About me

I studied and at Wimbledon College of Art and specialise working with photography. My work applies poetic and often metaphorical language, formalising the coincidental and emphasising the conscious process of composition behind seemingly random works. The thought processes, which are supposedly private, highly subjective and unfiltered in their references to dream worlds, are frequently revealed as assemblages. My photographs use personal, everyday experiences which would often go unnoticed to which I aim to amplify the astonishment of the spectator by creating compositions or settings that generate tranquil poetic images, that leave traces, and balances on the edge of recognition and alienation. My works feature coincidental, accidental and unexpected connections which make it possible to revise art history and, even better, to complement it. I believe that combining unrelated aspects can lead to surprising analogies by experimenting with aleatoric or seemingly randomised processes, I try to approach a wide scale of subjects in a multi-layered way. My works appear as dreamlike images in which fiction and reality meet, well-known tropes merge, meanings shift, past and present fuse. Time and memory always play a key role.​​​​​​​

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Projects

• 3

  Modern Rembrandt, 2015This my version of Rembrandt A Franciscan Friar costume is made of coffee bags and also hand sew by me.
• 3

  Ballerina, 2019Character：Cygnet Designer：Anna Schiwy Interpretation：Luping Guo Photographer：Rhys Bailey Make up：Yiyi Qin，Anna Schiwy Model：Laura Hack
• 2

  Coke, Henny and Carnival, 2019(Coke, Henny And Carnival, 2019) is an experience to remember these photos that I have taken help show that a 2 day carnival where everyone has bottle of Hennessy with some Coca-Cola comes at you like a blur.

Work history

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PhotographerRhys Bailey
Nov 2020Bromley, United KingdomFreelance

Skills

• Photography
• Printmaking

Education

BA Fine Art Print and Time-based MediaWimbledon College of Arts (UAL)
Sep 2016 - Jul 2019London, United Kingdom
This course brought together printmaking, photography, film, audio, writing, video and performance art. I then used this to combine the traditional with the contemporary which is something I now showcase in my current works and explorations
BTECCamberwell College of Arts (UAL)
Sep 2015 - Jun 2016London, United Kingdom
Completed a range of courses in: Visual Recording in Arts and Design; Materials, Techniques and Processes in Art and Design; Ideas and Concepts in Art and Design; Photographic Studio Techniques; Communication through Art and Design; and Computers in Art and Design

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Awards

Completed V&A ProgrammeThe Prince’s Trust
Prince's Trust and V&A Photography Programme specialised in photography
2019 Printmaking PrizeWimbledon College of Arts (UAL)
award given because of my consistent engagement in development and commitment to printmaking processes and execution

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