LYNN BAXTER
As an abstract painter and sculptor with a wide practice and interests, I work in a number of media, including wood and metal. I love industrial landscapes, the abstraction of letter forms, found materials, the old crafts, the written word.
My earlier career includes publishing, theatre, arts- and public art- administration, serving with charitable and public bodies.
I hold a first class BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, the University of Dundee, where I received two awards, including the Alastair Smart Memorial Prize for sculpture. I have an MA in English Literature and Language from the University of Edinburgh and also studied at Ruskin College, Oxford, the University of Warwick and Dundee College.
I now live and work in Somerset.
Commissions:
Bas relief, A Cabinet of Curiosities for Perth’s Eight Trades , for Volvo.
Residencies:
Yorkshire Sculpture Park International Student Residency, YSP and York St John University
Artist in Residence at Cromarty, awarded by the Cromarty Arts Trust
Membership:
South West Sculptors Association – https://swsculptors.co.uk
Cotswold Sculptors Association – https://www.cotswoldsculptorsassociation.com
Exhibitions:
I have been an Invited artist, and had both solo and two-person shows, group and mixed ones, in commercial galleries and public museums, as well as with local artists throughout Scotland. Here are some of the places I have shown in:
Aberfeldy Gallery; Broughton Gallery; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop; Eduardo Alessandro Gallery, Dundee; Frames Gallery, Perth; Generator, Dundee; Highland Council’s touring exhibition to Inverness, Thurso and Wick Museums/Art Galleries; Perth Festival of the Arts; Braemar Gallery; the Byre Theatre, St Andrews; Perth Festival of the Arts; Pitlochry Festival Theatre; Scottish Society of Artists; Somerset Arts Week;Strathearn Gallery, Crieff; The Travelling Gallery, the University of Dundee. Resident artist at Woolverton Gallery, Bath; Resident artist at Woolverton Gallery, Bath, Resident Artist at The Frome Gallery ; Freshford Gallery; Galley Q, Dundee; Powderham Castle with SWSculptors. Arthaus, Frome Open Art Trail; Miserden with Cotswold Sculpture Association; The Bishop’s Palace, Wells with SWSculptors; Top 50, Yeovil Art Space; Evolver Magazine; The Viewing Room, Bath; Lansdown Stores, Bath.
Contact: lynn@lynnbaxterartist.co.uk
