CV

ALI BARKER
b. 1972, Sheffield, UK
Lives and works in Merseyside, UK
Studying for MA Fine Art, University of Chester
(October 2017-expected completion December 2019)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
Four-Dimensional Colour
dot-art Gallery, Liverpool, 10-24 September 2016 – a Liverpool Biennial Fringe exhibition
​Site-specific installation, ‘Ensemble’ (78 paintings) and ‘Inchromental’ (12 paintings)
​Southport College Gallery, January 2015
Group Exhibitions
Lancashire Open Exhibition
Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, 20 July-4 September 2019
Liverpool Art Fair
The Metquarter, Liverpool, 14th June-1st September 2019
​93rd Sefton Open Exhibition
The Atkinson, Southport, April-May 2019
The Liverpool Collection
dot-art Gallery, Liverpool, November 2019-January 2019
Lancashire Open Exhibition – Student Prizewinner
Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, July-September 2018
Liverpool Art Fair
The Pier Head Village, Liverpool Waterfront, July-September 2018
The Liverpool Collection
dot-art Gallery, Liverpool, November 2017-January 2018
Lancashire Open Exhibition
Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, July-September 2017
Liverpool Art Fair
The Pier Head Village, Liverpool Waterfront, July-September 2017
Liverpool Open Exhibition
Editions Ltd., Liverpool, June-July 2017
91st Sefton Open Exhibition
The Atkinson, Southport, April-May 2017
The Liverpool Collection
dot-art Gallery, Liverpool, November 2016-January 2017
West Lancashire Open Exhibition
Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, July-September 2016
Liverpool Art Fair
The Gallery, Liverpool, May 2016
Dear Liverpool exhibition
dot-art Gallery, Liverpool, February-April 2016
90th Sefton Open Exhibition
The Atkinson, Southport, 2015
Liverpool Art Fair
The Gallery, Liverpool, 2015
11th Open Art Exhibition
Grosvenor Museum, Chester, 2015
89th Sefton Open Exhibition
The Atkinson, Southport, 2014

COMPETITIONS
Winner of Merseytravel’s Art on the Network 2011 competition ‘Design a New Skyline’ for the Queensway (Birkenhead) Tunnel, Merseyside. ‘Liverpool Composition’ and ‘Wirral Composition’ are on permanent display inside the Birkenhead Tunnel:
http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/about-us/corporate-information/corporate-responsibility/Documents/SKYLINE.pdf

PRESS
Featured Artist Interview for ArtInLiverpool.com, September 2016:
http://www.artinliverpool.com/featured-artist-ali-barker-four-dimensional-colour/
Member of the editorial team for Hidden Gems,
​a free newspaper produced in 2016 by a group of artists and writers to highlight Liverpool’s independent and artist-led art scene:
issuu.com/hiddengems/docs/hidden_gems
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