Halo Fellowship Award, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Fellowship, the Delaware Division of the Arts Fellowship for Established Artist, and a nomination for the prestigious United States Artist Fellowship
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."[1] 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.[2]
"Carrie Ann Baade is a talented and highly imaginative artist whose work is irrevocably linked to the contemporary surreal movement" (International Confederation of Art Critics)[3]
"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)[3]
Exhibitions, grants, and awards
Baade has received significant recognition through prestigious awards and fellowships. She was nominated in 2022 for the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Fellowship, earned the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Fellowship in 2009, received the First Prize from the Pensacola Museum of Art in 2021, and garnered a Purchase Award from Winners XX at the Biggs Museum of American Art (2021).[4]
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.[9]
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.[2]
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 (ISBN 978-1732669734), 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.[11][12]
Publications
Books
Aberth, Susan. (2022) "Carrie Ann Baade: Scissors & Tears". La Luz de Jesus Press; ISBN 1732669732 / 978-1732669734
Baade, Carrie A, Ray Burggraf, Lilian Garcia-Roig, Mark Messersmith, and Judith Rushin.(2015) "Back and Forth: Thinking in Paint"; ISBN 9781889282312 / 1889282316
Stewart, Mary. (2014) Launching the Imagination. McGraw-Hill Education, ISBN 0077773438 / 9780077773434
Baade, Carrie Ann & Hightower, Nancy E. (2011) Cute and Creepy. University of Washington Press; ISBN 978-1889282244
Spoor, Nathan. (2011) Suggestivism: A Comprehensive Survey of Contemporary Artists. Gingko Press; ISBN 978-1584234470
Ziegler, Tina. (2010) Hunt & Gather. Mark Batty Publisher; ISBN 978-0981960036
Becket-Griffith, Jasmine. (2008) Gothic Art Now. HarperCollins Canada / Harper International; ISBN 978-0061626999.
Kuntyj, Lynda. (2008) Visual Arts: A Resource for Units 2A-2B. Impact Publishing; ISBN 978-1921305245.[13]
Beinart, Jon. (2007) Metamorphosis: 50 Surrealists and Visionary Artists. Visionary Press; ISBN 978-0980323108
Articles and Reviews
Gross, Rachel Elspeth. "Birthplace: Remember Louisiana’s Forgotten Women with Carrie Ann Baade." Forbes, January 2, 2025.[14]
"Book Review: Carrie Ann Baade and the Ja..." MutualArt, 2025.[15]
"Halo Arts Awards." Your Observer, March 16, 2025.[16]
"Eyes Wide Shut." American Art Collector, Issue 229, 2025.[17]
Magazines
Staniec, Kevin. (2008) ISM: Untitled Love Project. Issue #15[18]
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