Born 1976, Portland, Oregon

Currently lives in San Francisco

 

Education

  • 2002
  • BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

 

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2009
  • "Light and Heavy", BaerRidgeway Exhibitions, San Francisco, California
  • 2008
  • "Eye and eye vibrations", Receiver Gallery, San Francisco, California
  • “The Optimistic”, Christopher Baird and Rainen Knecht, Adobe Books gallery, San Francisco, California
  • 2003
  • “New work by Christopher Baird and Brian Fritz”, Tree house Gallery, Los Angeles, California

 

Group Exhibitions

  • 2009
  • "A thin slice", SFAI faculty and Alumni group show, BaerRidgeway Exhibitions, San Francisco, California
  • 2008
  • “Don’t paint with your teeth”, Group exhibition, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
  • 2007
  • “Grounded”, Group exhibition, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
  • 2006
  • “California Roll”, Group exhibition, Ine Kobo Gallery, Ine-cho, Japan, Seis Por Seis Gallery, Cholula, Mexico, Playspace Gallery, CCAC, San Francisco, California
  • 2005
  • “Library display cases”, Group exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
  • “A Store: In the refrigerator”, Group exhibition, Hayes Valley Market Gallery, San Francisco, California
  • 2002
  • Diego Rivera Gallery, Group exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
  • 2001
  • Microsoft 101 Landmark offices, Group exhibition, San Francisco, California
  • “Day of the dead”, Group exhibition, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, California

 

Private Collections

  • Microsoft Corporate offices

 

Awards

  • 2001
  • Golden painting award

 

Bibliography

  • Huston, Johnny Ray, "Light and Heavy", Christopher Baird, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol.44, No:14
  • Bamberger, Alan. “The Optimistic”, Artbusiness.com, May 15, Adobe Books
  • Huston, Johnny Ray. “The Optimistic”, Christopher Baird and Rainen Knecht, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol.42, No:34