BRIDGET BAKER

Born in 1971 in East London, South Africa. Based in and London.

ONE ARTIST EXHIBITIONS

2011 Wrecking at Private Siding 661, an installation at the Wapping Project, London, UK. 2009 Exhibition of recent works by Bridget Baker, Centro des Artes Contemporanea, Burgos, Spain. 2008 But we look so good in our uniforms, Diet Gallery, Miami, USA. 2007 Bridget Bæker, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. 2006 But being a sensible woman, she subdued her terrors and turned over and went to sleep again. Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. 2001 Official BB Project University of Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 2000 As if you’ve never seen it before. Artists Unlimited Gallery, Bielefeld, Germany. 1997 Bridget Baker BAFA(Stell.), BA. Hons.(FA)(Stell.), MFA (UCT) cand. The Hänel Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. 1996 The Shrill sound of a telephone at 3 a.m. The Planet Contemporary Art Site, Cape Town, South Africa.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND FILM FESTIVALS

2011 International Competition of the 57th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany. Curated by Lars Henrik Gass and Hilke Doering. Lens: fractions of contemporary photography and video in South Africa, Stellenbosch University Art Museum, South Africa. Including work by Andrew Putter, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Husain and Hasan Essop, Jo Ractliffe, Kathryn Smith, Pieter Hugo, Stephen Hobbs, Steven Cohen, and . Curated by Ulrich Wolff and Corlia Harmsen. Glasgow Short Film Festival with the The Magic Lantern, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Mine, Iwalewa-House, Afrikazentrum der Universität Bayreuth, Germany. A selection of films by South African artists including Dineo Seshee Bopape, Jacques Coetzer, Teboho Edkins, Simon Gush and Dorothee Kreutzfelt, William Kentridge, Donna Kukama, Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi, Robin Rhode, Berni Searle, Lerato Shadi, Penny Siopis, Gregg Smith, and Johan Thom. Curated by Abrie Fourie and Dr. Anna Schrade.

2010 Home Sweet Home, Homebase Project, Berlin, Germany. A screening of international video art including Maurice Bogaert, Félix Fernández & Andrés Senra, Katherine Rojas, Maxim & Romy Northover, Ane Lan, and David Theobald. Curated by Johnny Amore (GlogauAIR). Visions in the Nunnery, The Nunnery Gallery, the Bow Arts Trust, London, UK. Screening of recent moving image work including Michael Mazière, Rosie Pedlow and Joe King, Reynold Reynolds, and Jeremy Evans. Curated by Cinzia Cremona and Tessa Garland. Berwick Film and Media Festival, Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK. Curated by Professor Huw Davies. Shifting Realities, Halle Zehn, CAP Cologne, Cologne, Germany. A photography- based show including the work of Seung Woo, Ute Bartel, Michael Baumgarten, Boris Becker, Martina Geccelli, Susa Templin, Won Seoung Won. Curated by Barbara Hofmann-Johnson. Home Sweet Home, Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany. A screening of international video art including David Blandy, Duro Toomato, Wayne Horse, Nina Lehtonen-Braun, Zefrey Throwell, Ane Lan. Curated by Johnny Amore (GlogauAIR). South Africa 2010 - Video Screening, Gallery 3,14 Bergen, Norway. Curated by Mei Szetu and Sharon Bailey (ISIS Arts, UK and Maur Prosjekter, Gallery 3,14 and BEK Norway). South Africa 2010 - Video Screening, ISIS ARTS, Newcastle on Tyne, UK. Curated by Mei Szetu and Sharon Bailey (ISIS Arts, UK and Maur Prosjekter, Gallery 3,14 and BEK Norway). US, The South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Bettina Malcomess and Simon Nijami. Private Viewing – South African Video Art, D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig, Germany. Curated by Claudia Shneider and Michael Arzt.

2009 Dada South? Exploring Dada legacies in South African art 1960 to the present, The South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Roger van Wyk and Kathryn Smith.

US, Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa. Curated by Bettina Malcomess and Simon Nijami. Intimate Distance, The South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Nadja Daehnke. Sing into my Mouth, What if the World Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Julia Clark.

2008 za. Giovane arte dal Sud Africa, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy. Curated by Lorenzo Fusi, Kendell Geers, Marlene Dumas, Sue Williamson, Minette Vari and Berni Searle. Contemporary Art Photography from South Africa, SANG Iziko Museum - South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Pam Warne.

2007 Uniform, The Spanierman Contemporary, New York, USA. Curated by Claire Breukel. Zeitgenössische Fotokunst Aus Südafrika / Contemporary Art Photography from South Africa, Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Pam Warne. Zeitgenössische Fotokunst Aus Südafrika / Contemporary Art Photography from South Africa, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany. Curated by Pam Warne. Zeitgenössische Fotokunst Aus Südafrika / Contemporary Art Photography from South Africa, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Germany. Curated by Pam Warne. Zeitgenössische Fotokunst Aus Südafrika / Contemporary Art Photography from South Africa, Museum Bochum, Germany. Curated by Pam Warne.

