Barry Doupé

Born 1982 - Victoria, BC Canada

Barry Doupé is a Vancouver based artist primarily working with computer animation, digital painting and sculpture. His work uses imagery and language derived from the subconscious; developed through writing exercises and automatic drawing. Doupé’s films are often characterized by fragmented and porous narrative structures, richly textured characters and surreal, poetic situations.

His films have been screened throughout Canada and Internationally including the Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver), Chicago Underground Film Festival (Chicago), International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands), e-flux screening room (New York), Swallow Gallery (Lithuania), DOK Leipzig (Germany), Hors Pistes (Centre Pompidou, Paris) and Deluge Contemporary (Victoria). In 2024, he was selected for the prestigious Sobey Art Award longlist.

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Photo credit: Dennis Ha

Available Titles by Barry Doupé

Title	Year	Runtime	Collection
At the Heart of a Sparrow	2006	00:30:00	Single Titles
A Boy on a Dock Blowing His Nose	2004	00:15:45	Single Titles
The Colors that Combine to Make White are Important	2012	01:58:00	Single Titles
Distracted Blueberry	2019	04:33:00	Single Titles
Distraught Mother Reunites with Her Children	2005	00:24:38	Single Titles
Barry Doupé Videoworks: Volume 1	2012	01:10:23	Single Artist Compilations, Compilations
Life and People	2014	00:22:45	Single Titles
Ponytail	2008	01:32:00	Single Titles
Red House	2022	00:03:00	New Releases, Single Titles

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