Head and shoulders photo of artist Ali Barker wearing a black t-shirt, standing in front of one of her colourful, geometric paintings

Alison Barker

Visual artist based in Merseyside. I create visual representations of music and sound in colour, inspired by my experiences of the phenomenon of sound-colour synaesthesia. When listening to music, I perceive notes of the musical scale as different colours. Website: alibarker.com FB/IG: @alibarkerart MA Fine Art (Distinction) 2019 Lancashire Open Exhibition Prizewinner 2018 In 2011 I won Merseytravel’s Art on the Network competition ‘Design a New Skyline’, for the Queensway (Birkenhead) Tunnel. My ‘Liverpool Composition’ and ‘Wirral Composition’ designs were made into murals on the new cladding, approximately 5m high and 22m wide, and are public artworks on permanent display at each end of the tunnel. Merseyside