Diane barker british photograher Images Of Tibet and Tibetans

Curriculum Vitae
Education
1980	MA in Visual Communication, Birmingham School of Art and Design
1973	BA Hons Fine Art, University of East Anglia
Awards and Exhibition Support
2011	Worcester City Art Gallery exhibition support The Elmley Foundation grant Worcestershire County Arts Fund grant
2004	Seeing the Light, (portfolio promotion) through U.K. Trade and Investment
2002	The Elmley Foundation grant West Midlands Arts Bursary to attend Rhubarb-Rhubarb Festival
2001	Worcester City Art Gallery exhibition support The Elmley Foundation grant Mountainshack, Worcester. Exhibition sponsorship La Tienda, Worcester. Exhibition sponsorship.
2000	Festival of Tibet 2000 exhibition support
1999	The Elmley Foundation grant City Art Gallery Worcester exhibition support Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham exhibition support
1997	Arts Council A for E award
1992	City Art Gallery Worcester exhibition support
1983	Oppenheim John Downes Memorial Award
1981	North West Arts exhibition support
Solo Shows
2011	THE SCENT OF LIGHT, Worcester City Art Gallery
2004	DROKPA – People of the Solitudes, Midlands Art Centre Birmingham; Queen Elizabeth Hospital Cancer Center, Birmingham
2003	DROKPA – People of the Solitudes, Plough Arts Center, Torrington, Devon; Yew Tree Gallery, Morvah, Cornwall; The Shirehall, Bodmin, Cornwall; The Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Street, Somerset
2002	DROKPA – People of the Solitudes, Stamford Arts Centre, Lincolnshire; Kidderminster Library Gallery, Kidderminster, Worcestershire FREE SPIRITS: Tibet in Exile, University of Worcester
2001	DROKPA – People of the Solitudes, Worcester City Art Gallery
2000	FREE SPIRITS: Tibet in Exile, Festival of Tibet 2000, Mumbai, India; Stamford Arts Center, Lincolnshire; Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London
1999	FREE SPIRITS: Tibet in Exile, Centre for Photography as an Art Form, Mumbai, India; Wembley Conference Centre, London; The Music Hall, Shrewsbury; Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham; The King's School, Worcester
1997/8	FREE SPIRITS: Tibet in Exile, Combe Lodge Studio, Malvern; Kidderminster Library Gallery, Kidderminster, Worcestershire; Ruskin Mill, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire; Worcester City Art Gallery
1993	IMAGES FROM THE HEART, Old Mayor's Parlour Gallery, Hereford
1992	WATERCOLOURS BY DIANE BARKER, Worcester City Art Gallery
1991	PAINTINGS BY DIANE BARKER,, Country Works Gallery, Sawmills, Newtown, Montgomeryshire
1986	WHEEL OF DREAMS, Minsky's Gallery, London
1981	TRACKS AND TRACES, Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery, Uppermill, Greater Manchester
Two Person Exhibitions
2004	IMAGES OF TIBET, Hoopers Gallery, London
2007	WOMANKIND, Hoopers Gallery, London
2005	HOPE FOR CHILDREN, Hoopers Gallery, London
2002	HOMEGROWN, Chuck Works, Birmingham
2001	TIBET, Edward Carter Gallery, New York
1997	WANDERLUST TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR COMPETITION, Olympia, London; Stamford's Bookshop, Covent Garden, London; The Royal Geographical Society, London
1996	TIBET - A CULTURE UNDER THREAT, Hamilton's Gallery, London The River, City Art Gallery, Worcester
1994	THE PICTURESQUE LANDSCAPE, Hereford City Art Gallery and Nottingham City Art Gallery
1993	SPIRIT OF THE TREES, Schumacher Lectures, Bristol
1992	MAN AND ENVIRONMENT IN HARMONY, Four Millbank, London (Part of the RA Exhibition "Wisdom and Compassion") GATHERING TOGETHER, Burgh House, London
1991-4	Montpellier Gallery, Cheltenham and Stratford on Avon
1989& 87	Kilvert Gallery, Clyro, Herefordshire
1985	THE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT IN CONTEMPORARY ART, Westminster Cathedral, London
Newspapers and Magazines
Marie Claire (USA, Germany, Spain and Russia); The Independent; BBC Worldwide Magazine; Manadsjournalen (Sweden); New Scientist; Wanderlust; Reincarnation; Tibet News; Tibet Society Journal; View; Cho Yang (India); The Middle Way; Dharmalife; Australia Tibet Council News; The Lady; The Times of India; The Indian Express; Mid-Day (India); The Sunday Free Press Journal (India); The Sunday Telegraph Magazine; The Financial Times; Photo Art International; Tibet Alive; Living Lightly; Resurgence; Caduceus; The Sunday Times Magazine; BBC Garden's Illustrated; The Independent on Sunday Magazine.
Publishers
Evans Brothers; Random House; Tibetan Nun's Project; National Curriculum Educational Pack; Harper Collins (UK); Quest (USA); Time-Life Books (USA); The Bridgewater Book Company; Aperture; Roli Books/Lustre Press; Wanderlust Publications; Roto Vision; David and Charles; The Open University; The Meridian Trust; Readers Digest (Germany); Connections Book Publishing; Duncan Baird; Wheelhouse Creative; Egmont Richter
Solo Published Work
Tibetan Prayer Flags. Connections Book Publishing The Eternal Land. East West Publications
Web-sites www.dianebarker.net www.heartofasia.org
Other:
Photos used in educational displays by the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, New York. Work in the collection of Worcester City Art Gallery and in private collections in the UK, USA, Canada, India, Nepal, Australia and Austria.