Solo Exhibitions and Showcases
2027 Solo Exhibition, Gallery 34, Port Hope (forthcoming)
2025 Solo Exhibition, Veradex Corporate Offices, Richmondhill
2025 Solo Exhibition, Roll This Way Sushi, Toronto, ON
2025 Featured Artist, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto
2024 Featured Artist, Ironman Creative Studios, East York
Group Exhibitions
2026 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto (forthcoming)
2026 Annual Summer Show, Blue Crow Gallery, Toronto (forthcoming)
2026 3rd Voice, Culture Toronto, Assembly Hall Gallery, Toronto
2026 Pi Art Squared, Art Alchemy, Toronto
2026 Winterlude, Capital Art Gallery, Ottawa
2025 Anniversary Show, Capital Art Gallery, Ottawa
2025 Rosedale Art Fair, Toronto
2025 Urban Oasis, Roster Artists Show, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto
2025 Riverdale ArtWalk, Toronto
2025 The BIG Art Show, Tett Centre, Kingston
2025 One of a Kind Show Spring Show, Toronto
2025 Pi Art Squared, Art Alchemy, Toronto
2025 Fresh Perspectives, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto
2024 Merry Minis, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto
2024 Square Foot Art Show, Tett Centre, Kingston
2024 Rust & Radiance, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto
2024 PONDER, Twist Gallery, Toronto
2024 Salon 18, Propeller Gallery, Toronto
2024 One Love, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto
2024VIEWPOINT, Twist Gallery, Toronto
2024 Riverdale ArtWalk, Toronto
2024 Petite Art Show, Ottawa
2024 You Do You, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto
2023 Noir Art Expo, Horticulture Building, Ottawa
2023 One Collective Spirit, Ironman Creative Studios, East York
2023 ArtWalk in the Square, North York
2023 ArtFest, Kingston
2023 The New Art Festival, Ottawa
2023Sweetly Affordable Art Fair, Ottawa
2023 Art in the Park, Oakville
2023 Riverdale ArtWalk, Toronto
2022 ArtWalk in the Square, North York
2022 Prespectives, Dundas Museum & Archives, Dundas
2022 Square Foot Show, Westland Gallery, London
2022 Ten Squared Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver
2022 Art in the Park, Oakville
2022 Art in the Park Riverside Common, Toronto
2022 Riverdale ArtWalk, Toronto, ON
2022 COAA Annual Juried Exhibition, Civic Centre Art Gallery, Etobicoke
2022 International Online Juried Exhibition, Fusion Gallery, Palm Springs
2022 The Link Gallery at Innovation Park, Waterloo
2022 Group Show, Fusion Gallery, Palm Springs
Collections
Ted Laurier Place, Cornwall
Citify Information Technology Inc., Oakville
Ceangal Consulting Inc., Toronto
Education
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, Don Valley School of Art, Bonnie Steinberg
2022 Painting, McMichael Canadian Collection, Andrew Cheddie Sookrah
2022 In the Studio: Post-War Abstract Painting, MoMA, Corey D’Augustine
2019–Present Self-taught in acrylic, oil, and mixed media techniques
Residencies and Mentorships
2026 One-Month Self-Directed Artist Residency, La Maison de Beaumont, Luberon
2026 One-Month Self-Directed Artist Residency, Hotel Sainte-Valière, Narbonne
2025-2026 Six-Month, Self-Directed Artist Residency, Gatineau
2025 Self-Directed Artist Residency, Gibraltar Point, Toronto
2022 8-week Studio Mentorship, Maria Josenhas, Victoria
Commissions
2025 Hope Floats, Private Collection, Toronto
2025 Choose Your Own Adventure, Private Collection, Toronto
2024 Follow the Light, Private Collection, Springbank
2024 Passages, Private Collection, Toronto
2024 Peonies, Private Collection, Vancouver
2023The Next Destination, Private Collection, Ottawa
Artist Talks and Teaching
2026 In-Studio Acrylic Workshops, Toronto
2025 Artist Talk, Capital Art Gallery, Ottawa
2025 Artist Talk, The Jackalope Gallery, Toronto
2023 Willowdale Group of Artist, Acrylic Painting Workshop
Professional Affiliations
2023, 2026–Present Associate Member, Society of Canadian Artists
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
2022–2024 Membership Chair, Central Ontario Art Association Board of Directors
Press
2026 Fairchild TV Interview, 3rd Voice show at Assembly Hall Gallery (forthcoming)
2024 Twist Gallery, Featured Artist Interview
2023 ArtAscent Art and Literature Magazine, April, 2023, issue #58
2022Talking with Artists, Interview, 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.
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Three paintings in Christie’s From a Distance collection featured in ArtAscent Magazine, April 2023, issue #58. View here: ArtAscent 04/2023 Tear Sheets
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2022Talking with Artists, Online Interview series with Kate Taylor