RICHARD J. BAKER BORN: Columbia, MO 1943 EDUCATION: 1971 University of Cincinnati, M.F.A. 1969 Kansas City Art Institute, B.F.A. 1968 Yale University Summer School of Music and Art SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2004 Implement, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA 1998 Interactive Multimedia Exhibit, California State University-San Marcos, CA 1996 Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA 1996 Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1994 Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1993 Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA 1992 Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1991 Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1990 Gustaf Anders, Santa Ana, CA 1989 Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1988 Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 1987 Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1985 Four Installations, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art 1983 Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1982 Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1977 Tokyo Central Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 1975 Tucson Museum of Art, School Gallery, Tucson, AZ SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2001 Recent Acquisitions: 2001. Selections from the Permanent Collection, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA 1996 Gallery Artists, Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA 1994 Wildlife, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA 1992 Different Strokes, Southwest College of Art, Chula Vista, CA 1992 Local Production, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA 1992 Changing Group Exhibition, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1990 Anushka Gallery, San Diego, CA \1988 Off the Back Burner, Sushi Gallery, San Diego, CA Masks, Curator, Judith Vogt, Artspace, Los Angeles, CA Tableaux: Vivant/Morte, Installation Gallery, San Diego, CA Abstractions of the 80's, Mandeville Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA 1987 The Capitol Group: Selections from a Corporate Collection, Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA The Biennial, Installation Gallery, San Diego, CA Gwydion Gallery, La Jolla, CA 1986 Los Angeles Artists, Bullock's Department Stores, Beverly Center, Los Angeles, CA A Southern California Collection, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1985 Janet Steinberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA Ettinger Gallery, Laguna College of Art, Laguna Beach, CA (two-person show) Gallery Artists, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Spectrum Los Angeles, Gallery Akmak, Berlin, Germany Chicago international At Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL A San Diego Exhibition, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA Sunshine and Shadow: Recent Painting in Southern California, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1984 Cirrus Celebrates L.A. Art, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Chicago International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Four Artists: Four Directions, Sushi, San Diego, CA A Collaboration, Masters Gallery, San Diego State University, (two-person installation) 1983 Gallery Artists, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1982 Galleria del Cavallino, Venice, Italy Chicago International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Reds, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1981 Newcomers 1981, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Southern California Artists, Curator, Barbara Haskell, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art Information, University Gallery, San Diego State University, (three-person exhibition) 1980 Three Aspects in Four Mediums, Celebrations Gallery, San Diego, CA 1979 3x 1, Grossmont College Gallery, El Cajon, CA 1976 Hakone Cultural Exhibit, Hakone, Japan 1975 Southwestern Invitational, Yuma, AZ 1974 Educational Resources Center, Tucson, AZ Arizona Outlook '74", Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 1971 Tangeman Gallery, Cincinnati, OH SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: Fark, Bill ?Review?, p. 18, North County Times, June 28, 2001. Kendricks, Neil "Wildflowers", Night & Day, p. 49, San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 17-23, 1996 Looseleaf, Victoria "Microcosms of Nature, Body and Spirit", Downtown News 17, Los Angeles, April, 1996 Pincus, Robert "In Perspective", San Diego Union-Tribune, March 6, 1996, E-5 Frank, Peter, "Art Pick of the Week", LA Weekly, April 26-May 2, 1991 Ollman, Leah "At the Galleries", Los Angeles Times, Jan. 22, 1988, Part VI, 24b. Freudenheim, Susan "Not All That News", San Diego Tribune, Jan. 13, 1988, C-1. Pincus, Robert "Young Artists Offer...", San Diego Union, Feb. 4, 1988, C-8. McDonald, Robert "Cool Look at Gallery's Hot Opening", Los Angeles Times, Ap. 15, 1987. Pincus, Robert "Installation Gallery's 'Biennial' Bridges Generations", San Diego Union, April 23, 1987, D-14. Kelley, Jeff "Richard Baker: The Shapes and Spaces of the Psychic Body", (LAICA) Journal, Spring, 1985, pp.49-53, illus. Kelley, Jeff "A San Diego Exhibition", Catalogue, 1985. McDonald, Robert "San Diego Artists Find Greener Pastures in Los Angeles", Los Angeles Times, March 15, 1985. McDonald, Robert "Artists Emerging in San Diego", Artweek, April 20, 1985, p.1. Curtis, Kathy "Laguna Student's Horizons Widened by Current Exhibitions", Orange County Register, December 27, 1985. Mc Donald, Robert Art in L.A./L.A. Art, Catalogue for "Spectrum Los Angeles" Exhibition, 1985. Larsen, Susan C. Sunshine and Shadow: Recent Painting in Southern California, Catalogue, 1985. Schipper, Merle "A Sampling of Southern California Painters", Artweek, Feb. 9, 1985, p.1. Muchnic, Suzanne "Sun Shines on 29 Local Artists", Los Angeles Times, Jan. 24, 1985, Calendar, Part VI. Lugo, Mark-Elliot "Vagaries of Art Underscored", San Diego Tribune, Jan. 4, 1985, C1. Drohojowska, Hunter "Four Directions at Sushi", LA Weekly, Dec. 28, 1984 - Jan. 3, 1985, p.55. Pincus, Robert "Room for Improvement in this Show", Los Angeles Times, Nov. 6, 1984, Part VI, p. 5, illus. Miller, Elise "Artists the Critics are watching", Artnews, Nov., 1984, p. 96 illus. Gardner, Colin "Four Examples of Illusion", Artweek, Oct. 27, 1984, p. 1 illus. Van Doren, Phyllis "Arts and Artists" San Diego Home & Garden, March, 1984, p. 24, illus. Wilson, William "Galleries", Los Angeles Times, Nov. 18, 1983, p. 2, Calendar. Nelson, Sandy "The psychological Tightrope: 1982", Images and Issues, Jan/Feb, 1983, p. 50. RICHARD J. BAKER Pincus, Robert "Galleries", Los Angeles Times, June 11, 1982, part VI, p. 13. Wilson, William "Newcomers at Barnsdall", Los Angeles Times, Sept. 13, 1981, Calendar, p. 83, illus. Knight, Christopher "California Painting in Search of a Context", Los Angeles Times, Sept. 6, 1981, part II, p. 8, illus. Reilly, Richard "Satirical to Spiritual", San Diego Union, Feb. 22, 1981, p.E1. Wilson, William "Toward a Definition of Post Modern", Los Angeles Times, Feb. 1, 1981, Calendar, p. 82. Miller, Elise "Galleries", Reader, Nov. 16, 1978, p. 16, illus. Thoren, Barbara "The Week in Art", The Japan Times, July 3, 1977, p. 8, illus.