MARCY BAKER: Biography

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In 2001 Baker and her husband relocated to Portland, Oregon. Inspired by the lush and varied urban and natural landscape, she began painting in delicate layers of acrylic and using elements of printmaking and collage in her process. Baker’s work has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally and is held in the collections of Hallmark and Kansas Wesleyan University. RESUME EDUCATION 1982 BFA, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 Unfurl, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem OR 2010 Passage, Print Arts Northwest, Portland OR 2007 In the Garden, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem OR 2006 Rhythms, Washington State University, Vancouver WA 2004 Recent Paintings, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland OR 2003 Painting and Collage, Guardino Gallery, Portland OR 2001 Through the Shutters, Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe NM 2000 The Cadence of Collage, Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe NM 1998 Documents, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM 1996 Quiet Spaces, The Bank of Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM 1995 Works on Paper, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM 1994 Autumn’s Golden Glow, Jean Cocteau, Santa Fe NM GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 Collaboration & Connection, Sitka Art Invitational, World Forestry Center, Portland OR Landfill Art Project, international artist reclamation initiative; founder: Ken Marquis PAN All Member Show: 30 Years of Printmaking, PNCA, Portland OR and traveling 2010 PAN International Print Project / Prints from New Zealand & the USA Art on the Vine Auction, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR 100 Artists: Nourish and Sustain, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem OR 2009 RiverSea Gallery, three-person show, Astoria OR 100 Artists: Educating Without Boundaries, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem OR 2008 Visual Chronicle Invitational, Lake Oswego Arts Foundation, Lake Oswego OR 100 Artists: Exploring the Potential for Change, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem OR 2007 Printmaking Currents, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR New Artists, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland OR 2006 Affordable Art Show, The Art Mine, Port Hadlock WA Expressions Northwest, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend WA; juror: Susan Parke Print Arts Northwest, three-person show, Portland OR 2005 Variations on the Print, PAN Gallery, Portland OR Print Arts Northwest, three-person show, Portland OR 2004 10 Years: One Foot After Another, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland OR Expressions Northwest, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend WA; juror: Jake Seniuk 2003 1/1 Monotype Exhibition, PAN Gallery, Portland OR New Members, Print Arts Northwest, Portland OR 2002 The Box Show, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland OR Four Artists, Artemisia Gallery, Portland OR 2001 Transforming Landscapes, Art Sites, Greenport NY Color-Form-Texture, three-person show, Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe NM 2000 ANA 29, Holter Museum of Art, Helena MT; juror: Lucy Lippard The Seventh Annual Cup Show, Segreto Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM Contemporary Art 2000, The Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos NM; juror: Joseph Traugott 1999 Women Artists from the Land of Enchantment, National Museum of Women in the Arts, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe NM; jurors: Lucy Lippard, Susan Fisher Sterling, MaLin Wilson Contemporary Art 1999, The Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos NM; juror: Louis Grachos 1998 Anything But Southwestern, FACET Gallery, Taos NM Artists and Friends, invitational, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM 1997 New Mexico Contemporary, Albuquerque United Artists, Albuquerque NM; juror: Louis Grachos ANA 26, Holter Museum of Art, Helena MT; juror: Juane Quick-to-See Smith Beyond Boundaries, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA; juror: Wayne Thiebaud 1996 Beyond Boundaries Preview, Concourse Gallery, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco CA Rethinking Beauty, Albuquerque United Artists, Albuquerque NM; juror: Pierre Delattre Eros, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM 1995 The Bixler Gallery, Stroudsburg PA Vernissage, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM 1994 Gallery at the Rep, Santa Fe NM Small Treasures, La Paloma Gallery, Taos NM PRESS International Print Project 2010, catalog, November 2010 New Connexion Journal, cover artwork, March-April 2010 Art on the Vine, catalog, February 2010 Bowlan, Cheryl. “The Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery: The First 50 Years, 1959-2009” Russell, Veronica.”Collage Creations”, Coast Explorer Magazine, February 2009 Printmaking Currents, catalog, November 2007 ArtsWeek’s Radar, The Oregonian, May 2, 2004 Portfolio, Oregon Home Magazine, July-August 2002 June Previews, THE Magazine, June 2000 Cline, Lynn. “Artist Explores Dialog Among Fragments”, Santa Fe New Mexican, June 2, 2000 Women Artists from the Land of Enchantment, Catalogue, June 1999 MacNeil, William. “Art In Documents”, Santa Fe New Mexican, May 15, 1998 Garriot-Stejskal, Richard. “Marcy Baker at the Harwood”, Albuquerque Arts, April 28, 1998 Rethinking Beauty, catalog, November 1996 Van Cleve, Emily. “Quiet Spaces”, Santa Fe New Mexican, October 11, 1996 Fauntleroy, Gussie. “Leaves Capture Fall’s Energy”, Santa Fe New Mexican, April 21, 1994 COLLECTIONS Hallmark Collection Kansas Wesleyan University Graphic Chemical & Ink Company Landfill Art Project Michigan State Appellate Defender Office Michigan ACLU Bellevue Towers, Washington Pacific University, Oregon Southwest Washington Medical Center Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, CA Garrett Hemann Robertson, Salem OR Howard Hedinger, Portland OR Medical-Dental Building, Portland OR The Burlington Apartments, Portland OR Bodyfelt Mount, Portland OR New Mexico State Land Office First National Bank, Las Vegas NM The Healing Arts Building, Santa Fe NM CleanAIR Systems, Santa Fe NM AWARDS 2000 Brookside Art Annual, Kansas City, MO 1999 Arts and Humanities Foundation, KS 1998 Kansas City Plaza Art Fair, MO 1997 Arts and Humanities Foundation, KS GALLERIES Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem OR Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland OR White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach OR Print Arts Northwest, Portland OR RELATED EXPERIENCE Multnomah Arts Center, Instructor, Portland OR, 2004 - present Regional Arts and Culture Council SUN Program, Instructor, Portland OR, 2002 -2003 ARTIST STATEMENT I live in a vibrant Portland neighborhood filled with early twentieth century architecture, diverse foliage and lively gardens. Dense layers of urban and natural structures are inspiring and ever-changing. The spontaneity of the monotype process informs my approach to painting. Likewise, the structure of painting influences my printmaking method, and that dialog keeps the work moving forward. In preparation for each new series of work, I sketch the plants in my backyard garden through cycles of growth, decay and renewal. Seed pods, petals and leaves are collected on neighborhood walks and carried back to the studio, where they provide much inspiration. My process includes creating tools such as stencils and print blocks - used to develop shape and texture while building layers of paint or ink – and adding paper collage elements among the layers. The appeal of collage is finding that perfect drawing or relief print or etching that relates, often in a subtle or unexpected way, to the imagery in the painting or monotype. I also draw into the surface of the work with charcoal and graphite. I like the juxtaposition of random, intuitive mark making with the orderly repeat patterns created by stencils and printing blocks. I am captivated by the delicate balance of urban and botanical forms and by the contrast of lush green foliage against a muted gray sky. With each new body of work, I set out to interpret and express these abundant surroundings.
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