2006 Women: Photography and New Media, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa. Curated by Jeanine Howse and Amy Watson. Tour, Galerie Hilger Contemporarie, Vienna, Austria. Curated by Claire Breukel. But being a sensible woman, she subdued her terrors and turned over and went to sleep again. KZNSA Gallery, , South Africa. Second to None, The South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Gabi Ngcobo and Virginia McKenny. Nie Meer, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium. Curated by Ives Maes and Steven Op de Beeck.

2005 Official BB Mittens Project, (performance), Artists Unlimited Gallery, Hochbunker, Bielefeld, Germany. Official BB Project in absentia MMV (performance), Klein Karoo Kunstefees / Little Karoo Art Festival, Oudtshoorn, South Africa. Curated by Andrew Lamprecht. GNO, Joao Ferreira Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Tracy Gander.

2004 Contra Mundi, The Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Andrew Lamprecht. Decade of Democracy, The National Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Emma Bedford.

2003 Official BB Mittens Project (performance), Gallery Puta, Greenpoint, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Andrew Lamprecht, Cameron Platter and Ed Young.

2002 Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Curated by Frank Herreman. Buzzards (performance), Klein Karoo Kunstefees / Little Karoo Art Festival, Oudstoorn, South Africa.

2001 Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa, The Iris & B.Gerald Cantor Centre for Visual Arts at Stanford University, California, USA. Curated by Frank Herreman.

2000 Holland South Africa Line, The Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Andrea Rolfes and Arend-Jan Weysters. Holland South Africa Line, Baggagehal, Loods 6,Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Curated by Andrea Rolfes and Arend-Jan Weysters. Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa, The Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, USA. Curated by Frank Herreman. Total Global, Contemporary Art Museum, Basel, Switzerland.

1999 Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa, The Museum for African Art, New York, USA. Curated by Frank Herreman. Softserve, The National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Public Eye. Oos Wes, Tuis Bes, Klein Karoo Kunstefees / Little Karoo Arts Festival, Oudsthoorn, South Africa. Curated by Mark Coetzee and Lize Hugo. Channel, The Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Robert Weinek and Gregg Smith. Unplugged IV, The Rembrandt Van Rijn Gallery, Newtown Precinct, Johannesburg, South Africa.

1998 Graft, 2nd Johannesburg Biennale The South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Colin Richards. (Trade Routes: History and Geography. Curated by Okwui Enwezor).

1997 Unplugged II, The Rembrandt Van Rijn Gallery, Newtown Precinct, Johannesburg, South Africa. Lifetimes: Art from Southern Africa, Aktionsforum, Paterinsel, , Germany. Curated by Ruth Sack.

1996 3x10, The Hänel Gallery, Shortmarket Street, Cape Town, South Africa. Curated by Robert Weinek.

PROJECTS / FESTIVALS / FAIRS

2011 Only Half Taken an 8mm film installation. While Waiting for Keys at #9, a film project to be directed by Bridget Baker in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Produced by the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT).

2010 ArtSantander, in association with Galerie Siboney, Santander, Spain. ARCO, in association with Galerie Siboney, Santander, Spain.

2009 - 2010 Steglitz House, a film project directed by Bridget Baker in Berlin and London. An Official BB Projects production. 2007 - 2008 The Pilot, a filmic project directed by Bridget Baker. An Official BB Projects. Realisation in association with Joao Ferreira Gallery and Official BB Projects. Scope Hamptons Art Fair, Long Island, New York, a gallery exhibition in association with Spanierman Modern, New York, USA. The Blue Collar Girl (Valais), second and final stage of the project performed on the Saleina Glacier, Martigny, Switzerland. The first stage of the project was realised in Sierre in 2006. Realisation in association with CRIC (Centre de reflexion sur l’image et ses contextes), Sierre and Official BB Projects.

2006 Effortless Scenario, first stage of The Blue Collar Girl (Valais) performed in the Casino Cinema with storyteller Anne Martin, Sierre, Switzerland. Realisation in association with CRIC (Centre de reflexion sur l’image et ses contextes), Sierre, Switzerland and Official BB Projects. Artissima Art Fair, Torino, Italy, a gallery exhibition in association with Joao Ferreira Gallery, South Africa. The Blue Collar Girl (Durban), performed at the Durban City Hall and Davinscot Manufacturers (Tongaat), Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. An Official BB Projects production. Liste ’06, Basel, Switzerland, a gallery exhibition in association with Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa.

