Lyndon Barrois Jr.

  • Overview

    Lyndon Barrois Jr. (b. New Orleans, LA) is an artist and educator based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he is an assistant professor of art at Carnegie Mellon University. He is half of LAB-D, with artist Addoley Dzegede, with whom he has collaboratively staged four exhibitions, and co-authored a book of essays (Elleboog, at the Jan van Eyck Academie in 2019). He uses cinema as a means to travel both temporally and geographically, bringing to mind ideas of anachronism, simultaneity, and reanimation. Looking at branding strategies of old cinema—along with the phased-out profession of shooting film stills—he considers these methods ways to represent a film that has yet to be seen. He is currently undergoing a project that uses the heist film and museum context to contend with legacies of colonial extraction. In various ways, Barrois Jr. navigates questions around colour, control, taste, waste, and the layering of information.

     

    Barrois Jr. received his MFA from Washington University in St. Louis (2013), and his BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore (2006). He has completed residencies at LATITUDE, Chicago, Illinois; Loghaven in Knoxville, Tennesseethe Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (Netherlands); Fogo Island Arts in Newfoundland (Canada), and the IMMA, Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin (Ireland). Most recently, he was the 2025 Starr Fellow at the Royal Academy Schools in London.

     

    Recent solo exhibitions include: Hand of Glory, Royal Academy of Arts, London UK (2025); Rue Daguerre, Gallery Closed, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2024); Forum 86: Rosette, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2023); Mercantile (w/ Addoley Dzegede), Sharp Projects, Copenhagen, DK (2022); Mirage Collar, Artists Space, New York, NY (2022), amongst others. Selected recent group exhibitions include: Camera Obscura, Public Gallery, London (2025); Possibility for Repair, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, USA (2024); The Last Train After the Last Train, Public Gallery, London, UK (2023); Looking Back: White Columns Annual Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY (2023); and The Regional, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (2022); among others. His work is in important private and public collections including the The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; The Bunker Artspace; West Palm Beach, Florida; and the Danish Art Council, Copenhagen, Denmark.

  • Installation view: Lyndon Barrois Jr.: Hand of Glory, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2025) © Lyndon Barrois Jr.
    Installation view: Lyndon Barrois Jr.: Hand of Glory, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2025) © Lyndon Barrois Jr.
  • Lyndon Barrois Jr., Indiscreet (after Stanley Donen) , 2025. 22 graphite drawings, artist frames of oak, gold pigment Belgian linen,...
    Lyndon Barrois Jr.Indiscreet (after Stanley Donen) , 2025. 22 graphite drawings, artist frames of oak, gold pigment Belgian linen, brass sconces, LED wax candles. Overall: 183 x 260 cm | Overall: 72 x 102 1/2 in | Each: 42 x 32 cm | 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 in
  • Installation view: Lyndon Barrois Jr.: Hand of Glory, Royal Academy, London (2025) © Lyndon Barrois Jr.
    Installation view: Lyndon Barrois Jr.: Hand of Glory, Royal Academy, London (2025) © Lyndon Barrois Jr.
  • Installation view: Lyndon Barrois Jr.: Rosette, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA (2023). © Lyndon Barrois Jr. Courtesy of the...
    Installation view: Lyndon Barrois Jr.: Rosette, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA (2023). © Lyndon Barrois Jr. Courtesy of the Carnegie Museum of Art. Photo: Sean Eaton
  • Lyndon Barrois Jr., Tratteggio, 2023. Oil on Belgian linen, plywood, solvent transfers, vintage frame. 50 x 70 cm | 28...
    Lyndon Barrois Jr., Tratteggio, 2023. Oil on Belgian linen, plywood, solvent transfers, vintage frame. 50 x 70 cm | 28 x 20 in © Lyndon Barrois Jr. In the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA.
  • Lyndon Barrois Jr.,Kaleidoscope (Cavity), 2023. Oil on Belgian linen, copper pigment. 182.9 x 317.5 cm | 72 x 125 in....
    Lyndon Barrois Jr.,Kaleidoscope (Cavity), 2023. Oil on Belgian linen, copper pigment. 182.9 x 317.5 cm | 72 x 125 in. © Lyndon Barrois Jr
  • Lyndon Barrois Jr., Lobby Card I (Lumiére), 2023. Solvent transfer, collage, and oil on Belgian linen, portrays Lumière, the protagonist...
    Lyndon Barrois Jr., Lobby Card I (Lumiére), 2023. Solvent transfer, collage, and oil on Belgian linen, portrays Lumière, the protagonist of the film. 93 x 123 cm | 36 1/2 x 48 1/2 in. © Lyndon Barrois Jr.

     

  • Installation view: Lyndon Barrois Jr.: Mirage Collar, Artists Space, New York, 2022. Lyndon Barrois Jr., Guardians Gate (Farfanicchio), 2022; Masters...
    Installation view: Lyndon Barrois Jr.: Mirage Collar, Artists Space, New York, 2022.  Lyndon Barrois Jr., Guardians Gate (Farfanicchio), 2022; Masters of Fine Arts, 2011/2022. Wood, latex paint, antique brass elements, cast iron, oil paint, twigs, brass, burlap, packing felt; oil on canvas, artist frame, solvent transfer, plywood, curtains, frames, lights, easels, conservators coat, headlamp. Dimensions variable. Photo: Filip Wolak. © Lyndon Barrois Jr.
  • Lyndon Barrois Jr., The Conjuror (After Bosch) f/ Addoley Dzegede, 2022. Enamel tumblers, ceramic frog, wooden wand, foam, graphite, batik...
    Lyndon Barrois Jr., The Conjuror (After Bosch) f/ Addoley Dzegede, 2022. Enamel tumblers, ceramic frog, wooden wand, foam, graphite, batik dyed handkerchief, electroformed ink cartridge, copper, night stand. Dimensions variable. Photo: Filip Wolak. © Lyndon Barrois Jr.