Las Vegas and based on the life experiences of Scott Thorson, Liberace's chauffeur, bodyguard and young live-in lover.

### Biography

Daniel Barrow is a Winnipeg-based artist, working in performance, video and installation. His work has recently been presented in solo exhibitions at Mercer Union, Toronto and Three Walls, Chicago; and he has recently performed at MOCA, Los Angeles; the International Festival of Animated Objects, Calgary; Dazibao, Montreal; and Images Festival, Toronto. He has produced an animated music video for the Hidden Cameras and has performed live with them.


An installation image of artworks in a gallery.  Four coloured illustrations are placed on a small shelf attached to a wall. Small red sculptures of animals are placed in front of each illustration.

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An installation image of two artworks inside a gallery. Two illustrations are displayed on TV screens placed on white pedestals. One illustration shows a person, and the other one shows a barrel and a blue cloud. 

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An installation image of artworks in a gallery. Four framed illustrations are placed on a small shelf attached to a wall on the left side. A projector placed in the middle of the room project an illustration of a blue hand on a far wall.

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An installation image of artworks in a gallery. A projector placed in the middle of the room project an illustration of a blue hand on a far wall. On the right side of the projector, an illustration of a person is displayed on a TV screen.

Daniel Barrow

Exhibitions