Barron Storey

Barron Storey (born 1940) is an American illustrator, graphic novelist, and educator. He is known for his accomplishments as an illustrator and fine artist, as well as for his career as a teacher. Storey has taught illustration since the 1970s and is on the faculty at San Jose State University. Storey lives in San Francisco, California. and Lewis Barron Storey, a teacher of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District and a tract home developer in Carrollton, Texas.

He trained at ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles, and under Robert Weaver at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. the Illustration Department at the California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts), in Oakland, California.

Awards 1976 Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators, for his portrait of Lotte Lenya 2001 Honoree, Distinguished Educator in the Arts, Society of Illustrators Eisner Award for The Sandman: Endless Nights.

Exhibits os-cil-la-tor: Forty Years of Music Journals, Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago, IL, 2016. Factum 1 and Factum 2, Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago IL, 2013. Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Permanent Collection, Washington, D.C. RE: SEX, Solo Exhibition, Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2011. Tarot: An Artists' Vision of the Future, Group Exhibition, Galerie Petit Papiers, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2010. RE: Bob, Solo Exhibition, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA, 2010. Belle Foundation for Cultural Development, Grant, 2009. Cardboard Town, Solo Exhibition, Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2009. Life After Black: The Visual Journals of Barron Storey, Solo Exhibition, The American Museum of *Illustration/Society of Illustrators, New York, NY, 2009. Victims, Solo Exhibition, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA, 2007. Osseus Labyrint Retrospective, Solo Exhibition, Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2006. Black Iraq, Solo Exhibition, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA, 2003. More B.S. Than You Can Throw A Stick At, Solo Exhibition, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA, 2001. Screever, Solo Exhibition, Fifty 24SF, San Francisco, CA, 2001. Unfunny Comics, Solo Exhibition, Fobbo Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1991. Grains of Sand: 25 Years of the Sandman, Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, 2013-14. Suicide, Solo Exhibition, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA, 2013 Quartet, Dual Exhibition with End of Time by Cellista, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA, 2016 FACES RAW, Solo Exhibition, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA, 2018

Collaborations In 2016, Storey collaborated with composer Cellista on a dual exhibition. The two artists' respective titles were End of Time by Cellista and Quartet by Barron Storey. The exhibitions were presented at Anno Domini Gallery in downtown San Jose. The exhibition featured new work by both artists created in response to the history and legacy of Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, a seminal work that has been a major influence on both artists’ practices.

As part of the exhibition, Cellista organized and performed a concert series at the gallery presenting Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time in its entirety by the Juxtapositions Chamber ensemble featuring pianist Naomi Stine, clarinetist James Pytko, and violinist Ishtar Hernandez. The performances coincided with the 75th anniversary of the quartet’s premiere. Both the exhibition and the concert series received critical acclaim.

Praise from the art community

Author Neil Gaiman wrote in his blog, Neil Gaiman Journal, "Lots of people have learned from Barron Storey: Bill Sienkiewicz, and Dave McKean, and Kent Williams and many others, and they're all very proud to admit it. He's a true original, and there aren't many of those around." (October 27, 2003)

Artist and illustrator David Choe has been quoted as saying: "Nobody draws better than Barron. Not you, not your little sister, your architect dad, not your rebellious ex-boyfriend who draws with his own blood, not the most talented kid at your art school. Not your favorite artist in the whole world; I've seen the work with my own eyes. Nobody draws better than The Barron."

Personal life Storey married three times.