Curriculum Vitae
Kate Baker
Education
2025 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Australian National University, School of Art and Design, Canberra Thesis: Beyond the Material: at the Intersection of Glass and the Digital Image
1999 Bachelor of Arts (Visual) with 1st class Honours (Major: Studio Glass), Australian National University, School of Art, Canberra
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Difficult Knowledge, The Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai, China
2023 Beyond the Material: at the Intersection of Glass and the Digital Image, Australian National University Gallery, Canberra.
2020 Sublimate, Finkelstein Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Between Intimacy and Trespass, The Canberra Glassworks Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2017 Within Matter, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, Australia
2015 Flux, The Depot Gallery, Sydney, Australia (catalogue)
2011 Encode, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2011 Cipher, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
2009 Transgression, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Museum Group Exhibitions
2025 Lives: Masterpieces from the Toyama Museum of Glass Collection, Toyama, Japan
2024 The World in my Hand, Alexander Tutsek Art Museum, Munich, Germany
2021 The International Exhibition of Glass, Toyama Museum of Glass, Toyama, Japan
2019 - 2022 New Glass Now: An International Survey of Contemporary Art in Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA.
Tour: The Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington DC, USA and Toyama Museum of Glass, Toyama, Japan
2018 Contemporary Narratives in Glass, The Palm Springs Art Museum, California, USA
2013 Chromatic Fusion: The Art of Fused Glass, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2012 In the Name of Love: International Contemporaries in Glass, Alexander Tutsek Art Museum, Munich, Germany
Awards and Grants
2024 Finalist, The Fuse Glass Prize, The Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia
2022 Finalist, The Tom Bass Sculpture Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney, Australia
2021 Finalist, The Toyama International Exhibition of Glass, The Toyama Museum of Glass, Toyama, Japan
2021 Finalist, The Tom Malone Art Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (also 2020)
2020 Finalist, The Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, VIC
2020 Finalist, The Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize, Sydney, NSW (also 2019)
2020 Finalist, The Fuse Glass Prize, The Jam Factory, Adelaide, SA (also 2018)
2019 Recipient, Arts Projects for Individuals Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Australia
2019 Finalist, The Klaus Moje Glass Award, Canberra, A.C.T.
2018 Winner, The Hindmarsh Prize, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, ACT
2017 Recipient, Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
2014 Finalist, City of Hobart Art Prize, Hobart, Australia
2012 Finalist, Ranamok Glass Prize, Australia (also 2009, 2008, 2007)
2010 Recipient, New Work - Emerging Artist Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
Collections
The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA
Alexander Tutsek Stiftung Collection, Munich Germany
The Toyama Museum of Glass, Toyama, Japan
The Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai, China
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, Australia
Private Collections in America, Europe, Asia and Australia
