CV | Richard Baker Painting

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Qualifications and Training:

2018 - MA Creative Practice, Leeds Arts University, Leeds
2003 - BA (Hons) Fine Art,Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds
2000 - National Diploma Fine Art, Hull College of Art and Design, Kingston upon Hull

Solo Exhibitions:

2023 - Between Presence and Absence, Huddersfield Art Gallery
2017 - An Instant Longer, Studio One Gallery, London
2015 - Curator's Choice, Leeds College of Art, Leeds
2014 - Chroma Reference, Leeds College Of Art, Leeds
2012 - Form/Function, Forest London, London
2011 - Collection Only, Leeds College of Art, Leeds
2009 - In Their Chairs, Leeds College of Art, Leeds
2005 - A Space for Waiting, The Reliance, Leeds

Group Exhibitions:

2023 - X - Contemporary British Painting Exhibition, Newcastle Contemporary, Newcastle
2023 - A Generous Space 3, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield
2023 - The Tarpey Open, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington
2023 - Leeds Summer Group Show, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
2023 - Coalescence, Contemporary 6, Manchester
2022 - In the Flat Field, 50MV, Liverpool
2022 - The Everyday, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
2022 - Expanded Painting, Air Gallery, Manchester
2022 - Between The Bars, Terrace Gallery, London
2021 - Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent
2021 - Wells Art Contemporary Prize Exhibition, Wells Cathedral
2021 - The Tarpey Open, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington
2021 - The Top 100, The Department Store, London
2020 - The Jacksons’ Painting Prize Exhibition, Online Virtual Exhibition
2020 - Wells Art Contemporary Prize Exhibition, Online Virtual Exhibition
2020 - Derwent Art Prize Exhibition, Online Virtual Exhibition
2020 - The Harley Open, The Harley Gallery, Worksop
2020 - Prosaic: Generous, Globe Arts Studio, Huddersfield
2020 - A Little Painting Show, The Brunswick Gallery, Leeds
2019 - The Hix Award Exhibition, the Hix Gallery, London
2019 - The London Contemporary Art Prize, the LCA Gallery, London
2019 - The Neo Art Prize Exhibition, Bolton Museum and Gallery, Bolton
2019 - Two Fold, Oceans Apart Gallery, Manchester
2019 - Paint, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2019 - Made in Britain, National Museum of Poland, Gdansk
2019 - Painting the In-Between, the Bowery, Leeds
2018 - The John Moores Painting Prize, The Walker Gallery, Liverpool
2018 - The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2018 - The Lynn Painter-Stainer's Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2018 - Paint North, Lady Beck, Leeds
2017 - The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2017 - Bankley Open 2017, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
2017 - Air Open 2017, Air Gallery, Manchester
2017 - Painting [Now], Studio One Gallery, London
2017 - Testcard P (CBP Winter Exhibition), The Crypt Gallery, London
2017 - Strangelands, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
2017 - Contemporary Masters from Britain, Yantai Art Museum, Artall Gallery, Nanjing, Jiangsu Art Gallery, Nanjing and the Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, China
2017 - Inter Youth International Painting Exhibition, China Academy of Arts, China
2016 - The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
2016 - The Marmite Prize For Painting, Block 336, London & Highlanes Gallery, Ireland
2016 - The Lynn Painter-Stainer's Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2016 - Paper Cuts, Kristian Day, London
2016 - Painting Fo'Sho, Lady Beck Gallery Space, Leeds
2016 - Pleasure Islands, 3space, Manchester
2016 - Sampler, Kristian Day, London
2015 - The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2014 - The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2014 - The Process Continues, Leeds College of Art, Leeds
2014 - Still: New paintings, Studio 24, Leeds
2014 - Behind the Glass Mosaic, Leeds College of Art, Leeds
2013 - Manchester Contemporary Art fair, Manchester
2013 - Classification, Leeds College of Art Gallery, Leeds
2012 - Local Imagination, The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA
2012 - The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
2012 - The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
2012 - Wet Paint 1, Enjoy Art Space, Leeds
2012 - Linear Progression, Shine Exhibition Space, Leeds
2010 - The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
2010 - Summer Salon, The Islington Arts Factory, London
2010 - Leeds Open Exhibition, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
2010 - The Summer Salon, Beechwood Gallery, Leeds
2010 - On Your Wall 4, Leeds Shopping Plaza, Leeds
2009 - The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2009 - Art Spotting, Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
2009 - On Your Wall 3, Studio Gallery, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds
2009 - Leeds Open Exhibition, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
2008 - On Your Wall 2, Studio Gallery, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds
2007 - Deliniate, Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax
2006 - Leeds Open Exhibition, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
2004 - Artists for the Future, Gascoigne Gallery, Harrogate
2003 - Leeds Open Exhibition, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
2003 - Exhibition of Finalists, The Gascoigne Painting Prize, Gascoigne Gallery, Harrogate

Competitions, prizes and awards:

2020 - The Wells Art Contemporary Patron's Prize (Winner)
2020 - The Derwent Art Prize (Shortlisted)
2020 - The Jacksons’ Painting Prize (Shortlisted)
2019 - The Hix Award (Winner)
2019 - The London Contemporary Art Prize (Runner up)
2019 - The Neo Art Prize (Shortlisted)
2018 - The John Moores Painting Prize (Exhibitor)
2018 - The Columbia Threadneedle Prize (Exhibitor)
2018 - The Lynn Painter-Stainer's Prize (Exhibitor)
2016 - The Marmite Prize for Painting (Shortlisted)
2012 - Divided We Fall Print Commission (Winner)
2002 - The Gascoigne Painting Prize (Winner)

Collections:

The Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting