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About me

Barbara J Graham (b. 1971, Canada) is a painter currently working out of Arches Studios in Southampton. She earned a BA(Hons) in Sociology and Economics at Manchester University in 1994 before working as a TV and Film editor for twenty years.

In 2009 she began her Fine Art Foundation at Wimbledon college and went on to earn a BFA(Hons) at Wimbledon College of Art, London in 2013. In 2022 she completed
two years on the Correspondents Course with Turps Painters.

In February 2024 Barbara experienced sudden vision loss as a result of a detached retina. She had emergency surgery which saved most of her eyesight but spent the rest of the year with a severe cataract that was finally operated on in November. She now has significantly different vision in each eye. Barbara’s work has adapted to a new way of seeing the world and her practice is dedicated to communicating this.

Barbara has been awarded a DYCP Grant from the Arts Council to explore the new direction to her work in 2025.