Education
- 1956-58 Beckenham School of Art.
- 1958-62 Bromley College of Art where Frank Auerbach was a visiting tutor.
Selected exhibitions
- 1969 & 1970, 1973: Richard Bradley Gallery (solo)
- 1974 Southwark Cathedral (solo)
- 1975 Buxton Mill Gallery (solo)
- 1983 Wells Centre (solo)
- 1990 Cadogan Contemporary, London (solo)
- 2012 Osborne Samuel, London (with Nicholas Harding).
- 2017 Brownsword Hepworth Opening Exhibition of Modern British and Contemporary Art
- 2017 Brownsword Hepworth Summer Exhibition
- 2019 Brownsword Hepworth Barry Newis: Retrospective Exhibition
“Barry Newis’s monumental paintings are immediate and need very little explanation - the images, application and palette are all equal in importance and affect.
Marks are directional, purposeful, not used for futile excess, not extravagant - they are sculptural - they form the objects, making them solid and immoveable, giving a sense of real depth and space.
The subject matter is defined by his brush marks, scratchings and scorings which could be read as an attack upon the surface. There is a frisson of fear lurking somewhere - the choice of palette and the perceived isolation emphasise this.
The paintings speak to me, it feels as if the artist has taken hold of the landscape and moulded the forms, the hills are not only painted on the surface, you can feel the mass beneath which the marks then scratch over. It is as if he has an intimate acquaintance with the subject and perceives every undulation, almost as if looking at whole things but through a close-up lens. Barry’s works evoke an emotional response in me - I am aware of struggles, passion, truth, no tricks, no cheating” ~ Angela Wright, 2011