Leeds Summer Group Show 2020 

AMELIA BARON

Amelia Baron is originally from Blackburn, Lancashire, and now resides in Leeds after graduating from Leeds Arts University in 2018. During her adolescence, Amelia spent lengthy stays in hospital due to ill mental health. By applying her interest in art and poetry, Amelia utilised these passions as a cathartic tool for recovery and a means of communication with family and friends.

Currently, the whole country is in social lockdown, increasing the difficulty of living out the normatives of quotidian customs. For those with underlying mental health problems, the sudden change in routines and social interactions are heavily impacting coping mechanisms and heightening anxieties. ‘Obsession in Isolation’ hopes to address the obsessive and intrusive thoughts the current social lockdown is causing such individuals. By tracing the top of a medicinal prescription bottle onto the walls of her rented room, Amelia hopes to show support and solidarity to those in need whilst also keeping herself busy and safe during the uncertainty of the current climate.

www.ameliabaron.co.uk