Barber’s works have been shown at many international festivals, competitions, galleries, have been broadcast on television throughout the world and awarded major prizes. Recently, he has had work shown at Kate MacGarry, Whitechapel Gallery, Split Film Festival (Croatia), Royal Academy, Tate Britain, and Victoria & Albert Museum. He has had retrospectives at the ICA, and Dundee Contemporary Arts. In autumn 2015 he has solo exhibitions at Waterside Contemporary, London and at Young Projects, Los Angeles.

Barber is Professor of Art & Media at the University for the Creative Arts and is represented by Waterside Contemporary (waterside-contemporary.com).