Barchael

Barchael is the combined creative identity of Michael Bernhardt and Barry Whittaker, two artists whose individual practices overlap and expand via collaboration. Michael is an Associate Professor of Art at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Barry is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Toledo. Their long-distance collaboration becomes an important layer as they explore issues of communication, identification, and myth. Barchael navigates a range of media, confusing themselves as well as their audiences. Their ultimate goal is to undermine self-righteousness, while seriously spreading the ridiculous.

Barry Whittaker | barrywhittaker.com
Michael Bernhardt | instagram.com/mikebernhardt

Highbeams: Convoy
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
Denver, Colorado, Aug. 20, 2022

is FAIR 20202021
Globeville Epicenter
Denver, Colorado, 11/11–14/21

is EMANCIPATION: Sociometry Fair 2016
The Smell
Los Angeles, CA, 11/11–11/13/16

Working Title: Artists on the Edge of Lake Erie
University of Buffalo’s Lower Gallery
Buffalo, NY, 11/12–12/12/15

Sign Language: Texting
BOX 13 ArtSpace
Houston, TX, 9/26–11/7/15

Sign Language
Diane Kidd Gallery
Tiffin, OH, 10/23–11/20/14

Exquisite Corpse: Stamped and Mailed
GroundSwell Gallery
Denver, CO, 7/13–8/6/13

Do Not Spray Directly In Face
Vertigo Art Space
Denver, Colorado, 10/21–12/17/11