LIVES IN:   Cincinnati, OH WORKS IN:   Cincinnati, OH

WEBSITE:   http://www.jimmybaker.com SCHOOLS:   University of Cincinnati, 2004, MFA Columbus College of Art and Design, 2002, BFA

Jimmy Baker’s variety of working media presents the inevitable chaos of futuristic digital culture in form of highly refined aesthetics. Classical portraiture, iPods, photography, sculpture and hacked cell phones describe a variety of global concerns that accumulate into a grim dystopian future.  The sum of this global turmoil is more the subject rather than its parts.  While at once Baker’s future is looming and ominous, it also provides hope by voicing the conscientious and aware.  Baker contemplates the structure of information, and how we perceive events in hopes that we will step outside our moment in history.


EDUCATION

2004        MFA, University of Cincinnati
2002        BFA, Columbus College of Art and Design


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007        Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
                 “Rapture” Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
2006        “The Captives” Foxy Production, New York, NY
                 “Challenges” Weston-Bolling Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2004        “Hands On” MFA Thesis Show, DAAP Galleries Downtown, Cincinnati, OH
2003        “400 Billion Car Pile-up, on the Information Superhighway” The Artery, Newport, KY
2002        BFA Thesis Exhibition, Columbus College of Art and Design, OH


TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2007-2008    With Nathan Tersteeg, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2005              “Barbaric Stories” with Matt Coors, Publico, Cincinnati, OH
                       “Barbaric Stories” with Matt Coors, Black Floor Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004              “Despite The Sun” with Gail Stoicheff, and Yuh-Shioh Wong, Foxy Production, New York, NY
                       “Real Simple” with Seth Scantlen, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006        “Sea Change” Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
                 “25 Bold Moves” The House of Campari, Venice, CA       
                 LISTE Young Artists Fair, Basel, Switzerland
                 Foxy Production, New York, NY
                 “Now, More Than Ever” Foxy Productions, New York, NY
2005        “Cemetery Gates” Western Exhibitions , Chicago, IL
                 “Frontier” Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
                 “Contemporary Art in the Midwest: 2005 DePauw Biennial” Greencastle, IN
                 “The Trendiest Show Ever” Publico, Cincinnati, OH
2004        “Hands On” DAAP Galleries, Columbus, OH
                 “Group Painting Show” Publico, Cincinnati, OH
                 “Infinite Fill” Foxy Production, New York, NY
                 “Heartfelt” Main Gallery, Northern Kentucky University, KT
                 “Winter Remix” Publico, Cincinnati, OH
2003        “400 Billion Car Pile-up, on the Information Superhighway” The Artery, Newport, KY
                 “Public Open House” Publico, Cincinnati, OH


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004-Present     Art Academy of Cincinnati
2005                    Northern Kentucky University
2002-2004         University of Cincinnati


2007        “Vanity Lifestyle.”  Italian Vanity Fair April 2007
                  Baker, Jimmy.  “Because We Can: ePolotics and Excess.”  K48, volume 6, Spring 2007: K72-75
                  Davis, Ben.  “LA LA Land.”  Artnet.com Magazine February 26, 2007

2006        Muchnic, Suzanne.  “The Art Explosion.”  Los Angeles Times, Calendar October 1, 2006: E31, E40-41 
                  James, Laura.  “State of the Arts—Branching Out.”  City Beat September 20, 2006

2005         Ramos, Steve. “Brothers Grimmer.” City Beat August 24, 2005: 7
                   Daugherty, Gina.  “Fear and Loathing, Review of Barbaric Stories.”  Cincinnati Weekly August 10, 2005: 42
                   Orden, Abraham.  “Queen City” Artnet.com Magazine April 2005
                   What’s new at Publico, Andrew Loughnane, City Beat, March 16, 2005 Cincinnati, Ohio.

2004         Art Lovers New York, photographs, Nancy Smith, Artnet.com Magazine, November 2004
                   Ramos, Steve.  “What Makes Jimmy Run?”  City Beat May 19, 2004: 7, 28

2003         Doss, Erika.  “Jimmy Baker: New Paintings.”  University of Colorado at Boulder
                   Ramos, Steve.  “Lost in Space.”  City Beat August 27, 2003: 14
                   Cover Image, Artspike July 15- August 5, 2003
                   Wampler, Liberty.  “Riding Objectivity.”  City Beat July 23, 2003: 38

2002         “Interview with The Awakening.” Maximum Rock and Roll #229 June 2002: 70-72