ARTWORK AT 1/4 SIZE BALTIC Submission Cassie Adams Timothy French Sara Qaed ARTWORK AT 1/4 SIZE Judith Appleby Hannah Gawne Katherina Radeva Frances Arnold Billy Goffa Bishwadhan Rai BALTIC Aastha Bairollia Maisie Goodfellow Dolores Ramona Emma Barratt Chantal Goulder Beryl Rankin Beacons Films Lydia Griffiths Ellen Ranson Emma Bennett Katarzyna Grzelak Simon Raven Submission C. Mae Bloom Phil Hardy Paul Raymond Aidan Bowes Marcus Paul Hargis Paul Richardson-Chute Anita Brain Tyrrell Mayada Hassan Tom Rob Simon Briggs Becca Heath Bede Robinson Amber Brown Adonia Hirst Rhiannon Robinson Deb Buchan Josh Howard Susan Rowe Roland Buckingham-Hsiao Maggie Hsiao Mark Salmon Matthew Burdis Joanna Hutton Richard Scott BALTIC Open Submission is our first major open-call exhibition, involving Rosalynd Byass Inspiratori Art Lauren Seatter-Messer over 150 artists and makers based in the North East of England. The vast Marilyn Cain Sarah Isherwood Dot Seddon Mark Carr Beth Johnson Helen Shaddock number of entries, and the works included in the exhibition, highlight the Andrew Carter Talia Johnson Joe Shaw variety of artistic practice taking place across the region. Gary Carter Minty Jowett Sharon Simpson Christie Chan Just Florence Michael Smith Presented here are works by artists who have been making throughout David Chaney Jezzelle Kellam Hazel Soper their lifetime, to those just beginning; from people who work collectively, Poppy Chennells Jack Connor Kemp Kristi Sparkes Chun-Chao Chiu Lyn Killeen Sarah Stamp to those who create alone; those who have studied fine art, to self-taught BJ Choudre Craig Knight Bethany Stead creatives who have only ever made work in their private homes. Connor Clements Lauryn Lamb Laura Stephenson Ellie Clewlow Tomislav Latinovic Will Stockwell All entries were selected by a panel of three artists based in the North Erin Collins Pheobe Law Katherine Strachan Leah Sarah Coxon John Lawson Matilda Sutton East: Richard Bliss, Lady Kitt and Padma Rao, alongside Katie Hickman, Michael Crew Annie Lee Jeffrey Swan Curator (Performance and Public Programme) at BALTIC. Evelyn Cromwell Chris Leedham Annabel Talbot Ben Crozier Malcolm Lewis Jill Tate Feliks Culpa Kwan Li Alan Thoburn Peter Davies Toby P Lloyd Ailish Treanor Clive Davis Sarah Lock Seb Trend David de la Haye Sue Loughlin Aruna Udawatte Jayamini de Silva Niamh Emily Mackintosh Beth Waddingham Amir Dehghan Annie Macmillan Christine Walker Jane Dennis David Mangenie Maya Wallis Alison Diamond (Rogers) Justin Marshall Diane Watson Erin Dickson Brian McCleary Jonathan Lloyd West Egemen Dogan Georgia McGrath Geoff Weston Dolby\Messer Zack Miller Jack Williams Jessica Donnelly Edwin Mingard Joshua Williamson Peter Doubt Lauren Mitchell Jennine Wilson Kelly Dunlop Aidan Moesby Stuart Mel Wilson Dyad Rosie Morris & Rhodri Davies Adam Wilson Holmes Cliff Edges Robert Myers Lesley Wood Works in the exhibition available for sale are identified with an asterisk*. To find out Hengameh Firoozi Ellie Niblock Steven Wood the price of individual works, please ask for a price list from the Hello Desk. Please Francis Fitzgerald Nolasean Lydia Wysocki note, BALTIC will not be involved in any conversation relating to the sale of work. Abigail Flanders Magdalena Patrascu Vanessa Zappi Potential purchasers will be given direct contact details for the artists. If a work is Sarah Framrose Kath Price & Ellen Baker sold during the exhibition period, the work will remain on display until the close of Dora Frankel Phil Punton the exhibition. 4 5 VIDEO WORKS 3 2 1 6 8 7 B D A 9 10 ENTRANCE C F 11 12 G E 1. Pheobe Law Cattle Grid steel * 8. Jessica Donnelly Tristana and the False King VIDEO WORKS fine-liner pens and drawing ink on cartridge paper 2. Helen Shaddock Filling Time watercolour and pencil Maya Wallis I’m not sure if this feeling of being able Lauryn Lamb Self Annihilation 1 min on mountboard * 9. Stuart Mel Wilson Titans ink pens on plasterboard, to dance would come about again 3 min 37 sec hamster wheel, hamster ball Erin Collins numb 5 min 53 sec 3. Dyad Redact #3 acrylic paint on cardboard * Jack Williams Entangled 1 min 10. Cliff Edges Star Congress cast resin, photo-etched Egemen Dogan The Best Shot 29 sec 4. Lauren Seatter-Messer The Gap in the Wall at metal, injection moulded polystyrene, rubber, acrylic Rosie Morris and Rhodri Davies Angharat ton Uelen Bagendon archival pigment prints on MP fine art paint, cotton, cycanoacrylate, model cement 3 min 10 sec Will Stockwell 30works30days 5 min cotton rag paper 300gsm * 11. Dolby\Messer The Space Between [us] timber, Clive Davis Now We Know 4 min Chantal Goulder mahjongtriptych.mp4 5 min 54 sec 5. BJ Choudre SanityRag: dollhouse paint, textiles, paint, acrylic, steel screws, bolts, nuts bamboo, dollhouse Bishwadhan Rai Limits of my language 2 min 10 sec Dora Frankel Touch the Beast 8 min and 11 sec 12. Sue Loughlin Non-Viable States glass, copper, 6. Ben Crozier Cathedral number 3 plywood, paints, Perspex * Matthew Burdis Lindisfarne One One 4 min 41 sec David de la Haye An Ocean Of Sound 6 min 29 sec diamantes, small models