Lydia Baker
A need for a constructive escapism led me to create my current body of work, which simultaneously explores ideas of harmony and the unknown. As I draw with colored pencils on paper, I immerse myself in different worlds, offering the viewer a point of departure from reality. These particular drawings are part of a larger series called Space, which originated from feelings of detachment and separation, and then spiraled into fantasies of togetherness and consciousness after death. Ranging from 6 x 8 in – 9 x 12 in, these small-scale drawings break down the vastness of the cosmos into digestible bits of magic.
Bio
Lydia Baker lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She received a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2013 and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2020. She is a recipient of the New York Academy of Art’s Post-Graduate Chubb Fellowship 2020-21, and will be an artist in residence at Sugarlift Gallery in Chelsea, and the Saltonstall Foundation in Ithaca, NY this fall. Baker’s work has been featured by numerous publications, including Art Maze Magazine's Issue #22, Artsy, and Juxtapoz. Her work has been shown throughout the United States, and will be exhibited in NYC September 2021 at both Sugarlift Gallery and Wilkinson Gallery at the New York Academy of Art.
