Ruth Barker

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Leeds
Lives: Glasgow

Education
2002 – 2004 Glasgow School of Art - MFA (Master of Fine Art)

1998 – 2001 Glasgow School of Art - BA Honours (1st Class with Distinction) in Fine Art, specialising in Environmental Art

Solo Exhibitions
2010 Intersections, Newcastle University, The Odysseus Fable 1-7
2010 Creative Lab Residency, CCA, Glasgow.
2010 V.I.P. Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia (not yet titled)
2009 Centre for Contemporary Art / Aye Aye Books, Glasgow, Record Launch
2009 Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Orpheus and Eurydice
2008 CCA: Glasgow / The Shores of the Familiar (launch)
2006 Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow / Ideas Move Away From Abstraction
2006 Project Room gallery, Glasgow / The Self As Knower Does Not Know The Self As Known
2005 GSS Gallery, Glasgow / Dark Night in the Greenwood

Group Exhibitions
2010 Joseph Weissman Gallery, Givaataim, Israel.
2010 Rough Mix (Dir. Nick Bone), Edinburgh, Odysseus and the Sirens
2009 Lady Gaby's Wonderbar, Berlin, The Deer Woman
2009 Pacific Quay, Glasgow (Temporary Nature) The Deer Woman

2008 Castlefield Gallery, Manchester / Salem
2008 A. Vermin, Glasgow / There's No Invisible Disguise That Lasts All Day
2007 Galerie Adler, Frankfurt / Crime Scene
2007 Newbery Gallery, Glasgow / Weirding and The Uncanny
2007 Galerie Box, Iceland / Songs With Dirty Words
2006 The Jail, Glasgow / The Trap and the Rope
2005 County Hall Gallery, London / BLOC


Projects
2010 Low Metamorphosis: 10 month Leverhulme funded residency at Newcastle University (Centre for Interdisciplinary Artefact Studies).
2009 Kottbusser Tor, Berlin, The Deer Woman
2009 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, In The Beginning
2009 Royal Edinburgh Hospital / As Pages Turned and Ink Was Spilt
2008 Tramway, Glasgow / Octagon Upon Octagon
2008 Blackpool Cenotaph / The Choir Loft
2007 Cowcaddens Glasgow / The Shores of the Familiar
2006 South Lanarkshire Council / Placed Upon The Horizon
2006 Scottish Storytelling Centre & John Knox House / Ideas Move Away From Abstraction
2004 Glasgow Botanic Gardens / Bromeliad

Publications
Published writing has appeared in:
Itch Magazine, Capetown
Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema
Its Not Hard; Explorations of Live Art
MAP Magazine
One Mile Newspaper
&c

Writing has been commissioned by:
Public Art Scotland
Washington Garcia Gallery
Working in Public Seminar Series
VAGA Visual Arts and galleries Association
Glasgow Sculpture Studios
Centre for Developmental Art, Glasgow (CDA)
Jendala Gallery, Singapore (Yeo Chee Kiong)
Stills Gallery, Edinburgh (Catherine Street)
and many independant artists.