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Barry

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About

Trained as both an artist and an architect, I wove together these two worlds in founding an architecture+art firm which I led for over 30 years. Most of my major architectural projects included both small and large scale sculpture, as well as two dimensional artwork integrated with the architecture. Since being a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome in 2009–2010, I’ve had seven exhibitions of my work in Italy most recently in the Fall of 2025. A graduate of Yale College and the Yale School of Architecture, I also studied sculpture at the École National Supérieur des Beaux Arts in Paris. Projects which include major sculptural elements can be found locally at the Beecher School, Albertus Magnus College, University of Connecticut and the Center for Information Technology at Norwalk community college. Artwork also was incorporated in the residential projects for clients such as Garry Trudeau and Jane Pauley as well as Keith and Patti Richards. Collaborative artwork, which was created with the students appear on the façade of the Sandy Hook School in Newtown Connecticut.

Artist Statement

Art always provides a dual purpose: the work itself expresses an artist’s view of the world through their sensitivity and artistic talent. It also may possess. another dimension that which changes the way in which we see the world. The seeing itself is expanded well beyond the work itself to allow for a deeper appreciation of all that surrounds us, and indeed the lives we live.