Amelia Baron

Amelia Baron

Amelia Baron (23/10/1995), is originally from Blackburn, Lancashire, and now resides in Leeds after graduating from Leeds Arts University in 2018. During her adolescence, Amelia spent lengthy stays in hospital due to ill mental health. By applying her interest in art and poetry, Amelia utilised these passions as a cathartic tool for recovery and a means of communication with family and friends. Amelia’s practice combines endurance performance, installation and spoken word in an attempt to visualise the chaos of the mind and to open up a discourse surrounding mental health in contemporary society. Often using delicate materials and repetitive motions, Amelia’s work can take a metaphorical stance on the fragility and vulnerability of mental wellbeing. A prize winner at the Aon Community Art Awards 2019 and recently shortlisted for the 2020 Government Art Collection, she hopes to continue supporting her contemporaries and engaging with the community through means of social art and performance.

Website: www.ameliabaron.co.uk
Instagram: @amelia_baron_artist

Image descriptions:

Control Installation
Amelia repeatedly weaves and knots embroidery thread multiple times around nails hammered into the wall. The overall effect creates a delicate mountain structure that rises 3 metres high.

Burnout
20 matchsticks that have been lit and charred at one end are aligned in order of height. On the left is the shortest charred match and on the right is the longest. The background is bright white and contrasts greatly with the blackness of the charring

Obsession for Perfection (Part I)
Amelia aligns rice grains in rows without a single rice grain touching one another. She repeatedly does this action over a span of 5 days. From a bird eye view the image depicts tiny white dots on a black background whilst Amelia, dressed in black continues aligning the grains of rice.

Obsession for Perfection (Part II)
Amelia repetitively draws round a penny coin in continuous lines with a black pen onto a white wall. She is stood with her back to the camera wearing a black dress and is also wearing a scarf that mimics the circles she is creating.

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