Born
1958 Ann Arbor, MI
Residence
2001 - present Seattle, WA
1992 - 2001 San Francisco, CA
1990 - 1992 Brooklyn, NY
1984 - 1990 Chicago, IL
1982 - 1984 New Haven, CT
1980 - 1992 Chicago, IL
1978 - 1980 Bellingham, WA
1977 - 1978 Louvain, Belgium
1975 - 1977 Walla Walla, WA
1969 - 1975 Seattle, WA
1968 - 1969 Utrecht, The Netherlands
1960 - 1968 Seattle, WA
Education
1984 M.F.A., Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1982 B.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Awards and Grants
2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 American Academy of Arts and Letters Artist’s and Writer’s Grant, New York, NY
2018 Artist’s Fellowship Inc, NYC, Artist’s Grant, New York, NY, October 2017- March 2018
2017 Artist’s Fellowship Inc, NYC, Artist’s Grant, New York, NY, February 2017- July 2017
2016 Artist’s Fellowship Inc, NYC, Artist’s Grant, New York, NY, May 2016 - October 2016
2011 - 2010 Pollock Krasner Foundation Financial Grant, New York, NY
2010 Academy Award in Painting, Awards Ceremonial, Pecuniary Award, May 19, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1983 Yale University at Norfolk, Teaching Assistantship, Norfolk CT
Museum Exhibitions
2018 Lux Art Institute, Exhibition and Residency, San Diego, CA
2007 “Broken Beauty,” Laguna Museum, Laguna, CA (Monograph)
2002 “Perception and Reality,” Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA (Catalogue)
2002 “Artifice and Reality: The Paintings of Gabrielle Bakker and Gloria DeArcangelis,”
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA (Catalogue) 2
Solo Exhibitions
2013 Carroll College, Helena, MT
2012 LA Art Fair Solo Exhibition, Davidson Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Davidson Galleries, Seattle WA (Catalogue)
2003 Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
1996 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue)
1987 Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2017 “Referenced,” Danese Corey Gallery, New York, NY
2015 “Seattle Art Fair,” Seattle, WA, Danese Corey Gallery, New York, NY
2014 “The Armory Show,” New York, NY, Danese Corey Gallery, New York, NY
2010 American Academy of Arts and Letters, Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, New York, NY, March 11 to April 11
2010 Exhibition of Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards,
May 20 - June 13, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
2005, 2003, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1992 “Group Exhibitions,” Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
1998 “Stocking Stuffers,” Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
1998 “Summer Group Show, Part I & II,” Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
1997 “Tenth Anniversary Exhibition,” Hackett - Freedman, San Francisco, CA
1997 “Summer Exhibition,” Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
1996 “Twenty Years,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue)
1993 “The Armory Show,” New York, NY, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 “In Progress: San Francisco Art Institute Visiting Faculty 1992-1993”, Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1992 “Gallery Artists,” Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1992 “From America’s Studio; Drawing New Conclusions,” The Betty Rhymer Gallery,
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Curated by James Yood, Chicago, IL
1992 “Still Lives,” Curated by Ed Gilbert and Dean Rolston, The Guest House,
The Zen Center Hospice, Chicago, IL
1991 “Gallery Artists,” Mincher/Wilcox, San Francisco, CA
1989 “Yale in Chicago,” Vienna Annex Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989 “Still Life Show,” Missouri Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989 “Good Painting: Contemporary Chicago Painters,” State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 “A Chicago Souvenir,” Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 “Three Person Show,” Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
1985 “Miniatures,” Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1984 “Chicago Head,” Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL 3
Reviews and Articles
2018 “Mythology With a Modern Touch,” Martina Schmitschek, The San Diego Tribune
2018 “Compelling’ Pieces in Gabrielle Bakker’s Exhibit,” Lonnie Burstein Hewitt,
Rancho Santa Fe Review
2006 “A Broken Beauty: Suffering as Art,” Bobbie Allen, Laguna Coastline Weekly
2005 “Broken Beauty,” Arts and Entertainment, Orange County Register
2005 “The Crux of the Debate,” Pacific Clippings, Daily Register
2001 “Events Pick: Frye Museum Leture by Gabrielle Bakker,” Christopher Frizelle, Seattle Weekly
2001 “What’s Best, Gabrielle Bakker and Gloria DeArcangelis,” Seattle Post Intelligencer
2001 “A Tale of Two Artists,” Rosemary Jones, Capitol Hill Times
2001 “Hot Ticket,” Seattle Times
2001 “21st Century Quest for a 600-year-old Style is Provocative,” Judy Wagonfeld, Seattle Post Intelligencer
2001 “Gabrielle Bakker,” The New Yorker, Art Galleries Uptown
1998 “Gabrielle Bakker,” New York Times, Art Guide
1998 “Gabrielle Bakker,” The New Yorker, Art Galleries Uptown
1995 “A Sampling of California’s Noteworthy Contemporary Women Artists,” Leslie A. Westbrook, Christine Ostrander, Art West, San Francisco, CA
