Barrie Mowatt

Founder and President | Vancouver Biennale

Barrie Mowatt has a long and accomplished history as an educator, curator, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and gallerist.

Barrie is the visionary behind the Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale’s open-air exhibitions and international residency program, where he combines his passion for art, education, and community service in exhibitions that bring great art to public spaces where people live, work, play, and transit, free for all to enjoy, explore, and be inspired by. Barrie founded the Celebration of Hope Foundation, the Buschlen Mowatt Scholarship Program at Arts Umbrella, and the Buschlen Mowatt Nichol Foundation, which is a principal funder for various Vancouver Biennale projects and programs.

A recipient of the Vancouver Business in Arts Award from the Vancouver Board of Trade and the Ethics in Action Award presented by Vancouver City Savings and BC Work Ministry, he has twice been nominated for Western Canada’s Entrepreneur of the Year in the category of socially responsible businesses.