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Lucy Barker
Born 1975 Sydney
Currently lives and works at Avoca Beach on the Central Coast of NSW with her husband and 2 young children.
“The Mystery of Art is that it makes us one” Bill Henson, Credo, Monthly Magazine
“Art stops you knowing what to think and makes you wonder” unknown
With a background in traditional painting, a design degree and work experience in both advertising and graphic design, Barker returned to art after the birth of her first child in 2005.
Her work is characterised by a sense of play. Often working with iconography, Barker explores ideas through the vernacular, twisting the familiar to reveal quirky unseen truths. Her practice has become about connecting, whether it be with the natural environment or us inhabiting it .
Barker’s more recent work has been in sculpture and installation exploring the idea that childhood is never history, and that memories are building blocks forming the architecture of our lives.
Barker enjoys working with the local arts community as part of the annual cultural event, The Five Lands Walk. After “Brain Child”, at Gosford Regional Gallery, she begins work on Sculpture By The Sea, 2009, and her next solo show which will take place at Horus and Deloris Contemporary Art Space in Pyrmont, Sydney, April 14 - May 15, 2010. Drawing in the landscape is an ongoing passion.
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