bARBER is a recipient of 3ARTs’ Chicago 2024 Ignite Fund for groundbreaking and experimental visual art based works and is a resident of the School of Art Institute’s 2024 Tower A-I-R program. He has participated in prominent events such as EXPO CHICAGO (2025 and 2023), the MdW Art Fair, The Other Art Fair (2023 and 2024), the Chicago Artists Coalition’s 2023-24 HATCH program, and residencies across the country and globe.
His work has garnered recognition throughout the Midwest, with notable collectors like Dan Gilbert’s Family of Companies in Detroit acquiring his pieces in 2023. Among his accolades are the 2020 Biennial Artist Research Fellowship at Sam Fox Island Press, University of Washington in St. Louis, and a feature in New American Paintings, Issue #150.
Headshot: Glitter Guts (@glittergutsy)
Image: bARBER, Ingrid for all of Mexico, Mixed media on paper, 54” x 113”; Image credit: Anna Garner (@anna.b.garner)