Born in 1976 in Stoke-on-Trent, UK, Lawrence James Bailey currently works and lives in Amsterdam. Lawrence graduated with a BFA from the Hull School of Art in 1998. He was then accepted for a two-year residency at De Ateliers in Amsterdam, which he successfully completed in 2001.
“I spent many years as a child exploring the Post-Industrial ruins of 1980’s Britain before studying Fine Art at Hull School of Art and later at De Ateliers in Amsterdam.
My Work explores the fragile intersection of humanity and nature. I weave together diverse artistic influences such as the 19th Century Arts & Crafts movement, Romanticism, Pop Art and the rich visual language of Northern Renaissance portraiture along with my interest in contemporary outdoor adventure sports and 1980’s post-apocalyptic movies.
I craft images of figures in rough textile embroidery who appear suspended between worlds, their blank expressions (which invite the viewer to project
