Mara Baker
Areas of Research Interest
- contemporary drawing practice
- assemblage and collage
- fiber and material studies
- site specific installation
- entropy
Recent Courses Taught:
- Two dimensional design
- Drawing 1 and 2
- Life Drawing 1 and 2
- Introduction to Visual Art
Current Projects
- Development of new work for group show Two Histories of the World, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL opening Sept. 2012.
- Collaboration with writer Monica Westin for Solo Show of new work at Seerveld Gallery,
Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL opening October 2012.
Selected Exhibitions:
Recent Solo Exhibitions
- Double Tangent, Cara and Cabezas, Kansas City, MO; in collaboration with Rafael Vera, 2011
- Blue Glue and Other Explorations, Happy Collaborationists, Chicago IL, 2011
- Rise over Run, What it is, Oak Park, IL; in collaboration with Rafael Vera, 2010
- Cross-grain, Back Room Projects, Chicago IL; in collaboration with Rafael Vera, 2010
Recent Group Exhibitions:
- Take me with you: drawings from near and far, Anchor Arts Space, Anacortes, WA, 2012
- Two Histories of the World (Part 1), William H. Cooper Mfg., Chicago IL, 2011
- 9 x 12, Ferencvarosi Pincegallery, Budapest, Hungary, 2011
- Forecast, The Luminary Arts Center, St. Louis MO, 2010
- What Remains, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, 2010
- The Breathing House, Fallout Arts Center, Minneapolis MN, 2009
- Site-Unspecific, Dominican University, River Forest, IL, 2009
- Scavenger Constructs, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago IL, 2008
- Centrifugal Force, Detroit Industrial Projects, Detroit MI,2008
Education
- MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2007
- BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, 2005
- BA, Messiah College, Grantham PA, 2003
Awards and Recognitions
- Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, 2011