Roelof Bakker is a London-based artist, originally from the Netherlands, who uses processes and structures that present limits to conduct research into concepts of life, time and mortality – usually within a specified time period or physical space. Often a sense of humour is present. A collaborative literary art book, Still, was published in 2012.

Contact roelof@rbakker.com | Portfolio www.roelofbakker.co.uk

EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2012 Still, 17 September to 30 October 2012, Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London WC2
2012 Leap, Cultural Olympiad (group show), 25 July 2012 to 23 September 2012, Bruce Castle Museum, N17
2012 Electra in Peckham, Bid 4 Ken, 3-5 March 2012, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London W1
2012 Marginal Arts Festival, 16-21 February, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
2011 The Meantime Multiplex 2011 (group show), 6-25 November, Meantime, Cheltenham
2011 Again: Reflections and Photography (group show), 8 November to 3 December, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont, USA
2011 Electra in Peckham, 6-20 October, Dirty Market Theatre, Asylum Chapel, London SE15
2011 Wanderlust, 6 September, video café programme, Portobello Film Festival, Westbourne Studios, W10
2011 Cats And Dogs (group show), 6 to 29 July, Unit 24, London SE1
2011 22 Artists (group show), 31 April to 14 May, The Original Gallery, London N8
2011 Wanderlust, 7/8 May, Hornsey Library, Crouch End Open Studios 2011, London N8
2011 Rethink: Idea, Output, Exchange (group show), 4 April, Rivington Place, London EC2
2010 Still, 4-7 November, Hornsey Town Hall, London N8
2007 Calvin, Mark, Martin, Roelof (group show), Space Studios, London E8
2006 365 Days, Rosebery Gardens, London N8 (Time Out Arts’ Critics’ Choice, 26 April 2006)
2005 Creatives Behind The Lens (group show), London WC1, Edinburgh and Manchester

AWARDS
2013 Still (Negative Press London, 2012), shortlisted for Best Mixed Anthology, the Saboteur Indy Lit Awards
2011 First Prize (Gold), London Photographic Association Still Life 5 (series) for 'The Strong Room (Archive)' from Still Read
2008 Third Prize (Bronze), London Photographic Association Still Life 4 (series) for Junkie Read

WORKSHOPS AND TALKS
2012 Literary launch event, Foyles, London WC2, introduction and readings, screening of Still
2012 ‘Working with structures: photography and video based projects’, London Independent Photography, St James, London W1. Screenings of Wanderlust and Still
2011 Wanderlust, screening and Q&A at Meantime, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
2010 ‘Analogue photography’, year 3 (ages 7-8) and year 5 students (ages 9-10), South Harringey Junior School

PUBLISHED WORK
Still (Negative Press London), 2012
Rethink: Idea, Output, Exchange, Issue 1, Portland Green, November 2011
Again: Reflections and Photography, Photoplace Gallery, November 2011
The History of British Art (Volume 3) Tate Publishing, November 2008
365 Days, book, artist edition, 2007
Butt#16, 2006
Time Out (London), 24 June 2006

PRESS/BLOGS
Saboteur, 15 April 2013, review of Still Read
Bookmunch, 12 March 2013, review of Still Read
Ham&High, 7 March 2013, interview about Still
Necessary Fiction, 18 February 2013, a post about Negative Press London Read
Leeswammes, 12 February 2013, blog review of Still Read
Just Williams Luck, 3 January 2013, brief blog review of Still by William Rycroft Read
Wormhole, 4 December 2012, review of Still Read
Parrish Lantern, 30 November 2012, review of Still Read
Follow the Thread, 26 September 2012, David Hebblethwaite’s story-by-story review of Still Read
London Photographic Association, June 2011. Interview about Still and The Strong Room Read
Haringey People, December 2010/January 2011
Andrew Blackman, 12 December 2010 Read
Artcritiqued.com, 28 November 2010 Read
Ham & High, 4 November 2010 Download
F-Blog, 28 January 2009, article about 365 Days Read
London Photographic Association, July 2008 LPA website
Radio Netherlands, 15 August 2006
PopPhoto.com, 18 August 2006
NRC Handelsblad, Netherlands, 3 June 2006
Time Out (London), 26 April 2006
Hornsey Journal, 20 April 2006
Creative Review, August 2005