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Lou Baker
Bristol, UK
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Website: www.loubakerartist.co.uk
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Awards
Embroiderers’ Guild Scholarship (over 30), 2015-2016
Membership of Societies and Guilds
The Embroiderers’ Guild
Society for Embroidered Work (S.E.W.)
Synecdoche
Art Education and Qualifications
2011 – 2015, University of the West of England, Bristol
• Drawing and Applied Arts BA, First Class Honours
2009 - 2011 (part time), Bristol School of Art, Filton College, Bristol
• ABC Foundation Diploma in Art, Design and Media, Level 4, Distinction
2007-2008 (part time), City of Bristol College, Bristol
Online exhibitions
2017 Red, an online art exhibition by Cultivate, curated by Sean Worrall, February 27th - ongoing
Forthcoming exhibitions
2019 B-Wing, Shepton Prison, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, part of Somerset Art Works, curated by Fiona Campbell and Luminara Star, 21st Sept -6th Oct.
Past exhibitions, residencies and events
2019 RWA Sculpture Open, RWA, Bristol 16th March - 2nd June
2019 Incendiary at Stroud Valleys Artspace, Stroud, curated by Patricia Brien, Feb 6th -10th
2018 Page 17 with The Embroiderers' Guild at Artrix, Bromsgrove, 5th Sept. - 4th Nov., curated by Amanda Smith and Alex Messenger, part of a touring show (see below)
2018 disquiet at Walcot Chapel, Bath with Clare Thatcher, September 18th -23rd
2018 Living Sculptures, a participatory event at Make Space, alongside the Woman's Hour Craft Prize exhibition at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, July 18th
2018 Synecdoche + Southmead: Endings/Beginnings, with Fresh Arts at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, Jan 12th - June 18th, curated by Helen Acklam and Soraya Schofield
2018 Subversive surfaces; taboo and fragility at Trowbridge Town Hall Arts,
Trowbridge with Gina Baum, curated by Katie Ackrill, June 9th - July 14th
2018 Page 17 with The Embroiderers' Guild at Harborough Museum, Market Harborough, March 26th - 2nd June, curated by Amanda Smith and Alex Messenger, part of a touring show (see below)
2018 Page 17 with The Embroiderers' Guild at The Fashion and Embroidery Show, NEC Birnmingham, March 15th -18th, part of a touring show (see below)
2017 PRILIC with Impermanence Dance Theatre at Jacobs Wells Baths, Bristol, December 8th-16th
2017 Page 17, with The Embroiderers' Guild, at The Knitting and Stitching Show, Harrogate, November 23rd -26th, curated by Amanda Smith and Alex Messenger, part of a touring show
2017 Page 17, with The Embroiderers' Guild, at The Knitting and Stitching Show, London, October 11th -15th curated by Amanda Smith and Alex Messenger, part of a touring show
2017 Synecdoche presents [dis]place residency at The Vestibules, College Green, Bristol, September 4th to October 2nd
2017 Synecdoche + Southmead: Opposing positions, with Fresh Arts at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, curated by Helen Acklam and Soraya Schofield, July 18th 2017 to January 2018
2017 My future at St. Werburgh's Primary School Aspiration morning, Bristol, with My future, my choice, July 6th
2017 Refuge: in search of safety, Fringe Arts Bath, curated by Mike and Dona Bradley, May 26th to June 11th
2017 Synecdoche + Southmead: Bodies, with Fresh Arts at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, curated by Lou Baker and Soraya Schofield, March 28th - end of July
2017 Window Wanderland at 212 Gallery, Bristol, curated by Sarah Thorp, February 4th -10th
2016 Synecdoche + Southmead: Creative Pathways*, with Fresh Arts at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, curated by Andrea Oke, Sandra James and Veronia Gayle, November 30th - Feb 29th 2017
2016 The Memory of Space - Space of memory, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, November 24th-30th, curated by Jan-Phillip Fruehsorge, director of Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawing Gallery and The Drawing Hub, Berlin.
2016 Unravelling: an exhibition of knitting and crochet art, Bow Arts' Ice House Studios, London, October 6th-16th
2016 Bodies: a group residency by Synecdoche, The Unit, Bristol, September 1st -29th
2016 Synecdoche + Southmead: Windows to Elsewhere*, with Fresh Arts at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, curated by Rosie McLay, Laura Waite and Nicola Pearce, August 31st - November 30th
2016 Privy at The Edwardian Cloakroom, Bristol with Lou Baker, Maura Zukina and Nicola Pearce, June 22nd -29th
2016 Synecdoche + Southmead: Drawing > Talking, with Fresh Arts at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, curated by Rosie McLay, Laura Waite and Nicola Pearce, June 12th - Aug 31st
2016 The Cartesian Cut? at Fringe Arts Bath, curated by Eloise Govier, May 27th -12th June
2016 Pattern at Fringe Arts Bath, curated by Laura Waite and Nicola Pearce, May 27th -12th June
2015 The Embroiderers' Guild Graduate Showcase, Knitting and Stitching Show, Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, November
2015 The Embroiderers' Guild Graduate Showcase, Knitting and Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace, London, October
2015 The Degree Show, University of the West of England, Bower Ashton campus, Bristol, June
2015 Symbiosis at the Phoenix Café, Bristol, curated by Jennifer Dudley and Eloise Dunwell, April
2014 Synecdoche at The Christmas Steps, Christmas Steps Gallery, Bristol, curated by Rosie McLay, Laura Waite and Nicola Pearce, December
2014 Emergence, Paper Plane Gallery, Bristol, September-October
2014 Synecdoche, curated by Rosie McLay, Laura Waite and Nicola Pearce, Embassy Tea Gallery, London, July
2014 Align @The Guild, Bristol Guild Gallery, Bristol, January-February
2013 Unearthed, with Drawing and Applied Arts, UWE, Corinium Museum, Cirencester, June
2013 Scratch, with Align, at Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, June,
2013 New Movement Gallery, pop up, Broadmead, Bristol, June-September
2012 Align, with Dozen, UWE, Bower Ashton campus, Bristol, June-September
2011 End of year show, Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Bristol School of Art, Queen’s Road, Bristol, June,
2011-present, permanent exhibition, Pickwell Manor, Devon
2010 Fine and Unique, Pedlar’s Gallery, Warwick Museum, Warwick, November 2010-January 2011
Gallery experience
Volunteering
September 2015 - December 2017: I worked with a lead artist, Rachel Davies, at Make Your Mark with Fresh Arts at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, for one afternoon a week, facilitating art activities with elderly patients with dementia.
2016, September - June 2017: I mentored a third year student who’s doing a degree in Contemporary Art and Professional Studies at Weston College, accredited by Bath Spa University.
Other art related work
2017 February - March: I worked with Fresh Arts, mentoring a final year student, Emily Jacobs, who was doing a Foundation Degree in Creative Art Therapies at the City of Bristol College as she facilitated a series of 6 art workshops, Life Books. We worked with neuropsychiatric patients at Southmead Hospital, Bristol as part of some ongoing research into Arts on Referral.
2015, September - present: part-time assistant at The Art Shop, Bower Ashton campus, UWE
