Background
Baker was born in Washington, District of Columbia on September 10, 1987 to Prince George"s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III and the former Christa Beverly.
Baker was born in Washington, District of Columbia on September 10, 1987 to Prince George"s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III and the former Christa Beverly.
Baker attended Prince George"s County public schools and graduated from Suitland High School in Forestville, Maryland.
When he was four years old, his family moved to Cheverly, Maryland. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Cooper Union in 2009 and a Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting/printmaking from Yale University in 2012. After graduating from Yale, Baker moved back to Prince George"s County.
Baker previously coordinated a publicly funded mobile arts program for youth.
He is a former artist-in-residence at 39th Street Gallery, a part of The Gateway Arts Center in Brentwood, Maryland.
He is a self-employed artist whose work is greatly influenced by politics. In a 2013 interview, he said “I want my paintings to generate a discourse around policy, especially foreign policy." Baker"s work has appeared in numerous exhibitions in Maryland, District of Columbia, New York, Connecticut, California, and Japan, and is currently a lecturer at the University of Maryland on drawing and two-dimensional design.
Quotations: “I want my paintings to generate a discourse around policy, especially foreign policy.".