Ebb Bayley, Domme Moth and Tiny Being, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 115 cm and 125 x 165, 2016
Ebb Bayley, Time Goblet, dimensions various, wood, aluminum can and air dry clay, 2016
Mercurial Spirit, Ebb Bayley at Fiction Gallery, Seattle, 2016
Ebb Bayley, Pink Swamp- Calling on Paul Thek, 30 x 40 cm, 2016, oil on panel, 2016
Ebb Bayley (they/he) is a painter based in Berlin. Their work takes a speculative approach to mythology and folklore- focused on creatures positioned at the edge of the human.
They use multiple painting languages to gather parallel worlds, deploying painting as a form of collection and recounting. The dissolving fragmented forms and static textures reflect Ebb’s own vision and visual disability.
The framing of saint, icon and archetype is put towards a heroic repositioning of monstrous creature-kin. Ebb uses painting as a tool to open and occupy aspirational cracks in cautionary tales, retelling stories of transformation through a transgender lens.