Boon’s Education

 

Slade School of Fine Art – Sculpture MFA (University College London, UK)                                     2017 - 2019

Fashion Design - Womenswear BA (Hons) (Central St. Martins, UK) First Class Hons (1st)               2012 - 2016

Diploma in Professional Studies (Central St. Martins, UK) Pass                                                          2014 - 2015

Foundation in Art & Design (Leeds College of Art, UK) Pass                                                               2011 - 2012

International Baccalaureate Diploma (Sha Tin College, Hong Kong) 33/45                                      2009 - 2011

 

Baum’s Education

 

Slade School of Fine Art – Sculpture MFA (University College London, UK)                                    2018 - 2020

Fashion Design - Womenswear BA (Hons) (Central St. Martins, UK) First Class Hons (1st)               2013 - 2017

Diploma in Professional Studies (Central St. Martins, UK) Pass                                                          2015 - 2016

Foundation in Art & Design (King Edward Community College VII, Totnes, UK) Distinction            2012 - 2013

Teignmouth Community College, Devon, UK                                                                                       2010 - 2012

 

Joint Exhibitions & Performances

 

Lecture at Arts University Bournemouth                                                                                              March 2020

‘Parade: A Celebration of Contemporary Textile Art’ - Broadway Gallery, Letchworth.     Dec 2019-Feb 2020

‘The Bias Re-Cut’- ‘Heal’s X Slade at Mansard Gallery’, for London Design Festival.                         Sept 2019

The Bias’ - The Slade School of Art Graduate Degree Show.                                                    May - June 2019

‘Dazzle Beach, Bias Boulders’ - sculptural intervention and performance, Devon.                              Feb 2019

‘Boon & Baum Cut the Room on the Bias’, performance at The Slade School of Fine Art.                  Jan 2019

‘Bias Creations’, Post-graduate Sculpture exhibition, Slade School of Fine Art, London.                    Dec 2018

‘Woman’ performance in ‘Platform 1: Slade performs’ in The Bloomsbury Theatre, London.              Feb 2018

‘Bulldog Wardrobe’, performance in the Central Saint Martins runway show, London, UK.                May 2017

 

Grants

 

UCL Business - £2000.                                                                                                                          March 2019

Gilbert Bayes Charitable Trust - £1000.                                                                                                   April 2019

Private Donors - £1250.                                                                                                                             April 2019

Sir Paul Smith Foundation - £2000.                                                                                                          May 2019

The Eaton Fund - £500.                                                                                                                             May 2019

Boon & Baum ‘The Bias’ Kickstarter - £1968.                                                                                           May 2019

(All for ‘The Bias’, Slade Graduate Degree show)

 

Boon’s Exhibitions & Achievements

 

Put on the UCL Dean’s List of 2019 for ‘Outstanding Academic Performance’.                        November 2019

Lectured - Bournemouth Arts University, UK.                                                                                       March 2019

Second South Square Trust Scholarship for MFA Sculpture at The Slade School of Art.                     Oct 2018

‘I See Myself There Where I Am Not’ exhibition - Safehouse 1, Peckham, London, UK.                      Sept 2018

Took part in a focus group at the Musee du Quai Branly - Paris, France.                                            Sept 2018

Lectured and took part in a fish skin leather workshop - Heilongjiang, China.                                August 2018

Lectured and took part in a fish skin leather workshop - Hokkaido, Japan.                                          July 2018

Lectured and took part in a fish skin leather workshop - Iceland.                                                         April 2018

Bursary from Dyers and Colourists Society to go to Iceland.                                                              March 2018

Lectured - Bournemouth Arts University, UK.                                                                                  February 2018

First South Square Trust Scholarship for MFA Sculpture at The Slade School of Art.                           Oct 2017

Participant in a focus group at the V&A exploring exotic materials.                                                     Sept 2017

Exhibited garments at the Art and Fashion Exhibition - Forbidden City, Beijing.                             August 2017

‘Orange Peel’ solo exhibition at Grow Elephant - London, UK.                                                       October 2016

