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Barry Stone

Throughout his career, Austin-based artist Barry Stone has approached photography with a philosopher’s eye. The camera lens is just one of many transformative photographic tools that Stone employs in his practice. In his ongoing series of “data-bent” pictures, Stone manipulates the digital code of his images to change their appearance through purposeful tampering. Colors and composition shift, with schisms and interruptions becoming central to the reading of the work. His pictures often touch on personal narrative and a focus on his own place within a larger terrestrial landscape, yet reflect outward as well, forestalling an easy read.

Book

Boom and Dust by Barry Stone and Jason Reed

Boom and Dust depicts a 40-mile stretch of highway between Midland and Odessa, Texas. This roadway serves as the backbone of the extraction industry in the Permian Basin, the most productive oil field in the world. Inspired by Ed Ruscha, we made hundreds of photographs from the back of a pickup truck of the unrelenting scroll of mancamps, pumpjacks, and oil outfitters collectively known as the “Petroplex.”

Limited Edition LP

Barry Stone Porch Swing Orchestra, 2024

A vinyl record produced on the occasion of Barry Stone’s 2024 exhibition Porch Swing Orchestra at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery.

Side A – Past PSO Pieces
Side B – Site Reading: Marfa, Texas 2024

catalog

Barry Stone Lost Pines, 2022

8.625 x 11 in., 80 pages, swiss bound, full cover photography book of Barry Stone’s photography project Lost Pines.

catalog

Barry Stone Daily, In a Nimble Sea, 2017

9 x 11.5 inches, 96 pages, 37 color plates printed on matte paper. Cloth-wrapped hardcover with photographic tip-in. Published by Twin Palms Press, Silas Finch imprint.

interview

Barry Stone Interview with Glasstire

Barry Stone was interviewed by Leslie Moody Castro for Glasstire. Barry discusses his long-running project, Porch Swing Orchestra and the relationship between sound and image. Listen to the interview here.

acquisition

Barry Stone Acquired by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Barry Stone has two artworks acquired into the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX.

Barry Stone

b. 1972 in Lubbock, Texas
lives and works Austin, TX.

Education

2024
Porch Swing Orchestra, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery

2001
M.F.A., The University of Texas at Austin

1993
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin

Solo Exhibitions

2022
Lost Pines, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX

2021
Drift, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2019
hoP map, Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2017
Daily, In A Nimble Sea, Gaa Gallery Provincetown, Provincetown, MA
Daily, In A Nimble Sea, Art Place, Houston, TX

2016
The Future of Things Past, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2015
Expanded Geographies, curated by Christopher Phillips and Joanna Lehan, Lianzhou Foto Festival, Lianzhou, China
The World is Round From Here, GAA Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

2014
New Weather Weaves New Garments, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

2013
Look Near Into the Distance, Art Palace, Houston, TX
Many Worlds If Any, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2011
Dark Side of the Rainbow, Art Palace, Houston, TX
Hum, SOFA, Austin, TX

2010
I Met A Unicorn, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2009
Highway 71 Revisited, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

2008
Highway 71 Revisited, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2005
Your Name and Mine, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery Brooklyn, NY

Two-Person Exhibitions

2013
Naturalia: Beverly Penn and Barry Stone, Co-Lab Projects, Austin, TX

2008
The Fifth of July, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX

Three Person Exhibitions
2008
Treat, Apama Gallery, Houston, TX

Group Exhibitions

2024
aerate, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY

2023
Glitch: The Art of Interference, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, DE
Collecting the Future: Photography and Generative Art on the BlockchainI, Assembly, Houston, TX

2022
87 Franklin Inaugural, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2019
Dallas Medianale 2019, curated by Charles Dee Mitchell, The MAC Dallas, Dallas, TX

2018
Home Bodies, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX

2017
Open Codes: Living in Digital Worlds, VKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Cologne Group Exhibition, GAA Project Space, Cologne, Germany

2016
Local Tide, curated by Parallelogram, S1 Gallery, Portland, OR

2015
Mine.Yours.Ours: Contemporary Photography and Video and the American Landscape, Center for Photography Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
Strange Pilgrims, with Lakes Were Rivers, The Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX
Technovisual: Art in the Age of Code, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington DC
Oysters With Lemon, Ventana 244, Brooklyn, NY

2014
Frameshift, curated by Useful Pictures, Denny Gallery, New York, NY
To Each Their Own, Art Palace, Austin, TX

2013
Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Of a Technical Nature, Austin Museum of Art / Arthouse at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX

2012
Walled Garden, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
Long Shadows: Wardell Milan, Jim Richard, Barry Stone, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

2011
New Art in Austin: 15 Artists to Watch, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX

2010
It Is Better To Regret Something You Have Done, Art Palace, Houston, TX
New Work, New York, curated by Tim Barber, Levi’s Photography Workshop, New York, NY
Interrrupted Landscapes, Champion Contemporary, Austin, TX
Panta Rei, Box 13 in conjunction with FotoFest, Houston, TX

2009
One on One, Art Palace, Austin, TX
Haunts, Privateer Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2008
Decking the Path to Blessedness, curated by Art Park, Fotofest, Houston, TX

