STATEMENT "I am a man who believes in love, in God's love. My artwork is intended to represent my way of perceiving the world, nature, and people, everything from an optimistic and loving point of view, but above all, cheerful.�
Christian Bakker was born in 1969, in Quito - Ecuador, a beautiful Latin American country, located in the center of the world. A place where, the Andes Highlands and the majestic Cotopaxi, the world's largest active volcano, cross by. A place where, the most diverse Amazon rainforest takes place and within short distance, the enchanted Galapagos Islands are located. Bakker grew up surrounded by nature, whose colors and nuances had inspired his art, and fulfill him with love and happiness. Bakker studied and specialized in issues inherent to sustainability. He developed professionally for 25 years in Ecuador's largest food / agricultural company. This career has allowed him to be part of several humanitarian associations, such as: The World Business Consul for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), “Global Compact�, a United Nations initiative, and many more. Bakker began painting in 1998, and due to his professional activities, he paused for a while until 2014, when he returned to art. Since then, he has continuously worked as a painter and sculptor. He studied art in Ecuador and in the United States of America, with The Art Students League and the Museum of Modern Art, MOMA in New York. Since 2014, he has exhibited his work in several cities throughout his home country, Ecuador. Internationally, he has also exhibited his art in the United States, New York, San Diego - California, Miami; and in Europe, Madrid. In 2018, it was a great joy for Bakker to receive the recognition as "Best Independent Artist" at ArtExpo New York. Currently, Bakker lives in Ecuador surrounded by the mountains and the beautiful sunsets. He works between his three workshops located in Quito, Miami and Madrid and let his artwork speak for him over his perception of the world and human beings, from an optimistic point of view.
Untitled 19-217, acrylic on canvas, 2019
RESUME Bakker studied and obtained his bachelor degree at the University of Georgia in the United States. He obtained a Master degree in Business Administration (MBA) at the IDE Ecuador, follow by a Postgraduate degree in Leadership in Sustainability from the University of Cambridge, in United Kingdom. He attended Sustainability courses at the University of Harvard (United States), IESE (Spain) and others. Since 2014 Bakker resumed his passion for art, preparing and studying in Ecuador and in the United States, in The Art Students League and Museum of Modern Art, MOMA of New York. He has made several exhibitions in Ecuador; Quito, Guayaquil, Ibarra and Otavalo. In 2018, he made exhibit his artwork as an independent artist, and also collaborated with Amsterdam Whitney Houston and Artblend Gallery, with whom he has exhibited at ArtExpo New York, ArtExpo San Diego-California and Spectrum Miami. He began 2019 with exhibiting at Art Palm Beach, Art Palm Springs and has confirmed his participation in ArtEXpo New York, Art Aspen, Art Market Hamptons and Spectrum Miami 2019. Bakker has had a major support from Ecuador´s media; press, radio and television. The press has continuously recognized his passion for art, and by doing so, they have fostered culture about it.
Untitled 19-255, , acrylic on canvas, 2019. (47 x 31 inch)
CURATORSHIP “Christian Bakker is an eminently creative artist, with a very personal voice and technic, based on a transposition of shapes, ordered with a rich plastic sense. In his work, both dynamic and beautiful, great technical skills can be appreciated, with a perfect chromatic domain. His intellectual motivations and experimental experiences, backed up with research through his workshops, gives the necessary content to his artistic work. It is as well enriched by the admirable constancy of his presence in the International Art Galleries. Bakker's eagerness to venture into new aesthetic genres, like sculpture, has allowed him to discover other sensations, very imaginative and surprising, that dazzles and captivates. Bakker is an artist who, through a passionate aesthetic language, expresses a renewed and fresh vision of the world that surrounds him. He lets emotions take place in the presence of each of his paintings, and by doing so, appropriates them and projects the power of his inventive talent.” Dr. Inés M. Flores
