Mission Gallery 40th Anniversary Celebration, July 2017.Curated by Keith Bayliss and Amanda Roderick Read more
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Lyrical One: Dylan Thomas 100
In 2014, Swansea marked the centenary of its prodigal son, Dylan Thomas’, birth with Dylan Thomas 100, a citywide programme of events. Keith Bayliss was one of the practitioners invited to participate in this month long project at Mission Gallery. A one day ‘residency’ in the space, this was a performance which produced a large…
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The Visual Word
The Visual Word exhibition took place in Swansea and Cardiff between August and September 1995 and was part of the UK Year of Literature and Writing, hosted by the City and County of Swansea. Extract from the exhibition magazine: The Visual Word: An Exhibition of Responses is by no means an attempt to represent a…
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Serbian Printmaking Triennial
Image: Angel for Serbia. Card Relief Print, 2010. In 2010, out of the blue came an invitation to participate in the first Serbian Printmaking Triennial. I rarely pass up an opportunity to show work and I fully intended to do so. On this occasion I sent two prints and was accepted for showing. The final show…
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Paintings
Image: Epona, Oil on Canvas, 153x122cm. I approach painting, usually in oil, on primed or un-primed paper or primed canvas, with the slightest and minimal amount of planning. I prefer to allow the idea to develop on the canvas. Two figures can become one dominant character or one character can find itself in the company…
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Keith Bayliss and the Hortus Conclusus, by Clive Hicks-Jenkins | 2011
Keith’s casts of angels, fools, child-adults and voyagers are innocents adrift in a world we view with a sense of wonder, because he has the artist’s gift of enabling us see it as they do. While their bodies are often presented as frail and schematic, their faces are beautiful and brimming with humanity, because he…
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