For over twenty-five years, Barbara Walker’s compelling figurative paintings and drawings have transformed perceptions of Black presence, power and belonging in Britain. [Taking place at the Whitworth, University of Manchester] Being Here is the first survey exhibition of her celebrated career, bringing together key works from the 1990s to today, from early paintings of everyday life in Birmingham in Private Face (1998.2002), to her Turner Prize nominated series Burden of Proof (2022) and newly commissioned wallpaper Soft Power (2024).

Published to accompany the exhibition, this book features reproductions of over 70 artworks, and new essays on Walker’s powerfully empathetic, research-driven practice by Mora Beauchamp-Byrd, Eddie Chambers, Alice Correia, Leanne Green, Rianna Jade Parker and the exhibition curators Poppy Bowers and Hannah Vollam.

The text by Eddie Chambers is "The Maturing and Maturity of Barbara Walker". 

https://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/upcomingexhibitions/barbarawalker/