Curriculum Vitae

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
'97-9 Graduate Assistantship, Boston University, Brandeis University
1996  Painting Residency, Partial Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center
1995  Purchase Award, President’s Collection, College of William and Mary

Solo Exhibitions

2008  "Brett Baker," Simon Gallery, NJ
2008  "Paintings by Brett Baker," 150 E 42nd St., 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

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
2009  "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
2000  “Fine Arts Downtown 2000,” New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, 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

Bibliography

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

2009 Visiting Artist, Panelist, Winona State Univeristy, MN
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 Development

2010-11  Editor, http://painters-table.com/
2008  Panelist, "Communicate Better through the Web: A Guide for Visual Artists", NYFA/Cue Art Foundation, NY
1999  Inaugural Member, Amory Artists’ Cooperative, Jamaica Plain, MA
'99-06  Member, College Art Association