Buseje Bailey
Buseje Bailey is a Canadian artist working in video and multi-media whose work explores the construction of the diasporic Black self.
Early life and education
Bailey earned her BFA at York University, Toronto in 1981 and her MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1991.
Work
Bailey's work explores themes of the Black diasporic identity and women's history.[1] Her video work is distributed by V tape in Toronto.[2]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions of Bailey's work have been held at McGill University (Body Politics, 1994) and the Eye Level Gallery, Halifax (Making Connections Across Art Forms, 1995).[3][4] The Women's Art Resource Centre held an exhibition of her work entitled The Viewing Room in 1999.
In 1989 Bailey participated as both a co-curator and artist in the group exhibition Black Wimmin When and Where We Enter, the first exhibition in Canada to focus entirely on the work of Black women artists.[5] Her work was paired with Walter Redinger's in an exhibition at the McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, in 1998.[6]
References
- ^ Douglas, Susan (1990). "When I Breathe There is a Space: An Interview with Buseje Bailey". Canadian Women's Studies. 11 (1): 40.
- ^ "Artist | Vtape: Buseje Bailey". www.vtape.org. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Making connections across art forms, February 12-March 21, 1994. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Eye Level Gallery. 1995. ISBN 0-9698472-2-X.
- ^ "Women Artists in Canada: Buseje Bailey". Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Brewster, Sandra (2018). "Letters of Negro Progress". In Scott, Kitty (ed.). Theaster Gates : how to build a house museum. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-1-894243-93-3.
- ^ Souvenirs of the unknown : Buseje Bailey, Walter Redinger. London, Ontario: McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario. 1998. ISBN 0771421214.