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Jessica Baker lives and makes art in Brooklyn, NY.
Upcoming Exhibitions
2008 Leaf ● Circle ● Line, The Lifebridge Foundation & Sanctuary, a solo exhibition presented by the Foundation in Rosendale, NY (September 26 - December 4, reception: October 10 from 6-8pm), for more information please visit the website: www.lifebridge.org
The Nature of Things, The Interchurch Center, juried exhibition presented by the National Association of Women Artists and curated by Dorothy Cochran, NYC (October 15 - November 17)
2009 Ancient Echoes in Contemporary Printmaking, Hofstra University Museum, Long Island, NY (January 27 – March 20)
Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Ellensburg, WA (month of April – exact dates T.B.A.)
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Leaf & Circle, Prospect Park Audubon Center at the Boat House in Brooklyn, organized by the Curator of Educational Programs, Jonathan Wells, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Art for Charity at Fleet Bank, corporate sponsored charitable exhibition, 42nd St. branch, NYC
A Different Perspective a presentation and solo exhibition, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Skagway, Alaska
2002 Evolution, Kavehaz Gallery, Soho, NYC
Selected Exhibitions
2008 Risalita 500, The Art Institute and University of Siena, organized and curated by Professor Enrico Crispolti of the University of Siena, one of 500 ceramic tiles created by international artists and installed next to a public escalator outside the walls of Siena, Italy
The 7th Annual International Contemporary Print Show, Galeria Nacional, curated by Rolando Castellon, San Jose, Costa Rica
The 19th National Drawing & Print Exhibition, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Gormley Gallery, juried by Jed Dodds, Artistic Director, Creative Alliance at the Patterson, Baltimore, MD
Investigation the Corporeal, Flanders Art Gallery, curated by Lauren Turner, Raleigh, NC
2007 Salad Bar, George Washington Carver Gallery, Magnolia Tree Earth Center, a group exhibition organized and curated by Michele Gambetta, Brooklyn, NY
Monroe Center for the Arts, National Association of Women Artists Annual Member’s Show, Hoboken, NJ
Dardo (“DART”) Gallery, group show, San Jose, Costa Rica
JMS Gallery, summer group show, Philadelphia, PA
Arlington Art Gallery, group show, Poughkeepsie, NY
2006 Four Points of View: Figuration in Printmaking, Galeria Nacional, 4-person exhibition curated by Rolando Castellon, San Jose, Costa Rica
Washington Art Gallery, concurrent exhibit of Four Points of View: Figuration in Printmaking at Dutchess County Community College, Poughkeepsie, NY
2005 Gallery in-the-Field, group show, Brandon, VT
White Space Gallery, living artists rotating exhibition, New Haven, CT
2004 Epic Theatre Center Benefit and Silent Auction, Epic Theatre Center, NYC
Equality Now Print Exhibition, Locus Media Gallery, NYC
2003 The 2nd Annual International Contemporary Print Show, Galeria Nacional, curated by Rolando Castellon, San Jose, Costa Rica
Retrospective, Kavehaz Gallery, group show, NYC
2002 Didee Contemporary Art Gallery, 4-person show, Siena, Italy
Gowanus Artists, Gallery 718, group show, Brooklyn, NY
Summer Small Works, Limner Gallery, group show, NYC
2001 Kavehaz Gallery, 2-person show, NYC
Night of a Thousand Drawings, Artists Space, group show, NYC
Hot Summer Show, YWCA Gallery, group show, Brooklyn, NY
Christmas Show, YWCA Gallery, group show, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Small Work, group show, Red Hook Piers, Brooklyn, NY
Awards
2007 Membership: National Association of Women Artists (NAWA), New York, NY
2006 The Julia and David White Artists’ Colony, Artistic Residency, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
2005 Women’s Studio Workshop Etching Fellowship, Rosendale, NY
2003 Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Site Artist-in-Residence, Skagway, Alaska
2002 Weir Farm Trust Artist-in-Residence, Wilton, Connecticut
Selected Institutional Collections
Galeria Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica
Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, Skagway, AK
Friends & Cancer Foundation (In Marjolein’s Memory)
Women’s Studio Workshop Print Archive, Rosendale, NY
Education
2005 Center for Book Arts, Letterpress I, NY
2004 Women’s Studio Workshop, “Greener Etching”, Rosendale, NY
1999 Center for Book Arts, Artist Bookbinding I, NY
1998 New York Studio School Figure Drawing Coursework, NY
1998 Phaplu Monastery and Shechen Monastery, Nepal
1989 B.A., University of Rochester
Bibliography
Olympia Lambert, "Artist of the Day", Oly's Musings (art critic Olympia Lambert's on-line blog review of "Leaf & Circle" at olysmusings.blogspot.com), May 7, 2008
Beth C. Alpin, “A Printmaker Finds that Sometimes, The Best Paper Grows on Trees”, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, brooklyneagle.com, May 5, 2008
Sally Herships, “Fall Foliage for a Spring Show”, Weekend America (National Public Radio), article, slide show and radio interview, May 3, 2008 (text of interview posted on-line at weekendamerica.publicradio.org)
Bradford Pearson, "Printmaking Exhibit Showcases Methods", The Weekly Beat, December 1, 2006, (on-line review).
Melvin Molina Bustos, "Cuatro Visiones del Grabado", La Prensa Libre, (published in San Jose, Costa Rica), December 12, 2006, p. 2.
Dunia Molina (Director of the Galeria Nacional) and Lynn Palumbo (Director of the Washington Art Gallery, “Four Points of View: Figuration in Printmaking”, essays for the exhibition catalog, San Jose, Costa Rica and Poughkeepsie, New York, 2006, p. 3-4
Michael Lerner, “Is Spirituality Good for Your Health”, illustration for Tikkun Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 4, July/August, 2001, p. 9
Richard Lichtman, “Dying in America”, illustration for Tikkun Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 4, July/August, 2001, p. 29
Joel Primack & Nancy Ellen Abrams, “Gravity, the Ultimate Capitalist Principle”, illustration for Tikkun Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 4, September/October, 2001, p. 59