Bio:
Barker's work engages with concepts of intimacy, queerness and the destabilization of hegemonic policing of the body. He is a multidisciplinary artist working in drawing, printmaking and performance. Born in Longmont Colorado he received his BA in Art Education from The University of Northern Colorado. He then went on to earn a Post Baccalaureate certificate from the SMFA at Tufts and his MFA in Multidisciplinary Arts from The SMFA at Tufts in 2020. After, Barker was awarded a Post-Grad Curatorial Fellowship through Tufts University. He is currently the Editor of the Boston Printmakers Quarterly and a part-time lecturer at Northeastern University. Barker has presented work at the MFA Boston, and awardee of of the Mass Cultural Councils's Artist Fellowship 2022 and a Room 68 Artist residency participant.
Barker will be presenting work at The Other Art Fair in Brooklyn NY, May 2023, Art Gaythering in Provincetown MA, May 2023 and Superfine Art Fair in NYC, Sept. 2023
Barker's work engages with concepts of intimacy, queerness and the destabilization of hegemonic policing of the body. He is a multidisciplinary artist working in drawing, printmaking and performance. Born in Longmont Colorado he received his BA in Art Education from The University of Northern Colorado. He then went on to earn a Post Baccalaureate certificate from the SMFA at Tufts and his MFA in Multidisciplinary Arts from The SMFA at Tufts in 2020. After, Barker was awarded a Post-Grad Curatorial Fellowship through Tufts University. He is currently the Editor of the Boston Printmakers Quarterly and a part-time lecturer at Northeastern University. Barker has presented work at the MFA Boston, and awardee of of the Mass Cultural Councils's Artist Fellowship 2022 and a Room 68 Artist residency participant.
Barker will be presenting work at The Other Art Fair in Brooklyn NY, May 2023, Art Gaythering in Provincetown MA, May 2023 and Superfine Art Fair in NYC, Sept. 2023