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RELEASE DATE: wednesday, june 28, 10AM EST
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BARKER’S RECENT WORK IS FILLED WITH SUBTLE (AND SOMETIMES VERY OVERT) REFERENCES TO THE NABIS AND THEIR SYMBOLIST, POST-IMPRESSIONIST, AND EARLY-MODERNIST PRECURSORS AND FELLOW TRAVELERS—GAUGUIN, KUPKA, MUNCH, AND REDON, AMONG OTHERS.
—BARRY SCHWABSKY, ARTFORUM
About the artist
Hayley Barker (b. 1973, Oregon) is a Los Angeles-based artist known for her delicately rendered, ethereal landscapes painted on raw linen that feature the sumptuous palette and fine brushwork of the impressionists and the dream-like imagery of nineteenth-century symbolists.
Barker has had solo exhibitions at Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; SHRINE, New York; BozoMag, Los Angeles; and Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles. She has participated in group shows at Night Gallery, Los Angeles; Harper’s, East Hampton; Acquavella, New York; Nicodim, Los Angeles; and SHRINE, New York, among others. Barker has been featured in several publications, including Artforum, Forbes, Hyperallergic, BOMB Magazine, W Magazine, Juxtapoz, LA Weekly, and the Los Angeles Times. Her work belongs in the collections of the Columbus Museum of Art, OH; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; Oregon State University, Corvallis; the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City; and the Yageo Foundation, Taiwan. Hayley Barker is represented by SHRINE, Night Gallery, and Ingleby Gallery.