Lucy Barker is a sculptor based in Sydney, Australia.

Recently Barker's attention has been focused on the potential of art, and the artist, to be an agent of cultural change. Can art unite people and inspire action?

An ongoing interest of hers has been the relationship between our digital and physical worlds and her practice has often hovered where the two meet. She draws on observations of social and environmental change as a result of the digital revolution to unite her audiences. Play and materiality are an important part of her design process, often arriving at works that involve the audience in non traditional ways and spaces. Barker's work is characterised by its playfulness and accessibility, both conceptually and visually. She adapts materials and methods that work in unison with her ideas to create work that speaks on many levels to a wide audience. Lucy Barker's professional background spans advertising, graphic design, art direction, copywriting, space activation and education. Having received training in traditional oil painting in Florence, Italy, Barker completed a design degree in Visual Communications (honours) , in Sydney 1997 and a Masters degree in Digital Design at UC in 2013.

This year will be Lucy Barker’s 10th time exhibiting with Sculpture By The Sea at Bondi, having also exhibited at Cottesloe three times. A more detailed exhibition history can be seen here.