Bobby Baker's diary drawings chart her experience of day centres, acute psychiatric wards, 'crisis' teams and a variety of treatments. This event was a chance to hear directly from Bobby about her life, art and work. She was joined in conversation by Kamaldeep Bhui, Professor of Cultural Psychiatry and Epidemiology at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

To accompany the 'Bobby Baker's Diary Drawings' exhibition.

Bobby Baker

Bobby Baker is a woman and an artist. She is commonly described as a performance artist or live artist, and is one of the most widely acclaimed and popular performance artists working today. It is true that she does perform and is alive but she also works in other media, including radio, TV, film, painting and drawing. Over the past 11 years she has periodically gone mad and is an active campaigner for more acceptance of and human rights for people categorised by society as 'disordered'. She holds a part-time Senior Research Fellowship in Drama, at Queen Mary, University of London.

Kamaldeep Bhui

Professor Bhui works as an academic psychiatrist in London. His research and practice interests in health include social exclusion, work characteristics, cultural psychiatry, epidemiology and health services research. He has worked at the Maudsley, Institute of Psychiatry, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical Schools. He is currently Professor of Cultural Psychiatry and Epidemiology at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London. He is also the co-founder of Careif, a new international mental health charity based in London that promotes work and health for young people through culture, sport and arts.