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Specialising in collage, contemporary artist Edie Baker creates new narratives from predominantly ephemeral images sourced from magazines, books or those discarded on the street.
Larger works are created by digitally printing previously treated images onto stretched canvasses which are then embellished with shapes, patterns and forms that enhance or detract from certain areas of the original.
Working with more traditional art materials… pencil, paint and inks etc to those more commonly associated with textiles…fabrics, threads and yarn, her work aims to bridge the gap between the arts and craft.
Content is often brutally cut or edited, resulting in final pieces that speak more of what is absent, rather than that which is present. This treatment leads to work that is sometimes awkward, sometimes humorous, sometimes provocative but almost always surreal.
Exploring ways in which we read, understand and respond to images, the work aims to allow room for the viewer to conjure up their own personal narrative beyond the boundaries of the visual presentation in front of them.
artist statement
SE LDN born and based
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Education
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2023-2024 M.Litt- GSA, masters in fine art practice, painting and printmaking- 1st class hons
2015-2018 Camberwell College of Arts
2013-2014 London College of Communication
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Exhibitions
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Wxmen in Collage- Patricia Fleming Gallery, Glasgow, 2023
Isla Ray, Deptford, 2020, solo
Sugarcoated- Changing Room Gallery, Soho 2022
Electric Theatre Collective- Whitechapel - solo show- 2022
‘Fing Thing’ Ben Oakley Gallery, Greenwich, (Christmas charity show), December 2021
‘Art in the age of now’- Fulham Town Hall, 2021
‘Factory project’- 2021
‘Rising from Beautiful Ruins’- Jupiter Gallery, Cornwall, September 2021
’Should’ve gone to collage’- Ben Oakley Gallery, Greenwich, March 2022
‘Heavenly Body’- Jupiter Gallery, solo show, 2022
Kings Arch Gallery- Brighton, group show, 2020
Vestiare (clothing brand) Valentine’s campaign, promotional material, artwork
Meatraffle ( band) artwork
Jezzebel Music (band) artwork and promotional material
My Fat Pony (band) cover artwork and promotional material design
2014 & 2015Art Hub Summer Show, Deptford, London
​2018Interim-ing, Copeland Park, London​
2018Annual Summer Show, CGP Gallery, Southwark Park, London​
2019Supercuts, ArtHub, Deptford, London​
2019Xhibit, London​​