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 is currently an MFA candidate at Columbia College Chicago (2022-2024). Though he did not consider a career in art until 2021,
he has gone on to receive two Art Activity and Achievement awards from Wayne State University, a Dwight W. Follett Continuing Graduate Student Fellowship, and a Diversity and inclusion 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; and will soon have a solo show at M Contemporary Art in Ferndale, MI in 2024.

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