BA (Hons) Painting, University of Edinburgh, 2021
Alice Barker is a painter whose work explores memory as something unstable, vivid and in flux. Working with collage, thin washes of oil paint and turpentine, she builds layered compositions where figures sit within expansive, flattened landscapes. These spaces feel both intimate and unsettled, holding a tension between presence and distance. Her paintings move between clarity and dissolution, with forms emerging and fading through translucent colour. Selected for RSA New Contemporaries 2023.
Born and based in London, I am a queer non-binary artist whose practice navigates the realms of memory and imagination. Utilising family photographs, video footage, and personal recollections, I weave compositions that blur reality and fantasy, infusing them with a nostalgic warmth and an otherworldly aura. My process is spontaneous and intuitive, letting paint guide me as marks evolve into recollected narratives. Each brushstroke bears the essence of personal history and inner worlds, inviting viewers to decipher their own meanings within layers of emotion.
