Rush Baker American, b. 1987

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The Fall of Atlanta, 2024
The Fall of Atlanta, 2024

"If these paintings can engage with the world today, it is through the complex feeling of vulnerability happening everywhere, every minute."

 

- Rush Baker IV

Rush Baker IV (American, b. 1987, Washington, DC) (he/him) embraces uncertainty in his painting practice, exploring the tension between destruction and reconstruction, using abstraction as a strategy to alter preconceived ideas.
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Rush Baker

Rush Baker IV (American, b. 1987, Washington, DC) (he/him) embraces uncertainty in his painting practice, exploring the tension between destruction and reconstruction, using abstraction as a strategy to alter preconceived ideas. Baker has exhibited nationally and internationally, with solo shows at Future Gallery (Berlin), Scaramouche Gallery (New York City), and HEMPHILL Artworks (Washington, DC), among others. He holds a BFA from The Cooper Union, where he received the Jack Stewart Memorial Prize for Excellence in Painting, and an MFA from Yale University, where he was awarded the Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award. In 2023, he was a Trawick Prize finalist and an Artsy Foundations Prize finalist in 2024. Baker was a 2024/2025 Grant Wood Art Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor in Art at the University of Iowa.

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