Born in Toronto in 1932, Anne Meredith Barry graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1954. After visiting Newfoundland for the first time in 1971, Anne fell in love with the landscape and focused her life’s work on the power of her surrounding environment. She purchased and restored St. Michael’s printshop, St. Michael’s NFLD in 1987 and remained there for the rest of her life.
As well as supporting the local arts community, Barry traveled extensively conducting art workshops in remote areas of the country. Her involvement heightened her awareness of humankind’s place in nature, giving her a sense of her own place on the planet. Growing environmental and ecological movements focused her attentions on the vulnerability and fragility of the earth, giving her a new respect and appreciation for the land.
Her work, whether a painting or work on paper, always focused on the strength and beauty of the Newfoundland landscape.
Anne Meredith Barry’s artistic career spanned four decades. Her work has been featured at many venues throughout Canada and internationally. Solo public exhibitions include shows at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Newfoundland, the Blackwood Gallery, Toronto and the Art Gallery at University of Ulster at Belfast, Ireland. Her commissions included projects for the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra and Parks Canada.
Many art museums as well as outstanding private and public collections contain her work, such as American Express, Bell Canada, the Canada Council Art Bank, the Canadian Department of External Affairs and Shell Oil. Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art in 1995, she received an honourary degree from Memorial University in 1997 and was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal two weeks before she passed away in January 2003.
November 26 - December 23 - 2022
PAPER '22 @ MGG is a lively exhibition exploring the possibilities of works on paper.
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1932 – 2003 (Toronto, Ontario – St. John’s, Newfoundland)
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Algoma Art Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON
Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NFLD
Art Gallery of Peterborough, ON
Art Gallery of Whitehorse, Whitehorse, North West Territories
Artists for Kids Trust, North Vancouver, BC
Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga
The Canadiana Collection, Ottawa, ON
Confederation Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, ON
Ella Sharpe Art Museum, Jackson, Michigan, USA
Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC
Department of Public Works, St. John’s, NFLD
Expo ’86, Vancouver, BC
Glenbow Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford, ON
German Officer’s Club, Goose Bay, Labrador
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Collection
Governor-General of Canada’s Collection, Ottawa, ON
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
Lindsay Art Gallery, Lindsay, ON
Macintosh Art Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Ministry of Government Services, Toronto, ON
Mississauga Board of Trade, Mississauga, ON
Mississauga Library, Mississauga, ON
Mohawk College of Applied Arts, ON
Newfoundland Historic Parks Association, St. John’s, NFLD
North York Board of Education, North York, ON
Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Toronto, ON
Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation, Toronto
Ontario Science Centre, Toronto
Parks Canada, Ottawa
Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland
St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery
Temiskamine Art Gallery, Haileybury, ON
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
University of Ulster at Belfast, Northern Ireland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2001 Barry Graphics, Art Gallery, University of Ulster at Belfast, Northern Ireland
Gros Morne Journals and Translations, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Corner Brook, NF
2000 Paintings, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
1999 Gros Morne Series, Gallery One, Toronto, ON
1998 Where the Wind Blows, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
Shorelines, Emma Butler Gallery, St.John’s, NF
1997 From the Eastern Rim, Galerie d’art J.C. Bergeron, Ottawa, ON
1996 New Graphics, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
1995 – 2000 Down North: A Coastal Journey, U of T’s Blackwood Gallery, TO, ON &
Touring Public Art Galleries
1994 Gallery One, Toronto, ON
Emma Butler Gallery, St. John’s, NF
1993 Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Masters Gallery, Calgary, AB
1992 Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
Whitby Art Gallery, Whitby, ON
Algoma Art Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Newfoundland Images, Windsor Printmakers Forum, Windsor, ON
1991 Art Gallery, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s Newfoundland
1988 Traveling Vests, (installations) Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s Newfoundland
1984 Tom Thompson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
1983 Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre, Thunder Bay, ON
Timmins National Exhibition Centre, Timmins, ON
Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John’s Newfoundland and touring
1982 Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1981-2 Artists With their Work (touring exhibition organized and sponsored by the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto). Algoma Art Gallery, Sault St. Marie, Ontario Upper Level Gallery, North Bay, ON. Timmins National Exhibition Centre, Timmins, ON.
