Barnaby Furnas, (born

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1973), is an American painter and former

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artist who lives and works in

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. He studied at the

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in New York and received a BFA in 1995 before going on to study at

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in New York, receiving an MFA in 2000. He makes his own paint from

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mixed with urethane.

Exhibitions

Furnas’s work has been exhibited widely internationally at galleries and museums such as the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead in the UK,

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in Austria,

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, The

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in New York, and The Royal Academy in London. He is represented by Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York and

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in London.

External links

The Saatchi Gallery
Information on Barnaby Furnas including artworks, text panels, articles, and full biography
''Artforum'' review, November, 2003.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Furnas, Barnaby 1973 births Living people Artists from Philadelphia 20th-century American painters American male painters 21st-century American painters 21st-century American male artists School of Visual Arts alumni Columbia University School of the Arts alumni 20th-century American male artists