Christie Baker

Christie Baker is a self-taught Canadian painter whose work emerges from the domestic landscapes that shape our sense of belonging: vintage interiors, inherited vessels, weathered textiles, and gardens tended across generations. She is drawn to how these objects and spaces accumulate memory—how a fold in fabric, a garden stem, or a well-used pot can hold the quiet imprint of lived experience. Through these familiar forms, her work reflects on continuity, care, and the gentle endurance of home.

Born in Edmonton and raised in Calgary, Ottawa, and Toronto, Baker spent two decades in Vancouver, where she and her husband, raised their daughter, before returning to Toronto in 2019. She began painting in her 50s during the uncertainty of the pandemic, discovering an intuitive visual language rooted in personal history and connection to the past. A published writer of creative non-fiction, with a professional background in beauty and fashion, she brings a strong sense of narrative, material sensitivity, and aesthetic clarity to her practice.

Baker is currently undertaking a six-month, self-directed art residency in Quebec, situated on the picturesque Gatineau River. Since beginning to exhibit in 2022, her work has entered private and cor...

Certificate Programs and Continuing Studies:

2023–Present OCAD Art and Design Studio SKills (In-Progress)

2024 Creative Visionary Program, Art2Life (Nicolas Wilton)

2023 Drawing Skills Studio I, OCAD University (Heather Gentleman)

2022 Abstract Painting, Don Valley School of Art (Margot Roi)

2022 Watercolours with Bonnie Steinberg, Don Valley School of Art

2022 Painting with Andrew Cheddie Sookrah, McMichael Canadian Collection

2022 In the Studio: Post-War Abstract Painting, MoMA (Corey D’Augustine)

Self-Directed Study:

2019–Present Self-taught in acrylic, oil, and mixed media techniques

2026

3rd Voice, Culture Toronto, Assembly Hall Gallery, Toronto, ON
Pi Art Squared, Art Alchemy, Toronto, ON
Capital Art Fair Winterlude, Ottawa, ON

2025
Capital Art Fair Anniversary Show, Ottawa, ON
Rosedale Art Fair, Toronto, ON
Urban Oasis, Roster Artists Show, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto, ON
Riverdale ArtWalk, Toronto, ON
The BIG Art Show, Kingston, ON
One of a Kind Show (Spring), Toronto, ON
Pi Art Squared, Art Alchemy, Toronto, ON
Fresh Perspectives, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto, ON

2024
Merry Minis, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto, ON
Square Foot Art Show, Kingston, ON
Rust & Radiance, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto, ON
PONDER, Twist Gallery, Toronto, ON
Salon 18, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
One Love, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto, ON
VIEWPOINT, Twist Gallery, Toronto, ON
Riverdale ArtWalk, Toronto, ON
Petite Art Show, Ottawa, ON
You Do You, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto, ON

2023
Noir Art Expo, Horticulture Building, Ottawa, ON
One Collective Spirit, Ironman Creative Studios, East York, ON
ArtWalk in the Square, North York, ON
ArtFest, Kingston, ON
The New Art Festival, Ottawa, ON
Sweetly Affordable Art Fair, Ottawa, ON
Art in the Park, Oakville, ON
Riverdale ArtWalk, Toronto, ON

2022
ArtWalk in the Square, ...