Emerita Baik
@metal.princesss
emeritabaik@gmail.com
Education
2025
Master of Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York City
2018
BFA (Hons), Massey University Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2013
Foundation Course in Fashion and Textiles, Central Saint Martins, London
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Inside my necklace, Robert Heald Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2023
Great Hunger, Robert Heald Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2022
O, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
2021
The softest place on earth, Robert Heald Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2020
The fairy and the woodcutter, Robert Heald Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
꿈 / ɯnʞʞ., Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2019
I love more than two loves, RM Gallery, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
EOmma, Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Group & Two-Person Exhibitions
2026
Melter of Limbs, with Georgie Hill, curated by Nina Dyer, Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery, Auckland
Walking through every door available: 25 years of the BFA, The Engine Room, Wellington
April, organized by UMARELL, Nguyen Wahed Gallery, New York
2025
Fault Lines, Columbia MFA × THE BLANC, THE BLANC, New York
Visual Arts + Sound Art Class of 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York
2024
Untitled, Low Library, Columbia University, New York
Currents, SK Gallery, New York
Class of 2025 First Year MFA Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York
Feminine Abstract, Te Manawa Museum, Palmerston North
Aotearoa Contemporary, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2023
Spring Time is Heart-break: Contemporary Art in Aotearoa, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch
Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2022
Wiggling together, falling apart, Michael Lett, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2021
The Inner Lives of Islands, Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Bedrock, The Physics Room, Ōtautahi Christchurch
2019
PLAY_STATIONS NEXT TOP MODEL, play_station, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Softly Spoken: An exhibition of contemporary textiles, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings
2018
AAAhui2018 @the Engine Room, The Engine Room, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Residencies & Artist Programs
2026
Powerhouse Arts Artist Subsidy Program — Print, Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn, New York
Awards & Fellowships
2024
International Peace Scholarship
2023
Fulbright Graduate Award
Creative New Zealand
Dean Carol Becker Fellowship
Visual Arts Fellowship
Creative New Zealand
Interdisciplinary Arts Council Fellowship
Public Collections
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Massey University Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa
Wellington City Council
Selected Bibliography & Press
2026
Dyer, Nina. “Between Worlds.” Current art magazine, Issue 03, 2026, pp. 60–63.
Chen, Cynthia. “April: Spelunking in Broadlight.” TUSSLE, 23 April 2026.
2024
Hurrell, John. “The New Tāmaki Makaurau Triennial.” EyeContact, 7 August 2024.
Gallagher, Jasmine. “Spring Break: Contemporary Art at Christchurch Art Gallery.” Art New Zealand, Issue 189, Autumn 2024.
Porter, Gwynneth. “Reality has an Ephemeral Quality.” ArtNow, 27 March 2024.
2021
Hemus, Becky. “‘Mapping objects within a space’: Bedrock at The Physics Room.” The Art Paper, 6 July 2021.
Handcock, Robbie. The Inner Lives of Islands. Exhibition text, Te Tuhi, May 2021.
“Emerita Baik, The softest place on earth.” The Art Paper, 2021.
2020
Lu, Rose. “Dreaming in and out of language.” Enjoy Public Art Gallery, January 2020.
Presentations & Artist Talks
2024
Aotearoa Contemporary Artist Talks: Emerita Baik and Heidi Brickell, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
2022
Art + Motherhood, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
Emerita Baik and Simon Gennard in Conversation, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
Threads: Contemporary Art & Textiles Symposium, The Dowse Art Museum, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, online
Visiting Artist: Emerita Baik, Massey University Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
2020
Artist Talks: Lucy Meyle and Emerita Baik, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Visiting Artist: Emerita Baik, Massey University Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington