mireille_bakx@hotmail.com
Mimi.bkx
Mimi Bakx is an artist and educator based in South London. With a background in graphic design and illustration, she merges her love of poetry with the visual through an experimental typographic practice. Phrases taken from (unfinished) poems form the basis for play with unconventional materials and abstracted forms. As an educator in secondary school, her ongoing desire to explore and develop new skills informs and enriches her creative process. Through her work, Mimi investigates the intersection of text and visual art, questioning how the written word can transcend its traditional boundaries to become an integral part of fine art.
Education
2021 | PGCE Art and Design, Univeristy College London, London, UK
2019 | MA Graphic Design (unfinished), LUCA school of Arts, Gent, BE
2017 | BA Illustration, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, NL
2016 | Illustration exchange, University of the west of England , Bristol, UK
Publications
That Analog Zine - Home, That Analog Girl, 2025
Good Enough - Teaching Teachers to Teach Art in a Pandemic, UCL, 2021
Exhibitions
2025 | Shadow and Shade, Bobcat Gallery (online)
2025 | Shape, The Photographers Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2025 | A Gallery of One’s Own, Ethereal Maison, London, UK
2025 | At the Door by Coat, The Safehouse, London, UK
2025 | Despite, Ethereal Maison, London, UK
2025 | (Un)spoken by Qloud, York Street Gallery, London, UK
2025 | Contexture, The House of Smalls, Edinburgh, UK
2025 | Community Art Exhibition, Circular Art Space, Bristol, UK
2021 | Graduation show, UCL, London, UK
2019 | Ghent Art Book Fair, Kunsthal, Ghent, BE
2018 | SHOT, Sint Lucas, Ghent, BE
2018 | Breaking Barriers, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, NL
2018 | In Between, Filmhuis Lumen, Delft, NL
2017 | Graduation show, WDKA Academy, Rotterdam, NL
2017 | This Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam NL
2017 | Pop Up Politics, Concrete Blowwom, Rotterdam NL
2017 | Transatlantic Merch Market, Bar, Rotterdam NL
2017 | Time Wednesday #4, Time Window, Rotterdam, NL
2017 | SOLO Expo, WDKA, Rotterdam, NL
2016 | Up Yours, UWE, Bristol, UK
2016 | Revisit / Remake, UWE, Bristol, UK
2016 | PeepShow, WDKA, Rotterdam, NL
2015 | Illustration PopUp, Sneaker Culture, Rotterdam, NL
2014 | Daily Expo, Tony’s Garage Sale, Rotterdam, NL