Mychael Barratt

Artist: Mychael Barratt

Title: Van Gogh’s Dog

Medium: Oil and acrylic paint

About:

Mychael Barratt is a Canadian-born Londoner who is a narrative artist and cartographer with a career making original prints in virtually every possible technique. During his five-year term as President of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, he curated many international exhibitions and was also responsible for launching two annual open submission print exhibitions held at Bankside Gallery - the International Original Print Exhibition and The Masters.

He was an artist in residence for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre throughout Mark Rylance’s reign as Artistic Director as well as being a commissioned artist for Liberty of London. In 2011, just prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was commissioned by T. V. Edwards to paint a 10 x 8 metre mural on the wall of their headquarters on the Mile End Road. The mural depicts famous buildings and people associated with the Whitechapel area and the building is now called ‘Mural House’. 

His work is held in many important collections including: His Majesty The King, Buckingham Palace, London; The British Library, London, Permanent Collection of Maps; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; The Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Gallery of Art, Beijing, China; Canadian High Commission, Canada House, London; British Museum Print Collection.