Christie Baker, C.V.

  • 2025 Artist of the Month, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto, ON

    2024 Showcase Artist, Ironman Creative Studios, East York, ON

  • 2025

    • One of a Kind Show (Winter), Toronto, ON (forthcoming)

    • Cabbagetown Art & Craft Fair, Toronto, ON (forthcoming)

    • Rosedale Art Fair, Toronto, ON

    • Urban Oasis, Roster Artists Show, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto, ON

    • Riverdale ArtWalk, Toronto, ON

    • The BIG Art Show, Kingston, ON

    • One of a Kind Show (Spring), Toronto, ON

    • Pi Art Squared, Art Alchemy, Toronto, ON

    • Fresh Perspectives, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto, ON

    2024

    • Merry Minis, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto, ON

    • Square Foot Art Show, Kingston, ON

    • Rust & Radiance, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto, ON

    • PONDER, Twist Gallery, Toronto, ON

    • Salon 18, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON

    • One Love, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto, ON

    • VIEWPOINT, Twist Gallery, Toronto, ON

    • Riverdale ArtWalk, Toronto, ON

    • Petite Art Show, Ottawa, ON

    • You Do You, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto, ON

    2023

    • Noir Art Expo, Horticulture Building, Ottawa, ON

    • One Collective Spirit, Ironman Creative Studios, East York, ON

    • ArtWalk in the Square, North York, ON

    • ArtFest, Kingston, ON

    • The New Art Festival, Ottawa, ON

    • Sweetly Affordable Art Fair, Ottawa, ON

    • Art in the Park, Oakville, ON

    • Riverdale ArtWalk, Toronto, ON

    2022

    • ArtWalk in the Square, North York, ON

    • Dundas Museum & Archives, Dundas, ON

    • Square Foot Show, Westland Gallery, London, ON

    • Ten Squared Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC

    • Art in the Park, Oakville, ON

    • Art in the Park Riverside Common, Toronto, ON

    • Riverdale ArtWalk, Toronto, ON

    • COAA Annual Juried Exhibition, Civic Centre Art Gallery, Etobicoke, ON

    • International Online Juried Exhibition, Fusion Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

    • The Link Gallery at Innovation Park, Waterloo, ON

    Fusion Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

  • 2025 Eight paintings displayed at Veradex Corporate Offices, Richmondhill, ON (3-month loan)

    2025Selected works at Roll This Way Sushi, Toronto, ON (3-month loan)

  • Galleries

    2025–Present The Jackalope Galley, Toronto, ON


    Online and Placement Platforms
    2025–Present Partial Gallery (online)

    2025–PresentHelloArt (online and curated placements)

  • Certificate Programs and Continuing Studies:

    2023–Present OCAD Art and Design Studio SKills (In-Progress)

    2024 Creative Visionary Program, Art2Life (Nicolas Wilton)

    2023 Drawing Skills Studio I, OCAD University (Heather Gentleman)

    2022 Abstract Painting, Don Valley School of Art (Margot Roi)

    2022 Watercolours with Bonnie Steinberg, Don Valley School of Art 

    2022 Painting with Andrew Cheddie Sookrah, McMichael Canadian Collection 

    2022 In the Studio: Post-War Abstract Painting, MoMA (Corey D’Augustine)

    Self-Directed Study:

    2019–Present Self-taught in acrylic, oil, and mixed media techniques

  • 2026 Self-Directed Artist Residency, Chateau d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, FR (forthcoming)

    2025 Self-Directed Artist Residency, Gibraltar Point, Toronto, ON

    2022 8-week Studio Mentorship with Maria Josenhas, Victoria, BC

  • 2025 Hope Floats, Private Collection, Toronto, ON

    2025 Choose Your Own Adventure, Private Collection, Toronto, ON

    2024 Follow the Light, Private Collection, Springbank, AB

    2024 Passages, Private Collection, Toronto, ON

    2024 Peonies, Private Collection, Vancouver, BC

    2023The Next Destination, Private Collection, Ottawa, ON

  • Ted Laurier Place, Cornwall, ON (Corporate Collection)

