curriculum vitae
Cindy Baker
Selected Performances and Interventions
Personal Appearance
- Health, Embodiment and Visual Culture conference, McMaster University, Hamilton - November 2010
- Popular Culture Association national conference, St Louis - March 2010
- Exposure Festival, Edmonton AB - November 2009
- ANTIfest, Kuopio, Finland - September 2009
- Main Street Festival, Leduc AB - July 2009
- Pride Parade - AIDS Saskatoon float, Saskatoon, SK - June 2009
- Toronto, ON: April/May 2009:
- Waterloo Collegiate High art collective, Waterloo, ON - May 2009
- reVUE, Buddies in Bad Times comedy festival
- Granny Boots cabaret, Gladstone Hotel
- Bryce Kulak and Friends Cabaret, at Statler’s Piano Bar
- 401 Richmond Building
- Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto Resource Library
- Eastern Edge, St. John’s, NF - January 2009
- The New Gallery, Calgary AB (for Mountain Standard Time) - October 2008
- Saskatoon, SK: Mendel Art Gallery - September 2008
- Open Space, Victoria BC - August 2008
- The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN (for Artery 24) - July 2008
Face Time
- Saskatoon, SK -1-866-ORAL-ACT, a national toll-free gallery - April - June 2007
Have You Seen My Panties?
- Saskatoon, SK - a part of Back Alley Antics - July 2006
- Saskatoon, SK - for Sprocket; CBC Radio - August 2006
Free Mittens and Mufflers (with Megan Morman) - November 2005
- Saskatoon, SK -action against CBC lockout
Fashion Plate - July - August 2005
- FADO, Toronto, ON
The Cultural Worker - October 2004
- Western Front, Vancouver, BC
Heart to Heart - February 2004
- Modern Fuel, Kingston, ON
Aesthetics - November 2003
- Artspace, Peterborough, ON
Plexiglass box - traveling intervention
- Toronto, ON - supported by YYZ - April 2005
- Regina, SK - as a part of Cartographies: Dunlop - July 2003
- Prince Albert, SK - supported by the Art Gallery of P.A. - May 2003
- Edmonton, AB - as a part of Visualeyez; Latitude 53 - May 2002
- Vancouver, BC - organized by Tagny Duff and Marlene Madison during Vancouver’s Live Biennial of Performance - November 2001
- Winnipeg, MB - supported by Ace Art and Send & Receive - October 2001
- Brandon, MB - supported by the AGSM - October 2001
- Saskatoon, SK - September 2001 - April 2005
Say No To Performance Artists - (with Cheli Nighttraveller) Saskatoon - August - November 2001
Dibs - (with Shara Rosko; Published in Ace Art’s annual PaperWait; August 2001) - May 2001 - ongoing
Happy Valentine’s Day - February 2001, 2002, 2003
Door dose not lock
- May 2000 - ongoing
- Kelowna, BC - supported by Alternator Gallery January 2004
LOVE CINDY BAKER STOP - Nov 2000 - Sept 2004
Spurious (with Shara Rosko) - March 1999 - 2000
Selected Solo Exhibition History
- TBA: Solo exhibition at Gallery 101, Ottawa - June 2010
- Gimmick Dunlop Art Gallery - May - July 2008
- The Wetaskiwin of Saskatchewan - Solo show, Royal Red Gallery, Saskatoon - November 2006
- Gimmick - Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton - March - April 2004
- All Things to All Men (and Women) - Alternator Gallery, Kelowna - January - February 2004
- No Word of a Lie - Gallery of Southwest Manitoba, Brandon - October 2001
- No Word of a Lie - Edmonton Art Gallery (now Art Gallery of Alberta) - April 2001
- Recent Work- NeXtfest - next generation arts festival, Edmonton - June 1999
- Feminine Wiles - Solo show; Manifesto Culture Counter, Edmonton - March 1998
Selected Group Exhibition History
- Queerly Art Group show featuring Toy Lipsticks and Bullets organized by Saskatoon Diversity Network for Pride 09 - June 2009
- Gender Alarm Group show at La Centrale featuring Floriography, poster project collaboration with Megan Morman - Fall 2008
- That’s So Gay featuring Self Portraits of my Hands - Snelgrove Gallery, U of S campus, curated by Zachari Logan - June 2007
- Super String (featuring All Things to All Men (and Women)) - Stride Gallery, Calgary, curated by Anthea Black - July - August 2006
- That’s So Gay (featuring All Things) - Presented by the Saskatoon Diversity Network at the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, curated by Zachari Logan - June 2005
- stimuli (featuring One Mouthful) - SNAP Gallery, Edmonton - January - February 2005
- Signature Appearances (featuring LOVE CINDY BAKER STOP) Curated by Joanne Bristol for The New Gallery, Calgary - September 2004
- Soft and Fuzzy Lies (2-person show featuring No Word of a Lie) - Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston - February 2004
- Western Panic! (featuring Pill Deer with Finger Legs) - Art Gallery of Calgary - April - June 2002
- Fetish Object - SNAP Gallery, Edmonton - May 2000
- Dirt Sweet - Collaborative installation; Edmonton Art Gallery (now AGA) - Sept - Nov 1998
Selected Curatorial History
- Artists by Artists (mentorship of artist Dee Lowe), Mendel, Saskatoon - September 2008
- Thrift Store Cowboy - Red Shift Gallery, Saskatoon - June - August 2006
- Stuffing - Artspace, Peterborough - November - December 2003
- Spontaneous Compulsion - Latitude 53, Edmonton - December 1998 - January 1999
