Barry Kahn was born in 1979 and lives in Rockville Center, New York with his parents. Passionate about drawing since the age of three, Barry began attending the Pure Vision Art studio in 2005. Working with markers and paper, Barry creates unique drawings that juxtapose intricate geometric patterns with distorted human faces and figures. Many of these surrealistic drawings are unsettling and many are inspired by actual dreams and nightmares. To quote Barry, “My drawings are like dreams in that sometimes they don’t make sense.” Barry’s work is included in numerous collections both at home and abroad.
"Untitled 2" Mixed Media on Paper 2009
"Untitled 5" Mixed Media on Paper 2008
"Untitled 3" Mixed Media on Paper 2009
"Untitled" Mixed Media on Paper 2009
"Untitled", Mixed Media on Paper, 2010
"Untitled", Mixed Media on Paper, 2010
"Untitled", Mixed Media on Paper, 2008
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Selected Exhibition History
2012 20th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC
Visions from the Edge, MCLA, Gallery 51, Adams, MA
2011 Innocence & Experience, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
2010
Labor of Love, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Art from the Inside Out, Visceglia Gallery @ Caldwell College, New Jersey
5th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY
Outsider Art Fair, NYC
2009 Paradise Found, Pure Vision Arts, NYC Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC The Pure Vision Arts Connection, Olof Gallery, Leiden, Netherlands 4th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Gallerie BelAge, Westhampton Beach, NY Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC
2008 Modern Primitive, Pure Vision Arts, NYC Pure Vision Arts at JBFCS, NYC European Outsider Art Fair, Vienna, Austria 19th Annual Art Expressions, Hofstra University. Long Island, New York Mind and Body in Autism Conference, Columbia University. Pure Vision
Arts Exhibition, NYC Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea, NYC
2007 City Folk, Pure Vision Arts, NYC Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC Urban Visionaries. Pure Vision Arts, NYC Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, NYC
Barry Kahn
Barry Kahn was born in 1979 and lives in Rockville Center, New York with his parents. Passionate about drawing since the age of three, Barry began attending the Pure Vision Art studio in 2005. Working with markers and paper, Barry creates unique drawings that juxtapose intricate geometric patterns with distorted human faces and figures. Many of these surrealistic drawings are unsettling and many are inspired by actual dreams and nightmares. To quote Barry, “My drawings are like dreams in that sometimes they don’t make sense.” Barry’s work is included in numerous collections both at home and abroad.
"Untitled 2" Mixed Media on Paper 2009
"Untitled 5" Mixed Media on Paper 2008
"Untitled 3" Mixed Media on Paper 2009
"Untitled" Mixed Media on Paper 2009
"Untitled", Mixed Media on Paper, 2010
"Untitled", Mixed Media on Paper, 2010
"Untitled", Mixed Media on Paper, 2008
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Selected Exhibition History
2012
20th Annual Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC
Visions from the Edge, MCLA, Gallery 51, Adams, MA
2011
Innocence & Experience, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
2010
Labor of Love, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Art from the Inside Out, Visceglia Gallery @ Caldwell College, New Jersey
5th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Galerie BelAge, Westhampton, NY
Outsider Art Fair, NYC
2009
Paradise Found, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC
The Pure Vision Arts Connection, Olof Gallery, Leiden, Netherlands
4th Annual Outsider Art in the Hamptons, Gallerie BelAge, Westhampton Beach, NY
Outsider Art Fair, The Mart, NYC
2008
Modern Primitive, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Pure Vision Arts at JBFCS, NYC
European Outsider Art Fair, Vienna, Austria
19th Annual Art Expressions, Hofstra University. Long Island, New York
Mind and Body in Autism Conference, Columbia University. Pure Vision
Arts Exhibition, NYC
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Chelsea, NYC
2007
City Folk, Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Pure Vision Arts at Marlborough Gallery, NYC
Urban Visionaries. Pure Vision Arts, NYC
Outsider Art Fair, Puck Building, NYC