Barry Silver
About
Born and raised in New York City, Barry Silver is a self-taught artist, spiritual seeker, and world traveller. After years in the music and nightlife scene, he discovered yoga and meditation. By 1999 Barry began teaching Kundalini Yoga and in 2002 Ashtanga Yoga which led to regularly traveling India for practice, study, and to help lead groups on Yatras (spiritual pilgrimages). His artistic vision which was heavily shaped by this period of which much was chronicled in the collage journals he kept from 2002-2010.
From 2007-2014 Silver was based in Tokyo, Japan. During this time he traveled the country teaching yoga, creating art, and founded the GBSK apparel brand. In order to promote his various projects Barry developed an interest in digital media and video arts. Alongside his new found medium and inspiration from Japanese animation he produced the autobiographical comic book, ‘Yoga Manga’.
In 2015 Barry began a four-year nomadic journey through Europe, Mexico, North Africa, Central, and South America to participate in and research sustainable communities, indigenous cultures, and various forms of celebration and ritual. Having only a laptop computer to work during his travels prompted a new creative voyage into digital collage. Most often exploring self-portraiture, Barry also enjoys incorporating friends and clients into these psychologically playful and spiritually insightful images.
Over the years Barry Silver’s work has been exhibited in New York and Tokyo, and can be found hanging on the walls of private collectors. His commissioned art has been printed on everything from full-scale home wallpaper, fashion apparel to party invites and can be found across social media for commercial purposes, and often just for fun.
Barry is currently based in Los Angeles, California and currently available to new clients and creative inquiry.
