Kristina Baker

Kristina Rose Baker is an artist working in Orange County, California. She creates figurative paintings that explore mental processes through metaphor, addressing themes of vulnerability, intimacy, and violence. She is the recipient of the Florence Lief Fellowship, Gamblin Paint Award, Anderson Ranch Brooks Fellowship, and is a Yale/Norfolk Fellowship Nominee. In 2017 she was awarded the year-long position of Community Artist in Residence at The Bascom Center for Visual Arts in Highlands, North Carolina. She has been featured in numerous exhibitions and magazines across the country and her résumé includes extensive experience as an Arts Educator, as well as a background in Museum Education and Exhibitions. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015.

Rhode Island School of Design, BFA Painting 2015

2022 "Simulated Memory" - Solo Exhibition, She/They Gallery of Contemporary Womyn's Art, Santa Ana, CA

2021 “The Artist’s Studio” - Group Exhibition, Balboa Inn Resort, Newport Beach, CA

2020 "Precipice" - Solo Exhibition, Santa Ana College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

2019 “No Big Heads” - Group Exhibition, Hugh McPeck Gallery, Anchorage, AK

2019 “Indian Wells Arts Festival” - Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Indian Wells, CA

2018 “The Other Art Fair” - The Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA

2018 “Celebrating Women” Group Exhibition - Location 1980, Costa Mesa, CA

2018 “Love-volution" Group Exhibition - Location 1980, Costa Mesa, CA

2018 “Centered on the Center” Group Exhibition - Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA

2017 "Slave to the Wave" Group Exhibition - Location 1980, Costa Mesa, CA

2016 "Fall Resident Exhibition" - The Bascom:: A Center for Visual Arts, Highlands, NC

2016 "The Bascom Instructor Invitational" - The Bascom:: A Center for Visual Arts, Highlands, NC

2016 "Painting and Seeing" Group Exhibition - CAB Art Gallery, Wilmington, NC

2015 "Spleen" Group Exhibition - The Tap Room, Providence, RI

2015 "Painting Seniors" Group...