SARAH BAKER

Sarah Baker has been examining superficiality of image and expectations of cultural representation reinforced by the mass media.  Most recently, a series of opulent collages and cut outs is based on the repetition of iconic monograms.  She incorporates her own signature, which is used as a branded symbol, much like the status symbols of luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton. Colliding high and low culture, her work becomes a mixing pot of iconic images that imply association through the repetitive unification of the, often contrasting, icons.

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EDUCATION 2002        Goldsmiths College, MA, Fine Art 2001        San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, BFA AWARDS 2006        Arts Council England’s Own Art commission 2004        Arts Council England individual grant 1999        Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute 1985-94  Synchronized Swimming National Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medalist, U.S.A. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2006        “LOOP,” Video Art Fair, Barcelona 2005        “Picture This,” Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium 2004        “A Portrait of Bill May,” 1 000 000 mph project space, London SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 "Sugar and Spice," Vegas Gallery, London "Latitude," Fieldgate Gallery, London 2006 “New Utopia,” Bearspace, London “Simon & Sarah,” Platform, London “Her-Self,” Ritter/Zamet, London “Art Car Boot Fair 06,” Truman Brewery, London “Slider,” Cell projects off-site, London “8x8x8 LON/MSP/NYC,” The Soap Factory, Minneapolis “Metropolis Rise,” CQL Design Center, Shanghai & DAIF 798 Space, Beijing “Kollektor Wessel,” Future7, Berlin, Germany “Ten on Fourth” Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark “Portraits- The View Behind the Make-up,” Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany 2005 Pilot:2 International Art Forum,” London “Boost in the Shell,”  De Bond, Belgium “Gigolo,” The Trafalgar, London “S1 Salon: Eurhythmy,” S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK 2004 “Centrefold; Afraid of What?,” Redux Gallery, London “Cinderella,” Trailer, London “Star Fu**ers,” Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles “Now is Good," Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK 2003 "Bootleg," Spitalfield Market, London “Godzilla,” Trailer, London "LA International Biennial Art Invitational," New Exodus Gallery, Los Angeles   "I’m Desperate, Love Me!!!" Catto Contemporary, London SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS 2006   Metropolis Rise: New Art from London catalogue 2005    MDD (Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens)  Catalogue 1, 2005, “ At Home with Sarah Baker,” Kathy Battista, p 89-93    Cultural Hacking, Teil 3: The Art and Business of Cultural Hacking, “Sarah Baker: LK”  2005, Springer Wien New York,    Franz Liebl, p208-9    CANS (Chinese Art News), 1/2005 No. 84, Pan Kuangyi, Taiwan 2004    The Big Issue, “Pooling Power; Sarah Baker: A Portrait of Bill May” Nov 8, Helen Sumpter, UK    Contemporary Magazine, no. 26, UK, pgs. 55-56, Kathy Battista     i-D Magazine, May, UK, pg. 50     Arena Magazine, “New Art Riot: Sarah Baker Leads the Art-Fashion Revolution,” May, UK, pgs. 17&35, Tom Morton     Art Monthly, “Now is Good,” March, UK, pgs. 26-28 & back cover, ed. Martin Herbert