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BIOGRAPHY
Marcy Baker was born in 1959 in the Finger Lakes region of New York State and received a BFA degree in textile design from Syracuse University in 1982. The following year she moved west, and after exploring the Sierra Nevada area of Northern California, settled in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1991. There she was introduced to the monotype process and found it the perfect medium to express her affinity for pattern and color. The arid New Mexico landscape also informed her uncluttered mixed media constructions. Baker’s prints and collages have been exhibited in numerous venues around the country, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts group exhibition at Lew Allen Contemporary and two solo shows at Running Ridge Gallery. In 2001 Baker and her husband relocated to Portland, Oregon. Inspired by the rich urban and natural landscapes, she began painting in acrylics, building delicate layers of paint alternated with collage elements of drawings and prints. Her work is included in the collections of Hallmark, Kansas Wesleyan University, and Graphic Chemical & Ink Company, and has been published in Oregon Home magazine. She teaches printmaking at Multnomah Arts Center and is an artist member of Print Arts Northwest, an educational nonprofit that operates for artists, educators, and collectors in the community. Baker’s paintings and monotypes are represented by Mary Lou Zeek Gallery in Salem, RiverSea Gallery in Astoria, and Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery. RESUME EDUCATION 1982 BFA, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY SOLO EXHIBITIONS 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 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2010 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 Three Person Show, RiverSea Gallery, 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 Three Person Show, Print Arts Northwest, Portland OR 2005 Variations on the Print, PAN Gallery, Portland OR Three Person Show, Print Arts Northwest, Portland OR 2004 10 Years: One Foot After Another, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland OR Expressions Northwest, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend WA 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 The Seventh Annual Cup Show, Segreto Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM Contemporary Art 2000, The Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos NM 1999 National Museum of Women in the Arts, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe NM Contemporary Art 1999, The Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos NM 1998 Anything But Southwestern, Fine Art Center, Taos NM Artists and Friends, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM 1997 New Mexico Contemporary, Albuquerque United Artists, Albuquerque NM ANA 26, Holter Museum of Art, Helena MT Beyond Boundaries, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA 1996 Rethinking Beauty, Albuquerque United Artists, Albuquerque NM 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 BIBLIOGRAPHY New Connexion Journal, cover illustration, March-April 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, Catalogue, 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, Catalogue, 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 SELECTED COLLECTIONS Hallmark Collection Kansas Wesleyan University Graphic Chemical & Ink Co. Michigan State Appellate Defender Office Michigan ACLU Bellevue Towers, Washington Pacific University, Oregon Southwest Washington Medical Center 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 GALLERY REPRESENTATION Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem OR RiverSea Gallery, Astoria OR Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland 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 southeast Portland neighborhood filled with early 1900's architecture, diverse foliage, and funky 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 has influenced my printmaking method, and that dialog keeps the work moving forward. I begin each new series by observing and drawing the plants in my backyard garden through the constant cycle 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 involves creating tools such as stencils and print blocks, used to develop shape and texture while building layers of paint or ink; and collaging various papers among the layers. The appeal of collage is finding that perfect drawing or relief print or etching that relates, in some subtle and 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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