Sophie Baker

Sophie’s works create a strong sense of expectation. Her expertise in film is evident in the atmosphere she creates through her use of light and composition. Her skill and sophisticated studio practice make Sophie someone we’ll be keeping an eye on for the future.” - Newbloodart.

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Sophie’s works create a strong sense of expectation. Her expertise in film is evident in the atmosphere she creates through her use of light and composition. Her skill and sophisticated studio practice make Sophie someone we’ll be keeping an eye on for the future.” - Newbloodart.

Sophie Baker is a painter and film-maker. Sophie’s paintings are rooted in the Romantic tradition, and her work concerns itself above all with a subjective and individual response to the world around her. The main themes of her painting are those of buildings reclaimed; the terror associated with the sudden collapse of man-made structures; the formality of gardens. The aesthetic of Sophie Baker’s work is played out against a backdrop of the tension between man and the natural environment, often represented in the motif of abandoned industrial sites - stripped of functionality and human purpose - left to be surrounded, filled and submerged by the relentless growth of plants. In turn, Baker’s paintings of high-roofed hot houses and formal gardens explore man’s constant attempts to bring order upon the natural world - and draw us to consider the indeterminate areas that lie between the natural and man-made.

Solo Exhibitions:
2007 “New Paintings and Film: Sophie Baker at the Waterpoint” Waterpoint Gallery, London.

Group Exhibitions:
2007 “Centerfold” Zoo Art Fair, London
2007 “Summer Exhibition” Waterhouse and Dodd, London
2007 “Creative Collaborative Company” The Warehouse, London
2006 “Group Show” Silwwex House, Quaker Street, London
2005 “Big Makes Me Feel Good” Chelsea College of Art, London
2005 MA Fine Art Degree Show, Chelsea College of Art, London
2004 “Studio Artist’s Show” London Print Studio, London
2004 “That floating/sinking feeling” Tudor Rd Studios, London
2004 “Aurbrey House Show” Aubrey House, London
2004 “New Work” Kingly Court, London
2003 “Transparent Process” ICA, film programme
2003 BA Degree Show, Goldsmiths College, London
2002 “Museum of Christmas”, Ramsgate
2001 “Location” Trinity Bouy Wharf, London
2001 “Pandæmonium Biennial” Lux Cinema, London
2001 “Les Rencontres” Ecole de la Rue, Dunkirque
2001 ”what I want from you, what you want from me” (film festival) New York

Noon Day Demons a London based collaborative drawing projects with artists:
Sophie Baker
Matthew Carver
Oli Perkins
Simon Rattigan
Dai Roberts

Solo Exhibitions:
2007 “Hold onto your Ego” Gallery 1.1, London

Group Exhibitions:
2007 “Anonymous Drawings 6” Berlin, Germany
2007 “meinblau e.V.” Berlin, Germany
2007 “Contemporary Drawings” Nunnery Gallery, London