LYNDON BARROIS JR.
Born 1983, New Orleans, Louisiana (US)
Lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (US)
EDUCATION
2013MFA Visual Art, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art, St.Louis, MO (US)2006BFA Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (US)2005Studio Art Centers International, Florence (IT)
2003Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA (US)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Desert of Promise, Alma Pearl, London (UK) (upcoming)
Buffalo Institute of Contemporary Art, Buffalo, NY (USA) (upcoming)
Twofold (as LAB:D w/ Addoley Dzegede), Barnes Ogden Gallery, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA (US)2025Hand of Glory, Royal Academy of Arts, London (UK)
Untitled Art, Artist Spotlight Section, Alma Pearl, Miami Beach, FL (US) / curated by Petra Cortright
2024Rue Daguerre, Gallery Closed, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
2023Forum 86: Rosette, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (US)2022Mirage Collar, Artists Space, New York, NY (US)
Mercantile (w/ Addoley Dzegede), Sharp Projects, Copenhagen (DK)
To Die For (w/ Addoley Dzegede), Specialist Gallery, Seattle, WA (US)
How to Make a Mirror, Melanie Flood Projects, Portland, OR (US)
2021Dreamsickle (w/ Kahlil Robert Irving), 47 Canal, New York, NY (US)
2020 Others Who Struggle with Nature, Rubber Factory, New York, NY (US)
Vague November, Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL) 2019Question And Answer, (w/ Roni Packer), LVL3, Chicago, USA2018Good Form, Chalmers Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Wayfarer (As LAB:D w/ Addoley Dzegede), Monaco USA / Saint Louis, MO
Vista Views, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Souvenir, STNDRD @ Granite City Art and Design District, Granite City, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Superfici Instabili, Alma Pearl hosted by z2o Project, Rome (IT)
Between the Acts, Alma Pearl, London (UK)
2025Camera Obscura, Public Gallery, London (UK)
2024 Possibility for Repair, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH (US)
2023Great Expectations Billboard, Add Space Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (US) / curated by Maryam Amirvaghefi
The Last Train After The Last Train, Public Gallery, London (UK)
Chart Art Fair, Sharp Projects, Copenhagen (DK)
Reflex Blue, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, Ireland
clock:work, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO (US)
Looking Back: White Columns Annual Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY (US)2022 Press Release, Storage Gallery, New York, NY (US)
The Regional, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (US)
2021 The Regional, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Countercapture, Miriam Gallery, Brooklyn,
NY (US)
11, LVL3, Chicago, IL (USA)2020A Field of Meaning, Callicoon Fine Arts, New York, NY (USA)2019 Come Closer, Forum Triangulare, Oud Rekem, Belgium
How to Make a Mirror, Open Studios Presentation, Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Counterpublic Triennial, Organized by The Luminary, St. Louis, MO (US)
Parallax, Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam, The Netherlands / curated by Artun Alaska Arasli2018Incognito 2018, Institute of Contemporary Art LA, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Anise Hyssop, Rose Arcade, Queens, NY (US) / Curated by Ginevra Shay
Plaid Progress (As Curator), Intersect Art Center, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Overview is a Place, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY (US) / Curated by Jessica Baran 2017Another Country, 50/50 Gallery, Kansas City, MO (US)
Almost Now, Just Then..., Projects + Gallery, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Attach Files, 50/50 Gallery, Kansas City, MO (US)
Nobody’s Home, Demo Projects, Springfield, IL (US)
Sensible Disobedience, La Esquina / Kansas City, MO (US) / curated by Lynnette Miranda
Encoded, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Forest Park Community College, Saint Louis, MO (US)2016You Will Never Be Younger Than You Are Today, Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
Bad Habits (Remember Me), Beverly, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Empower Point, The Luminary Center for the Arts, Saint Louis, MO (US) / curated by Arts.Black
Juried Exhibition, Automat Collective, Philadelphia, PA (US) / curated by John Silvis
You Are Looking Good, A Real Good Looker, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL (US)2015A New Use of the Self, The Luminary Center for the Arts, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Metroscapes, Metro / Artwork featured in stops around the city of Saint Louis, MO (US)2014Truth & Innocence, Mad Art Gallery, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Beyond Violet with Emperor Scorpion, E.Desmond Lee Gallery, Saint Louis, MO (US)2013A Donkey Is a Lion. Insecticide, Message from God, Gallery FAB, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO (US)
Move Forward! (New Tires Change Everything), The Luminary Center for the Arts, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Arteles Summer Exhibition, Hirvitalo Center of Contemporary Art Pispala, Tampere, Finland
Sideshow, Kylätoimintakeskus Heiska, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
Magnetic Highway: ANMF Satellite Exhibition, Saint Louis, MO (US)
MFA Thesis Exhibitions, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO (US)2012Parabola: Codices, E. Desmond Lee Gallery, Saint Louis, MO (US)
City-Wide Open Studio Preview Party, Contemporary Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Deliberate: Law As a Collaborative Model, Busch Hall Law School, Saint Louis, MO (US)
First Year MFA Exhibition, E. Desmond Lee Gallery, Saint Louis, MO (US)
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, In land Symposium, Saint Louis, MO (US)2011Parabola: The Work, E. Desmond Lee Gallery / Saint Louis, MO
Self/ Observed, North Carolina Museum of Art / Raleigh, NC
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2026
Artist-in-Residence, The Last Resort Artist Retreat Residency, Baltimore, MD (US)2024/2025Starr Fellow, Royal Academy Schools, London (UK)2022Artist-in-Residence, LATITUDE, Chicago, IL (US)2020Artist-in-Residence, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (continued)2019Artist-in-Residence, Fogo Island Arts, Newfoundland, Canada
Artist-in-Residence, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Artist-in-Residence, Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands (continued)2018Artist-in-Residence, Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Visual Art Fellowship Nominee, United States Artists, Chicago, IL (US)
Hashinger Hall Artist-in-Residence, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (US) (continued)
2017Hashing Hall Artist-in-Residence, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (US)
Artist-in-residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE, (US)
Alternate, Tulsa Arts Fellowship, Hardesty Art Center, Tulsa, OK, (US)2013Artist-in-residence, Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Jorge M. Pérez Collection / El Espacio 23, Miami, FL (US)
The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL (US)
Danish Art Council, Copenhagen (DK)