Alicia Bailey
Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Bio: Studio artist Alicia Bailey, of Denver CO, creates book and box works that often include elements that surpass surface-printed images and text. These works move beyond traditional book forms to embrace presentation flexibility, innovative page-folding tactics, rigid-page construction, and use of alternative materials. In her studio she produces artists' books and sculptural books and publishes limited-edition book works under the Ravenpress imprint. Bailey’s work has been featured in dozens of solo and group exhibitions throughout the world and is held in numerous public, private, and special collections.
Statement: I revel in the awareness that the world is a complex, compelling, stunning place. The closer I look, the richer are the rewards. This complexity often presents as contradictory and confusing, which has led me to make partial sense of my navigation through experiences and thoughts by looking, searching, collecting, pondering, and devising principles of order that vary from project to project. Over decades of working in the studio, I've adopted many modes of working and have developed facility with a variety of methods and material. My early days of following the impulse to become a visual artist were rooted in two dimensions. I floundered there until I acknowledged that I am more comfortable and facile with the manipulation and creation of objects, particularly when sculptural objects become interactive, as is the case with the book form. Regardless of the materials I use, or their level of interactivity, exploring connections by linking and layering ideas and objects is the basis for my studio work.
Statement: I revel in the awareness that the world is a complex, compelling, stunning place. The closer I look, the richer are the rewards. This complexity often presents as contradictory and confusing, which has led me to make partial sense of my navigation through experiences and thoughts by looking, searching, collecting, pondering, and devising principles of order that vary from project to project. Over decades of working in the studio, I've adopted many modes of working and have developed facility with a variety of methods and material. My early days of following the impulse to become a visual artist were rooted in two dimensions. I floundered there until I acknowledged that I am more comfortable and facile with the manipulation and creation of objects, particularly when sculptural objects become interactive, as is the case with the book form. Regardless of the materials I use, or their level of interactivity, exploring connections by linking and layering ideas and objects is the basis for my studio work.