Sophie Barber: In Conversation
Hastings Contemporary
26 February 2026
Sophie Barber, In the Air, 2025 © Sophie Barber; photo: Michael Brzezinski
To coincide with her solo exhibition Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, never long wet, never long dry, and to celebrate the launch of her new monograph, Sophie Barber will be in conversation with Hastings Contemporary Director, Kathleen Soriano, followed by an audience Q&A.
Born and raised in Hastings where she still lives and works, Barber’s approach mixes humour and popular culture with folklore and the surreal, playing with the possibilities of scale, reference and materiality.