Glenn Barkley (born 1972) is an Australian artist, independent curator and writer based in Sydney, Australia.
[16] In 2016 Barkley was included in the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Magic Object curated by Lisa Slade, with an installation influenced by horticulture and the exhibition's theme of the Kunstkabinett.
[17][18] The same year his work was included in a group exhibition Watching Clouds Pass the Moon at Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW[19] and he collaborated with artist Angela Brennan on the exhibition The Garden of Earthly Delights at West Space, Melbourne.
[20][21] In 2017 Barkley was a finalist in the Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award Exhibition[22] at Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria.
[35][36] In 2012, Barkley co-curated As If, a retrospective of the work of Australian painter Ken Whisson, with Lesley Harding of Heide Museum of Modern Art Melbourne.
Now the heart is filled with gold as if it were a purse was curated by Barkley to celebrate Arts Project, Melbourne's 40th anniversary in 2014.
[56] He has also donated artwork to the University of Wollongong Art Collection and the Penrith Regional Gallery and Lewers Bequest.
Barkley is also known for his work with outsider artists within an Australian context and has published, spoken and curated broadly within this field.
In 2013 Sydney artist McLean Edwards' portrait of Barkley was a finalist in the annual Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.