Stuart Bertolotti-Bailey (previously Stuart Bailey; born 1973) is a British graphic designer, writer and editor. In 2000 he co-founded the bi-annual arts journal ''Dot Dot Dot'' with
Peter Bil'ak. In 2006 he began working with American graphic designer, writer and editor
David Reinfurt under the pseudonym Dexter Sinister,
which is also the name of their 'just-in-time workshop and occasional bookstore' on New York's Lower East Side. Reinfurt replaced Bil'ak as co-editor of ''Dot Dot Dot'' the same year; it continued under Bailey and Reinfurt's direction until the final, 20th issue in 2010 before being replaced by ''Bulletins of the Serving Library'', co-edited by Bailey and Reinfurt together with American artist and writer Angie Keefer until 2017. The journal has since morphed into a non-profit organization that variously serves as a publishing platform, a seminar room, a collection of framed objects, and an event space. ''The Serving Library Annual'' is co-edited by Stuart Bertolotti-Bailey, Italian curator and editor Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey, David Reinfurt, and Italian writer and translator
Vincenzo Latronico, and published by Roma Publications], Amsterdam. Since 2017 he has held the position of Head of Design at the
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an modernism, artistic and cultural centre on The Mall (London), The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps a ...
in London, where he lives.
Education
Bertolotti-Bailey studied Typography & Graphic Communication at the
University of Reading
The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as the University Extension College, Reading, an extension college of Christchurch College, Oxford, and became University College, ...
, and was one of the first participants to study at the Werkplaats Typografie, a postgraduate program co-founded by Dutch graphic designers Wigger Bierma and
Karel Martens in Arnhem, The Netherlands. In 2015 he received a PhD from the Fine Art Department of the University of Reading with a thesis titled ''Work in Progress: Form as a Way of Thinking.''
References
External links
Interview with Stuart Bailey by Jon Sueda, Speak Up (2006)
From further (1967) to nowhere (1977) and beyond (2007), a video interview with Stuart Bailey, directed by Michael Aphesbero(2007)
Dexter Sinister by Adam Kleinman, BOMB (2008)
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1973 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Reading
British graphic designers