Please join me at the opening reception of "The Diver" - at the Great Park Gallery on Sunday January 25th, from 1-3pm.
Kristina Rose Baker: The Diver presents new large-scale paintings and drawings by California-based artist Kristina Rose Baker. Drawing on over 2,500 years of art historical representations of diving, Baker re-imagines the figure in moments of suspension - between water, earth, and sky. With her distinct use of oil paint and charcoal, she captures fleeting moments between motion and stillness, presence and absence. Blending personal experiences of transformation and the ephemeral, Kristina Rose Baker: The Diver offers a visually poetic reflection on humanity's enduring relationship with water and the natural world.
Curated by Adam Sabolick
Great Park Gallery
800 Great Park Blvd., Irvine, CA
Opening Reception: January 25th, 1-3pm
Exhibition runs until April 12, 2026
Dialogues on the Knoll - West Hollywood
I’m pleased to share that my paintings Altadena Crest Trail, Sam Merrill Trail, and Untitled are currently featured in Dialogues on the Knoll in West Hollywood.
Dialogues on the Knoll gathers a circle of artists whose practices seek grounding amid a world in motion. Sculpture, sound, light, painting, and functional art converge to explore the delicate balance between rupture and repair, chaos and contemplation. Clay, bronze, stone, pigment, and frequency each become vessels for transformation—holding emotional, ecological, and spiritual memory in their form. Across the exhibition, we encounter works that surface the rawness of being human, alongside gestures toward healing, ritual, and inner stillness. Some pieces mirror the turbulence of the collective moment; others offer refuge, sanctuary, or breath. Together, they create a living dialogue—an invitation to pause, listen, and inhabit the space between intensity and quiet. On this West Hollywood knoll, the salon becomes both lookout and landing place, where uncertainty and beauty can coexist, and where stillness is not the absence of noise, but the presence of awareness.
COLLECTIVE ARTISTS: Mark Acetelli, Charles Arnoldi, Kristina Rose Baker, Brian Chaaban, Mads Christensen, Christina Craemer, Shane Guffogg, Steve Hash, Alexandria Hilfiger, Caroline P.M. Jones, David Paul Kay, Brandon Lomax, Leo Marmol, Mohamed Ouedraogo, Theo Pinto, Rotem Reshef, Cybele Rowe, Roxie Sarhangi, & Todd Williamson
Press: Design News Now - Art, Architecture, and Design Converge in West Hollywood
November 11, 2025 - January 15, 2026
918 West Knoll Drive, West Hollywood, CA
Curated by Kipton Cronkite | Salon Partner, Todd Williamson
Private walkthroughs are available by appointment. Email assistant@kipton.com | Text: 917-797-2689
Stone Soup at Soka University
I’m grateful that two new paintings will be included in the group show Stone Soup at Soka University, opening on September 18th and running through January 22, 2026, co-curated by Frances DePhillips and Shayla Rose-Brown.
Stone Soup: A Group Exhibition at Soka University
Founders Art Gallery at Soka University of America presents Stone Soup, a group exhibition featuring Southern California artists working in 2D and 3D media. The exhibition focuses on intergenerational connection, community, and the role of visual storytelling in bridging perspectives across time and experience.
Curated by Frances DePhillips and Shayla Rose-Brown, recent graduates of Soka University, the exhibition draws inspiration from the Stone Soup folktale—a story of individuals contributing to a shared creation. In this context, each artist’s work represents a unique “ingredient” that, together, forms a collective exploration of human connection.
Stone Soup highlights the ways art can spark dialogue between generations, offering visitors an opportunity to reflect on what we share across age, culture, and lived experience.
Contributors: K. Baker, M. Baker, Donaldson, Heftersmith, Hill, Ingold, Jaffe, Lewis, Marsh, Meckel-Sam, Minaya, Moe, Nguyen, Stoner, Weber, White
A Rare and Notable Mercy, 2025, Oil on canvas board, 11 x 14 in
Love is for Vanishing Into The Sky, 2025, Oil on panel, 12 1/8 x 17 3/4 in
Looking Back: A Retrospective of The Bascom's Artist-in-Residence Program
My painting The Sun Releases Saturn From It’s Orbit (Takotsubo), 2023 was included in the recent exhibition “Looking Back: A Retrospective of The Bascom’s Artist-in-Residence Program”. The exhibition ran from May 24 - August 2 in The Bascom’s Thompson Gallery. Installation images below. I’m very grateful to have been included!
Artem Studio Installation Photo
Artem Studio held their inaugural event yesterday morning, and my painting Untitled is currently showcased in the space. I’m very pleased to share an installation photo. If you’re in the West Hollywood area, make an appointment to stop by.
Artem Studio
626-1 N La Cienega Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
The Bascom's 40th Anniversary Exhibition
I’m delighted to share that my painting, The Sun Releases Saturn From Its Orbit (Takotsubo) (2023), will be exhibited at The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts in Highlands, North Carolina. The exhibition features work from past Artists-in-Residence, and will be held in the Thompson Gallery from May 24 – August 2, 2025.
The Sun Releases Saturn From Its Orbit (Takotsubo), 2023, Oil on canvas, 40 x 34 in.
Gathering Light at Ashton Gallery, San Diego, CA
I’m excited to announce that my painting “The Diver IV” (2024) is currently on display in Gathering Light at Ashton Gallery in San Diego. Details below:
OMA's Artist Alliance is thrilled to present 53 artworks in their sixth annual exhibition at Ashton Gallery @ Art on 30th in North Park San Diego. Selected by juror Kate Ashton, many of the artworks are loosely themed to the title, Gathering Light, creating a show that is luminous, bright, hopeful, reflective both literally and in concept, and reviving in spirit.
On display at Ashton Gallery @ Art on 30th
January 11 - February 5, 2025
4434 30th Street, San Diego CA 92116.
(619) 894-9009
Monday-Saturday 11:00am-4:00pm; closed Sundays
The Diver IV, 2024, Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in.
Vive El Arte at She/They Gallery
I’m excited to announce that my painting Open Letter/Dimension of Justice (2020) will be displayed at She/They Gallery in Santa Ana, CA for their “Vive El Arte” exhibition.
Open Letter/Dimension of Justice is inspired by Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes (c. 1620), one of the most dramatic paintings of the Baroque period. Gentileschi’s painting depicts the biblical story of Judith, who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes. What stands out in Gentileschi’s version is the unflinching physicality and realism—Judith and her maid Abra are shown mid-act, with Judith gripping Holofernes’s hair as blood sprays from his neck. Gentileschi’s portrayal is often seen as reflecting her own life experiences, including her survival of sexual assault and the public trial where she testified against her attacker. My painting draws on these themes of justice, strength, and personal liberation, offering a contemporary take on the complexity of power and what it means to confront injustice today.
The exhibition opens with the Santa Ana Art Walk on November 2nd, from 6:00-9:00pm. Please stop by if you are in Orange County!
Open Letter/Dimension of Justice, 2020, Oil on Arches oil paper, 30 x 22 in.
More Disruption: Representational Art in Flux Recap
I am extremely grateful to have been included in More Disruption: Representational Art in Flux at the Oceanside Museum of Art. The show wrapped up several weeks ago, and I wanted to share some exhibition and reception photos. Very special thanks to John Seed, Aleah Chapin, and Timothy Robert Smith for jurying the exhibition and including my work.
