He is represented by Elizabeth Harris Gallery in New York where he had three solo shows (2013, 2015 and 2018). His awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting. In addition to being an artist, Baker is the editor of Painters’ Table (painters-table.com), an online painting magazine. He writes frequently about art – recent subjects include Pat Passlof, Chaim Soutine, George Braque, and Nicolas De Staël.