Andre Barker
Visual Art
Detroit, MI
Andre Barker Jr. (b.1997) is a figurative painter from Detroit, Michigan. He graduated summa cum laude with his BFA from Wayne State University (2022) and MFA from Columbia College Chicago in 2024. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art, Art History & Design at Wayne State University in Detroit MI, teaching Life Drawing and Core Studio Classes and is represented by M Contemporary Art in Ferndale, MI. He has received two Art Activity and Achievement awards from Wayne State University, a Dwight W. Follett Continuing Graduate Student Fellowship, the Diversity and Inclusion Award, and the prestigious Albert P. Weisman Award from Columbia College Chicago. He has shown his work at The 3 Square Art Gallery in Fort Collins, CO; The Buckham Gallery in Flint, MI; The KCAD Alluvium Gallery in Grand Rapids, MI; The Detroit Historical Museum in Detroit, MI; The Inaugural Atlanta Art Fair in Atlanta, GA; and a solo show at M Contemporary Art in Ferndale, MI in 2024. He was also selected by the Ragdale residency in Lake View, IL as the recipient of the 2025 Judy Sigunick Fellowship in the Visual Arts!