Born in Cape Town, South Africa, 1971. Lives and works in Cambridge and London U.K. Curator and artist. Featured recently in Assemblage Magazine and The Arts Desk . Founder of the Bricklayers Brunch artists networking group. Baraitser has been the recipient of several awards including a Commissions East Award for mentoring with curator Rachel Thomas (2001). She also is the recipient of a British Council Award, Grants for the Arts Award, COVID-19 Emergency Funding Award (2020) and in 1998 she was a finalist in the NatWest Art Prize, the John Moores Painting Prize (1996) and the Momart Fellowship (shortlisted for this in 1999). In 1997 Baraitser was the Abbey Scholar in Painting at The British School at Rome. She also won The Ray-Finnis Trust Art Funding (1995) and The Florence Trust Studio Award (1995-6).
Have a tour of her studio here
EDUCATION
1994-1995 M.A. in Fine Art/Painting, Chelsea College of Art
1991-1994 B.A. in Fine Art/Painting, First Class, Wimbledon School of Art
1990-1991 Foundation Diploma, Distinction, Central Saint Martins College of Art
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Design Of Our Time, AMP Gallery, London
2021 In This Place, Willesden Gallery, London
2014 Alexandra Baraitser, Paintings, Nord Gallery, Cambridge
2007 The Future Past, Mark Jason Gallery, London
2006 The Usefulness of Chairs, Design Centre Tasmania (Travel Scholarship and Studio funded by Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England)
2002 Mobila, Hirschl Contemporary Art, London
2002 Alexandra Baraitser New Paintings, Mission Gallery, Swansea
2000 Out Fit, Conductors Hallway, London
1999 Football Shirts, Paton Gallery, London
1997 Fine Art & Architecture, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy (funded by The British Council)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 A Pull Or A Push, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London
2023 It’s My House, Home House Private Members Club, London organised by Cura Arts, A Space For Art and Offshoot Arts
2022 Private Offices, MYO Liverpool Street, Liverpool Street, London
2021 SFSA Painting Open, No Format Gallery, London
2020 Then&Now, TERRACE GALLERY, London co-curated with Christina Neiderberger
2020 ACID ONLINE, The Cello Factory, London
2019 Counter Balance, ArtCan Open 2019, Trinity Art Gallery, London
2019 The Cambridge Show, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
2019 This Instead of That, Arthouse1 Gallery, London co-curated with Trevor Burgess
2018 This Instead of That, Lewisham Arthouse, London
2018 GLOW Park Theatre, London
2018 Silent Painting, TRIPP Gallery, London
2017 Desktop, ArtKapsule, London
2016 Scandinavia: A Celebration of the Nordic Province, Willesden Gallery, London
2015 The Places We Go, A.P.T Gallery, London with Dan Hays, Stephanie Kingston, Clio-Lloyd Jacob, Julie Fountain and Gunther Herbst
2015 Human Traces on the Urban Environment, Clare Hall, Cambridge University
2013 Human Traces on the Urban Environment, Stour Space, London
2005 A Century of Chairs, Design Museum, and Shire Hall Gallery, Staffordshire
2004 High Art: Perspectives, Ashmore Gallery, Art Basel , Miami USA
2004 The Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno
2002 Kettles Yard Open, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
2002 Rebecca Salter and Alexandra Baraitser, Hirschl Contemporary Art, London
2002 Home From Home , Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Worcester
2000 Beyond the Seen, Paton Gallery, London
1999 Kettles Yard Open, Kettles Yard, Cambridge
1998–1999 Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno
1998 NatWest Art Prize, Lothbury, London with Tacita Dean, Callum Innes, Jason Martin, Luke Caulfield
1996 As It Is: Baraitser and Arnold, The Barbican Art Gallery, London
1995–1996 The John Moores 19, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Awards and Prizes:
COVID-19 Emergency Funding (2020), Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England (2005), Travel Scholarship to Tasmania (2006), Commissions East, Awards for Artists for mentoring with curator Rachael Thomas (2001), shortlisted for MOMART Fellowship (1999), NatWest Art Prize (1998), The Abbey Scholarship in Painting, The British School at Rome (1997), The John Moores 19 (1996),The Ray-Finnis Trust Art Funding (1995), The Florence Trust Studio Award (1995-6).
Collections: Design Centre, Tasmania, J Sainsbury PLC, BP Amoco, Clare Hall Art Collection, Cambridge University
Bricklayers Brunch Events (organised and talked at): The Tate Gallery Cafe, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, Heong Gallery, Downing College, Cambridge, The Bricklayers Arms, London
Reviews, videos, articles and blogs by me:
www.assemblagemagazine.co.uk/thetechnologybubblethathasntburst
https://www.a-n.co.uk/news/now-showing-315-the-weeks-top-exhibitions/
https://www.theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/theres-poetry-painting-gives-endless-possibilities
https://artbrunch.wordpress.com/
https://youtu.be/tO--NulIgPI
The Cambridge Edition Magazine
Curated shows:
2020 Terrace Gallery, London co-curated with Christina Niederberger
2019 Arthouse 1, London co-curated with Trevor Burgess
2018 Lewisham Arthouse, London
2018 Tripp Gallery, London
2017 The Office Group and ArtKapsule, Wimpole Street, London
2016 The Library at Willesden Green, London
2015 Cambridge University, Clare Hall, Cambridge co-curated with Julie Fountain
2015 APT Gallery, London
2013 Stour Space, London co-curated with Julie Fountain