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Nancy Baker Paintings

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Nancy Baker earned her BFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. Her work has been widely exhibited throughout the US, including ODETTA Gallery in Brooklyn, NY; Front Room Gallery in Brooklyn, NY; Mark Moore Gallery, CA; Winkleman Gallery, NYC; Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY; Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Greenhill Center, Greensboro, NC; Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; NC Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; 1708 Gallery, Richmond VA; Heriard Cimino Gallery in NOLA; and Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC. She has received numerous awards, including two North Carolina Artists Fellowships, a Tennesse Individual Artist Fellowship, and an NEA Southern Arts Fellowship. She was awarded a commission with MTA Arts and Design for two train stations in Brooklyn, which was fabricated in stainless steel. Last year she was commissioned to create a new work for Karen Brooks Hopkins, the Director of Brooklyn Academy of Music. Her work is included in numerous public and private collections including the International Collage Center, Bucknell, PA; US Embassy, Kiev, Ukraine; Wellington Art Collection, Boston; City of Raleigh Municipal Art Collection, Raleigh, NC; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh NC; MCI Corporation, Raleigh NC; Reynolds Industries, Winston-Salem, NC; Herman Miller, New York, NY; Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY; TRW, Cleveland, OH; American Hospital Corporation, Nashville, TN; First Nation Bank, Nashville, TN, among others. She has participated in several artist residencies including Casa de Mateus, Vila Real, Portugal, and Studio Camnitzer, Valdottavo, Italy.
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Artist: Nancy Baker
Nancy Baker, Pretty Pearls, 2020, Oil on canvas, Surrealist Landscape, Painting

Nancy Baker, Pretty Pearls, 2020, Oil on canvas, Surrealist Landscape, Painting

By Nancy Baker

Located in Darien, CT

These paintings reflect the love Nancy Baker has for combining classical imagery with an image that is strange. The most direct example is in Alien Nation where i have a potter at a ...

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2010s Surrealist Nancy Baker Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nancy Baker, Tree in Moonlight, 2020, Oil on canvas, Surrealist Landscape

Nancy Baker, Tree in Moonlight, 2020, Oil on canvas, Surrealist Landscape

By Nancy Baker

Located in Darien, CT

These paintings reflect the love Nancy Baker has for combining classical imagery with an image that is strange. The most direct example is in Alien Nation where i have a potter at a ...

Category

2010s Surrealist Nancy Baker Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nancy Baker, Pretty Circles, 2020, Oil on canvas, Surrealist Landscape, Painting

Nancy Baker, Pretty Circles, 2020, Oil on canvas, Surrealist Landscape, Painting

By Nancy Baker

Located in Darien, CT

These paintings reflect the love Nancy Baker has for combining classical imagery with an image that is strange. The most direct example is in Alien Nation where i have a potter at a ...

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2010s Surrealist Nancy Baker Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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