Barbara Walker
Profile/CV
My practice is informed by the social and political realities in which I inhabit. I am particularly concerned with the ways in which these social and political realities in turn manifest themselves through cultural praxis as such as they underpin the contemporary society around us.
Education:
1996 BA, Art and Design, University of Central England Birmingham, 1st Class (Hons), UK
2004 PGCE, Wolverhampton University, Wolverhampton, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Louder Than Words, Vane Contemporary Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2007 Louder Than Words, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, UK
2006 Louder Than Words, UNIT 2, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
2005 Testimony, Queens Hall, Hexham, Northumberland, UK
2005 Testimony, Suffolk College, Ipswich, UK
2002 Private Face, EMACA, Nottingham, UK
2002 Private Face, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, UK
2002 Private Face, 198 Gallery, London, UK
2000 Communication, The Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UK
Group Exhibitions:
2010 The Meaning of Style, The New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
2009 Birmingham Seen, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham UK
2009 Feminist At practices: rewind,remix and pump up Volume!, Axis Online Curated Selection. Curated by Katy Deepwell, UK
2009 East International 09. Selected by Raster Gallery and Art & Language, Norwich, UK
2009 Rotate, Contemporary Art Society (with VANE)
2008 Fragments, The Bag Factory Residency, Johannesburg, South Africa
2008 Art of Birmingham II 1940 -2008, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2008 Newcastle Gateshead Arts Fair, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2008 Hair: Community Stories from Birmingham Exhibition, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK.
2008 Open West Midlands 08, Wolverhampton Art Gallery. Selected by Richard Billingham, Dr Rachel Garfield and Alistair Robinson
2008 Hawkins &Co, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool, UK
2008 Say it as it is, Signal Gallery, London, UK
2006 Families, Oxford House Gallery, London, UK
2006 Birmingham Artsfest 06 , Birmingham, UK
2004 Royal Birmingham Society of Artist, Birmingham, UK
2003 True Stories, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
2003 True Stories, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2003 True Stories, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2003 Human Condition, Birmingham Museum and Art Galley, Birmingham, UK
2002 Intervention Project, Birmingham, UK
2000 Black Artists Exhibition, Q-arts, Derby, UK
1999 IngoldbyEstate, Community Arts Project, Birmingham, UK
1999 Central Collective, Roundhouse Gallery, Birmingham. UK
1998 Woodbridge Gallery, Birmingham, UK
1996 Custard Factory, Birmingham, UK
1995 Women’s Festival, University of Central England, Birmingham. UK
Residencies:
2008 Triangle Art Trust International Residency, The Bag Factory, Johannesburg, South Africa, (research and production, Sept - Dec)
2005 Painting and Drawing course at Accademia Italianna, Italy (Sept - Oct)
2006 Mentoring and Artist Residency, Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa (April)
2000 Communication/Collection Residency, The Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UK (Feb - Mar)
Awards:
2010 -11 Arts Council, West Midland Grants for the Arts, (research and development of new work)
2008 Arts Council, West Midland Grants for the Arts (The Triangle Trust International Residency, South Africa)
2008 Sovereign European Art Prize. Nominated by Judith King
2007 Arts Council, West Midland Grants for the Arts (mac exhibition)
2005 Arts Council, West Midlands Grants for the Arts (R&D)
2002 Art Council, West Midlands, Creative Ambitions Award (R&D).
2002 Collide Programme, Birmingham City Council.
2001 Arts Council, West Midlands, Creative Ambitions Award
2000 Millennium Awards
Collections:
The Collection, Lincoln, UK
Private Collections - South Africa, USA, UK
Commissions:
2010 ABCD Commission, Wolverhampton City Council.UK
2009 The Meaning of Style ,The New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
2003 True Stories, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
Professional Experience:
2009 Visiting Artist ,Lincoln University, Lincoln, UK
2008 Artist Proof Studio, Johannesburg, South Africa
1999 - 2008 Visiting Lecturer, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
2005- 6 Visiting Tutor, Joseph Chamberlain, Sixth Form, Collage, Birmingham, UK
2004 - 5 Visiting Tutor, Halesowen, College, Birmingham, UK
Website www.barbarawalker.co.uk
