CV
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Drawing inspiration from the zoetic world, my research explores ecological adaptation, remediation and celebration. Rooted in multispecies ethnography I investigate how more-than-human matters can influence creative practice. These encounters with other kin and phenomena emerge across media including multisensory experiences, data driven sculptures and interactive installations.
Since 2015 I have been collaborating with Amanda Baum. Baum & Leahy is an Earth-based symbiotic practice exploring how sustainable futures can be grown between environmental ethics and multispecies aesthetics. With a multimodal approach, we translate intangible phenomena and complex ecological dynamics into sensorial experiences, whilst collaborating with experts across disciplines, from microbiologists to quantum computer scientists, architects to cosmologists. Through research-led worldmaking and material storytelling, our work allows the beholder a proximity to alternative realities, melting between the feasible and fantastical.
www.baumleahy.com IG: @baumleahy Contact: hello@baumleahy.com
Since 2015 I have been collaborating with Amanda Baum. Baum & Leahy is an Earth-based symbiotic practice exploring how sustainable futures can be grown between environmental ethics and multispecies aesthetics. With a multimodal approach, we translate intangible phenomena and complex ecological dynamics into sensorial experiences, whilst collaborating with experts across disciplines, from microbiologists to quantum computer scientists, architects to cosmologists. Through research-led worldmaking and material storytelling, our work allows the beholder a proximity to alternative realities, melting between the feasible and fantastical.
www.baumleahy.com IG: @baumleahy Contact: hello@baumleahy.com
EDUCATION
2015 - 2017
MA in Information Experience Design
Royal College of Art, London
2012 - 2015
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and
Design, London
2013
BA Fine Art – Erasmus exchange
Sint Lucas University, Antwerp
2010 - 2011
Diploma in Art and Design
Camberwell College of Arts Foundation
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
One Cell at a Time, part of the Human Cell Atlas, funded by Wellcome Trust
CPH:DOX LAB 2020-2021
Birmingham Open Media Fellowship 2020
Lumen Art Prize 2019 (Shortlist)
Rapoport Award 2019 (Shortlist)
Bio Art & Design Awards, 2018 (Winner)
British Library Labs Awards, 2018 (Winner)
Bio Art & Design Awards 2017 (Finalist)
Florence Trust Residency 2017-2018
Merz Barn Residency 2017
JANUS Fulldome Award 2016 (Finalist)
Sidney Cooper Gallery Residency 2016
NOVA Award 2015 (Nominated)
SELECTED PRESS
SciArt Magazine: “Macroscopic Topics on
a Microscopic Scale: The work of Amanda
Baum and Rose Leahy”
Next Nature Network: “Microbiocene: A
microbiological archeology of the future”
Information: “Biokunst: Vi skal skåle for
vores algeforfædre. De er en del af os”
CCCB: “Quantum Agencies”
It’s Nice That: “Weaving Worlds: how artificial
intelligence can push human creativity”
Interalia Mag: “The Camille Diaries: New
Artistic Positions on M/otherhood, Life & Care”
Ars Electronica | In Kepler’s Gardens:
“MU Worlding Worlds Hybrid Art House”
NC State University: “Applied Ecology in
Microbial Art Exhibition”
BioArt Laboratories: “Winners Bio Art &
Design Award 2018”
CLOT Magazine: “Amanda Baum & Rose
Leahy: A view on multispecies experience”
BBC Designed: “Is this what future homes
will look like?”
Sedition Arts: “Worlding Worlds: MU Art Space”
V&A: “Entangled: Art, Science and Quantum
Computing” Part 1
“Entangled: Art, Science and Quantum
Computing” Part 2
2015 - 2017
MA in Information Experience Design
Royal College of Art, London
2012 - 2015
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and
Design, London
2013
BA Fine Art – Erasmus exchange
Sint Lucas University, Antwerp
2010 - 2011
Diploma in Art and Design
Camberwell College of Arts Foundation
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
One Cell at a Time, part of the Human Cell Atlas, funded by Wellcome Trust
CPH:DOX LAB 2020-2021
Birmingham Open Media Fellowship 2020
Lumen Art Prize 2019 (Shortlist)
Rapoport Award 2019 (Shortlist)
Bio Art & Design Awards, 2018 (Winner)
British Library Labs Awards, 2018 (Winner)
Bio Art & Design Awards 2017 (Finalist)
Florence Trust Residency 2017-2018
Merz Barn Residency 2017
JANUS Fulldome Award 2016 (Finalist)
Sidney Cooper Gallery Residency 2016
NOVA Award 2015 (Nominated)
SELECTED PRESS
SciArt Magazine: “Macroscopic Topics on
a Microscopic Scale: The work of Amanda
Baum and Rose Leahy”
Next Nature Network: “Microbiocene: A
microbiological archeology of the future”
Information: “Biokunst: Vi skal skåle for
vores algeforfædre. De er en del af os”
CCCB: “Quantum Agencies”
It’s Nice That: “Weaving Worlds: how artificial
intelligence can push human creativity”
Interalia Mag: “The Camille Diaries: New
Artistic Positions on M/otherhood, Life & Care”
Ars Electronica | In Kepler’s Gardens:
“MU Worlding Worlds Hybrid Art House”
NC State University: “Applied Ecology in
Microbial Art Exhibition”
BioArt Laboratories: “Winners Bio Art &
Design Award 2018”
CLOT Magazine: “Amanda Baum & Rose
Leahy: A view on multispecies experience”
BBC Designed: “Is this what future homes
will look like?”
