Biography

Brett Baker

b. 1973

Solo Exhibitions

2013  "Brett Baker: Paintings" Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2008  "Brett Baker," Simon Gallery, NJ
2008  "Paintings by Brett Baker," Socony Mobil Building, New York, NY, curated by Suzanne Randolph Fine Arts
2008  "Forms of Face: Recent Small Paintings," The Painting Center, New York, NY
2007  "Facing Color: New Paintings," St. Mary's College of Maryland, MD
2007  "Time & Text," Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2007  "Time & Text," Ossia Fine Arts Space, Chicago, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013  “Independents” Green Hill Art Center, Greensboro, NC
2012  “Heroes” Small Black Door, Queens, NY
2011  “Printed, Painted, Pressed” C2 Fine Art, St. Petersburg, FL
2010  “Artists Invite Artists: Small Works” The Painting Center, NY
2010  “New Walls/Fresh Paint” The Painting Center, NY
2009  “Initimate Frontiers” Richard Stockton College Art Gallery, NJ
2008-9 “Placing Color: Paintings by Brett Baker, Kayla Mohammadi, and Carrie Patterson"
             Winona State University, MN (September 2009)
             Boston University, MA (April 2009)
             The Painting Center, NY (May 2009)
             St. Mary's College, MD (January-February 2009)
             Bristol Community College, MA (September 2008)  
2008  “Peace” Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007  “War is Over,” Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006  “13th Anniversary Show,” The Painting Center, New York, NY
2004  “Nature Abstracted,” The Painting Center, New York, NY
2002  “Award Winning Alumni 1995-2002: Guggenheim, Dedalus, Starr,” Sherman Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
1999  “Contemporary Painting ’99,” Juror: Andrew Forge, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
1999   “Young Masters: Recent Graduates from Boston University and Yale” Glass Mountain Gallery, Bantam, CT
1999   “New Models,” 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA, (catalogue)
1998  “National Competition,” Juror: John Walker, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
1998   “Emerging Boston Artists,” Juror: Carl Belz, Dante Alighieri Society, Cambridge, MA
1998   “New Romantics,” Gallery 855, Boston University, Boston, MA

Awards

2002  John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
1999  Juror’s Prize, Contemporary Painting ’99, Juror: Andrew Forge
'97-9 Constantin Alajalov Scholarship, Boston University
1995  Purchase Award, President’s Collection, College of William and Mary

Bibliography/Press

Schwartz, Julia, Brett Baker: Interview, Figure/Ground Communication, March 6, 2013.
Mattera, Joanne, Painting in Chelsea, Joanne Mattera Art Blog, March 2, 2013.
Panero, James, Gallery Chronicle, The New Criterion, Volume 31, February 2013, p. 47.
Butler, Sharon, Thin and Thick: Mario Naves and Brett Baker, Two Coats of Paint, January 24, 2013.
Mojica, Liliana, Brett Baker: Interview, Design Porteur, January 8, 2013.
Samet, Jennifer, On Beauty: The Paintings of Brett Baker, Catalogue Essay, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, January 2013.
Samelson, Henry, Brett Baker, Buddy of Work, September 11, 2012.
Joy, Christopher and Keeting, Zachary Video Interview with Brett Baker, Gorky's Granddaughter, 2012
Brennan, Valerie, Interview with Brett Baker, Studio Critical, 2011
McCann, Margaret, "Initmate Frontiers," Richard Stockton College, NJ, 2009.
Goodrich, John, "Placing Color", New York Press, May 15, 2009.
Colaizzi, Vittorio, "Placing Color", catalogue essay, 2008.
"Four Drawings by Brett Baker", LIT, The Creative Writing Journal of The New School, 2007.
"Art, music, and language mingle at the Ossia Fine Arts Space", Lisbeth Redfield, Chicago Maroon, The University of Chicago, October 26, 2007.

Education

1999  M.F.A., Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA
1997  Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Painting, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
1995  B.A., Fine Arts, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Academic Experience/Residencies/Panels/Curating

2012  Visiting Artist, SUNY Oswego, NY
2012  Curator, Focused Field, an online exhibition at Curating Contemporary
2009  Visiting Artist, Winona State Univeristy, MN
2008  Panelist, "Communicate Better through the Web: A Guide for Visual Artists", NYFA/Cue Art Foundation, NY
2007  Artist House Residency, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
2007  Visiting Artist, St. Mary's College of Maryland, MD
'99-01  Visiting Lecturer of Drawing, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Professional Experience

2010-13  Editor, Painters' Table  http://painters-table.com/
2011-13  Contributing Writer, Aeqai  http://aeqai.com