Lorenzo Baker                                                                   

1991                                   Born in Sacramento, CA., United States of America

                                           Resides and works in Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

Education 

2018                                   Painting & Drawing, MFA in Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

2014                                   BA in Arts/ Business Management, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA., United States of America

Solo exhibitions

2024                                   in the palaces beneath the sand, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA., United States of America

2018                                   CELEBRATE, Erica Broussard Gallery, Santa Ana, CA., United States of America

2018                                   im just playin, , Helen and Abraham Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

Selected group exhibitions

2026                                    Cámara Húngara. Todxs Tras un Balón, galería unión, mexico city, United Mexican States

2024                                    Untold Legacies: Rethinking the American Cowboy, Rancho Los Cerritos, Long Beach, CA., United States of America

2024                                    Ellsworth Artist Residency Alumni Group Exhibition, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

2023                                    Ellsworth Artist Residency Group, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

2022                                    Reverberation, Residency Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

2020                                    Personal Contact II, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

2019                                    Lion’s Shadow: In Tribute to Jules Lion, Stella Jones Gallery - New Orleans, LA., United States of America 

2019                                    Boiling Point, Superposition Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

2019                                    PØST: Kamikaze, MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

2018                                    The New Contemporaries Vol. 1, Residency Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

2017                                    no longer negotiable, nous tours, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

2017                                    UCLA Fall MFA Themed Exhibition: i am erica, New Wight Gallery - Los Angeles, CA., United State of America’

Awards

2026                                    Mosaic Art Award 2026 – 1st place , Ares Management, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

2024                                    Society for Photographic Education Award , The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA., United States of America

2024                                    98th ANNUAL International Competition (Semifinalist) The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA., United States of America

2024                                    Plum Lime Residency Program (finalist), NYC Crit Club, New York, NY., United States of America

Art fairs

2025                                    TRYST Art Fair, represented by Plomo, Mexico City, United Mexican States

2022                                    Felix Art Fair, represented by Residency Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America   

Residencies

2025                                    Rondo Artist Residency, Mexico City, United Mexican States

2023                                    Quinn Emanuel Artist-in-Residence, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

2023                                    Ellsworth Artist Residency, Artshare LA, Los Angeles, CA., United States of America

Selected press

Samuel Reyes, El lado futbolero del arte (2026) at The Happening MX, https://thehappening.com/el-lado-futbolero-del-arte/

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). [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/02/28/the-most-unusual-place-ive-installed-a-piece-forty-feet-up-in-a-tree-john-quinn-on-his-inside-out-approach-to-art]

Shelley Holcomb, 7 Must-See Galleries and Exhibitions to Visit in Los Angeles this Black History Month https://medium.com/@curate.LA/7-must-seegalleries-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-bakercollages-the-past-and-future/] consulted on 7 December, 2022. 

SAM Issue #4 Umber Magazine (2020).

Selected Professional contributions

 

2024                                  Tomayko Foundation, Adaptation Screening Program, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburg, PA, United States of America

2022                                  February, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, MCLA Art Lab, North Adams, MA, 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

2017                                  Co-curator, blacklight, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.

2016                                  Art Corps Fellow, Block by Block, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.

Collections

Ares Management, New York, NY

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Los Angeles, 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