born in New Jersey in 1982. After receiving his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2004 he was awarded an artist’s residency at the Cooper Union School of Art in 2006. In May of 2012 Barton will have achieved his MFA in Painting from the New York Academy of Art in New York City, as a President’s Scholar. As an emerging artist informed by the demands of American
popular culture and moral traditions, Barton consistently exhibits and practices these ideas of social discontent in New York City.
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Hot Hide, Heir Gallery, Providence, RI.
Comex Or Becamus, Machines With Magnets Gallery, Pawtucket, RI.
2006 BODY OF, Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI.
2005 Receiver, Julian’s, Providence, RI.
2004 Inversion of Brother and Sister, Tap Room Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2011 Max Fish’s Finest: Group Art Show, Max Fish, New York, NY.
Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY.
SilentNoise, Gallery Bar, New York, NY.
2010 Deck The Walls, Wilkinson Hall Gallery, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.
SilentNoise, Gallery Bar, New York City, NY.
Wooly Group Exhibition, Eskimo Gallery, Providence, RI.
Devil’s Rainbow Print Collection, White Electric, Providence, RI.
2009 Aqua Art Miami, 5 Traverse Gallery, Miami, FL.
Love Thy Neighbor, Machines With Magnets Gallery, Pawtucket, RI.
2008 Dark Age Group Show, The Stairwell Gallery, Providence, RI.
2007 RISD Alumni Exhibition, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH.
Providence Group Show, Peerless Building, Providence, RI.
2006 Wunderground: History of the Art of the Providence Music Culture, Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
Realism: Barton, Freedman, Sgouros & Shinn, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI.
Open Painting Competition 2006, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.
Barton, Abanilla, Gilbert & Sgouros, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI.
19th Annual Rhode Island Open Juried Exhibition, Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI.
2005 Human Rights Campaign Invitational Exhibition & Benefit Auction, Onyx Hotel, Boston, MA.
Residents’ Group Show, Cooper Union Gallery, New York, NY.
2004 Holiday Group Show, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI.
Human Rights Campaign Invitational Exhibition & Benefit Auction, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Boston, MA.
August Group Show, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI.
Senior Invitational Exhibition, ISB Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
Senior Illustration Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
Awards
2011 Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Artist Residency
2010 New York Academy of Art, New York, NY President’s Scholar
2006 Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI
19th Annual Rhode Island Open Juried Exhibition, First Place Award
2005 Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY
Artist Residency
Bibliography
2011 “2011 Tribeca Ball: Artists and Models”, artnet.com, New York, NY, April.
“Interview with Alexander Barton: Hot Hide at Heir Antiques”, In Downcity, Providence, RI, January.
2010 “Comex Or Becamus: Alexander Barton & Adam Anagnostis”, Providence, RI, September.
2009 “Work Horse”, Vikki Warner, The Providence Monthly, Providence, RI, December.
2008 “Home Studio Home”, Todd Oldham, Amy Sedaris, AMMO Books, Pasadena, CA.
2006 “Out of the Shadows”, Providence Phoenix, Providence, RI, September.
“Body Of”, The Agenda: Word of Print, Providence, RI, September.
“Realism Group Show at Gallery Agniel”, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, May.
“Free Thought in Pawtucket”, The Agenda: Word of Print, Providence, RI, May.
“Providence Are Club Open Juried Painting Show”, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, January.
2005 “Warwick Museum of Art’s 19th Annual RI Open Juried Competition and Exhibition”, Warwick Beacon, Warwick, RI, November.
“Human Rights Campaign Benefit Auction”, In Newsweekly, Boston, MA, October.
2004 “Divine Providence”, Todd Oldham, Diana George, Nest Magazine, New York, NY, Spring.
“Whose Creative Economy Is It?”, Ian Donnis, Providence Phoenix, Providence, RI, January.
