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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

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