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Yvonne Baines is a Leeds-based artist who specialises in sculpture. She works as a mould-making technician at Leeds Arts University, providing professional ceramic and mould fabrication services. Additionally, Yvonne creates subtle and intimate artworks that explore the emotional impact of objects and spaces. These pieces are available to purchase in her online shop.

Residencies

Project space two week take over, Serf, July 2025

PANIC! Funding for research and development with artist Serena Korda, 2022

Artist in Residence at Leeds City College, April 2017 – May 2018

Graduate Artist residency at The Art House Wakefield, September 2016

East Street Arts, Temporary Space, April 2016

Bronze casting residency, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, September, 2015

Solo exhibitions

NEED, gutted, Return, Leeds, July 2025

The Wrong Place, serf, Leeds August 2018

Group exhibitions

Leeds Artists Show 2023, Leeds Art Gallery, February 2023

MSMSw/UFC01, Serf, 2024

Leeds Summer Group Show 2021, Online, July 2021

Lazy Liaisons, Corridor 8, Online, 2021

… Even if it’s someone else’s, Index festival, Leeds, September 2019

The desire to be a part of a story…, Index festival, Leeds, June 2019

Serf’n’Turf, Turf projects, Croydon, March 2019

Hold Fast, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, July 2017

Offering to Baba Yaga, serf, Leeds, March 2017

Art Walk Wakefield, Graduate residency exhibition, The Art House Wakefield, September 2016

Free Range graduate show, Truman Brewery, London 2016

Departures Leeds College of Art Degree Show 2016

I’ll Show You Mine exhibition, Leeds, 2015

RAG week exhibition, at Leeds University Parkinson Building, 2015

LCACU Beauty and Brokeness exhibition, at St George’s church Leeds, 2015

Ephemera, at Studio 64 Leeds, 2015

Trace, at Lamberts Yard Leeds, 2014

Tactic Knowledge, at Syracuse University, N.Y. 2014