Madi Acharya-Baskerville | Work in Common
Trophy Bird. Mixed Media Sculpture. Found plastic, bone, vintage textiles, found wood, acrylic paint. Photo by Chris Honeywell
Work in Common is an annual short residency series that encourages artists to experiment with different ways of working – either testing out a speculative idea or developing new collaborations. New Art Exchange Open 2023 prize winner Madi Acharya-Baskerville will undertake a 4-week residency this Summer.
Artist Madi Acharya-Baskerville works predominantly with pre-existing materials which have been discarded. She has become increasing concerned by the effect of obsolete matter in our environment. For her Work in Common residency Madi intends to work with local waste, particularly packaging.
She will connect with Primary resident artists to repurpose elements of waste associated with their practices, such as ceramics or textiles. Madi will bring aspects of nature into the work by exploring local nature spots such as woodlands with water. During her residency Madi will run a public workshop where participants are invited to bring in a piece of textile or a small object that they want to repurpose as part of the project.
Madi Acharya-Baskerville is a London based South Asian artist. She graduated with an MA in Fine Art at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. She has exhibited widely within the UK and abroad. Her work is part of the permanent collection at the Whitworth, Manchester and was on display in ‘Exchanges: Recent Additions to the Collection’ (2021-2022).
She has been awarded DYCP Grant from Arts Council England (2021-22) for developing her practice in the context of museum collections. She has been selected for the 20/20 residency commission, supported by University of the Arts London, Decolonizing Institute (2022) and has been artist in residence at The Lightbox, Woking as part of this. Her solo exhibition ‘I Dream a Palace’ at the Lightbox, (2024) showcases works created during the 20/20 residency.
She won the First Plinth Award, Royal Society of Sculptors (2023) and has received The Primary Residency Prize following selection for New Art Exchange Open (2023). Her work also featured in ‘Fragments of Our Time’, Whitaker Museum as part of British Textile Biennial and ‘Stuff of Life/ Life of Stuff’ Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich (2023).
Madi Archarya-Baskerville | Work In Common is part of TRANSFORM, a City Takeover taking place across cultural organisations between May and September 2024.
