NICOLA BAILEY, Thou Who Lovest Greatly (Mouse)
Bronze, 9 x 12.5 x 10.5 cm
‘My practice engages with ideas of interspecies relationships in the domestic environment, exploring the intimacy and tender nature of companion species and making visible our entangled existence.‘ – Nicola Bailey 2022
A multi-media interdisciplinary artist, Bailey began her art tuition at Ruth Prowse Art College in Cape Town South Africa. Since 2008 she has been part of an art collective founded by artists Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky, collectively known as Rosenclaire which is based in both Italy and South Africa. Bailey’s first solo exhibition was held in 2014 at The Culture Gallery at Woodstock Exchange Cape Town, South Africa. In 2020 she held a solo presentation at Everard Read Gallery Cape Town, followed by a solo exhibition at Everard Read in Johannesburg. Selected group exhibitions include Domestic departures at the Forge in Cape
Town in 2011, In Good Company at The Irma Stern Museum in Cape Town in 2013. Art/Out of the Ordinary at the Association of Visual Arts (AVA) in Cape Town. Conversations with Irma at The Irma Stern Museum in 2019 and Seeds of the Fig at he Krone Estate Twee Jonge Gezellen Farm in Tulbagh, South Africa. Living and working in Cape Town, Bailey’s artworks are represented in private collections in South Africa and around the world.