    Citify Information Technology Inc., Oakville, ON (Corporate Collection)

    Ceangal Consulting Inc., Toronto, ON (Corporate Collection)

  • 2025 Artist Talk, The Jackalope Gallery

    2023Willowdale Group of Artist, Acrylic Painting Workshop

  • 2023–Present Artists’ Network Board of Directors:

    • Vice Chair , 2025–Present

    • Director of Strategic Planning, 2024–2025

    • Strategic Planning Task Force and Website Redevelopment, 2023–2024

    2023–Present Active Member, Federation of Canadian Artists, National and Ontario Chapters

    2023–Present Member, Society of Canadian Artists

    2022–2024Membership Chair, Central Ontario Art Association Board of Directors

  • 2024 Twist Gallery, Featured Artist Interview

    2023 ArtAscent Art and Literature Magazine, April, 2023, issue #58

    2022Talking with Artists, Online Interview series with Kate Taylor

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  • CHRISTIE BAKER

    As a self-taught artist with a diverse professional background, how have your past experiences in figure skating, advertising, and music management influenced your artistic voice in your artworks?

    I have always been a creative person. I believe it is that sense of creativity that connects each phase of my life, and serves as the through-line on the long and winding path that led me to where I am today. As an ice dancer, I was drawn to the artistic side of figure-skating; advertising is innately creative; and my work in music management was highly focussed on the branding and PR side of the industry. My artistic voice comes from me being authentically me, and I wouldn’t be the person I am today if not for all of the things that came before. 

    How do you ensure the emotional depth of each piece is conveyed to the viewer?

    Creating a sense of emotional depth is a moving target. What connects emotionally for one person will not necessarily connect for another. My litmus test when I am nearing the end of a piece, the question I ask myself that is the only guide I can rely on, is  “Does it speak to me? Do I feel something when I look at it?”. If I can honestly answer, “Yes”, then I am satisfied. 

    How has your studio mentorship impacted the works you've created for "PONDER"?

    The studio mentorship I completed was a few years ago, before my first art show. I was thrilled to be selected, having no experience in the art world at the time. My mentor was a well-known landscape artist from the west coast who had a beautiful way of capturing small moments with such simplicity, I couldn’t help but be inspired. I have tried to find my own way of doing that, of distilling moments and places and memories into simple gestural marks and brush strokes. When the mentorship began I was new to painting, still very insecure and feeling my way through mediums and techniques. I didn’t even know how oil paints work! I cried a lot during that mentorship, but I also celebrated some major triumphs. That was the beginning for me. It gave me the confidence to press forward and lead to the type of work I create today, including the pieces in PONDER. 

    What techniques help you maintain a consistent artistic voice?

    Like many artists, I struggle to maintain a consistent artistic voice, while still allowing myself to explore and push beyond the work I am currently creating. When I really need to produce something consistent, I focus on three things: my mark-making, my colour palette and my subject matter. If I can keep at least two of these three things consistent, the work will be cohesive.

    What inspired your latest series of pieces?

    My landscape work is inspired by memories, and the pieces I am showing in PONDER are no exception. When I start a painting I have no vision in my mind. I don’t typically paint from images. However, as I lay down colours and move paint around, I begin to see shapes, shadow and light. By about half-way through a painting I know that I am painting something from my past, a distant memory of something meaningful, impactful, and important to me. It is like each painting lives somewhere in my subconscious, and then reveals itself to me in its own time. I don’t strive for realistic re-creation, but let the haziness of the past, as seen through the veil of emotions, take centre stage.

  • Three paintings in Christie’s From a Distance collection featured in ArtAscent Magazine, April 2023, issue #58. View here: ArtAscent 04/2023 Tear Sheets

  • 2022Talking with Artists, Online Interview series with Kate Taylor