Carrie Ann Baade

Carrie Ann Baade (born February 18, 1974) is an American painter whose work has been described by Curator of Contemporary Art Margaret Winslow as "autobiographical parables combin(ing) fragments of Renaissance and Baroque religious paintings, resulting in surreal landscapes inhabited by exotic flora, fauna, and figures." The context and the compositional building blocks of her work are fragments of historical masterpieces, which Baade reinterprets using her original feminist and autobiographical perspective. She currently lives in Tallahassee, Florida, where she is a professor in the Department of Art at Florida State University.

Education and early life Baade was born in New Orleans but spent the majority of her early years in a small town in central Colorado, where she graduated from high school. She attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating with her BFA in 1997. During that period she spent a year in Italy studying the techniques of the old masters at the Florence Academy of Art. In 2003, she earned her MFA from the University of Delaware.

"Baade's oils often contrast dense, extravagant contemporary and classical symbology with luminescent color, communicating themes of mortality, sexuality, personal transformation, and the darker side of human nature" (International Confederation of Art Critics)

Her paintings have been featured in various art exhibitions including: "Back and Forth: Thinking in Paint" at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, "Solar Midnight" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville (solo show), "¡Orale! The Kings and Queens of Cool" at Harwood Museum of Art, "In Canon" at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, "Suggestivism" at CSUF Grand Central Art Center in Santa Monica, and "Another Roadside Attraction" at ISE Cultural Foundation in New York City.

In 2007, she was among a group of three artists who became the first Americans ever to exhibit at the Ningbo Museum, one of the largest provincial museums in China, located outside of Shanghai. The director of the Ningbo Museum called them "the Mayflowers" for their contributions as cultural ambassadors.

Internationally, her paintings have been included in exhibitions in China, Austria, Germany, France, Poland, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and the Philippines; and featured in exhibitions at the Center for Culture in Warsaw, Museum La Ensenanza in San Cristóbal and the Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, the Instituto de América de Santa Fe Museo in Granada Spain, and Espace Culturel Mompezat Société des Poètes Françaises in Paris. The Perilous Compassion of the Honey Queen by Carrie Ann Baade, oil on panel, 18" x 24"

Scissors & Tears (2022) — Baade's first solo monograph, written by Susan Aberth and published by La Luz de Jesus Press , spans approximately 160 pages and features her allegorical oil paintings, collages, and drawings drawn from two decades of practice. The book was released in conjunction with her solo exhibition Sawing a Woman in Half at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles, held from September 10 to October 1, 2022.

Publications Books Aberth, Susan. (2022) "Carrie Ann Baade: Scissors & Tears". La Luz de Jesus Press; / 978–1732669734 Baade, Carrie A, Ray Burggraf, Lilian Garcia-Roig, Mark Messersmith, and Judith Rushin.(2015) "Back and Forth: Thinking in Paint"; / 1889282316 Stewart, Mary. (2014) Launching the Imagination. McGraw-Hill Education, / 9780077773434 Baade, Carrie Ann & Hightower, Nancy E. (2011) Cute and Creepy. University of Washington Press; Spoor, Nathan. (2011) Suggestivism: A Comprehensive Survey of Contemporary Artists. Gingko Press; Ziegler, Tina. (2010) Hunt & Gather. Mark Batty Publisher; Becket-Griffith, Jasmine. (2008) Gothic Art Now. HarperCollins Canada / Harper International. Kuntyj, Lynda. (2008) Visual Arts: A Resource for Units 2A-2B. Impact Publishing. Beinart, Jon. (2007) Metamorphosis: 50 Surrealists and Visionary Artists. Visionary Press;

Articles and Reviews Gross, Rachel Elspeth. "Birthplace: Remember Louisiana’s Forgotten Women with Carrie Ann Baade." Forbes, January 2, 2025. "Book Review: Carrie Ann Baade and the Ja..." MutualArt, 2025. "Halo Arts Awards." Your Observer, March 16, 2025. "Eyes Wide Shut." American Art Collector, Issue 229, 2025.

Magazines Staniec, Kevin. (2008) ISM: Untitled Love Project. Issue #15 Weird Tales (Hugo Award Winner). Cover, Issue #358