Sophie Barber

Sophie Barber (b. 1996, St Leonards-on-Sea) lives and works in Hastings. Her recent solo exhibitions include Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, never long wet, never long dry, Hastings Contemporary, Hastings, 2025; Sophie Barber, MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Paris, 2025; They don’t make ‘em like they used to, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, 2024; How much love can a love bird love, can a love bird love a love bird, Alison Jacques, London, 2021; Kim and Kanye kiss without tongues, Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles, 2021; and The Greatest Song a Songbird Ever Sung, Goldsmiths CCA, London, 2020. Recent group exhibitions include Sussex Modernism, Towner Eastbourne, Eastbourne, 2025; Last Night I Dreamt of Manderley, Alison Jacques, London, 2025; Painting Sculpture: Sophie Barber & Franz West, Austrian Cultural Forum, London, 2025; Trespass sweetly urged, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, 2024; Spark Birds & the Loneliness of Species, blutenplaats, Kasteel Wijlre, 2023; Chambres d’Amis: IKEA, Office Baroque, Antwerp, 2022; girls girls girls, Lismore Castle, Lismore, 2022; and Particularities, X Museum, Beijing, 2021.