Barry Doupé (b. 1982 Victoria, BC) is a Vancouver based artist primarily working with computer animation. He graduated from the Emily Carr University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Media Arts, majoring in Animation. His films use imagery and language derived from the subconscious; developed through writing exercises and automatic drawing. He often creates settings within which a character's self-expression or action is challenged and thwarted, resulting in comic, violent and poetic spectacles.
His films have been screened throughout Canada and Internationally, including: the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan; International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands;
Anthology Film Archives, NY, New York; Lyon Contemporary Art Museum, Lyon, France; Pleasure Dome, Toronto, ON; MOCCA, Toronto, ON; Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Last updated: 23.09.2014