1992 “Show Presents Art an Unfinished Business,” Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle,
San Francisco, CA
1992 “Rating the Venerable School of Art Institute,” David McCracken, The Chicago Tribune, Art Department
1992 “Gabrielle Bakker,” Northern California Home and Garden
1991 “Gabrielle Bakker at Mincher/Wilcox,” Gay Morris, Art in America,
1991 “Dream Images: Gabrielle Bakker at Mincher/Wilcox Gallery,” Rene Duer, Art Week
1989 “Gallery Scene,” David McCracken, Chicago Tribune
1988 “Still Life Show,” Amy Rosenbaum, New Art Examiner
1988 “Good Paintings: Contemporary Chicago Painters,” Joyce Fernandez, New Art Examiner
1988 “Good Painting Show Exhibits Great Promise,” Mary Sherman, Chicago Sun Times
1988 “It’s Hard to Classify ‘Good Painting’ Works,” David McCracken, Chicago Tribune
1987 “Gabrielle Bakker’s Art Invokes the Masters,” Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune
1987 “Gabrielle Bakker,” Garret Holg, New Art Examiner
1986 “Report from Chicago: Realism Resurgent,” Michael Bonesteel, Art in America
1985 “Gabrielle Bakker, Raoul Deal, and Deborah Newmark,” Mark Leonhart, New Art Examiner
1985 “Darts ‘Artist to Watch’ Displays a Healthy Mix of Diverse Talent,” Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune
1985 “Wandering Leads to Wonderland,” Christopher Lyons, Chicago Sun Times
Web Reviews, Interviews and Blogs
2011 KUOW Presents “Painter Gabrielle Bakker: Classicism, Cubism and the Pursuit of Excellence,” Interviewer Dave Beck
2011 KUOW Presents “Gabrielle Bakker’s Reinvention,” Gary Faigin
2011 “Currently Hanging: Gabrielle Bakker. Paintings from 2001 to 2011,” Jen Graves, The Stranger SLOG
2012 “LA Art Show 2012” Hollywood Sentinel, Reviewed by Moira Cue 4
Teaching
2014 Intermediate Figure Drawing, Digipen College of Animation, Redmond, WA
2008 Figure Drawing 290 Spring, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2007 Drawing 190 Fall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1998 Visiting Artist, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1993 – 1992 Visiting Faculty Full Time, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1991 Visiting Artist, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1987 Visiting Artist, Oxbow, MI
1986 Adjunct Faculty, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Lectures and Panels
2018 Lux At Institute, San Diego, CA
2014 Invitational Lecturer: Women Painters of Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2011 Seattle Public Library, Seattle, WA
2004, 2002 Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Seattle Academy Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2004, 2002, Stanford Law School Panel: “Art and the Law,” John H. Merryman, Palo Alto, California,
2000, 1999, 1998, 1996 Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1998, 1991 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1992 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1989 DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
1988 Yale University New Haven, CT
1985 University of Indiana Bloomington, IN
Chicago University Chicago, IL.
1984 Indiana University N.W., Gary, IN
Books
2014 “Le Dernier Jour de Jeune” Simon Abkarian ©2009 Actes Sud- Papiers, France (Cover)
2009 “Penelope O Penelope” Simon Abkarian ©2009 Actes Sud- Papiers, France (Cover)
2005 “Face to Face “Gay and Lesbian Clergy on Holiness and Life Together,” Jeffrey Heskins,William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids,
MI Cambridge, UK ©2005 (Cover)
2005 “A Broken Beauty,” Edited by Theodore L. Prescott, © 2005
2002 “The Art Dealers. The Powers Behind The Scene Tell How The Art World Really Works,” Laura De Coppet & Allan Jones, © 2002
1995 “The Minotaur’s Lament,” S.K. Gomez, © 1995, Fithian Press, Santa Barbara, CA, Drawings by G. Bakker
1991 “Trompe L’Oeil at Home,” Karen S. Chambers, © 1991, Rizzoli, NY5
Selected Collections
Peter and Wendy Asher, Los Angeles, CA
Mrs. Cornelis Bakker, Spokane, WA
Giselle Bakker New Canaan, CT
Clyde Beswick, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Black, Los Angeles, CA
Marc and Franzi Bodmer, Zurich, Switzerland
Michel and Claudia Bodmer, Zurich, Switzerland
Linda Brandes, San Diego, CA
John Bryan, Chicago, IL
Eileen Cohen, New York, NY
David Edelstein, Seattle, WA
Henry Finder, New York, NY
Harrison Ford, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA
Dianne Fuller, San Francisco, CA
Norbert Gleicher, Chicago, IL
Greg Gorman, Los Angeles, CA
Julia Heiman and Johan Verhulst, Seattle, WA
Joelle Hoverson, Stamford CT
Alan Matthews, Miami, FL
Larry and Melissa Kurtz, San Francisco, CA
Sean Leffers, San Francisco, CA
Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Los Angeles, CA
Wendy Stark Morrissey, Los Angeles, CA
Tony Sigel, Boston, MA
Sam Reed, New York, NY
A.G. Rosen, Wayne, NJ
George Sampas, NY
Fred Stare, Chicago, IL
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Sette Camara, Buffalo, NY
Deborah Widener, San Francisco, CA
Selected Museum and Corporate Collections
HBO Corporation, Chicago, IL
Santa Barbara University Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
San Jose Art Museum, San Jose, CA
The Art Institute of Chicago (The Richard and Jalane Davidson Collection), Chicago, IL