PRESS

The Sunday Times

The Times, “The Dotty Design of Instagram Artist Noj Barker” June 22, 2019 

“Not that long ago, Minna Barker and her family were hanging out at home in Northamptonshire when a teenage school friend turned up. As she walked in, her eyes went to the walls, every single one covered with posters of millions of different-coloured dots. The four Barker children were dressed head to toe in dotty clothes: T-shirts, bucket hats, dresses. Minna and her teenage brother were carrying their phones in dotty cases. The sofa was covered with a dotty throw.” - Louise Carpenter, Saturday June 22 2019, 12.01am, The Times.

MEDIUM

Medium, “British Artist Noj Barker is to receive a solo show at The Club at Ivy” May 19, 2019 

MADE IN BED

Made in Bed, “Emily Crozier in Conversation with Artist, Noj Barker” Dec 3, 2020

“NATURE IN DECLINE CAN CREATE SO MUCH INCREDIBLE BEAUTY, SO I DO TEND TO GO THROUGH PERIODS OF EMBRACING PARTICULAR KINDS OF COLOUR PALETTES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEASONS. IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THOSE VERY DEEP, RICH, PURE COLOURS. - NB ”

ART DAILY

Art Daily, “British artist Noj Barker's first solo show in London in ten years opens at The Club at Ivy, London” May, 2019

“SAYS ART WRITER HARRY DOUGALL. ‘IN A WORLD OF INCREASINGLY POLARISED DIVISION, IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO STEP BACK, SWITCH OFF AND CONTEMPLATE IN ORDER TO TRY AND MAKE SOME SENSE OF THE WORLD WE INHABIT. THROUGH HIS ART, BARKER DIVES DEEP THROUGH THAT SURFACE TO FOCUS ON THE VIBRANCY OF COLOUR AND TEXTURES THAT CONNECT OUR WORLD, THE THINGS IN LIFE THAT WE SHARE ARE FAR MORE THAN THAT, THAT DIVIDES US.’”

“Noj Barker paints dots, millions upon millions of dots. His world explores the relationship between the telescope and the microscope and he paints with a magnetic pull towards the surface and beyond. A new world is revealed as he compels you to look deeper, like stargazing, providing an hallucinogenic matrix of chroma and pattern. Some works are restrained, almost sonata like in form, others blaze the retina with a symphony of colour. It is an hypnotic meditation which invites you to step back and then forward again to look once more. Having dived deep into the minutiae of his painting, his work is then transformed when scanned and magnified, and transferred on to new mediums. Nojs work is now becoming recognised and even worn as a brand, primarily via an Instagram theatrical stage set inspired by his family and friends.” - Francesca Della Penna