Wayne Barker

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wayne Barker
Occupation	Visual Artist
Date Of Birth	Jul 27, 1963(1963-07-27)
Age	61
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Pretoria
Horoscope	Cancer

Wayne Barker Biography

Wayne Barker is one of the most popular and richest Visual Artist who was born on July 27, 1963 in Pretoria, South Africa. In the beginning of the 1990s Barker initiated an exploration which would go on for two years. Based on the work of the Afrikaner nationalist landscape artist J.H Pierneef (1886-1957), Barker began to spread the subject matter that is still an issue that is highly debated that is a source of contention in South Africa – land, colonialism, and ownership.

When he returned home after completing his high school education, Barker pursued his arts education at Pretoria Technikon, starting a certificate for Fine Art in 1981. He then went further to complete a Bachelor of Fine Art at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town.

1987 Images on Metal, Market Theatre, Johannesburg

1989 Breaking Down the Wall: Pierneef Series, FIG Gallery, Johannesburg

Barker along with his older brother were students at Glen High School in Pretoria prior to his expulsion in 1976, following an arrest for purchasing marijuana. As a teenager, Barker left home to study woodcarving along the coast near Nature’s Valley in the Western Cape

Wayne Barker Net Worth

Wayne Barker is one of the richest Visual Artist from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wayne Barker 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Barker was born in Pretoria on July 27, 1963 to a white working-class family during the height of Apartheid. His father was an South African Airforce pilot, later becoming a commercial pilot. consequently, Barker and his brothers lived in the Valhalla military base in Pretoria. Valhalla is the longest-running Airforce Base in the nation operational since 1921. Being raised in the ultra conservative environment of Pretoria in the 1970s can in a way be seen as a trigger and a the reason for Barker’s violent and abrasive assault on this very conservative stance. In his Artist’s Monologue, Barker recounts his childhood:

Wayne Barker ((1963-07-27 ) 27 July 1963, Pretoria), South African visual artist. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa

In 1983, after having failed art history at Michaelis, Barker returned home to his father’s insistence that he join the South African military as three generations of Barker men before him had. To Barker, the SANDF represented everything about a South Africa in which he had no desire or aptitude to participate in. At the time, the tense political climate had seen a previously unknown escalation, and was straining under intense pressure both internationally and from within. The increased resistance to the apartheid regime had resulted in more and more military raids on private residences, and human rights violations. However, despite his unwillingness, Barker’s conscription papers eventually arrived and he would find himself back in Pretoria at the Voortrekkerhoogte military base. Those who refused the service were jailed, so if he was to leave he had to be discharged. Over the course of two weeks he choreographed and played a part that eventually led to his being declared unfit for service due to mental instability. Upon his arrival home, Barker was disowned by his parents, and having to make his own way moved to Johannesburg to be an artist wholeheartedly.

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1993 Something New Always Comes Out of Africa, Newtown Gallery, Johannesburg

Facts & Trivia

Wayne Ranked on the list of most popular Visual Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Wayne Barker celebrates birthday on July 27 of every year.

In 1993, a year after the end of the Mozambican Civil War, Barker created a large scale installation piece at the Everard Read Gallery in Johannesburg entitled Coke Adds Life. Taking its title from a series of television commercials advertising Coca-Cola, the words became something darker than implied by the familiar, cheerful jingle. The installation was inspired by a trip to Mozambique, in which Barker visited a hospital that seemed deserted. Instead of inundated doctors, Barker found, instead, several Coca-Cola vending machines.

Where was Wayne Barker born?

Pretoria, South Africa

When was Wayne Barker born?

July 27, 1963 (age 58 years)

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