2007
And Introducing . . ., Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
traveled to OKOK, Seatle, WA

2006
Pinned up,curated by Humble Arts Foundation, Third Ward, Brooklyn, NY
Marcia Wood Gallery, curated by Jason Fulford, Atlanta, GA
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Adventura, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
CRG Presents: Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2004
Neverland, curated by Elissa Levy, audioEngine, New York, NY
Art + Commerce 2004 Festival of Emerging Photographers, New York, NY

2003
Move, Aviate Art Collective Action, Knitting Factory, New York
Exhibit No.1, Open Container, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
House of Light, curated by Bernard Yenelouis, The International Center of Photography, New York

2002
Ways and Means, curated by Alison Morley, The International Center of Photography, New York
Open Video, hosted by Laurie Firstenberg, Artist’s Space, New York
Real Time, curated by Alexander Dumbadze, Texas Fine Art Association, Austin, Texas

2001
Spread, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin Texas

2000
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore Maryland

1999
A Fresh Look at Texas Art, curated by Terrie Sultan, Mckinney Contemporary Art Museum, Dallas Texas

Publications

2017
Daily, In a Nimble Sea (monograph), Silas Finch imprint of Twin Palm Publishers.
True Nature, Slices #1

2009
The Collector’s Guide to Emerging Art Photography, edited by Alana Celii, Jon Feinstein, and Grant Willing, Humble Arts Foundation Publishing, New York

2008
Landscapes for Art: Contemporary Sculpture Parks, Edited by Glenn Harper and Twylene Moyer, ISC Press, Hamilton, NJ

2007
Queso Frito, Issue #2, www.quesofrito.com

2006
Group-Show No. 8, www.group-show.com

2004
Paper Placemats, A Public Art Project, J and L Books, Atlanta, GA

2001
American Photography 17, American Photography, New York

2000
American Photography 16, American Photography, New York

Bibliography

2021
Schwabsky, Barry, “Barry Stone : Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery”, Reviews, Artforum, April.

2020
Maine, Stephen, Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections, Hyperallergic, July 18.

2013
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, “Arts scene: Picks for July 28-Aug. 3,” Austin American Statesman, July 27.
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, “Van Ryzin: Archives Inform Modern Photographers’ Work in Ransom Center Exhibit,” Austin American Statesman, July 13.
Webster, Lee, “Lakes Were Rivers: Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive,” Glasstire, July 13.
Barry Stone, “Many Worlds if Any,” Phases Magazine, March 20.Halle, Howard, “Ten Just Opened Gallery Shows You Should See: Barry Stone: Many Worlds If Any,” TimeOut New York, January 4.

2012
Kimball, Whitney, “Walled Garden at Klaus von Nichtssaggend Gallery,” New American Painting, October 18.
Lavelett, Shane, “BOOKSHELF” Lakes Were Rivers: Number One, January 10.

2011
Venator, Melissa, “Barry Stone, Art Palace, Houston”, ….Might Be Good, November 11.
Faires, Robert, “I Shutter To Think, Six photographers offer a snapshot of the state of the art”, The Austin Chronicle, May 20.
Smith, S.E., “Barry Stone: SOFA,” …Might Be Good, April 15.
Mehan, Magaret, “Barry Stone: Man about Town,” Glasstire, March 3.

2010
Ewing, John, “Barry Stone, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery,” Art Lies, Summer 2010, No.66, p84
Blalock, Lucas, “Q+A Lucas Blalock vs. Barry Stone,” The Photography Post

2009
Ptak, Laurel, “Barry Stone,” I Heart Photograph, February 12.

2008
Ruud, Claire, “Letter From the Editor, All My Insecurites,” …might be good, Issue #111 November 28.
Garza, Evan, “For Art’s Sake: Decking the Path to Blessedness, A Project for BBAP by Artist Barry Stone,” 002 Houston, Volume 10, Issue 113, p. 22., May 10.
Therond, Eve, : “En Route Pour Barry Stone”, Foto (French ed.) p.46, February.
“Road to Nowhere”, New York Sun, Arts. p.18 (photo included), February 7.

2005
Maine, Stephen, “Dateline, Brooklyn,” Artnet, October 4.
Maine, Stephen, “Dateline, Brooklyn,” Artnet, February 3

2002
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, “XLENT: The Framing of a Fictional Film in REALTIME,” The Austin American Statesman, May 2 p. 35
“Real Opportunity to View Video and Time-based Art,” TFAA Art News, Spring
Boxer, Sarah, “Can Not-So-Ordinary Artists Make Ordinary Snapshots? Well, Not Really,” The New York Times, March 8

2000
Barnes, Michael, “The Fresh, the Ripe and the Stale at UT’s Faculty Exhibition,” The Austin American Statesman, November 25
O’Sullivan, Michael, “300 Snapshots, One Surreal Show,” The Washington Post, November 17

1999
Weinstein, Joel, “Juried Show at MAC,” The Dallas Morning News, November 20
Akhtar, Suzanne, “If Only We Could See What the Judges Didn’t Like”, Fort Worth Star Telegram, November 28
McCabe, Bret, “State of Things,” The MET, November 17

Grants

2001
Artists Grant, The Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund, Dallas Museum of Art, Spring

Public Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
ZKM, Karlsruhe Germany