2005 The Blue Collar Girl (Delhi), performed in Old and New Delhi, India. An Official BB Projects production.

2004 South Africa: Ten years after Apartheid, Vooruit Art Centre, Gent, Belgium. A Flanders Film Festival curated by Barbara Raes. The Blue Collar Girl (Gent), performed at the Vooruit Art Centre, Ghent, Belgium. Realisation in association with Vooruit Art Centre, Belgium.

2003 Very Real Time, a public art project initiated and produced by Gregg Smith. A RAIN initiative taking place in Cape Town, South Africa.

2001 Homeport, an international harbour city public art project taking place in Havana, Rotterdam, Shanghai, Mumbai, Jarkata and Cape Town. This component of the project takes place at the V&A Waterfront and Cape Town Harbour, South Africa.

1997 Art Cologne, Germany, a gallery exhibition in association with The Hänel Gallery, Frankfurt. The District Six Public Sculpture Project, District Six, Cape Town.

RESIDENCIES

2011 LIFT (Liason for Independent Filmmakers Toronto), Toronto, Canada. 2011 Willums Art Foundation and Myriam Blundell Projects, Mas des Graviers, Pourrieres, France. 2008 Fountainhead, Miami, USA. 2006 CRIC (Centre de reflexion sur l’image et ses contextes), Sierre,Switzerland. 2004 Vooruit Art Centre, Belgium. 2003 Very Real Time, Cape Town, South Africa. 2000 Holland South Africa Line, Cape Town, South Africa. 2000 Holland South Africa Line, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2000 Artists Unlimited Gallery, Bielefeld, Germany.

SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Branson Collection, London, UK. CAB, Centro de Artes Contemporanea de Burgos, Spain. Wendy Fisher Collection. Hilger Collection, Vienna, Austria. Ketterer Collection, London, UK. Hans Porer Collection, Switzerland. Richard and Ruth Shack Collection, Miami, USA. Spanierman Collection, New York, USA. Starkmann Collection, London, UK. Artlogic, Johannesburg, South Africa. Billiton Board, Johannesburg, South Africa. Inhouse Brand, Cape Town, South Africa. Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa. Rand Merchant Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa. Old Mutual, Cape Town, South Africa. South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Standard Bank of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa. Suburban Films, Johannesburg, South Africa. UNISA (University of South Africa), , South Africa. Charles Bothner and Marianne Fassler Collection, South Africa.

SELECTED CATALOGUES / PUBLICATIONS

South African Art Now, by Sue Williamson, Harper Collins. Bridget Baker, an exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the solo show at CAB (Centro de Arte Contemporanea), Burgos, Spain. .ZA Giovane Arte Dal Sudafrica, exhibition catalogue. Edited by Lorenzo Fusi, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena. Do South Africans Really Exist, an article by Kathryn Smith for Artists Profile, 2007. Zeitgenössische Fotokunst Aus Südafrika Alexander Tolnay (ed). 2007. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein und Edition Braus im Wachter Verlag GmbH, Heidelberg. Liste 2006,_ a review by Sidonio Costa in Arte Aldia (International Magazine of Contemporary Latin American Art), issue 115, 2006. Wish You Were Here an article written by Ernst Beck, edited by Luna Shyr, Art & Auction June 2006, volume XXIX no.10. Art South Africa Vol4.4, June 2006. Edited by Sean O’Toole. But being a sensible woman, she subdued her terrors and turned over and went to sleep again. an exhibition catalogue Text by Kathryn Smith. Very Real Time, edited by Gregg Smith and Sara De Bondt. 10 years 100 artists: art in a democratic South Africa, edited by Sophie Perryer. KKNK 2002, edited by Clive van den Berg, Kathryn Smith and Lucia Burger. The Weave of Memory: Siemon Allen’s ‘Screen’ in Postapartheid South Africa, an article written by Andrés Mario Zervigón for Art Journal – Spring 2001. The Newest Avant-Garde, an article written by Barbara Pollack for ARTnews, April 2001. Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa, edited by Frank Herreman, assisted by Mark D’Amato. The District Six Public Sculpture Project edited by Crain Soudien and Renate Meyer. Trade Routes: History and Geography by Okwui Enwezor. Art in South Africa: Future Present by Sue Williamson and Ashraf Jamal,

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

1995 Maggie Laubser Bursary from Stellenbosch University.Research Bursary from Human Sciences Research Council(HSRC). 1996-7 Irma Stern Scholarship from . Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) bursary. 1999 Department of Trade and Industry grant.

EDUCATION

Bridget matriculated from Clarendon Girls’ High School, East London, South Africa. B.A and Honours in Fine Art at the University of Stellenbosch 1990 – 1993 / 1995 Masters in Fine Art candidate at the University of Cape Town 1996-1997