Sedition Arts: “Worlding Worlds: MU Art Space”
V&A: “Entangled: Art, Science and Quantum
Computing” Part 1
“Entangled: Art, Science and Quantum
Computing” Part 2
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming
Ocean, Teater FÅR302, Copenhagen
The World is in You, Medical Museion at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Mikro, Dansens Hus, Oslo
Ecoheroes, Hamar Teater, Hamar
2021
Inter:Active, CPH:DOX, Copenhagen
De Pest, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen
Interspecies Futures,Center for Book Arts, New York
Art's Work in the Age of Biotechnology, Pitt University, online
2020
Mikrobia, Øyteateret, Vega Scene, Oslo
24 Hours in Uchronia with Helga Schmid, Somerset House, London
Worlding Worlds, MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven
The Camille Diaries, Art Laboratory Berlin, Berlin
2019
Hyperobjects, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
Artrebel’s Social Service Club, The Farm, Copenhagen
Welcome Home, Elephant West, London
Expanded Animation, Viborg Animation Festival, Viborg
Interterrestrials, Medical Museion, Copenhagen
Material Driven: Future Proof, Architech@Work, London
Common Survival, Gas Gallery, Los Angeles
2018
ReShape, MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven
Digital Design Weekend, London Design Festival, V&A, London
Sonar 360°, Sonar+D, Barcelona
Biodesign Here Now, London Design Festival, Open Cell, London
Mammalga, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen
GREEN SLSA Conference, Univerity of Copenhagen, Copenhagen
Common Survival, Prairie, Chicago
Mulitple Space, Tamarin Art Centre, Mauritius
Summer Exhibition, The Florence Trust, London
Winter Open Studios, The Florence Trust, London
2017
Dada Extravaganza, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Entangled, White City Place, London
Algebar, Dansehallerne, Copenhagen
Show 2017, Royal College of Art, London
Lumen: School of Light, Ugly Duck Studios, London
Kallida Festival, Baskerville Hall, Hereford
Plant x Jewel, The Waiting Room London
2016
Catching the Light, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury
SoundObject, Sonar+D, Barcelona
ZONED, St John’s on Bethnal Green, London
Jena Fulldome Festival, Zeiss Planetarium, Jena
2015
Call and Response, Amersham Arms, London
Degree Show One, Central Saint Martins, London
Inflating Curiosity MIT/RCA, Royal College of Art, London
Freshly Scratched, Battersea Arts Centre, London
2014
Up Hill Down Hall: An Indoor Carnival, Tate Modern Turbine Hall
In Site1, Factor 44, Antwerp
♀, Barnstables Floor Store, London
Raw Talent 2014, Dalston Department Store, London
The Tomorrow People, Elevator Gallery, London
2013
MMXIII, Mile End Art Pavilion, London
In Between States, Mile End Art Pavilion, London
Here In Archway, Outdoor performance in Archway, London
Upcoming
Ocean, Teater FÅR302, Copenhagen
The World is in You, Medical Museion at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Mikro, Dansens Hus, Oslo
Ecoheroes, Hamar Teater, Hamar
2021
Inter:Active, CPH:DOX, Copenhagen
De Pest, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen
Interspecies Futures,Center for Book Arts, New York
Art's Work in the Age of Biotechnology, Pitt University, online
2020
Mikrobia, Øyteateret, Vega Scene, Oslo
24 Hours in Uchronia with Helga Schmid, Somerset House, London
Worlding Worlds, MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven
The Camille Diaries, Art Laboratory Berlin, Berlin
2019
Hyperobjects, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
Artrebel’s Social Service Club, The Farm, Copenhagen
Welcome Home, Elephant West, London
Expanded Animation, Viborg Animation Festival, Viborg
Interterrestrials, Medical Museion, Copenhagen
Material Driven: Future Proof, Architech@Work, London
Common Survival, Gas Gallery, Los Angeles
