Emily Barker (artist)

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]

Emily Barker
Born1992 (age 30–31)
San Diego, California, U.S.
EducationSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago
OccupationMultidisciplinary artist
Known forDisability advocate

Biography

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
  1. "This Artist and Model Is Changing the Conversation Around Disability and Fashion". Vogue. 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  2. 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.
  3. "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.
  4. "Emily Barker on the 2022 #Dazed100". Dazed. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  5. "Emily Barker". Whitney Museum of American Art. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  6. Cachia, Amanda (2022-09-14). Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation. Taylor & Francis. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-000-64819-5.
  7. "Gossamer | Emily Barker". Gossamer. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  8. "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.
  9. "The Avery Review | Divergence from the Norm: Commodity Impairment in Emily Barker's Built to Scale". www.averyreview.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  10. LA, Curate (2020-01-17). "Built to Scale: Emily Barker puts Privilege and Ableism on Display at Murmurs". Medium. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  11. 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.
  12. LeRoux, Ayden (2022-06-22). "Emily Barker by Ayden LeRoux". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-22.


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