Selected Screenings and film festivals
- And Now for some Hot Boy on Boy Action (collaborative video with Megan Morman), PAVED Arts Video Valentine, Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon Feb 2008
- The Nice Lady (collaborative video with Megan Morman), CAMPER, Truck Gallery, Calgary - September 2006
- Stock Footage (collaborative video with Shara Rosko), Video Verite, Broadway Theatre, Saskatoon - September 2001
Workshops, panels and lectures presented
- Personal Appearance - Health, Embodiment, and Visual Culture Conference, McMaster University - November 2010
- Personal Appearance - Popular Culture Association National Conference (Fat Studies Department), St Louis, MO - March 2010
- The Fashion of Self - Lecture for Hairamorphosis, Snelgrove Gallery - March 2007
- Heart-to-Heart - Facilitator, Modern Fuel Off the Radar project, Kingston - February 2004
- Art on the Sly - Art Gallery of Peterborough, ON - November 2003
- Branching Out Workshop - Interpride Conference, San Francisco - October 2002
- Panel Facilitator, Cabaret host - Queer City Cinema, Regina - May 2002
- SPASM - Paved/Video Verite, Saskatoon - May 2002
- Call Yourself a Liar - Metamorphosis Conference, Saskatoon - October 2001, October 2002
- Call Yourself a Liar - National Health Conference, Saskatoon - Sept 2001
- Call Yourself a Liar - Edmonton Art Gallery - April 2001
- Dirt Sweet - Edmonton Art Gallery - November 1998
Employment History
- AKA Gallery Inc. - Programme Coordinator - September 2000 - June 2008
- Harcourt House Arts Centre - Exhibition Coordinator - August 1998 - August 2000
- Administrative Assistant - March 1998 - August 1998
- Metro Cinema Film Society -House Manager/Volunteer Coordinator - April 1998 -December 1999
- The Works Visual Arts Society - Volunteer Recruitment and Program Remastering - January 1998 - June 1998
- Latitude 53 Society of Artists Community Outreach Coordinator - June 1997 - September 1997
- The Works Visual Arts Society - full-time volunteer positions - Tour and Exhibit Attendant Coordinator 1995-1996; Exhibit Attendant/Tour Guide - 1994
- Sightlines International Print Symposium Volunteer Coordinator - August - October 1997
- Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta - Gallery Attendant - September 1996 - May 1997
Selected Volunteer History
- ARCCC/CCCAA (Artist-Run Centres & Collectives) Founding President - 2004 - 2006
- PARCA (Plains Artist-Run Centre Alliance) Elected Representative - 2001 - 2004
- Paved Art + New Media - Vice President - 2002 - 2006
- Video Verite Board member - Programme Chair - 2000 - 2002
- Edmonton Professional Arts Council - 1998 - 2000
- Alberta Association of Art Galleries; Harcourt representative - 1998 - 2000
- Metro Cinema Film Society; Member of the Board - 1998 - 2000
- Latitude 53 Society of Artists; Member of the Board; President - 1997 - 2000
- Visual Arts Association of Alberta Conference; Student representative - 1996
- The Works International Visual Arts Festival; Various positions - 1994 - 1997
- Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists; Volunteer - 1995 - 2000
Selected writing and publications by Cindy Baker
- Perusing Peanut’s Room - for AKA Gallery - February 2010
- Public Art Experiment - SPASM; publication for PAVED Art - 2002
- Do It Yourself - fifty3, quarterly publication of Latitude 53 - May 2002
- No Word of a Lie - foldout publication and finger puppet multiple, Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba 2001
- Dibs - Paper Wait, annual publication of Ace Art - 2001
- Anne Severson - millennium publication, Harcourt House - 2000
- Blair Brennan - millennium publication, Harcourt House - 2000
- Why Did the Pill Deer Cross the Road? - SNAP publication - 1998
- Dirt Sweet - Edmonton Art Gallery publication - 1998
Selected media coverage and writing about Cindy Baker’s work
- She Is So Lucky - Allyson Mitchell for Eastern Edge - January 2009
- The Performance Art of Cindy Baker - Allyson Mitchell for International Conference of Geographers - September 2007
- Fashion Plate - Allyson Mitchell for Fado - August 2006
- Have You Seen My Panties - Sprocket; CBC Radio - August 2006
- Life-Sized Barbie Doll - Toronto Sun - August 2005
- A quirky look at urban spaces - Gilbert Bouchard, Globe and Mail - May 21, 2002
- Art that goes looking for you - Gilbert Bouchard, Edmonton Journal - May 18, 2002
- Life in a FISH BOWL - Sigrid Dahle, Winnipeg Free Press - September 26, 2001
- Emerging artists explore the idea of play - Gilbert Bouchard, Edmonton Journal - April 13, 2001
- Lies and dolls - Maureen Fenniak, Vue Weekly - April 12, 2001
Performance art collaboration
- Yellow Wedding - Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stevens - Designed/decorated wedding cakes (with Megan Morman and Anthea Black) One Yellow Rabbit, Calgary AB - January 2007
- ART/LIFE - Linda Montano for That 70’s Ho festival - Western Front, Vancouver BC - October 2004
- Passage to Origins II - Joane Cardinal Schubert - Fine Arts Building Gallery, Edmonton AB - October 1995