Born 1980, Manchester, UK
Lives & works in Glasgow, UK
Education
1999-2003
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting, Glasgow School of Art
1998-1999
History of Art, University of Glasgow
Solo Exhibitions
2021
[hems], The Annexe, London, UK
2020
undo the knot, Cample Line, Scotland, UK
Sara Barker: All Clouds Are Clocks, All Clocks Are Clouds, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
SMoCA LAB: Sara Barker, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
2017
The faces of older images, Mary Mary, Glasgow, UK
A weak spot in the earth, The Approach, London, UK
2016
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
CHANGE-THE-SETTING, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2015
Outdoor work commission, CASS Sculpture Foundation, West Sussex, UK
Permanent sculptural commission, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, UK
2014
for myself & strangers, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, UK
I become almost a shadow, carlier gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2013
The subtle knife with Ryder Architecture, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
THE THINGS THAT ARE SOLID, ABSORBED AND STILL, Mary Mary, Glasgow, UK
Patterns, outdoor work commission, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, UK
2012
Mary Mary at 45 Alexandra Park Street, Glasgow, UK
Woman at a window, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK
2010
Images, Mary Mary, Glasgow, UK
2009
FOUR, Dublin, Ireland
2008
Present Future, Artissima Art Fair, Turin, Italy
hanging a way of dressing, Glasgow Project Rooms, Glasgow, UK
2007
Mary Mary, Glasgow, UK
2006
New Work Scotland, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Group Exhibitions
2021
My Kid Could’ve Done That, Holbourne Museum, Bath, UK
Drink in the Beauty, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, UK
Contemporary Art Society, Mayfair, London, UK
2018
DRAF x MOSTYN: She sees the shadows, Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales
Surface Work, Victoria Miro, London, UK
NOW, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Virginia Woolf: An Exhibition Inspired by her writing, Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, UK; Pallant House, Chichester; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Condo New York, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
L’immagine e il suo doppio, Eduardo Secci Contemporary, Firenze
Known Unknowns, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2017-18
Women to Watch, Phillips, London; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington
Moments of Being: an exhibition based on the writings of Virginia Woolf, Tate St. Ives, Cornwall; Pallant House, Chichester; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
2017
20 Years Show, The Approach, London, UK
Drawing Biennale, Drawing Room, London, UK
2016
Geographies of Dust and Air, Mary Mary Glasgow, UK
2015
Signal Failure, Pace, London, UK
2013
The End of the 20th Century: The Best Is Yet to Come, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum fur Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
Sara Barker / Barbara Kasten, Mary Mary at 10 Northington Street, London, UK
The Gravity of Things, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon, Portugal
Laura Aldridge / Sara Barker / Sue Tompkins, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, USA
New Order: British Art Today, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Drawing : Sculpture, The Drawing Room, London, UK
The Geometry of Things – Markus Amm / Sara Barker / Robin Watkins, GAK, Bremen, Germany
Least common denominator, M1 Arthur Boskamp-Stiffung, Hohenlockstedt, Germany
2012
A House of Leaves. Second Movement, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
Tracing the Century: Drawing from Tate Collection, Tate Liverpool, UK
Pink Caviar: Recent Acquisitions, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
Drawing : Sculpture, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
Studio 58: Women Artists in Glasgow Since WWII, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow School of Art, UK
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, UK
Sara Barker / Lars Tygesen, Christian Anderson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Somiglianze non sensibili, Galerie Opdahl, Berlin, Germany
2010
Maria Loboda / Chiara Camoni / Sara Barker / Marie Lund / Gyan Panchard, Galleri Opdahl, Norway
Sara Barker / Jessica Rankin, Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
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, Sweden
La Importancia del Pez Cebra, Pillar Parra & Romero, Madrid
Zero Budget Biennial, Paris, France
The Actuality of the Idea, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2008
Base: Object, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA
Open Eye Club, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
Claire Barclay / Sara Barker / Neil Clements / Sally Osborn / Jonathan Owen / Albrecht Schafer, Doggerfisher, Edinburgh, UK
2007
SV07: Members’ Show, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
2006
Peaton House: Sara Barker, Aleana Egan, Tim Facey, Lotte Gertz, Joe Pipal, Cove Park, Argyll & Bute, UK
Magazine 2006, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, UK
Mantua Art Festival, Roscommon, Ireland
Transmission Members Show, Glasgow, UK
2005
Re-Escape, Hamburg, Germany
Untitled, Transmission, Glasgow, UK
2004
Best in Show, Members show, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Shadow Lives, Emerged Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Sara Barker / Lotte Gertz, Mary Mary Project Space, Glasgow, UK
2018
DRAF x MOSTYN: She sees the shadows, Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales
Surface Work, Victoria Miro, London, UK
NOW, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Virginia Woolf: An Exhibition Inspired by her writing, Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, UK; Pallant House, Chichester; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Condo New York, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York
L’immagine e il suo doppio, Eduardo Secci Contemporary, Firenze
Known Unknowns, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2017-18
Women to Watch, Phillips, London; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington
Moments of Being: an exhibition based on the writings of Virginia Woolf, Tate St. Ives, Cornwall; Pallant House, Chichester; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
2017
20 Years Show, The Approach, London, UK
Drawing Biennale, Drawing Room, London, UK
2016
Geographies of Dust and Air, Mary Mary Glasgow, UK
2015
Signal Failure, Pace, London, UK
2013
The End of the 20th Century: The Best Is Yet to Come, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum fur Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
Sara Barker / Barbara Kasten, Mary Mary at 10 Northington Street, London, UK
The Gravity of Things, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon, Portugal
Laura Aldridge / Sara Barker / Sue Tompkins, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, USA
New Order: British Art Today, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Drawing : Sculpture, The Drawing Room, London, UK
The Geometry of Things – Markus Amm / Sara Barker / Robin Watkins, GAK, Bremen, Germany
Least common denominator, M1 Arthur Boskamp-Stiffung, Hohenlockstedt, Germany
2012
A House of Leaves. Second Movement, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
Tracing the Century: Drawing from Tate Collection, Tate Liverpool, UK
Pink Caviar: Recent Acquisitions, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
Drawing : Sculpture, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
Studio 58: Women Artists in Glasgow Since WWII, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow School of Art, UK
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, UK
Sara Barker / Lars Tygesen, Christian Anderson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Somiglianze non sensibili, Galerie Opdahl, Berlin, Germany
2010
Maria Loboda / Chiara Camoni / Sara Barker / Marie Lund / Gyan Panchard, Galleri Opdahl, Norway
Sara Barker / Jessica Rankin, Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
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, Sweden
La Importancia del Pez Cebra, Pillar Parra & Romero, Madrid
Zero Budget Biennial, Paris, France
The Actuality of the Idea, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2008
Base: Object, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA
Open Eye Club, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
Claire Barclay / Sara Barker / Neil Clements / Sally Osborn / Jonathan Owen / Albrecht Schafer, Doggerfisher, Edinburgh, UK
2007
SV07: Members’ Show, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
2006
Peaton House: Sara Barker, Aleana Egan, Tim Facey, Lotte Gertz, Joe Pipal, Cove Park, Argyll & Bute, UK
Magazine 2006, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, UK
Mantua Art Festival, Roscommon, Ireland
Transmission Members Show, Glasgow, UK
2005
Re-Escape, Hamburg, Germany
Untitled, Transmission, Glasgow, UK
2004
Best in Show, Members show, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Shadow Lives, Emerged Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Sara Barker / Lotte Gertz, Mary Mary Project Space, Glasgow, UK
