Society for Photographic Education Award
Lorenzo Baker (born 1991, Sacramento, CA, lives Los Angeles, CA) has a BA in Business Management from Dillard University, New Orleans, LA and an MFA from Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles. He has exhibited at Golden West College, Huntington Beach and Residency Art Gallery, Los Angeles, both CA; Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA; and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams. In 2021, Baker was a guest speaker at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD), and in 2022 he collaborated with the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts on a year-long project and exhibition highlighting the connections between technology and Black History. In 2023, he was an inaugural member of The Ellsworth Artist Residency program at Art Share LA, Los Angeles and was selected to participate in The Quinn Emanuel LLP Los Angeles Artist-in-Residence program. Baker’s work is published in Umber Magazine and The Berkshires.