Emily Barker (artist)
Emily Barker is an artist, model, and disability rights activist. Barker is a wheelchair user and chronically ill. Artistic practice and exhibitions. Barker's work examines and challenges ableism embedded into contemporary society. In 2020, Murmurs, an art space in Los Angeles, California, presented Barker's first solo show titled "Built to Scale." Barker is participating in the 2022 Whitney Biennial titled "Quiet as It's Kept" curated by Adrienne Edwards and David Breslin. Barker studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.