"I grew up on the sea. My father is a boat captain and both my parents were instructors for the Hurricane Island Outward Bound school in Maine in the 1970s. They were involved in traditional boat building, maintaining and cataloging maritime history, and teaching self-reliance through outdoor experience. I use the imagery of my background to explore universal themes of human experience."
Annie Bailey is a visual artist from Midcoast Maine. Her work explores the emotional connections we feel with unique and inspiring spaces and individuals. It is often influenced by the maritime culture she grew up in, concepts of playfulness, authenticity, and a sense of place. Described as “hovering between abstraction and impressionistic realism,” her work celebrates the range of one’s creative potential, from control to chaos.
Annie can be reached via email if you have questions or comments.
"I grew up on the sea. My father is a boat captain and both my parents were instructors for the Hurricane Island Outward Bound school in Maine in the 1970s. They were involved in traditional boat building, maintaining and cataloging maritime history, and teaching self-reliance through outdoor experience. I use the imagery of my background to explore universal themes of human experience."
Annie Bailey is a visual artist from Midcoast Maine. Her work explores the emotional connections we feel with unique and inspiring spaces and individuals. It is often influenced by the maritime culture she grew up in, concepts of playfulness, authenticity, and a sense of place. Described as “hovering between abstraction and impressionistic realism,” her work celebrates the range of one’s creative potential, from control to chaos.
Annie can be reached via email if you have questions or comments.
EDUCATION
2010 BFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
EXHIBITIONS and PROJECTS
2022 Unfolding Place: The (stillness)21 Collective, Speedwell Contemporary Gallery, Portland, ME
2021 CMCA Makers Market, Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
2019 Handmade Show, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME
2019 Shipwrecks and Salvage, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, ME
2019 The Stillness Project, performance artist collaborator, Joseph Fiore Art Center, Jefferson, ME
2019 Fugative Spectator, installation, Steel House, Rockland, ME
2019 Solo exhibit: The Moving Panorama of Abbie Burgess, Maine Lighthouse Museum, Rockland, ME
2018 The Moving Panorama of Abbie Burgess, Winter Windows Project Awardee, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
2018 Solo Show: In The Midst of Making, Charles Danforth Gallery, University of Maine, Augusta, ME
2017 Solo Show: Beneath The Surface, North Haven Gallery, North Haven, ME
2017 Maine Boats, Homes and Harbors Boat Show, exhibitor, Rockland, ME
2017 SummerExhibition, NoRo Gallery, Rockland, ME
2017 Meet/Greet, Steel House South Gallery, Rockland, ME
2017 Flower Show, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME
2017 Art of Disaster, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
2017 Black and White, River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, ME
2016 Solo Show: In The Cupboard Of The Whale, Hopkins Gallery, North Haven, ME
2016 Summer Exhibition, NoRo Gallery, Rockland, ME
2016 Salt Stage Live, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2016 Farnsworth Museum Bash, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
2015 Solo Show: Italian Inspiration, Steel House, Rockland, ME
2014 10 x 10 Members Show, Bunnell Street Art Gallery, Homer, AK
2014 Legion of Boom, Bunnell Street Art Center, Homer, AK
2013 Rockland Shorts: An International Short Film Series, Strand Theater and Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
2012 Color and Light, River Arts Center, Damariscotta, ME
2010 New Perspectives: Our Photographic Journey Into The Woods, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
2010 RISD Senior Show, Providence RI
2010 Society of Illustrators Juried Student Show, New York City, NY
2009 RISD Illustration Departmental Show, Providence, RI
ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS
2018-2020 Artist in Residence, The Apprenticeshop, Rockland, ME
2018 Winner, Winter Windows Project, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
2018 Grant Recipient, Project Grant for Artists, Maine Arts Commission, ME
2016 Grant Recipient, Project Grant for Artists, Maine Arts Commission, ME
2015 1st Place, Poetic Storytelling, Maine Media and BandH Creative Storytelling Contest
2015 Grant Recipient, Jane Morrison Film Fund, Maine Arts Commission, ME
2012 Speaker/Presenter, Pecha-Kucha Midcoast Maine, Camden ME
2012 Artist In Residence, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2012 Grant Recipient, Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission, ME
2010 Animation Finalist, Society of Illustrators Juried National Student Competition, New York City, NY
PRESS
CM Kennebec Journal article, UMA artist uses illustrated scroll to tell tale of doomed circus steamship, Jason Pafundi, 2018 (link)
OurRISD blog article, Hand- cranked History, 2016 (link)
Portland Press Herald article, Mayhem rears its head at Farnsworth Art Museum'The Art of Disaster' depicts fires, natural disasters, shipwrecks and wars, author Bob Keyes, 2016 (link)