MYKA BAUM  · CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

2015 - 2017    MA Print (merit), Royal College of Art
2007 - 2008    PG Cert Professional Studies Photography (2.1), Central Saint Martins 

2002 - 2004    BA (Hons) 1st Class, Fashion Product Management, London Centre For Fashion Studies

1991-1993    Industriekauffrau, Apprenticeship as Industrial Business Management Assistant

COMING UP

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EXHIBITIONS

2024
· Tag der Druckkunst, Atelier Schulstrasse, D-Münster

2023
· 40 Jahre Atelier Schulstrasse, D-Münster
· Soil Culture, Artist-in-Residence, Freightliners Farm, UK-London
2021
· Nature’s Mysterious Networks: Mushrooms, Mycelia and Yeast, Groundwork Gallery, UK-King's Lynn
 
· Obsolete & Discontinued, Atelier D & Elsa Artspace, D-Bielefeld
2020
· Everyday Delight, Shutter Hub, Free Space Project, UK-London
2019
· Obsolete & Discontinued, Magazzini Fotografici, I-Naples

2018
· Obsolete & Discontinued, Waterstones Gallery, UK-London

· London Photomonth, Old Truman Brewery, UK-London

2017
· Show RCA 2017, MA Degree Show, Royal College of Art, UK-London
· Retina 17 Photography Festival, UK-Edinburgh

· ’O' Garden Room Gallery, UK-Dartington

· Output, CGP Gallery, UK-London

2016
· Science Inspires Art: Food, NY Hall of Science, US-New York

· Obsolete & Discontinues, Schaelpic Photokunstbar, UK-Cologne

· Obsolete & Discontinued, Revela-t, Analogue Photo Festival, E-Barcelona

· Aether, Imperial College London, UK-London

·  Break/Link, CGP Gallery, UK-London

2015
· Photofusion Salon 15, Uk-London 

· Fiddling While Earth Burns, RCA Climate Action Collective, Dyson Gallery, UK-London

2014
· Brighton Photo Fringe, Autumn Germination: The Sprouting of New Ideas, Curated by Sue Steward (RIP), UK-Brighton

· Bonfire In A Beehive, Freightliners City Farm, UK-London

2013
· Tri-pod presnets: Miss Havisham’s Larder, Photofusion Gallery, UK-London

2012
· Q-Art Presents 4, APT Gallery, UK-London

2011
· index7, Protein Gallery, UK-London 

·On Water, Canal Museum, UK-London

· Try A Little Tenderness, Freightliners Farm, UK-London

· earth:NOW:being, Hackney City Farm London & Church Farm, UK-Stevenage 

2010
· Arts Council England, selected for 18 month public display of Lunar Mare, UK- London

· Crash Open, Charlie Dutton Gallery, UK-London

· Folk Off, Green Lens Studio, UK-London
 

2009
·Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2009, Cornerhouse, UK-Manchester

· Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2009, A Foundation, UK-London
 
· Tracing The Image, SuperMonday Collective, Crypt Gallery, UK-London
2008
· Postgraduate Show, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London
· Interim Show, Corbet Place, Old Truman Brewery, London

 PROJECTS

2022
· Social Action, 5 Weeks and 3 Days, Ukraine Emergency Response
· Commission: Photographer, Fabric For Fashion - The Complete Guide & The Swatch Book 3rd Ed, Clive Hallett & Amanda Johnston, Laurence King Publishing

2020 - 2021
· NHS Cuts: Art as social action, Founder & Director of N4 Cutting Hub, Covid Scrubs Emergency Response Action, UK-London 

2016

· MA Dissertation: Dis/Re/Integration

2015
· Commissioned photography of fabrics for The Sustainable Angle

2014
· Commissioned photographer, Fabric For Fashion - The Complete Guide & The Swatch Book 2nd Ed, Clive Hallett & Amanda Johnston, Laurence King Publishing

2012
· Commissioned photography for The Sustainable Angle, Future Fabrics Expo

2010
· Commissioned photographer, Fabric For Fashion - The Complete Guide & The Swatch Book, Clive Hallett & Amanda Johnston, Laurence King Publishing

TEACHING · TALKS · RESIDENCIES

2017
· Lecture: Central Saint Martins
, UK-London
· Lecture: Shadow’s Symposium, London College of Communication, UK- London
· Workshop: Seed Sowing Propagation and Potting Up, Royal College of Art, UK-London

· Workshop: Making Hanging Containers from Recycled Bottles, Royal College of Art, UK-London

· Workshop: How To Make Anthotypes, Royal College of Art, UK-London

· Workshop: Spore Prints, Merz Barn, UK-Langdale

· Workshop: Making Paints from Natural Pigments, Merz Barn, UK-Langdale
2015

· Artist Talk, The Camera Club, UK-London

· LAPC Artist Talks: Myka Baum & William Arnold, Silverprint Gallery, UK- London

· Workshop: Making Connections, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK-London
2014
· Residency: Freightliners City Farm, UK-London

· Workshops: Making Cyanotypes, Freightliners City Farm, UK-London
2013
· Artist Talk: Photofusion Gallery, UK-London
2011
· Artist Talk: Q-Art, Cass Art, UK-London
2006
· Teaching: How To Use Your Camera, Earthwatch, Seal Conservation Cornwall
 with Steven Westcott

ACCOLADES

2010
· Selected for 18 months display at Arts Council England
2009
· Praise from Wolfgang Tillmans: “It’s a very specific vision - it’s definitely something I have never seen before and it is an achievement.”
Selection Transcript Bloomberg New Contemporaries Publications p.12

· Selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries


PRESS · PUBLICATIONS

2022
· Publication:Re:Source, The Sustainable Darkroom
2020

·Publication: Culture, Community & Climate, conversations and emergent praxis, Richard Povall, art.earth
2019
· Press Feature: The Guardian, Everyday Delights (2019/12/18)

2015
· Press Feature: The Guardian, Burning Issue: Student Art Against Climate Change

2013
· Publication: Catch Me If You Can – 12 Days in the Life of a Runner Bean, self- published 

· Publication: Exhibiting Photography: A Practical Guide To Exhibiting Photography, Shirley Read, Focal Press

2011
· Press Feature: The Times, Beat Volatility by Avoiding the Stock Market, 
 p. 42 (12/11/2011)

· Press Feature: Islington Gazette, Front page (21/07/2011)

2009
· Publication: New Contemporaries Publications

· Press Feature: a-n Artist Newsletter, Bloomberg New Contemporaries review by Carolyn Shepherd (09/2009)

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