Lorenzo Baker
1991 Born in Sacramento, CA., USA
Resides and works in Los Angeles, CA., USA
Education
2018 Painting & Drawing, MFA in Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
2014 BA in Arts/ Business Management, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA., the United States of America
Solo exhibitions
2024 in the palaces beneath the sand, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA., the United States of America
2018 CELEBRATE, Erica Broussard Gallery, Santa Ana, CA., the United States of America
2018 im just playin, , Helen and Abraham Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Untold Legacies: Rethinking the American Cowboy, Rancho Los Cerritos, Long Beach, CA., the United States of America
2024 Ellsworth Artist Residency Alumni Group Exhibition, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
2023 Ellsworth Artist Residency Group, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
2022 Reverberation, Residency Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
2020 Personal Contact II, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
2019 Lion’s Shadow: In Tribute to Jules Lion, Stella Jones Gallery - New Orleans, LA., the United States of America
2019 Boiling Point, Superposition Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
2019 PØST: Kamikaze, MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
2018 The New Contemporaries Vol. 1, Residency Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
2017 no longer negotiable, nous tours, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
2017 UCLA Fall MFA Themed Exhibition: i am erica, New Wight Gallery - Los Angeles, CA., the United State of America’
Awards
2024 Society for Photographic Education Award, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA., the United States of America
2024 98th ANNUAL International Competition (Semifinalist) The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA., the United States of America
2024 Plum Lime Residency Program (finalist), NYC Crit Club, New York, NY., the United States of America
Residencies
2025 Rondo Artist Residency, Mexico City, the United Mexican States
2023 Quinn Emanuel Artist-in-Residence, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
2023 Ellsworth Artist Residency, Artshare LA, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
Art fairs
2022 Felix Art Fair, represented by Residency Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
Selected collections
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Los Angeles, CA., the United States of America
Selected press
Samantha Diaz, “Ranchos Los Cerritos’ new exhibit highlights Black, Mexican and Indigenous cowboy culture” (2024) at Signal Tribune [https://sigtrib.com/ranchos-los-cerritos-exhibit-untold-legacies-cowboy/] consulted on 11 July, 2024.
“The Most unusual place I’ve installed a piece? Forty feet up in a tree’ John Quinn on his inside-out approach to art” in The Art Newspaper (2024).
Shelley Holcomb, 7 Must-See Galleries and Exhibitions to Visit in Los Angeles this Black History Month https://medium.com/@curate.LA/7-must-see-galleries-and-exhibitions-to-visit-in-los-angeles-this-black-history-month-74f465ca9712] consulted on 02,February 2024.
Kate Abbott, “Lorenzo Baker collages the past and future” in btw berkshires (2022) at [https://btwberkshires.com/arts/visual-arts/lorenzo-baker-collages-the-past-and-future/] consulted on 7 December, 2022.
SAM Issue #4 Umber Magazine (2020).
Professional contributions
2024 Tomayko Foundation, Adaptation Screening Program, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburg, PA, the United States of America
2023 Re-Fest, CultureHub, Los Angeles, the United States of America
2022 February, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, MCLA Art Lab, North Adams, MA, the United States of America
2021 Guest Speaker, In the Artist’s Studio, Museum of African Diaspora (MOAD)
2021 African American Heritage Month Calendar, The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
2021 Honoring Black Excellence, Adidas
2017 Co-curator, blacklight, Los Angeles, CA, the United States of America.
2018 Teaching Artist, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, Ca, the United States of America
2016 Art Corps Fellow, Block by Block, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
Television and Media
2022 Bel Air, Season 1 Episode 10: "Where To?", Peacock
2022 Bel Air, Season 1 Episode 9: "Can't Knock The Hustle", Peacock
Contact details
Lorenzo Baker
www.lorenzobaker.com /lorenzobakerart@gmail.com