About
Finley Baker (she/hers) is an 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