BORN 1968, Cape Town, South Africa EDUCATION 1991-95 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1987-91 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2011 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 2010 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Solo Show, Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth, ME 2009 Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY "Maine Artists and the Figure", Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth, ME LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 2008 US Artists, Philadelphia, PA Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Solo Show, Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth, ME "Rooms and Voices," Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2007 Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ 2006 "Ellsworth Revisited; The Artist's View," The Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth, NE "Still Lifes," William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA Solo Show, Artist’s House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ 2005 William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ 2004 Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA Solo Show, Artist's House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA "Mentors and Proteges," Vose Gallery, Boston, MA “Biennial,” Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ 2003 Solo Show, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA "Representing Representation VI," Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY "Art History's Heroes: The Masters of Contemporary Realism," Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 2002 "Interiors and Still Lifes," William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Solo Show, Artist's House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2000 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 1999 Solo Show, Artist's House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 1998 Bianco Gallery, Buckingham, PA Phillips Mill Annual Exhibition, New Hope, PA 1996 Solo Show, Artist's House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA "Student Exhibition," Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA “Realism II,” Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA   SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2010 Kim Ridley, “Bittersweet Mysteries.” Down East Magazine, November 2008 Carl Little, "The Canvas-Beautiful Dreamer", Maine Home + Design, April John A. Parks, "The Grandeur of Daily Life", American Artist, October 2007 Janet Purcell, "Figures Add Up in Artist's Most Recent Works", The Trenton Times, May 25 2006 Kristen Andresen, "About Face", Bangor Daily News, April 4 2005 Bret Lott (editor), "Narrative Interiors", The Southern Review, Spring Janet Purcell, "Baker Draws Inspiration from Maine and Bucks County", The Trenton Times, January 14 2003 Leon Nigrosh, "Telling Stories in Paint", Arts Media, November "Notable Exhibits - Mentors and Proteges", International Artists, #33, October/November 2002 Carl Little, Arnold Skolnick, The Art of Maine in Winter, Down East Books 2000 Dr. Lori Verderame, "Bucks County Artists", American Art Review, December, Vol. XII, No. 6   AWARDS & GRANTS 2009 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland 1999 Mansion Inn Award, Bianco Foundation Juried Exhibition 1998 Richard Hughes Award, 69th Annual Phillips Mill Juried Exhibition 1995 Fellowship Purchase Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Daniel Garber Drawing Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Stobart Foundation Grant, Beverly, MA 1994 Henry Thouron Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Irma S. Cook Drawing Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Louis and Estelle Pearson Painting Prize for Figure in Landscape, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1993 Cecilia Beaux Portrait Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1991 Best of Show, Thesis Exhibition, Wesleyan University Watkins Grant, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts   TEACHING 1997-2000 Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial, Instructor of Portrait Painting 1991 Wesleyan University, Teaching Assistant, Painting   SELECTED COLLECTIONS The University of Southern Maine, Portrait of Dick and Melissa Costello, Gorham, ME The University of Southern Maine, Portrait of Joel and Linda Abromson, Portland, ME The University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Portrait of Dr. Marilyn Hess, Philadelphia, PA The United States Mint, Portrait of Superintendent Augustine Albino, Philadelphia, PA Rohm and Haas Corporation, Philadelphia, PA Lutece Restaurant, (ARC Restaurant Corp.), New York, NY Ms. Elizabeth Ingersoll, Bryn Mawr, PA Mr. and Mrs. J. Hass, Portrait of Charlotte, Philadelphia, PA Mr. and Mrs. Ted and Melinda Tally, New Hope, PA Mr. and Mrs. Frank Louchheim, Southampton, PA Drs. Richard and Terry Gervasio, Portrait of Kalla, Washington's Crossing, PA Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Greenwood, Wynnewood, PA Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Chichester, Portraits of Hillary and Ashley, Erie, PA