ARLENE  BAKER

1126 Waverly Place
Schenectady, New York 12308
bakerr@union.edu
 (518) 372-6585

Degrees
            B.A.                 University of Minnesota
            M.A.                University of Iowa
            M.F.A.             University of Iowa

Post-Graduate Education

Sir John Cass School of Art, London
Morley School of Art, London

Academic Appointments

Wayne State University, Detroit
Wayne County Community College, Detroit
Union College, Schenectady, New York
City and East London College, London
           

Individual Shows

“Paintings,” Schenectady Museum, 1974
“Recent Work,” Union College, Schenectady, NY 1994
“Veiled Paintings,” Noho Gallery,  Soho, NYC, October, 1998
“Arlene Baker,” Studio Gallery 88, NYC, 1999

Individual Shows (continued)

“Silk Spaces,” Noho Gallery, Soho, NYC, 2000

“Arlene Baker Paintings: Inaugural Exhibition,” Humanities Gallery,

Union College, Schenectady, NY, 2002

“Arlene Baker: Recent Work” Humanities Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, 2005
“Arlene Baker: Transparent Spaces” Noho Gallery, Chelsea NYC, October 2006

Multi-person Shows (Selected)

“N.Y. Council for the Arts: Show of Five Upstate Artists,”  

55 Mercer Street Gallery, N.Y., 1974
“Paintings and Drawings,” (with R. Hatton and M. Wainwright) 
Art Work Space Gallery, London 1988 “Treason of Images,” (with A, Chang, L. Evans, L. Orkin, C, Smith)
Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, N.Y., 1994,  [Reviewed, William Jager, Albany Times Union, 5/29/94, p. H2]
“Weaving Meaning,” (with Ralph Caparulo) Albany Center Gallery, forthcoming, August-
October 2007

Group Shows  (Selected)

“Projects 1970,” Detroit Artists Market, 1970

Detroit Institute Art, [Juror, S. Wagstaff]

“Twenty Ninth Michigan Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition,”

Wayne State University, 1970
“Art at the Bank,” Manufacturers Bank, Detroit, 1970
“Thirtieth Michigan Academy of Arts Exhibition,”

Western Michigan U. Kalamazoo, 1970

“Fifty Eighth Exhibition for Michigan Artists,” Detroit Institute of Arts, 1971
“Thirty First Michigan Academy of Arts Exhibition,”

Michigan State U., East Lansing, 1971

“Ten Women,” McGregor Memorial Library, Detroit, 1972
“Summer Show,” Hamm-Brickman Gallery, Albany, 1985
“Art 1986,” Center Gallery Tri-centennial Invitational,”

Empire State Plaza, Albany. 1986

“Open Studio,” Barbican Arts Group, London, 1988
“The Barbican Arts Group,” Pennybank Gallery, London, 1988
“The Abstract Show,” The Young Unknowns Gallery, London, 1988
“Mohawk-Hudson Regional Exhibition,” Schenectady Museum, 1989
“Forms and Fibers,” T.O.B. Gallery, Albany, NY, 1989
“4 x 12 x 12,” Dietel Gallery, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY, 1990
“Whitechapel Open Art Exhibit,” Barbican Arts Group, London, 1992
“Color-Expression, Perception, and Meaning,” Dietel Gallery,

Emma Willard School, Troy, 1993

“Works on Paper,” Noho Gallery, 168 Mercer St., NYC, 1995
“Twentieth Anniversary Show,” Noho Gallery, 168 Mercer Street, NYC, 1995
“Warming Trends ‘96,” The Armory, Hudson, NY, 1996
[Juror, D. McKinney, André Emmerich Gallery]

“OIA Members Showcase,” Gallery 402, NYC, 2003

“Summer Show,” Noho Gallery in Chelsea, 530 W. 25th St., NYC, 2004
“Fiber Show,” Noho Gallery in Chelsea,530 W 25th St., NYC, 2004
“2005 Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region,” Albany Institute of History
and Art, Albany, NY,  2005 [Juror, Ivan C. Karp, Director, O. K. Harris Gallery:  painting  “Silk Spaces # 209” received  “Award of Distinction.”]

“The Great Municipal Side Show,” Albany Center Gallery,  2005

Award: Honorable Mention: Silk Painting # 207
“New Orleans in Chelsea:  Noho Gallery Embraces A Southern Spirit,” Noho Gallery in
Chelsea, December 2005-January, 2006.
“Parallel Universes,” Martinez Gallery, Troy, NY August – October, 2006.

Artist Groups

Barbican Arts Group, London, 1987-1988   
Noho Gallery, New York City, 1995-2000, 2004-
Organization of Independent Artists 1998-
Visiting Artist, Barbican Arts Group, London, Summer, 2003

Professional Groups and Societies

Albany Center Gallery 2000-
College Art Association 1994-
           

Collections (Selected)

L. Bocour

Manufacturer’s Bank, Detroit
The University of Iowa
Richard Haas   

Judge of Art Competition

Chandibai Himathmal  Mansukhani College,