of saints * Beacons Films EBB AND FLOW 4 min 25 sec Tomislav Latinovic Changing Representations 7. Beth Johnson Light & Shadow media piece textured 1 min 43 sec paper, watercolour, cotton embroidery threads * 1. Pheobe Law “This piece of work is part of a series 8. Jessica Donnelly “I make drawings that influence VIDEO WORKS Bishwadhan Rai investigates his growing loss of grip called ‘Survival of the hoof’ which explores the disparity the creation of my own written folklore and tales, with his mother tongue and grapples with the feeling between livestock and humans. My practice examines a process that allows for ongoing creativity and a Maya Wallis In her practice, Wallis explores the bodily of losing hereditary identity. The video is made using processes of regulation, normalisation and separation connection to my own storytelling ancestry. I intend experience of excitement. Originally planned as a live archival footage of his home country, Nepal, filmed in our relationships with other species. This decorative and hope my drawings act as a catalyst, encouraging performance for her degree show (cancelled due to through a western gaze. The title draws on philosopher cattle grid emphasises the functional and aesthetic the viewer to create their own enchanting creatures Covid-19), Wallis’ work analyses the adrenaline rush Ludwig Wittgenstein’s famous quote, “the limits of my barriers held between us and animals”. and immortal beings, to in turn resurrect the art of found in small acts such as listening to music, dressing language mean the limits of my world”. pheoberileylaw.yolasite.com storytelling within themselves. The piece is inspired by and dancing alone. The dancing is unchoreographed— Instagram: @bishwadhanrai Instagram: @pheobelaw a tale of my own creation, expanding the story of ‘The her instinctive reaction to the music. When watched, Lady of the Lake’ from Arthurian legend”. the film is an intrusion on an intensely private moment. Matthew Burdis’ work incorporates analogue 2. Helen Shaddock “‘Filling Time’ began as a response jessicadonnelly.com / Instagram:@_jessicadonnelly_ To Wallis, the performance felt bigger, louder, more photography and performative absence to investigate to a creative block at the start of the year. A visual charged, than the actual recording delivered, reflecting the memory of a specific location, often focusing on reminder of time well spent. A way to fulfil my need to 9. Stuart Mel Wilson’s work focuses on the human the interior nature of her experience. a tangible object as an anchor point. This silent black be productive. Its importance increased further once condition and explores absurdity and humour in the mayawallis.com and white film reflects on first-hand memories of the lockdown hit. No longer a daily ritual, the completed way we process this world, both individually and as a Instagram: @maya__wallis tidal island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland, as well as 2020 series gives me a sense of closure and hope for collective. “Dyslexia is a massive influence and is also its representation within cinema. Exploring ideas of the new year”. a reason I make art. Art can talk where the person is Jack Williams created this work to explore computer- personal and historical loss, its narrative is driven by a helenshaddock.co.uk / Instagram:@helenshaddock unable, regularly the spoken word is too literal. Art, at mediated intimacy and the ‘touch hunger’ many felt stack of analogue photographs, which a hand removes times, feels like my language”. in response to Covid-19 lockdowns. “As a society we one by one. 3. Dyad ‘Redact #3’ is an invitation for the viewer stuartmelwilson.net have increasingly migrated into virtual environments. Instagram: @burdismatthew to consider the words and language used during the The current circumstances have served to accent vimeo.com/matthewburdis Covid-19 outbreak. Harvesting text and words from 10. Cliff Edges “There’s a revolution going on in Rojava: the necessity of human contact, and how we have to across a spectrum of sources including Government The Autonomous Region of North and East Syria. settle for, but have also embraced the simulacra of Beacons Films ‘Ebb and Flow’ explores how the guidance, a range of political websites, protest slogans In the vacuum left by Assad’s civil war, a glimpse of companionship found online”. changing moods of the sea and human emotion and social media sites, ‘Redact #3’ attempts to capture a truly democratic, grassroots movement has been jackwilliamsvideoart.com reflect each other. Twenty-one award-winning artists and reflect our recent history and current situation. offered that prioritises feminism, equity, solidarity and and musicians with learning disabilities, autism and Instagram: @dyad_dayd direct democracy. I have made a diorama installation Rosie Morris and Rhodri Davies This film by Rosie additional needs from Tyneside worked in two teams, based on research into Rojava incorporating a one- Morris was created in response to the music of Rhodri alongside video artist Taryn Edmonds and musicians 4.