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)