Jimmy Baker: Sungazers

JIMMY BAKER

Adjunct Professor & Digital Media Specialist, Art Academy of Cincinnati

Born 1980, Dover, OH

Lives and works in Cincinnati, OH

EDUCATION

2004   MFA, University of Cincinnati

2002   BFA, Columbus College of Art and Design

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015   Sungazers, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH

2012   Holding Pattern, SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art, Cleveland, OH

2011   Remote Viewing, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

2010   Sentinel, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

           Event Horizon, New Galerie de France, Paris

2008   Civil Dusk, Foxy Production, New York, NY

           LISTE, Foxy Production, Basel, Switzerland

           Hairrier with Nathan Tersteeg, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2007   True Diplomacy with Jil Baker, 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, DAAP Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014   State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR
           Collection Gilles Balmet, Ecole Superieure d’Art Design, Grenoble, France
2013   Reverb: Recent Abstract Painting, University of Northern Iowa, IA
2012   Black Foliage, Nudashank, Baltimore MD
           Good Morning, Captain, Land of Tomorrow, Louisville, KY

2011   Strange Beauty, IDEA Space, Colorado College, CO

2010   Wild Thing, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

           Baker, Braunig, Gokita, Hopkins, Foxy Production, New York, NY

           The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place, Project Space 176, London, UK

           Shapeshifter, Country Club Projects, Cincinnati, OH

2008   Macrocosm, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

           Uncoordinated, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

           Face Forward: Portraiture in Contemporary Art, Columbia University, New York, NY

2007   An Aside, Zoo Art Fair with Project Space 176, London, England

2006   Sea Change, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

           25 Bold Moves, emerging artist exhibit, House of Campari, Los Angeles, CA

           Now, More Than Ever, Foxy Production, New York, NY

2005   Five Solo Shows, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL

           Frontier, Roberts and Tilton, Los Angeles, CA

           Contemporary Art in the Midwest: 2005 DePauw Biennial, Greencastle, IN

2004   Infinite Fill, Foxy Production, New York, NY

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Zabludowicz Art Trust, London, UK

Taschen Foundation, Berlin, Germany

Columbus Art Museum, Columbus, Ohio

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio

Progressive Insurance Collection, Cleveland, Ohio

Gilles Balmet Collection, Paris, France

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2014   Crystal Visions, by Travis Diehl, Artforum.com
           State of the Art, by Maria Seda-Reeder, Citybeat
           Artists Baker, Hammonds part of…, by Julie Engebrecht, Cincinnati Enquirer
           Collection Gilles Balmet, catalog FAGE editions!, France
2012   Jimmy Baker Revisited, by Brittany Zagoria, Beautiful/Decay

           Sandhage, Douglas, "Jimmy Baker," Best Magazine.

2011   Vélez, Pedro, "Jimmy Baker's Double Tillman," Artnet.com, May 25.

           Durrell, Jane, "Jimmy Baker: Remote Viewing," Aeqai.com, March.

           Bishop, Lauren, "Northside Artist Challenges Minds," Cincinnati Enquirer, February 20.

           Wilson, Kathy Y., "Cincinnati Kid: Jimmy Baker," Cincinnati Magazine, Februrary 1.

2010   Gebbers, Anna-Catharina, "The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place", (catalog), Project Space 176.

           Rosbach, Filipp, "David O'Kane at Zabludowicz Collection, London,"    artnews.org.

           Barachon, Charles, "Romantique Digital," Technikart, February.

           "Telerama" No. 3135, February 10.

2009   "Younger Than Jesus Artist Directory," Published by Phaidon.

2008   "Layering Landscapes," NY Arts Magazine, September/October.

           James, Laura, "Atlas Sung," City Beat, Cincinnati, Oh, June 18.

2007   Grabner, Michelle, "Critic Picks," Artforum.com, September.

           Foumberg, Jason, "Seeing In The Dark," New City Chicago, September 27.

           Stabler, Bert, "Critic's Choice," Chicago Reader, September 21.

           Wood, Eve, "Jimmy Baker," Art US, Issue 19, 2-23 June, pg. 7.

           Knight, Christopher, "Considering the end of the world," Los Angeles Times Calendarlive June 15.

           Buckley, Annie, "Critic Picks," Artforum.com, June.

           Hampton, Justin, "Artist Jimmy Baker Plays Around With Armageddon," Los Angeles Times, Calendarlive, June 6.

           Couri, Alex, "Conversation With Jimmy Baker," Artslant.com, June.

           Italian Vanity Fair, Lifestyle, April 5, p. 54.

           Davis, Ben. "LA LA LAND." Artnet.com, February 28.

           "Because We Can: ePolitics and Excess, essay and images," K48 magazine, New York.

           "The NADA Emerging Artist Page." The L Magazine, 17-30 January, p. 64.

2006   Monier, Annette, "Jimmy Baker," Art In The Age.com, December 22.

           Muchnic, Suzanne, "The Art Explosion," Los Angeles Times, October 1.

           Leffler, Laura James, "The Aftermath of an Idea, review of Challenges," City  Beat, Cincinnati, Oh, April 19.

2005   "Review of 5 Solo Shows at Western Exhibitions," Bad At Sports Podcasts, Chicago, October.

           "Review of 5 Solo Shows at Western Exhibitions," FlavorPill, Chicago, October.

           Ramos, Steve, "Brothers Grimmer," City Beat, Cincinnati, OH, August 24, p.7.

           Daugherty, Gina, "Fear and Loathing, review of Barbaric Stories," Cincinnati Weekly, Aug. 10, p. 42.

           Orden, Abraham, "Queen City," Artnet.com Magazine, April..

           Loughnane, Andrew, "What's new at Publico," City Beat, Cincinnati, Oh, March 16.

2004   Smith, Nancy, "Art Lovers New York," Artnet.com Magazine, November.

           Ramos, Steve, "What Makes Jimmy Run?" City Beat, Cincinnati, Oh, May 19, p. 7, 28.

2003   Ramos, Steve, "Lost in Space," City Beat, Cincinnati, Oh, August 27, p. 14.

           Riding Objectivity, Liberty Wampler, City Beat, July 23rd, p. 38, Cincinnati, OH.

2002   "Interview with The Awakening", Maximum Rock and Roll, San Francisco, CA, June #229, p. 70-72.