Amanda Barker
amanda.michelle.barker@gmail.com
Biography
Amanda Barker is an artist from Fort Myers, FL. She is currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
2011 BFA Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions
2024
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual Aids, Berry Campbell Gallery, New York, NY
2023
BETA I, Art Clvb, Detroit, Michigan
Black Lodge, curated by Amanda Barker and Brandy Wednesday, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual Aids, Ortuzar Projects, New York, NY
2022
Not even home will be with you forever, curated by Amanda Barker, Field Projects, New York, NY
Young Americans, PM/AM Gallery, London, UK
Gone Was the Glow, curated by Amanda Barker, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
2021
The Scenic Route, curated by The Guild of Adventure Painters, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
I have an idea!: An exhibition of works on paper, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
2020
INTERIORS: hello from the living room, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Children’s Museum of the Arts Annual Art Auction, curated by Katelijne De Backer, Michael De Feo, Elizabeth Fiore, and Bernard Lumpkin, New York, NY
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual Aids, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Glimmer of Hope, Claret, Queens, NY
Walk With Light, Plaxall Gallery, Queens, NY
Over The Bridge III, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Art From Our City, Plaxall Gallery, Queens, NY
2016
Community Cases, Citigroup Building, Queens, NY
Over The Bridge II, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2015
A Journey Through Addiction, Pearl Studios, New York, NY
Au Naturel, Salt & Falt, Queens, NY
2014
My Father, Copper Kettle, Queens, NY
2013
Infinite Summer, Claret, Queens, NY
2012
13, curated by Anthony Cudahy, AMO Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2011
BFA Thesis Exhibition, East Hall Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Body Image, Fishbowl Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Ubiquitous, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Awards
2016 Citizens Committee for New York City Neighborhood Grant (Boulevard Film Festival)
2014 George Lengemann Prize
Press and Publications
2023
Brooklyn Magazine, The Wild SPRING/BREAK Art Show Takes Over an Abandoned Midtown Office Building
2020
ARTFORUM, Must-See Exhibition
The Brooklyn Rail, Interiors: hello from the living room
Whitehot Magazine, INTERIORS at 1969 Gallery
Suzanne Randolph Fine Arts, In the Studio with Amanda Barker
2019
Idlewild Magazine, Interview With Amanda Barker Carlson & Matthew Carlson of the Boulevard Film Festival
Garage Magazine, Despite Amazon’s Departure, The Future of Art in Long Island City is Hazy
2014
Woodside Herald, Artists Knock em’ DEAD
2011
Maicen Culture, Culture? introducing Amanda Barker
Pratt Success, Body Image Group Show in Fishbowl Gallery
2010
Pratt Institute Ubiquitous Literary Arts Magazine
