Benjamin Baker

Honours

I nurture a sustainable practice that is informed by material investigations, bodily outcomes and emotional experiences. I attempt to translate these ephemeral self-reflections into imagery through painting in an expanded field and sculptural installation. Swaying and navigating between ecologies of tenderness, queer melancholy and stomach butterflies, I dance alongside imagined vibrant touches and strokes of anticipation.

Website

www.benjaminjbaker.com

Social

Instagram

Enquiries

bakerjbenjamin@gmail.com

Featured in tour

Amorphous solids →

a painting of a green naked figure leans over a stove reaching for a freshly boiled pot of coffee hangs from ceramic rings and a pole like a curtain — Benjamin Baker
I ache, I crawl,
draggin’ a limb,
this brew can’t lift me
Acrylic on canvas, stone earthenware, cotton thread, hammered steel bar, 117 x 175 cm, 2022

a painting of a green figure sits facing away from a purple figure on a blue bed, there are red walls and dark windows. Their hands are huge in the front of the composition, this painting hangs from ceramic rings and a pole like a curtain — Benjamin Baker, the tree in my backyard, the look on your face, I guess some things have to change, acrylic on canvas, stone earthenware, cotton thread, hammered steel bar, 2022.

a painting of a red figure with purple hair sitting on a green bed playing a red guitar hangs from ceramic rings and a pole like a curtain — Benjamin Baker, (no) strings attached melodies ( 0 7 5 7 0 0 ), acrylic on canvas, stone earthenware, cotton thread, hammered steel bar, 117 x 175cm, 2022.

a painting of two purple figures engage in love making on green sheets from a birds eye view perspective hangs from ceramic rings and a pole like a curtain. It is installed in a bright room — Benjamin Baker, nor real, no weight, I'm still for you (just two gentle skulls), acrylic on canvas, stone earthenware, cotton thread, hammered steel bar, 117 x 175 cm, 2022

a collection of paintings are installed across a large space of walls. there are figure intertwined and one wall is painted green — Benjamin Baker, VCA Art Grad Show install, 2022. Documentation by Lucy Foster.

Benjamin Baker, profile, twine, candle wax, aluminium foil, thread, glue, 30cm x 0.5cm approx, 2022.

a large acrylic painting of a blue composition in the shape of a large key hole. Inside the key hole there are two figures in a standing still embrace, one figure is leaning on the shoulder and facing the viewer. — Benjamin Baker, key hole (embrace, encounter), acrylic on canvas, stone earthenware, cotton thread, hammered steel bar, 117 x 175 cm, 2022.

a pencil drawing of half a face from the top of the head to the nose. Their skin is pink with yellow highlights and red line lowlights. — Benjamin Baker, untitled (party boi study), pencil on paper, 10 x 15 cm, 2022.

Arthur Nyakuengama

Caeylen Fenelon-Norris

Christy Chudosnik

Devika Bilimoria

Eleanor Newbound

Jackson Mclaren

Mardi Denham-Roberts

Thomas Retallack

Veronica Charmont

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campus is situated, the people of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung, who have created art, made music and told their stories here for thousands of generations. We also acknowledge and extend our respect to the Traditional Owners of all lands on which our work is viewed, shared and enjoyed, and to all Elders, past, present and emerging.

This website may contain sensitive or triggering content