 

Baum’s Exhibitions & Achievements

 

The Claire Winston Memorial Award for MFA Sculpture at The Slade School of Art.                        2019-2020

South Square Trust Scholarship for MFA Sculpture at The Slade School of Art.                               2019-2020

‘Desperate Artist Seeking’, group exhibition, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London.                                    Feb 2019

‘Cord for Inner Parts’, collaborative exhibition with Jerusha West, San Mei Gallery, London.             Oct 2018

UCL tuition fee scholarship for MFA Sculpture at the Slade School of Art.                                         2018-2019

Costume design for ‘Dirty Paw’ by Yu-Hsein Wu, part of ‘Resolution’ at The Place, London.             Feb 2018 

‘UN/DRESS’ joint exhibition with Margret Wibmer, Galerie Am Polylog, Worgl, Austria.                     Nov 2017

‘21st Faith’ group exhibition, The Workshop, Vauxhall, London.                                                            Oct 2017

‘In/Out’ solo exhibition at Art Lacuna Gallery, London.                                                                 Sept - Oct 2017

Shortlisted for the LVMH scholarship for BA Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins.                       Dec 2017

Short film voted in top 10 for the People’s Choice Award, Fashion Film Festival Milano, Italy.          Sept 2016

Short film voted in top 10 for the People’s Choice Award, Fashion Film Festival Milano, Italy.          Sept 2015

‘Fashion and Performance; Materiality, Meaning, Media’ RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne, AUS.          Apr 2015

 

Boon’s Internships & Work Experience

 

Melita Denaro - Artist Studio Assistant, London, UK.                                                      Nov 2018 - March 2020

Delfina Foundation - Sole Invigilator, London, UK.                                                              April 2018 - Oct 2019

International Art Institutes Association (IAIA) - Teaching Assistant, Beijing, China.                         August 2018

Sasha Pirogova & Clementine Keith-Roach - Performer, ‘Pavilion’ Art Night, London, UK.                  July 2018

Caroline Archaintre - Artist Assistant, London, UK.                                                                      May - June 2018

Jonathan Baldock - Artist Assistant, London, UK.                                                                         April - May 2018

Ashish - Fashion Studio Assistant, London, UK.                                                                                   2016 - 2017

Ksenia Nunis - Fashion Intern, Rietveld Art Academy, Amsterdam, Holland.                    Apr 2015 - June 2015

Angel Chen - Fashion Studio Intern, Shanghai, China & Paris, France.                               Jan 2015 - Apr 2015

ThreeASFOUR - Fashion Studio Intern, New York, USA.                                                    Sept 2014 - Dec 2014

 

Baum’s Internships & Work Experience

 

Studio Orta - Artist assistant, Paris, France.                                                                                   May - July 2018

Victoria Miro - Gallery invigilator, London, UK.                                                                             April - Nov 2018

Bernhard Willhelm - Internship in fashion design studio, Los Angeles, CA, USA.                       Apr - July 2016

McQ Alexander McQueen - Menswear Design Intern, London, UK.                              Nov 2015 - March 2016

Margret Wibmer 

• Artist assistant and performance assistant at the Oudekerk, Amsterdam.                                     Oct 2015 

• Performance assistant at ’Do Disturb’ Festival, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.                                        April 2016

Owenscorp

• Dresser for Rick Owens Womens SS16 ‘Cyclops’ runway show, Palais de Tokyo.

• Showroom assistant for Gareth Pugh SS16, Paris fashion week, France.                                       Oct 2015

Studio Orta -  Artist Internship, Paris/Coulommiers, France.                                                      June - July 2015 

Anna-Nicole Zietsche

• Production assistant for fashion film ‘Black Scraptrolley’, London.                                                 Apr 2014

• Production assistant for fashion film ‘Before a Fashion’, London.                                                   Apr 2015

Chuckle Shoes - Shop and workshop assistant, Exeter, Devon, UK.                                  Oct 2011 - Sept 2016