Emily Barker (artist)
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Emily Barker | |
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| Born | 1992 (age 31–32) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Education | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Occupation | Multidisciplinary artist |
| Known for | Disability advocate |
Emily Barker (born 1992) is an American multidisciplinary artist and activist based in Los Angeles.[1][2][3] Their work focuses on topics related to disability, discrimination, and capitalism.[4]
Biography[edit]
Emily Barker was born in 1992 in San Diego, California, and grew up in the state of Georgia.[3][5] Barker uses the pronouns they/them.[6] They studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).[7] Barker is a wheelchair user and chronically ill, she had an accident and was diagnosed as paraplegia at age 19 and with complex regional pain syndrome at age 20.[7][3] In addition to making art, Barker has worked as a fashion model.[1]
Barker's work examines and challenges ableism embedded into contemporary society.[8][7]
In 2020, Murmurs, an art space in Los Angeles, California, presented Barker's first solo show titled Built to Scale.[9][10] Barker participated in the 2022 Whitney Biennial titled "Quiet as It's Kept" curated by Adrienne Edwards and David Breslin.[11] Her work in the 2022 Whitney Biennial was the only work explicitly about the topic of disability.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "This Artist and Model Is Changing the Conversation Around Disability and Fashion". Vogue. 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ Almino, Elisa Wouk (2020-05-18). "Meet LA's Art Community: Emily Barker Is Designing Thoughtful, Beautiful Living Spaces for Disabled People". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ a b c "Emily Barker Wants Accessibility To Become The Norm". HuffPost. 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
The artist and activist was born in Southern California and grew up in Georgia.
- ^ "Emily Barker on the 2022 #Dazed100". Dazed. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "Emily Barker". Whitney Museum of American Art. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ Cachia, Amanda (2022-09-14). Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation. Taylor & Francis. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-000-64819-5.
- ^ a b c "Gossamer | Emily Barker". Gossamer. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "Emily Barker antagonizes the apparent neutrality of the able-bodied archetype by addressing accessibility in Built to Scale | | atractivoquenobello". www.aqnb.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ "The Avery Review | Divergence from the Norm: Commodity Impairment in Emily Barker's Built to Scale". www.averyreview.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ LA, Curate (2020-01-17). "Built to Scale: Emily Barker puts Privilege and Ableism on Display at Murmurs". Medium. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ Mitter, Siddhartha (2022-01-25). "Whitney Biennial Picks 63 Artists to Take Stock of Now". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
- ^ LeRoux, Ayden (2022-06-22). "Emily Barker by Ayden LeRoux". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
External links[edit]
- The Creative Independent - On accessibility - Emily Barker interview - 2020
- Artillery Mag - A Conversation with Emily Barker - 2021
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