Beverly Baker
Beverly Baker’s drawings (b.1961) are created through the obsessive layering of text found in a small selection of books and magazines that she uses as reference material. The final abstract compositions generally contain only trace hints of their genesis in language as Baker draws continuously on the same sheet, obliterating her original words or letters with additional words, lines and colour. Most of her drawings are created with ballpoint pens, coloured pencils and permanent marker.
Baker is a member of the Latitude Artist Community in Lexington, Kentucky, a programme with the stated mission of serving all people, with an emphasis on those thought by some to have a disability. Unlike most studio programmes for artists with disabilities, Latitude creates meaningful, inclusive community interactions and allows participating artists to contribute culturally and politically to the life of their community. Baker has been an integral member of Latitude since its founding in 2001.
EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
2019 Visionary Architecture, Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Works from the Treger/Saint Silvestre Collection, Oliva Creative Factory, Sao Joao da Madeira, Portugal
2019 Flying High, Künstlerinnen der Art Brut, Kunstforum, Vienna
2017 In Abstracto, Christian Berst Art Brut Gallery, Paris
2017 Beverly Baker: Underlying Colors, Institute 193, Lexington, Kentucky
2015 Black Paintings: A Response to Jackson Pollock, Site 131, Dallas, Texas