2018
ReShape, MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven
Digital Design Weekend, London Design Festival, V&A, London
Sonar 360°, Sonar+D, Barcelona
Biodesign Here Now, London Design Festival, Open Cell, London
Mammalga, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen
GREEN SLSA Conference, Univerity of Copenhagen, Copenhagen
Common Survival, Prairie, Chicago
Mulitple Space, Tamarin Art Centre, Mauritius
Summer Exhibition, The Florence Trust, London
Winter Open Studios, The Florence Trust, London
2017
Dada Extravaganza, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Entangled, White City Place, London
Algebar, Dansehallerne, Copenhagen
Show 2017, Royal College of Art, London
Lumen: School of Light, Ugly Duck Studios, London
Kallida Festival, Baskerville Hall, Hereford
Plant x Jewel, The Waiting Room London
2016
Catching the Light, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury
SoundObject, Sonar+D, Barcelona
ZONED, St John’s on Bethnal Green, London
Jena Fulldome Festival, Zeiss Planetarium, Jena
2015
Call and Response, Amersham Arms, London
Degree Show One, Central Saint Martins, London
Inflating Curiosity MIT/RCA, Royal College of Art, London
Freshly Scratched, Battersea Arts Centre, London
2014
Up Hill Down Hall: An Indoor Carnival, Tate Modern Turbine Hall
In Site1, Factor 44, Antwerp
♀, Barnstables Floor Store, London
Raw Talent 2014, Dalston Department Store, London
The Tomorrow People, Elevator Gallery, London
2013
MMXIII, Mile End Art Pavilion, London
In Between States, Mile End Art Pavilion, London
Here In Archway, Outdoor performance in Archway, London
TALKS, CONSULTANCY & WORKSHOPS
Talk: The Camille Diaries Symposium, Art Laboratory Berlin, online
Workshop: Usynlige Verdener, Anneberg Kulturpark, Odsherred
Talk: Bioart Post Pandemic, Birmingham Open Media, online
Talk: Microbiocene: Multiscalar Realities, CADAF, online
Talk: Cellumonials, Royal College of Art, online
Talk: Biotechnology and the Posthuman, Goldsmiths, London
Talk: Microbiocene: Multiscalar Realities, The Bartlett, online
Workshop: Micropoiesis, Wellcome Collection, London
Talk: Interterrestrials, Medical Museion, Copenhagen
Workshop: Mycelial Meditations Royal College of Art, London
Panel Discussion: Microbiocene at ReShape Special Weekend MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven
Talk: Making of Microbiocene, Biodesign Here Now at Open Cell, London
Workshop: Writing Biophilia, Quadrangle Space, Kent
Talk: Quantum Computer Art: The Alien Present, V&A, London
Design consultancy: Strategy Salon with Design Museum, London
Seminar/Workshop: Biodesign, Royal College of Art, London
Workshop: Fulldome Research, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury
Talk: The Camille Diaries Symposium, Art Laboratory Berlin, online
Workshop: Usynlige Verdener, Anneberg Kulturpark, Odsherred
Talk: Bioart Post Pandemic, Birmingham Open Media, online
Talk: Microbiocene: Multiscalar Realities, CADAF, online
Talk: Cellumonials, Royal College of Art, online
Talk: Biotechnology and the Posthuman, Goldsmiths, London
Talk: Microbiocene: Multiscalar Realities, The Bartlett, online
Workshop: Micropoiesis, Wellcome Collection, London
Talk: Interterrestrials, Medical Museion, Copenhagen
Workshop: Mycelial Meditations Royal College of Art, London
Panel Discussion: Microbiocene at ReShape Special Weekend MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven
Talk: Making of Microbiocene, Biodesign Here Now at Open Cell, London
Workshop: Writing Biophilia, Quadrangle Space, Kent
Talk: Quantum Computer Art: The Alien Present, V&A, London
Design consultancy: Strategy Salon with Design Museum, London
Seminar/Workshop: Biodesign, Royal College of Art, London
Workshop: Fulldome Research, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury