Barbara Larkin is an artist living and working in West Yorkshire. Winner of the Benedict Read Acquisition Prize 2021 she explores the expression of memory as a form through watercolours, oil painting and drawing. She takes inspiration from the landscapes of the Peaks as well as local industrial and architectural forms. In 2023 Barbara will be developing a series of artworks primarily focusing on oil painting, photography and drawing.
Barbara Larkin Contemporary Artist Education University of Leeds, BA (Hons) Fine Art Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin Selected Awards Longlisted 'The Fronteer Open 2023 Judge's Choice Prize' Winner of the 'Benedict Read Acquisition Prize' 2021 Magic Rock Brewery Instagram Photography Prize 2020 Collections Artwork held in Leeds Art Gallery and Private Collections Group Exhibitions 'Winter Lights' exhibition, Fronteer Gallery, 29th November - 21st December, 2023 Fronteer Gallery 'Open Exhibition 2023', 1-18th November 2023 Abstract, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, 19th September - October 6th 2023 Leeds Summer Group Show 2023, Leeds Playhouse, July 22nd - September 7th 2023 Nature's Endurance, The Artworks, Halifax, March 10th - May 6th 2023 Light, Open Gallery, Halifax, March 30th - 26th April 2023 Art Makes Me Smile, Shipley Underground Market, March 1st - April 1st 2023 Winter, Open Gallery, 1st -21st February, 2023 Holmfirth Artweek, Holmfirth Civic Hall, July 2022 Epoch (Memory Form) #1, Picture Library Loan Scheme, Leeds Art Gallery, October 2021 (Permanent Collection) Meanwhile,The Artworks, Halifax, September 2021 Fickle Spaces, University of Leeds, 11-26th June 2021 Clump, Yorkshire House, Leeds, 13th- 24th March 2020 Newspeak, Assembly House, Leeds, 10th May 2019 Save The Rain Forest, Queensgate Market, Huddersfield, August, 2019 Huddersfield Summer Exhibition, The Making Space, Mon 30th July- Sat 11th August, 2018 Crossley Gallery, Halifax, May - June 4th, 2018 Art Postcard Commission, The Piece Hall Trust, Halifax, April, 2018 Resurrection (Doubles),featured on www.nolayout.com, NY/online, May 2014 Catalyst Arts (Belfast), Group Show, December 2012 Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin, Tangible Seconds, Nov 16th-Dec 8th, 2012 Solo Exhibitions Resurrection (Doubles), El Barcón, Seville, 2013 Curated by Benito Alcón López Publications Resurrection (Doubles),2012, Barbara H. Larkin, Blurb Inc |