RICHARD BAKER

(b. 1971 Hull, UK)

Richard Baker is an award-winning painter based in Leeds. His practice investigates the hidden human histories behind seemingly insignificant objects. Often ignored, they bear witness to sensuous activity, be it remembered, lived, forgotten, or mythologised. In these modestly scaled works, the depicted objects are presented dislocated from their conventional domestic settings and isolated within an intangible space. The objects appear as unadorned formal arrangements in a painterly re-staging of the interrelationship of material, image, object and time.

Richard studied Fine Art at Leeds Metropolitan University and an MA in Creative Practice at Leeds Arts University. His paintings have been exhibited widely, including at: The Royal Academy of Arts, London; The MallGalleries, London; The Hix Gallery, London; The Walker Gallery, Liverpool; The San Francisco Arts Institute and Leeds City Art Gallery, as well as various museums across China and the National Museum of Poland in Gdansk.

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