Brenda Baker is an artist, mother, and educator. Brenda earned an MFA from University of Wisconsin-Madison, a BA from DePaul University, and studied at both the Austro-American Institute in Vienna, Austria and Karl Marx University of Economics in Budapest, Hungary. She is the recipient of numerous awards including an NEA grant in sculpture, an Arts Midwest fellowship, and several Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison Arts Commission and Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission grants. Her sculpture, drawings, paintings, and installations have been shown throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and South America, including major solo shows at the Museum of the Republic in Rio de Janeiro and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Bienale Pavilion in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her work is held in collections in Europe, Canada, South America, and the US.
