Education
2020 New York Academy of Art, MFA in Painting
2013 Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA in Communication Arts & Design
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Symbiosis, Gallery Sonder, Newport Beach, CA
2025 Bright Spot, La Loma Projects Annex, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Sonnet, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY
2023 London Art Fair, solo booth, Wilder Gallery, London, UK
2022 In Between, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions/Fairs
2025-26 NYAA Chubb Fellows & Friends, Green Family Art Foundation, (Dallas, NYC)
2025 Art on a Postcard, The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London
2025 Family Jewels, Hexum Gallery, VT
2025 The Ice Palace, Artistellar, London. Online
2025 Represented Artists, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY
2024 The Pride Curation, Platform Art in partnership with Gayletter. Online
2023 Future Fair, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Aura, Wilder Gallery, London, UK (three-person exhibition)
2023 The Drawing Stall Fair, Monopo New York, Brooklyn, NY
2023 A Suitable Accomplishment, Trotter & Sholer, New York, NY
2022 Charta, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY. Online
2022 November Selection, Platform Art in partnership with David Zwirner. Online
2021 Exit Point, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, NY (duet exhibition)
2021 Chubb Fellows booth, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL
2021 Chubb Fellows, Wilkinson Gallery, NYAA, New York, NY
2021 NYAA booth, Art Miami, Miami, FL
2021 Artists for Artists benefit auction, Sotheby’s, New York, NY
2021 Six New Voices for the Twenties, Susan Eley Fine Arts New York, NY. Online
2020 Chubb Fellows Viewing Room, Art Basel Miami. Online
2020 Artists for Artists benefit auction, Sotheby’s, New York, NY. Online
2020 The Feminine Agenda, Women’s Work Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2019 IPCNY Printfest, International Print Center, New York, NY
Awards, Residencies & Fellowships
2026 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
2025 Joseph Robert Foundation Grant, PA
2024 Foundation House Edith Grant, CT
2023 Vermont Studio Center Residency
2021 City Artist Corps Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts
2021 Constance Saltonstall Foundation Residency, Ithaca, NY
2021 High Line Nine x Sugarlift Gallery Residency, New York, NY
2020-21 Post Graduate Chubb Fellowship, New York Academy of Art
2020 Art Heals Grant, R&F Handmade Paints & IEA
2018-19 Academy Merit Scholarship, New York Academy of Art
Press
2024 Two Coats of Paint, “Lydia Baker: Pooling consciousness.” Online
2024 Create Magazine, “Time, Memory and Desire in the work of Lydia Baker” Online & Print
2024 West Branch, vol. 105, Spring/Summer. Cover art. Print
2023 The Wick, “Spotlight: Contemporary Artist Lydia Baker.” Online
2023 Artnet, “Artists Grapple With the Meaning of Motherhood” Online
2023 FAD Magazine, “7 Artists to see at London Art Fair 2023.” Online
2022 New American Paintings, 158: 162-165. Print
2021-24 Art Maze Magazine, editions 22, 27 & 37, London, UK. Print
2021 Artsy, “How to responsibly collect work by MFA students.” Online
2020 Juxtapoz Magazine, “Art in Uncertain Times.” Online