Sara Barker
Born in Manchester, England, 1980
Lives & works in Glasgow
Education
1999-2003 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting, Glasgow School of Art
1998-1999 History of Art, University of Glasgow
Forthcoming / Current Exhibitions
2015
Outdoor work commission, CASS Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, West Sussex (April)
Permanent sculptural commission, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh (August)
2016
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (March) - solo
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (Sept) - solo
Solo Exhibitions
2014
‘for myself & strangers,’ Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
‘I become almost a shadow,’ carlier gebauer, Berlin
2013
‘The Subtle Knife,’ with Ryder Architecture, BALTIC, Gateshead
‘THE THINGS THAT ARE SOLID, ABSORBED AND STILL,’ Mary Mary, Glasgow
‘Patterns,’ Outdoor work commission, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh - as part of Edinburgh Art Festival
2012
Mary Mary at 45 Alexandra Park Street, Glasgow
‘Woman at a Window,’ Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2010
‘Images,’ Mary Mary, Glasgow
2009
FOUR, Dublin
2008
‘Present Future,’ Artissima Art Fair, Turin
‘Hanging A Way Of Dressing,’ Glasgow Project Rooms, Glasgow
2007
Mary Mary, Glasgow
2006
‘New Work Scotland,’ Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015
‘Signal Failure,’ Pace, London
2013
‘The End of the 20th Century: The Best Is Yet to Come,’ Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum fur Gegenwart, Berlin
‘Sara Barker & Barbara Kasten,’ Mary Mary at 10 Northington Street, London
‘The Gravity of Things’, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon
Laura Aldridge / Sara Barker / Sue Tompkins, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago
‘New Order: British Art Today,’ Saatchi Gallery, London
‘Drawing : Sculpture,’ The Drawing Room, London
‘The Geometry of Things,’ - Markus Amm / Sara Barker / Robin Watkins, GAK, Bremen
‘Least common denominator,’ M.1 Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt
2012
‘A House of Leaves. Second Movement,’ David Roberts Art Foundation, London
‘Tracing the Century: Drawing from Tate Collection,’ Tate Liverpool
‘Drawing : Sculpture,’ Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
‘Pink Caviar: Recent Acquisitions,’ Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
‘Studio 58: Women Artists in Glasgow Since WWII,’ Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow School of Art
2011
‘Frauenzimmer,’ - Sara Barker / Karla Black / Carol Bove / Thea Djordjadze / Isa Genzken / Kitty Kraus / Tatiana Trouvé, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
‘Look with all your eyes, look,’ Frith Street Gallery, London
Sara Barker / Lars Tygesen, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
Somiglianze non sensibili, Galerie Opdahl, Berlin
2010
Maria Loboda / Chiara Camoni / Sara Barker / Marie Lund / Gyan Panchard, Galleri Opdahl, Norway
Sara Barker / Jessica Rankin, Carlier Gebauer, Berlin
2009
‘The morning after the big fire,’ - Sara Barker / Michael Samuels,Ville du Parc Contemporary Art Center, Annemasse, France
‘Taj Mahal Travellers,’ Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
‘La Importancia del Pez Cebra,’ Pillar Parra & Romero, Madrid
Zero Budget Biennial, Paris
‘The Actuality of the Idea,’ Modern Art, London
2008
‘Base: Object,’ Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
‘Open Eye Club,’ Tramway, Glasgow
Claire Barclay / Sara Barker / Neil Clements / Sally Osborn / Jonathan Owen / Albrecht Schafer
Doggerfisher, Edinburgh
2007
Studio Voltaire, London
2006
Peaton House, Cove Park, Argyll & Bute
Magazine 2006, Edinburgh Sculpture workshop
Mantua Art Festival, Roscommon, Ireland
Transmission Members show, Glasgow
2005
‘Re-Escape,’ Hamburg, Germany
‘Untitled,’ Transmission, Glasgow
2004
‘Best in Show,’ Members show, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
‘Shadow Lives,’ Emerged Gallery, Glasgow (with Tim Facey)
Sara Barker / Lotte Gertz, Mary Mary Project Space, Glasgow