Sue Baker Kenton is a British artist who lives and works in Buckinghamshire and London. After completing a Masters in Printmaking she was awarded Arts Council funding for further individual research into Lithography at the Curwen. She was appointed etching fellow at The Royal Academy Schools, Piccadilly, London (2016-2019). She exhibits nationally and internationally and her work is held in private and public collections in the UK and in Europe.
Recent Exhibitions/ Residencies/ Awards
Ateliers du Grand L’Est/ La Fileuse, Reims, France/ Apr 2024
Artist Residency/ La Fileuse, Reims, France/ Mar & Apr 2024
Artist Residency/ Alayrac, France/ Aug 2023
Collective Residency/ Frans Masereel Print Centruum, Kasterlee, Belgium/ Nov 2022
Artist Residency/ La Fileuse, Reims, France/ Aug-Sept 2022
Pressing On: Pandemic Printing/ Leicester Print Workshop/ from 12 Nov 2021
Midland Open 2021/Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington/ 23 Oct - 14 Nov 2021
Artist Residency/ Alayrac, France/ Sept 2021
Drawing Residency / Main Gallery/ Leicester Print Workshop / 23-28 Aug 2021
Forward Broadcast/ Solo Show/ Leicester Print Workshop, Leicester/ 4 June – 22 Aug 2021
RWA 168th Open / Royal West Academy, Bristol / 17 April - 9 May 2021
Arts Council England / DYCP Award / Dec 2020
Becalmed / Solo Show / WYPW Project space 2, Huddersfield / 26 Sept- 31 Oct 2020
Re-Form / Curated by Yasmin Canvin / Leicester Print Workshop / 16 Nov 2019 - 15 Feb 2020
Prospect 2, ECHO / Maison Louis Jardin, Reims / 28 - 30 June 2019
Swedish Art Society Award / Algarden, Sweden / September 2019
Printfest 7 / Algarden, Sweden / September 2019
RWA 167th Open / Royal West Academy, Bristol / 29 Sept – 1 Dec 2019
Drawing Residency / Maison Louis Jardin, Reims / April & August 2019
Drawing Residency / Maison Louis Jardin, Reims / July 2018
Prospect 1, MINIATURE / Maison Louis Jardin, Reims / 29 June - 1 July 2018
Antiphony / Leicester Print Workshop, Leicester / 17 Nov 2018 - 26 Jan 2019
Residency / Art Print Residence, Barcelona / December 2017
Original 200 / Cupola Gallery, Sheffield / 1 Sept - 14 Oct 2017
Drawing Residency / Maison Louis Jardin, Reims / July & September 2017
Small Print International / Alfred East Art Gallery, Kettering / 27 May- 22 July 2017 / London Print Studio, London / 28 April – 20 May / West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield / 18 Feb – 15 April / Gallerytop, Derbyshire / 7 Jan – 12 Feb 2017
BABE 2017 / Arnolfini, Bristol / 1 & 2 April 2017
Passion 2 Print / Leicester Print Workshop / 2016
Neo Print Prize / neo:gallery27, Bolton / 27 Aug – 30 Oct 2016
Small Print International / The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle / 2 Sept- 30 Oct 2016 / Attenborough Arts, Leicester / 7 May – 10 July
Ghost[ed.] / Idea Store, Canary Wharf / 2016 / Alfred East Art Gallery, Kettering / 6 Jan - 3 Feb 2016 / Westland Place Studios, London / 2015 / Dean Clough Mills, Halifax / 2015
Imprint, Eleven Gallery, Hull / Sept 2015
Research Trip / Crown Point Press, San Francisco / June 2015
Practical Dialogue / Alfred East Art Gallery, Kettering / 8 Mar- 12 April 2014 / MK Gallery Project Space / 7 Feb – 2 Mar 2014/
Embrace Arts, Leicester / 7 Oct – 6 Dec 2013 / Eleven Gallery, Hull / 2013
NOPE / Bankside Gallery, London / 2014
The Sketchbook Project / Brooklyn Library, NY. / August 2013
Unending / ELP book project, Westminster Library / 24 June – 13 July 2013
AIR Retrospective / South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell / 2013
Figure it out / Curated by Eleven Gallery, Hull / 2013
Print Positive / Exhibition and Screenings Phoenix Cinema, Leicester / 2013
AiR Embrace Arts, University of Leicester / 2013
AiR Leicester Print Workshop, Leicester / 2012-13
Other Exhibitions/Awards
RE Open 2012 / Bankside Gallery, London / 2012
Dartmoor Arts Bursary, Dartmoor / 2011
Passion to Print, Rugby Museum and Art Gallery / 2010
Inspired / Curated William Morris Gallery, London / 2010
Alumni BNU. MA Printmaking / Invited by London Print Studio / 2009
Rugby Museum and Art Gallery / Rugby Commission Social History Collection / 2009
Particular Forms / Solo Show / Bracknell Gallery, South Hill Park / 2008
Small Print/ Big Impression / Selected Exhibition / LCB Depot, Leicester 2008 / University College, Northampton / Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales / Gainsborough’s House, Suffolk.
Research Trip / University of Aberystwyth / 2007
Originals '07 / Selected Exhibition / Mall Galleries, London / 2007
Small Prints / Solo Show / The Maltings, Farnham / 2007
Arts Council England / Individual Award - Grant for the Arts / 2007
Informal Observations / Solo Show / South Hill Park Arts Centre, Berkshire / 2006
AiR South Hill Park, Berkshire / 2005-08
Aspects of Print / Swiss Cottage Central Library, London / 2005
In Print / Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Surrey / 2005
Originals ’05 / Mall Galleries, London / 2005
Chichester Open, Sussex / 2004
Printed on the Mind / Morley Gallery, London / 2004
Originals 04 / Mall Galleries, London / 2004
Publications
Impact Printmaking Journal/ Issue 4, autumn 2021
Garageland / Vol 21 (Urban Ghosts), spring 2017
Printmaking Today / Vol 24 No 2, summer 2015
Printmaking Today / Vol 22 No 3 autumn 2013