Education
2024 MFA in Sculpture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022 BFA in Sculpture, Magna Cum Laude, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Exhibitions
2025 Finding Our Way Home, Hatch Art, Hamtramck, MI (self-curated) (https://www.hatchart.org/hatchartnews/2025/6/4/5f7e0n1wuz2ad8yega3hwpumwe728k)
2024 Collectively Independent, St. Clair County Community College Gallery, Port Huron, MI (curated by Sarah Flatter)
2024 Environments + Microclimates, Boyer-Campbell Building, Detroit, MI (curated by Sarah Rose Sharp & Lisa Waud) (https://www.fiberclubdetroit.org/environment-microclimates)
2024 Personal Heat, Annex Gallery, Highland Park, MI (curated by Buck Loncharich & Ann Smith) (https://www.333midland.com/exhibition-2024.html)
2024 Other Selves, Flagstaff Strand Theatre Gallery, Pontiac, MI (curated by Elena Gray)
2024 Boundless, Berkley Public Library, Pontiac, MI (curated by Heather Macali)
2024 Kaleidoscope, Pontiac Creative Arts Center, Pontiac, MI (curated by Andrew Lathrup & Derek Queen, juried by Michael Martin)
2024 Ode to Mother Earth, Grosse Pointe Artists Association, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (juried by the staff of the Wyland Foundation)
2024 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (curated by Kathryn Goffnett & Andrew Ruys de Perez)
2024 On Seeing Red, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (curated by Ena Kantardžic)
2024 Annexxx, Annex Building, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (curated by Sophia Larsen & A Ranic)
2023 Quilter’s Showcase, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (self-curated)
2023 A Queer Show, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (curated by Eel Costello)
2023 Cartograffiti, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (curated by Ben Cook)
2022 Tall Tall Bientalle, Tall Space, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (curated by Jillian Blackwell)
2022 Solo Exhibition, Spirituality of the Loss, Third Space Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX (self-curated)
2021 Solo Exhibition, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Elgin Street Studios, University of Houston, Houston, TX (self-curated)
2021 Annex Energy, SITE Gallery, Houston, TX (curated by Michelle Matthews) (https://www.sawyeryards.com/do/annex-energy)
2021 UH School of Art Annual Student Exhibition, Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, Houston, TX (curated by museum faculty) (https://blafferartmuseum.org/2021-student-show/)
2020 Bamsa Biannual Art Show, Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre, University of Houston, Houston, TX (curated by museum student association)
2018 Red Block Bash, Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2017 Solo Exhibition, Bohemeo’s, Houston, TX (self-curated)
Teaching Experience / Lectures / Workshops
2025 Adjunct Faculty, 3D Design, Oakland University, Rochester, MI (Fall 2025 – Present)
2025 Adjunct Faculty, Color and Design & Fine Art Appreciation, Macomb Community College, Clinton Township, MI (Fall 2024 – Present)
2025 Adjunct Faculty, Color and Design, Art Appreciation, & Foundation Drawing, St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron, MI (Fall 2024 – Present)
2024 Reading Seminar, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2024 Crochet Workshop, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2023 Artist Talk, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2023 Quilting Workshop, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2021 Artist Talk, Site Gallery, Houston, TX
2021 Crochet Workshop, Fiber Sculpture Studio Art Course, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2012 Drawing Tutor, Independent Tutoring, Houston, TX
Curating Experience
2025 Finding Our Way Home, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI (https://www.hatchart.org/hatchartnews/2025/6/4/5f7e0n1wuz2ad8yega3hwpumwe728k)
2023 Quilter’s Showcase, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017 Solo Exhibition, Bohemeo’s, Houston, TX
Activations/Performances/Happenings
2024 An Evening of Poetry, Poetry Night in collaboration with Mariko Brenner and Abigail Rist, Boyer-Campbell Building, Detroit, MI (https://www.fiberclubdetroit.org/events/poetry-reading)
2020 Mother, Your Place in My Heart, Performance, Annex Building, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2019 The Jewelry Box, Performance, Annex Building, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Related Experience
2025 Independent Studio Artist, Roseville, MI (2020-present)
2024 Key Holder, Joann Fabric and Crafts, Bloomfield Hills, MI (2023-2024)
2024 Lab Assistant, Central Media Lab, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (2022-2024)
2022 Studio Assistant, Emily Dingmann Art, Houston, TX (2021-2022)
2021 Shop Tech, Moore’s School of Music Opera House, Houston, TX (2020-2021)
2020 Collaborating Artist, Daniel Calderon Art, Houston, TX
2017 Shift Supervisor, Starbucks, Houston, TX (2012-2017)
Publications
2025 A Collective Dream: In Conversation with Jen Barker written by Danny Vanzandt, published by Detroit Cultural (https://detroitcultural.com/issue-011_summer-2025/)
2025 The Leaves, The Leaves, Meet Me There, Another Time, edited by Lexie Bean, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers
2024 Torn Apart, Stitched Together, Environments + Micro-Climates Field Guide, written and organized by Rosie Sharp (https://www.sarahrosesharp.com/field-guide)
2024 The Spirituality of Connection, Cranbrook Academy of Art Master’s Statement, (https://app.thebookpatch.com/BookStore/the-spirituality-of-connection/87eca4fe-5cb2-4d30-8504-e74ad1c6d747)
2020 Untitled (2017), Glass Mountain magazine, Volume 24 (https://glassmountainmag.com/volumes/vol-24/viewer/ pg. 41)
2020 Make America Great Again?, Shards online magazine, Issue 10 (https://shards.glassmountainmag.com/10-barker/ )
Scholarships / Awards / Honors
2024 Mosaic Award, Kaleidoscope, Pontiac Creative Arts Center, Pontiac, MI
2024 Best of Show, Ode to Mother Earth Juried Exhibition, Grosse Pointe Artists Association, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
2024 Merit Based Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (2022-2024)
2022 Honors College Student, University of Houston, Houston, TX (2013-2014; 2018-2022)
2022 Dean’s List, University of Houston, Houston, TX (2020-2022)
2022 Thomas R. & Richard S. Franklin Honors Scholarship, University of Houston, Houston, TX (2021-2022)
2014 Honors College Scholarship, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2013 Dean’s List, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Public Commissions
2023 Anti-gerrymandering Quilt Designs (93”x93” each), fabric, thread, batting, in collaboration with Texans Against Gerrymandering, Katy, TX
Private Commissions
2023 Tarot Quilt (90”x90”), embroidery on cotton, Austin, TX
2022 Painting (24”x36”) acrylic on canvas, Houston, TX
2022 Crochet sculpture (18”x18”x18”), acrylic yarn on wire, Austin, TX
2020 Planter windchime (54”x12”x12”), acrylic on piano keys, crocheted macramé, hanging hook, flower pot, Houston, TX
2020 Candle print (2”x2”x8”), print on votive candle, Houston, TX
2016 Painting (18”x24”), acrylic on wood, Houston, TX
2014 Portrait (16”x20”), acrylic on canvas, Houston, TX