About






Finley Baker
(she/they) is a queer interdisciplinary artist and birdwatcher based in Colorado. She uses printmaking, fibers, sculpture and time-based media to explore environment through the paths of experience and personal connection. Finley is currently focusing her research on environmental concerns in the Great Plains and the Intermountain West.

Finley earned her Master of Arts in Art and Technology from The University of Oklahoma in Summer 2024 and her BFA in Printmaking and Sculpture from the Metropolitan State University of Denver in Spring 2020.



B. 1993 Omaha, NE
Currently lives in Colorado
Email: finleyjaybaker @ gmail (dot) com

Instagram:
@ finnotaur - personal
@finleybaker_studio - art





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EDUCATION


2024
Master of Arts - Art and Technology, The University of Oklahoma 

2020 
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Printmaking and Sculpture, 
Metropolitan State University of Denver 


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS


2025
Satellite Members Show, EDGE Gallery, Denver CO

Radical Existence, Squirm Gallery, Denver CO

Experiments in Photography, EDGE Gallery, Denver CO


2024
Summer Solstice Satellite Member Show, EDGE Gallery, Denver CO


2023
Prismatic, Juried by Drew Austin and Scottie Burgess, Dairy Arts Center,
Boulder CO


2022
Steamroller Printing, Southwest Print Fiesta, Silver City NM

Morphologies, Landscape Studio, Denver Art Museum, Denver CO

Celestial Visions, Juried by Hayley Barker, Scorpio Palace, Denver CO

Small Works, Main Street Gallery, Lyons CO

Big Ink, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada CO 

Art of the State, Juried by Ellamaria Ray, Louise Martorano and  Collin Parson, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada CO


2020
“You are not wonderful just because you are a mother,” Juried by Qiana Mestrich, Artist/Mother Podcast virtual exhibition

The Art of Conservation, 40 West Gallery, Denver CO

Masks Required! Green Wave Gallery, Denver CO

Call to the Wilds, Invitational exhibition organized by Samantha Bares and Alanna Lacey, University of Colorado - Boulder, CO (moved online due to COVID-19)

Senior Show, Light Gray Art Lab, Minneapolis MN (online exhibition in response to
COVID-19)

Social Distance Gallery, Digital exhibition on Instagram @socialdistancegallery
(online exhibition in response to COVID-19)

Where Stories Repeat Themselves, Center for Visual Art, Denver CO (moved online due to COVID-19)

MetroNow! Juried by Art Guild MSU Denver, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver CO (moved online due to COVID-19)

Locals Only, Juried by Collective Misnomer (online screening in response to COVID-19)

Queer Ecologies, Curated by Vanessa Adams and Mary Tremonte, Irma Freeman Center, Pittsburgh PA

From the Ground Up, Crooked House Press, Logan UT

Change of State: An Exhibition of Printed Matter, curated by Laine Godsey, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood CO

2019     
Art House Shuffle - Act IV: Bodies, Curated by the Human Cluster Project, Art House, Denver CO

Queer Ecologies, Curated by Vanessa Adams and Mary Tremonte, White Page Gallery, Minneapolis MN

Straight from the Dark Room, Organized by Jade Hoyer and Rachel Singel, Printmaking Hall Gallery, University of Louisville, Louisville KY 

Moving Pictures: A Print Portfolio Exchange Art Exhibition, Morrissey Gallery,
St. Ambrose University, Davenport IA

2018 Mythological Homes, Creatures, and Equality, Robert Strohmeier Print Space,
Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver CO

Queer Lives, Organized by the Genders and Sexualities Alliance of the University of Colorado - Denver, Tivoli Turnhalle, Denver CO

One Square Foot, Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver CO

Mother Matrix, Juried by Katie Christensen, Lisa Lofgren, and Sarah Anne Shearer, 

Art Connect Gallery, Laramie WY

Thank You, Call Again, Juried by Kelsey Stephenson, Galerie Gaulin, Alberta
College of Art + Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 

Denver State of Mind, m. Romero Gallery, Denver CO 

MetroNow! Juried by Kaitlin Maestas, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver CO

Student Showcase, Curated by Amber Micciche, 965 Gallery Space, Denver CO

Open Student Show, EDGE Gallery, Denver CO


2017     
Rhymes with Orange, Robert Strohmeier Print Space, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver CO

First and Next, Contributor/Art Assistant to solo show by Jade Hoyer,
Chesapeake Gallery, Harford Community College, Belaire MD


2016
Let’s Go Colorado, Juried by Eric Paddock, Denver Art Museum, Denver CO 


COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

2025
Wildness, digitally animated video projection, Daniels and Fisher Tower, Denver CO,
Commissioned by Night Lights Denver


2024
Tracing the Land, large and small-scale powder coated and painted steel cutouts,
56th and Uvalda @ Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Commerce City
CO, Public Art Commission In Collaboration with Drew Austin



SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND ZINES

2022
The Hand: A Magazine for Reproduction-Based Arts, Issue #37

2021
The Fat Zine Issue #2, edited by Gina Tonic

2020
To All The Men Who’ve Preyed on Me Before Vol. II, edited by Amelia White

MSU Denver BFA Thesis Exhibition Catalog, edited and compiled by Spring 2020 BFA Thesis Cohort

2019
WMN Zine: Seasons of a Dyke, Issue #1, edited by Florencia Alvarado,Jeanette Spicer, and Sara Duell

Metrosphere, Volume 37, Issue #3, edited by Estevan Ruiz

The Hand: A Magazine for Reproduction-Based Arts, Issue #25, edited by Adam Finkelston and James Meara

2017
Uncanny Zine, Curated by Julian Miholics 

SELECTED PORTFOLIO EXCHANGES

2025
Queer Impressions, Organized by Alex Blom and Nicholas Waguespack

2023
SunScream Zine Exchange, Organized by Veronica Leto

2022
Itty Bitty Print Exchange, Organized by Fiona Avocado

Rebirth Portfolio Exchange, Dead Matter Press, Portland OR

2020
Personal Ecologies, Prairie Wolf Press, Denver CO (Organizer and participant)

Proof: 2020 Print Exchange, Southwest Print Fiesta, Silver City NM 

Call to the Wilds Portfolio Exchange, invitational theme portfolio organized 
By Samantha Bares and Alanna Lacey for the Embracing the Wilds
Conference 2020, University of Colorado, Boulder CO

From the Ground Up Portfolio Exchange, Crooked House Press, Logan UT

2019      
Moving Pictures Portfolio Exchange, St. Ambrose University,
Davenport IA

2018
Mythological Homes, Creatures and Equality, Metropolitan State University
Of Denver, Denver CO     

Mother Matrix Portfolio Exchange, theme portfolio organized by Katie Christensen, Lisa Lofgren, and Sarah Anne Shearer for the Mid-America Printmaking Conference 2018, Laramie WY



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & SERVICE TO THE FIELD

2024-Present
Adjunct Professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver CO, 
Courses taught: 4D Foundations

2024 
Workshop, Canva, AI and You!, CAL Makerspace Interest Group Workshop, Colorado
Association of Libraries @ HPLD Library LINC Library Innovation Center, Greeley CO

2022-Present
MakerSpace Specialist, Hudson Public Library, Hudson CO

2022
Demonstrating Artist, October 15th, 16th, 29th, 30th, Denver Art Museum, Denver CO

2022
Artist Talk, MSU Denver Professional Practices @ Arvada Center, Arvada, CO

2020
Social Media Coordinator/Studio Assistant, Downtown Aurora Visual Arts, Aurora CO 

2021
Gallery Assistant, Green Wave Gallery, Denver CO

2020
Artist Talk, Embracing the Wilds Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder CO

2019-2020
Social Media Assistant, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Department of Art, Denver CO

2018
Volunteer, MSU Denver BFA Thesis Show, Center for Visual Art, Denver CO

Volunteer, live block printing demonstration with Lazy Dog Press at
Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver CO

Panelist, Inclusive Printmaking Practices: Sharing Ideas Within Our
Community with Jade Hoyer, Dylan Welch and Dianna Miguez, Mid America
Printmaking Conference, Laramie WY

Teaching Assistant to Professor Jade Hoyer, Metropolitan State University of
Denver, ART 1101: 2D Foundations - Fall 2018

2017 - 2020
Printmaking, Foundations and Drawing Studio Technician, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver CO

2017 - 2019 
President, Lazy Dog Press, MSU Denver Printmaking Club, Denver CO

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

2020
Award of Excellence, The Art of Conservation, 40 West Gallery, Lakewood CO

2020
MSU Denver BFA Thesis Exhibition: Honorable Mention, Metropolitan State
University of Denver, Denver CO 

2020
COVID-19 Impact Grant, Metropolitan State University of Denver CO

2019
Endowment for Careers in the Arts, Department of Art, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver CO

2019
Guaranteed to Succeed Mini Grant, The Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy,
Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver CO

2018
Endowment for Careers in the Arts, Department of Art, Metropolitan State
University of Denver, Denver CO



PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS


2023 - present EDGE Gallery - Satellite Member

2022 - present Colorado Association of Libraries - Member

2018 - present Mid America Print Council (MAPC) - Member

2020 - 2021 Red Delicious Press - Member

2020 - 2021 Green Wave Gallery - Member

2019 - 2021 Art Students League of Denver - Member

2018 - 2021 SGC International - Member

2017 - 2020 Lazy Dog Press - Member


COLLECTIONS


Brooklyn Art Library

Crooked House Press

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Southwest Print Fiesta Archive

Special Collections at Norlin Library at the University of Colorado

Texas Tech Artist Printmaking and Photographic Research Collection
University of Louisville Print Archive






All artwork copyright Finley Baker 2025, all rights reserved.