PORTFOLIO
art documented
on mainly
35mm film
ABOUT
THE ARTIST
Savannah Baker was born and raised
in Boise, Idaho, and currently lives in Portland, Oregon. Her father was an art teacher who inspired and encouraged her great love of art from a very young age. She received her Bachelors of Fine Art with an Emphasis in Ceramics in 2019 from Boise State University. Savannah creates intricate hand built ceramic sculptures both functional and non functional. Much of her work is inspired by grief, being a growing individual in todays wild world, skateboarding and tattoo imagery. Savannah’s work honors her inner child using imagery from the 90’s mixing masc and fem elements, think Hot Wheels meets Lisa Frank. Savannah aims to create works that challenge her, pushing the boundaries of clay through her detailed multi layered complex creations.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Savannah Baker is a Portland, Oregon based ceramic artist whose sculptural works explore the intersection of grief, nostalgia, and the quiet beauty of everyday life. Born and raised in Boise, Idaho her works are rooted in deep emotional inquiry, pulling inspiration from childhood, as well as her personal trials and triumphs. Baker received a BFA in Ceramics in 2019 from Boise State University before making her way to the Pacific Northwest. Savannah’s practice is equally defined by its technical precision and her commitment to expanding the expressive possibilities of clay. Her hand-built ceramic sculptures reflect an intimate relationship with the material.
Through hand-built forms, Baker pushes the boundaries of traditional ceramics by challenging expectations of the medium. Her sculptures are inspired by 90’s childhood imagery, traditional tattoos, sentimental objects, and her experiences with loss. Scale, subtle symmetry, and structural balance are all elements considered within her designs. Her pieces embrace softness with sharpness, light with shadow, and a quiet femininity that gives each form both delicacy and strength. Baker’s objects draw viewers in through a sense of familiarity before revealing layered emotional depths, pressed into the surfaces of each piece.
Baker begins her process with traditional hand-building techniques such as slab construction, coil and pinch methods. The clays surface is altered through careful hand sculpting, slowly building up the material to create layered textures. The fired clay is then finished with hand painting or airbrushed glaze. The spontaneity within Baker’s process allows her to shift fluidly between precision and play. The attention to surface detail deepens the emotional resonance of each intricate piece.
While sculptural in nature, many of her works are intended to live within the rhythms of daily life. Her sculptures invite quiet rituals through which memory, loss, and tenderness are intertwined. The flick of a light switch, a glance in the mirror on the way out the door, the soft glow of a candle invite gentle encounters which blur the lines between art and utility. Baker’s sculptures become points of contact where function enhances intimacy, these moments of use are not separate from the work’s emotional weight.
Savannah Baker’s work redefines ceramics as a vessel for emotional storytelling in which process, material, and memory are held in equal regard.
CV
CURRENT:
RESIDENT ARTIST/ November 2025-October 2026
at Heirloom Ceramics Member Studio / Portland, Oregon
RESIDENT ARTIST/ November 2025-October 2026
at Heirloom Ceramics Member Studio / Portland, Oregon
UPCOMING:
FUCK ICE/ Group Art Show/ April 18th 2026
Upstairs at One Grand Gallery / Portland, OR
FLOWERS FOR YOU / SOLO SHOW/ May 2nd May 3rd 2026
at Hologram Gallery Seattle, WA / 300 S Washington St.
CERAMIC SHOWCASE / April 24th, 25th, 26th 2026
at the Oregon Convention Center Exhibit Hall D. / Portland, OR https://www.ceramicshowcase.com/
FLOWERS FOR YOU / SOLO SHOW May 7th 2026 - June 4th 2026 /
at Hologram Gallery Seattle, WA / 300 S Washington St.
MID YEAR RESIDENCY SHOW/ June 20th & 21st /
Upstairs at One Grand Gallery / Portland, OR
HEIRLOOM CERAMIC STUDIO CREW SHOW / August 1st & 2nd / 1st /
Upstairs at One Grand Gallery / Portland, OR
END OF Year ARTIST RESIDENCY SHOW/ October 30th & November 1st /
Upstairs at One Grand Gallery / Portland, OR
PAST:
555 / Group Art Show/ March 28th, 2028
Building5 / NW Marine Artworks 2516 NW 29th Ave, Portland, OR 97210
Organizer and Curator of a one night only group art show including
interactive art installations, musical acts, as well as 2D and 3D art.
THE OTHER ART FAIR presented by Saatchi Art / February 25th-28th 28th 2026
at 3Labs / 8461 Warner Drive Culver City, CA 90232
BETWEEN USE / December 4th 2025
at Hologram Gallery/ Seattle, WA
“VOGUE’S HOME RUN” / featured in the September, October, November, December 2025
issues of British Vogue
THE JUNK SHOW/ Group Art Show/ June 28th 2025
Portland, OR
CLAY BODIES/ April 11th- May 9th 2025
at One Grand Gallery/ Portland, OR
FLOWERS ON THE WALL/ Group Art Show/ April 5th 2025
at World Famous Original/ Portland, OR
DOUBLES/ Group Art Show/ March 7th 2025
at Jaja PDX/ Portland, OR
Organizer and Curator of a one night only group art show including
interactive art installations, musical acts, as well as 2D and 3D art.
VARIOUS/ Group Art Show January 31st 2025/ at One Moto Cafe
Portland, OR
THE AUTO SHOW/ October 3rd 2025/ pop up art show
Portland, OR
OUT OF NOWHERE/ September 7th 2024/ Clay Street Studios
Portland, OR
OUR HOUSE /July 12th 2024/ Courtyard Marriott Portland City Center
Portland, OR
SOLO SHOW/ April 2024 / at Caffe Destino
Portland, OR
FAMILIAR FORMS/ October 21st 2023
at Commonwealth Skate Shop and Indoor Skatepark/ Portland, OR
PRETTY UGLY/ December 10th 2022
at Mizaji Gallery/ Portland, OR
SOLO SHOW/ September 2nd 2021
Clay Collective / Boise, ID
BFA EXHIBITION/ 2019
at Boise State University / Boise, ID
ROOTS MAGAZINE/ 2019 / Featured Artist
UPROOT MAGAZINE/ 2018 / Featured Artist
STUDENT JURIED EXHIBITION/ 2018/
at Boise State University / Boise, ID