ALKE SCHMIDT
Visual artist
SWARM
In 2019, Alke curated SWARM: Artists respond to the pollinator crisis at Walthamstow's Vestry House Museum. In SWARM, artists Anna Alcock, Hannah Ford, Miyuki Kasahara, Alke Schmidt and Sandie Sutton responded to this crisis with new work that drew on the latest research into the causes of the alarming decline of pollinators. Featuring painting, printmaking, textiles, sculpture and installation, the exhibition was both a call to arms and a celebration of these wondrous and hard-working insects that are so vital to our food security. This gallery shows Alke's work made for this exhibition as well as installation shots of the exhibition.
Oil and acrylic on board 58 x 75 cm Private collection A limited edition (15) giclé print of this work is available, please contact the artist
Do Almond Trees Dream of Electric Bees? (2019) Oil on linen 45 x 45 cm Private collection
Beeswax, textiles, wood, LED lights 63 x 63 x 12 cm
Inkjet print on folded rice paper 46 x 46 cm (without frame) Edition of 9
SWARM exhibition Installation shot at Vestry House Museum, 2019 Left to right: Sculpture by Sandie Sutton (detail), paintings by Alke Schmidt, sculpture by Miyuki Kasahara, linocuts by Anna Alcock
SWARM exhibition, Vestry House Museum, 2019 Installation shot showing linocut by Anna Alcock, sculpture by Miyuki Kasaha and textile banner by Hannah Ford
SWARM exhibition at Vestry House Museum, 2019. Front to back: Sculpture by Miyuki Kasahara, sculpture by Sandie M Sutton, lightbox by Alke Schmidt
SWARM exhibition at Vestry House Museum, 2019: Installation shot of "Potter Wasp", garden sculpture by Sandie M Sutton
SWARM exhibition at Vestry House Museum, 2019: "Can You Hear Me?" Garden installation by Miyuki Kasahara