Megan Baker investigates Old Master paintings, reflecting on the circularity of Art History by taking inspiration from artists such as Rubens, Titian, Michelangelo, and the Pre-Raphaelites. Revisiting these through a Contemporary lens, Baker’s lyrical abstractions are turned into dream-like landscapes. Exploring moments of stillness within nature, the artist reflects on our contained state as human beings while evoking a feeling of comfort in solitude. Unfolding through layers of impasto, Baker’s oil paintings suggest an ever-changing state of being, where fragmented and gestural figures are continually interrupted by the immediacy of the paint. Focusing on the physicality of the medium itself, Baker’s practice is centred on the way time can be experienced through painting.

Born in the UK (1996), Baker graduated from the prominent school Central Saint Martins in 2018, when she received the Kate Barton Painting Award and the Cass Art Prize. Baker has been shortlisted for the Clyde and Co Art Award and also came runner up at the Hix Art Award, 2019. Between 2022 and 2023, the artist was exhibited at ‘Eye of the Collector' art fair in collaboration with Christies, and was part of multiple national and international group shows. Following the success of Baker’s first solo show in September 2022, GJG held another solo in October 2023. In 2024, Baker was exhibited at VOLTA Basel, participated in a duo booth at Women in Art Fair and had a duo show with Gillian Jason Gallery. In 2025, Baker will be exhibited internationally in Dubai (GJG in collaboration with A+ Art Consultancy), New York (IRL Gallery), and Singapore (GJG in collaboration with Art Works).