Barry Finan - YESSSSLAD TV

Finan sees himself as a writer, actor and artist and produces bold, text based visual art. His style of ‘WRRIGHHTINNGSERRSS’ is unique with repetitive letters that elongate his words which can become scripts, personal messages and hopes for the future. This visually absorbs the viewer and gives an insight into his journeys through life and his fascination with particular objects and people. It is also important for him to enact the work through readings and broadcasting.

He works with a range of materials including paper, canvas, metal, wood and ceramics, with the latter being of significant interest during the past five years.

Finan is supported by Venture Arts, to develop his work and he has been showing nationally since 2014. Venture Arts is an award-winning visual arts organisation working with learning disabled artists. Through their studio programmes, exhibitions and collaborative projects, they remove barriers to the arts, put artists in the lead, champion neurodiversity and provide pathways for every individual to develop their creative identity.

About the work

Barry works consistently with text, this is usually handwritten with biro or etched into clay. For Light Night Wigan, Barry presents his ‘WRRIGHHTINNGSERRSS’ with his 'taallllkiing triiickkserrrrsss pensssersss' for the first time ever. Join Barry jumping into the TV and eating fish and chips in Wigan.