Untitled 18-157, acrylic on canvas, 2018. (15 x 12 inch)
Untitled 19-257, acrylic on canvas, 2019. ( 39 x 31 inch)
Untitled 16 – 106, acrylic on canvas, 2016. (12 x 18 inch)
Untitiled 19 - 253, acrylic on canvas, 2019. ( 76 x 51 inch)
Untitled 19- 270, acrylic on canvas, 2019. (27 x 11 inch)
Untitled 19- 252, acrylic on canvas, 2019. (76 x 151 inch)
Untitled 19- 251, acrylic on canvas, 2019. (76 x 31 inch)
Untitled 18- 161, acrylic on canvas, 2018. (31 x 47 inch)
Untitled 18- 158, acrylic on canvas, 2018. (39 x 19 inch)
Untitled 16- 104, acrylic on canvas, 2016. (17 x 23 inch)
Untitled 16 - 93, acrylic on canvas, 2016. (39 x 31 inch)
Untitled 16 - 73, acrylic on canvas, 2016. (233x 35 inch)
Untitled 16- 69, acrylic on canvas, 2016. (31 x 39 inch)
Untitled 16- 72, acrylic on canvas, 2016. (23 x 35 inch)
Marina
Untitled 16- 66, acrylic on canvas, 2016. (23 x 31 inch)
Untitled 16- 51, acrylic on canvas, 2016. (31 x 39 inch)
Untitled 14- 17, acrylic on canvas, 2014. (39 x 39 inch)
Untitled 14- 18, acrylic on canvas, 2014. (9 x 11 inch)
Untitled 14- 9, acrylic on canvas, 2014. (39 x 19 inch)
Untitled 19- 271, acrylic on canvas, 2019. (47x 29 inch)
Untitled 19 - 272, acrylic on canvas, 2019. (47 x 31 inch)
Untitled 18 - 175 acrylic on canvas, 2018. (35 x 48 inch)
Untitled 17- 138, acrylic on canvas, 2017. (47 x 31 inch)
Untitled 17-149, acrylic on canvas, 2017. (39 x 31 inch)
Untitled 17- 137, acrylic on canvas, 2017. (39 x 39 inch)
Untitled 17- 131, acrylic on canvas, 2017. (23 x 35 inch)
Untitled 17- 120, acrylic on canvas, 2017. (47 x 31 inch)
Untitled 16- 61, acrylic on canvas, 2016. ( 23 x 35 inch)
Untitled 15- 23, acrĂlico acrylic on canvas, 2015. (19 x 31 inch)
Untitled 15- 32, acrylic on canvas, 2015. (39 x 39 inch)
Untitled 18- 200, acrylic on canvas, 2018. (39 x 39 inch)
Untitled 17- 125, acrylic on canvas, 2017. (39 x 31 inch)
Untitled 15- 27, acrylic on canvas, 2015. ( 39 x 39 inch)
Untitled 18- 190, acrylic on canvas, 2018. (48 x 48 cm)
Untitled 18- 171, acrylic on canvas, 2018. (126 x 31 inch)
Untitled 18- 169, acrylic on canvas, 2018. ( 31 x 47 inch)
Untitled 17- 151, acrylic on canvas, 2017. (39 x 31 inch)
Untitled 17- 144, acrylic on canvas, 2017. (39 x 78 inch)
Untitled17- 122, acrylic on canvas, 2017. (31 x 39 inch)
Untitled 17- 142, acrylic on canvas, 2017. (48 x 24 inch)
Untitled 17- 139 acrylic on canvas, 2017. ( 39 x 39 inch)
Untitled 15- 26, acrylic on canvas, 2015. (31x 39 inch)
Untitled 17- 140 acrylic on canvas, 2017. (31 x 39 inch)
Untitled 17- 139, acrylic on canvas, 2017. ( 39 x 39 inch)
Events • Exhibición Colectiva Las Peñas, Julio 2016, Guayaquil – Ecuador. • Exposición Individual Cromatismo Lírico, Casa de la Cultura, Mayo 2017, Guayaquil – Ecuador. • Exposición Individual Cromatismo Lírico, Galería Sara Palacios, Octubre 2017, Quito – Ecuador. • The Art Expo New York, Abril 2018. New York – Estados Unidos. • Exposición de Máscaras, Facciones y Emociones, Septiembre 2018, Quito – Ecuador. • International Art Festival, Octubre 2018, New York – Estados Unidos. • Art San Diego, Contemporary Art Show, Octubre 2018, California – Estados Unidos. • Exhiibición colectiva Ateno de Madrid, 15 al 30 noviembre 2018, Madrid – España • Spectrum Miami, 5 al 10 diciembre 2018, Miami – Estados Unidos. • Exhibición colectiva Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, 15 diciembre 2018 al 22 enero 2019, New York – Estados Unidos. • Williams Island Art Show, 12 al 13 enero 2019, Miami – Estados Unidos. • The Art Expo New York, 4 al 7 de abril 2019. New York – Estados Unidos • ATIM´S Top 60 Masters of Comtemporary Art, 26 de abril al 5 de mayo 2019, New York – Estados Unidos • Art Market Bridgehamptons NY, 5 al 7 de julio 2019, New York - Estados Unidos • Exhibición coletiva Colorida Art Gallery, 29 de octubre al 12 de noviembre, Lisboa - Portugal
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