Artists
Barry Anthony Finan
Barry Anthony Finan works consistently with text. The text highlights a vision of life in large letters.
Barry Anthony Finan
Barry Anthony Finan
Barry Anthony Finan
Barry Anthony Finan
Barry Anthony Finan
Barry Anthony Finan
brick from ‘WRRIGHHTINNGS ONN WALL’
Barry Anthony Finan
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Barry Anthony Finan
Barry Anthony Finan
Barry Anthony Finan is known for his distinctive “WRRIGHHTINNGSERRSS” – long, flowing streams of words and phrases that spill across ceramics, paper and sculpture, turning language into something you can see, touch and feel.
In 2024, Barry received the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists, a prestigious national award recognising outstanding artists at pivotal stages in their careers. In 2025 Barry’s first solo exhibition showcased a vibrant new body of work, where Barry’s playful, layered handwriting explored fresh materials and bold colour. Each piece holds fragments of conversation, hope and reflection – inviting visitors to step inside his world of words. This exhibition, held at Moon Grove, marked one of the first major outcomes of the Paul Hamlyn Award, celebrating an artist whose work continues to inspire and evolve.
Barry Anthony Finan's exhibitions and events
- WRRIGHHTINNGSERRSS 12th Dec 2025
- Local Artist Print Launch 11th Apr 2024
- Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair 22nd Oct 2023
- TATE LATE | The Hand That Makes The Sound 15th Sep 2023
- YESS LAD 15th Jul 2023
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British Ceramics Biennial,
Stoke,
2019. -
Spilling Out, a joint presentation with Castlefield Gallery, The Manchester Contemporary
Manchester Central,
2018. -
Venture Arts Presents, The Manchester Contemporary
Manchester Central,
2017. -
MADE, Venture Arts Studio Show
People’s History Museum, Manchester,
2015. -
The Art of Nature, Venture Arts Studio Show
The Lowry, Salford Quays,
2014. -
Articulate, Venture Arts Studio Show
The Lowry, Salford Quays,
2013.
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Greetings Cards
2019
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