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Kim Barker lives and paints in Newcastle, NSW. 

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Born 1954 in Kurri Kurri, NSW. 

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1972-1978 Diploma in Art, Graduate Diploma in Education 

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Studio/Gallery: Laketrees 

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Website: 

http://laketrees.wixsite.com/kimbarker

https://laketrees.wixsite.com/kmbwallart

 

TEACHING: 

1979 - 2006 

Teacher TAFE 

Photography 

and Children's Art 

Teacher SECONDARY - Art/Dance

Whitebridge High School 

Broadmeadow High School 

Byron Bay High School 

Teacher PRIMARY 

Windale Public School 

Tighes Hill Public School 

Kanwal Public School (Reading Recovery)

Gwandalan Public School (Reading Recovery)

2010 - 2015 Central Coast Baby Ballet 

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PUBLICATIONS: 

Weekend Herald - 

Weekender Magazine, December 18 2004 Featured Article - 

‘Works of Heart‘, pg 10 & 11 

Hunter Lifestyle Magazine , Issue 18 February / March 2006 

Hunter Feature - ’Imagery of an Historic Town’, pg 20 - 29 

Numerous Local newspapers - Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Maitland 

Coffee Table Book - 

Kurri Kurri Murals - 2006 

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OTHER: 

2010 - 2015 

Opened Central Coast Baby Ballet (with Charlotte Barker)

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:EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS 

1979 

Group exhibition -Woollahra - Drawing (sold) 2002 

Solo Exhibition 

- Paris Apartments 

Newcastle Herald Mattara Art Prize 

- 1st Place - Open Section - Portrait - ‘The Swimmer’ 

Sydney Real Refuses 

Tap Gallery 

- (Self Portrait in my Father's Coat) 2003 

Fisher's Ghost Art Award - Selected finalist - Open Section -

Triptych 

- Pas de trios avec Dobell 

Newcastle Herald Exhibition - ‘War Games’ Graphite drawing (sold) 

Central Coast Fab Fakes - Frieze of Dancers after Degas (sold) 

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2004 

Solo Exhibition 

- Paris Apartments 

Sydney Real Refuses 

Tap Gallery 

3rd place -People's Choice - "Ego versus Vanity" 

Central Coast Fab Fakes - 

1st place - People's Choice - The Girl with a Pearl Earring (after Vermeer)

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2005 

Kurri Kurri Mural Projects 

3 Murals 

Workers of the 1900’s 

Kurri Bowling Club 

Rover Motors Bus Mural 

2005 

Solo Exhibition 

- Nords Wharf

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2006 

Solo Exhibition 

- Paris Apartments

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COMMISSIONS: 

1982 

Commission London - 

Portrait of three children (Private Collection London) 

Commission Beverly Hills - 

Ten selected drawings 

(Dancer Series) 

(Private Collection 

Beverly Hills) 

2003 

Corporate Commission - Turtles Restaurant - 

Paris Apartments Swansea - ‘Turtles’ - Mixed Media 

2005 

Murals - Kurri Kurri x 3 

Blue Dancers after Degas (Private Collection Belgium) 

Girls Under the Trees 

after Macke 

(Private Collection 

Central Coast) 

Girl in a Turban 

(Private Collection 

Central Coast) 

2006 

Portrait of Paris and the Rabbits 

(Private Collection 

Central Coast) 

Portrait of Irina Baronova (Drawing) (on loan by the artist Newcastle) 

2006 - 2007 

Energy Series 

Portrait of Karen 

(Private Collection Newcastle) 

Portrait of Michael 

(Private Collection Newcastle) 

Portrait of Bella 

(Private Collection Newcastle) 

Portrait of Lisa 

(Private Collection 

South Africa) 

Portrait of Andreas 

(Private Collection 

South Africa) 

2007 

Portrait of Tahlia 

(Drawing) (Private Collection South Coast) 

Portrait of Deborah (Drawing) (Private Collection Canada) 

Portrait of Diane (Drawing) (Private Collection UK) 

Portrait of Sue (Drawing) (Private Collection South Australia) 

2007 

On The Road (Gouache) (Private Collection Sydney) 

Portrait of André Rieu (Gouache) (Private Collection Maastricht, Netherlands) 

Portrait of Kelly (Gouache) (Private Collection Newcastle) 

Somewhere Along the Line 

(Graphite/Gouache) (Private Collection Artist) 

Portrait of Irina Baronova (Oil) (Private Collection Byron Bay)

2008 

Portrait of Tamika (Oil) (Private Collection South Coast) 

Portrait of Marissa (Oil) (Private Collection South Coast) 

Portrait of Laura (Oil) (Private Collection UK) 

The Last Train Home (Portrait of the Barker Boys) Acrylic/Gouache/Pastel) (Donation The Neath Hotel) 

2009 

Portrait of Daphne (Oil) (Private Collection Philippines) 

Portrait of Olivia (Acrylic) (Private Collection Sydney) 

Ballet Studios - Central School of Dance Newcastle 

A series of Stage Props for Baby Ballerinas Newcastle 

Portrait of Mariuca (Mini Portrait) (Private Collection Malaysia) 

Portrait of Mariana (Mini Portrait) (Private Collection New York) 

2010 

Portraits of Olivia and Grace (Mini Portraits) (gift) (Private Collection Newcastle) 

2015 

Pretty Maids in a Row (Mixed Media) x 4 (Private Collection South Coast, NSW) 

Bonjour Charlotte! (Mixed Media) 

Wedding Portrait (Mixed Media) 

2016 

Portrait of Lauren A (Mixed Media) (Private Collection Newcastle) 

2017/2018 

Charlotte and the Seven Flowers (Oil)

Alexander, Kelly and Valerie (Mixed Media) 

2020/2021 

Portrait of Charlie (Mixed Media) 

Portrait of Val and Jessie (Mixed Media) (Private Collection Belmont) 

Portrait of Rosie (Mixed Media) (Private Collection Dudley) 

Portrait of Olivia (Mixed Media) (Private Collection Sydney) 

Portrait of Henry (Mixed Media) (Private Collection Greenpoint) 

Magpies at Redhead Lagoon (Mixed Media) (Collection of Artist) 

Floating with Dobell (Mixed Media) (Collection of Artist) 

Postcard Magpies at Redhead Lagoon 2 (Mixed Media) (Donation to Twitter Art Exhibit To Benefit The Leukaemia and Intensive Chemotherapy Fund – LINC, Cheltenham, UK) 

Portrait of Ollie (Mixed Media) (Private Collection Eleebana)