1974-5 St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia and touring
1971 Beckett Gallery, Hamilton, ON
Fleet Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Paper ’22 @ MGG, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
2001 Of Land and Sea, Harlow Playhouse Gallery, Harlow, Essex, England
2000 30 in 2000, Whitby Art Gallery, Whitby, ON
Gros Morne: Art in the Park, six artists, Discovery Centre Gallery, and Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NF
Art Books, Urban Institute, Contemporary Art Gallery, Grand Rapids Michigan
1999 Impact: Japanese and Canadian Woodblock, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, AB
Merchants and mariners and Northern Seas, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Corner Brook, NF
Wood: The Beauty of Objects, Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador and The Craft Council Gallery, St. John’s, NF; Phoenix Park Visitor Centre Dublin; Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland; The Granary, Waterford, Ireland
1998-1999 True North Festival: Works of Canadian Visual Artists and Musicians, Taiwan
1998 Artful Transformations, Art Gallery of Victoria, Victoria, BC
The Modern Landscape, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
1996 Encore: The Station Gallery Revisited, Whitby, ON
Between Oceans & Lands, Festival Canada, Taipei, Taiwan
1995 – 1996 Land and Sea, 8 artists from NF, Queen’s Univ. Belfast, and touring seven venues in Ireland and England
Faces, Open Studio, Toronto, ON, and touring
1995 Bodywrap, collaboration & exhibition with fabric designers, Devon House
Gallery, ST. John’s, NF
1994 Nickel Art Museum, Calgary, AB
Corporations Collect, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1992 Wood Imprints, three person show, Durham Art Gallery, ON
St. Michael’s Printshop Artists in Residence Exhibition, RCA Gallery, St. John’s Newfoundland
Tokyo International Art Show, Tokyo Japan (Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery)
Contemporary Canadian Art Exhibition, Expo ’92, Seville, Spain
1991 Artist’s Books, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NFLD
Creative Printmaking, Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
1990 Endeavor ’90, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1988 Environmental Window, A Sound Symposium Installation, St. Michael’s Newfoundland
1987 Experiencing Drawing, MacIntosh Gallery, London, ON
International Prints, Wenniger Gallery, Boston USA
Printshops of Canada. Curated by McDonald-Stewart Art Gallery, Guelph, ON and touring
1983 Developmental Art: A Canadian Exhibit, University of Michigan Art Gallery, USA
1980 Waterworks, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC (two person show)
1979 Graphex VII, Art Gallery of Brantford and touring
The Canadian Image, Midwest Museum of American Art, Indiana; Jesse Besser Art Museum, Michigan; Ella Sharp Art Museum, Jackson, Michigan; Perlman Art Gallery, Chicago
1978 The Inner Landscape, Works of eight Canadian artists visiting 4 Canadian consulates in the USA
Burnaby Print Biennale of Graphic Arts, Vancouver, BC
World Print Competition, San Francisco, California, USA and touring
1977 International Miniature Prints, Pratt Institute, New York City, New York
1976 Printmaking Through the Ages, St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and touring Atlantic Canada
III American Biennale of Graphic Arts, Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1975 International Miniature Prints, Pratt Institute New York City, New York
1974 25 Women Artists, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1973 Canadian Printmaker’s Showcase, Carlton University, Ottawa, ON
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Newland, Anne. Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000. Willow, Ontario: Firedale Publications, 2000.
Thompson, Kent. Review of When the Wind Blows (Paintings and Prints) by Anne Meredith Barry. ArtsAtlantic. 61 (Summer 1998): 20-21
Norcross, Sylvia Curtis. Review of Down North – A Coastal Journey, by Anne Meredith Barry. ArtsAtlantic, 60 (Spring):8.
Barry, Anne Meredith. Newfoundland Summer. Tickle Ace: A Journal of Literary and Visual Art. No. 33, Spring/Summer 1997, p.150.
Anne Meredith Barry. Prod. J. Johnson. 20 Minute CVC – TV Video. Sunday Afternoon on the Arts. 1996.
Barry, Anne Meredith. Contributors Section. Tickle Ace: A Journey of Literary and Visual Art. No. 30, Fall / Winter 1995, 157-59.
Barry, Anne Meredith. Lithographs. Tickle Ace: A Journey of Literary and Visual Art. No. 29, Spring / Summer 1995, 69 & 106.
Barry, Anne Meredith. Linocut. Tickle Ace: A Journey of Literary and Visual Art. No. 24, Fall / Winter 1992, 37.
Barry, Anne Meredith. Lithographs. Tickle Ace: A Journey of Literary and Visual Art. No. 24, Fall / Winter 1992, 12 & 115.
Shorelines. Prod. H. Dunsmore. 20 minute video. 1982.
The Printmobile. Prod. Emily Carr College of Art. 15 minute video 1982.
An Introduction to the Collograph Print. Commissioned by the Ontario Minister of Culture. 20 minute audio-visual, 1977.
Review and articles in many publications including: The Globe and Mail; Edmonton Journal; Halifax Mail-Star; Winnipeg Free Press; Toronto Mirror; Hamilton Spectator; North York News; Artviews; Vancouver Province; Artmagazine; The Telegram (St. John’s): The Western Star (Corner Brook); Arts Atlantic.
COMMISSIONS
1999 Print Edition, Arts for Kids Trust, Vancouver, BC
Painting for presentation to Newfoundland / 50th Anniversary of Confederation
1998 Sound Symposium CD, St. John’s NFLD
1993 Art for Kids Trust, North Vancouver, BC
1992 Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, St. John’s, NF
1988 Art Gallery, Memorial University of NF, St. John’s
1987 Radisson Plaza Convention Centre, St. John’s NFLD
1986 Art Gallery, Memorial University of NFLD, St. John’s, NFLD
1985 Parks Canada Centennial Portfolio, NFLD Historic Parks
1984 L’Hotel, CN Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
1982 Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto, ON
1978 Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Toronto, ON
1975 Galerie Fore, Winnipeg, MB
1974 Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford, ON
1973 Ontario Centre for Crippled Children, Toronto, ON
1972 Dow Chemical Company of Canada, Toronto, ON
APPOINTMENTS, HONOURS & AWARDS
2003 Queen’s Jubilee Medal
1999 Painting for presentation to Newfoundland / 50th anniversary of Confederation
1998 Artist in Residence in Gros Morne, Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, Parks Canada, Canada Council Project
1997 Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NF
1995 Elected to the RCA (Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts)
1994/5 Member of the Board of Directors, ‘Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador’
1994 Member of the Board of Directors, St. Michaels’s Printshop, St. John’s NF
1992 Artist in Residence, St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NF
Artist in Residence, Whitby Art Gallery, Whitby, ON
1991 Creative Printmaking, CCAS, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
1986-7 Editorial Advisor, Canadian Print & Portfolio
1984-5 Member, Board of Directors, Open Studio, Toronto
1981-4 Member, Community Relations Board, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Art Advisory Board, Sault College, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Ontario representative, Print & Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto
1976-7 Chairman, Board of Director, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto
1974-6 Member, Board of Directors, Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto
Seeking consignments for an Anne Meredith Barry exhibition for late 2022.
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