Artist Bio

Joe Falcinelli AKA Baker Joe is a Visual Artist, certified baker, and graphic designer. Joe’s passion for art started back in grade school when he begged his art teacher, Ms. Driscoll, for a chance to paint a stool like the 5th graders did. As he grew so did his urge to create art in many forms. Joe enjoyed creating music with his band mates, Skating all over downtown Chicago; trying to land the most insane trick, and of course sneaking in to the art class at school just to get a little more work in on a project I was excited about. The art class was joe's sanctuary and never was this truer than when Joe lost his father at the age of 15. To keep his mind off of everything he chose to keep busy with his projects, fine tune his skills, and train his artist eye. Joe long aspired to attend one of the downtown art schools but decided to find a job to help mom and grandma with their deteriorating health and finances. Still needing a creative outlet Joe found his way in to the back of a bakery where he discovered the art of baking. Joe worked in the baking industry for over a decade and has learned the craft from some of the best bakers in the country. During this time Joe Won judges prize in a national baking contests and becoming a certified baker through the RBA, two big accomplishment for a young baker with no prior culinary experience. After encouragement from family and friends, Joe has made a strong effort to reconnect with his passion for the visual arts. As a result Joe has now shown at numerous gallery and sold over 100+ works in person & online. Typically Baker Joe likes using recycled, found, and/or donated materials, to create vibrant, colorful, and sometimes practical pieces of wall art. His wall clocks are made from old vinyl records that are then painted by hand and fitted with a clock movement. He also works with recycled windows, wood panels, street signs, and other random materials to create his up-cycled works. Using layers of bold colors and various painting techniques he creates an abstract base to begin his piece. He then sketches and hand-cuts images in to one time use stencils. These stencils are than placed over the top of the hand painted background and stenciled on. His style of using negative spaces and abstract shapes to recreate his images. His process of deconstructing and reconstructing his subjects image with color, shapes, painting techniques, creates an artistic style that is a mixture of pop, abstract, and graffiti style arts. Along with visual artworks Joe has worked hard to add graphic designer to his growing list of job titles. Designing logos, stickers, flyers, and t-shirts for all of his bands since he was in high school it only seemed natural for him to bring his BJA style to the world graphic design. You can add a Baker Joe piece to your collection by visit his website (bakerjoeart.com), his Etsy (bakerjoeart.etsy.com), Or If your interested getting a logo design or images for apparel designed, send an email directly at Bakerjoeart@gmail.com.
Don’t forget to ask him about having a custom BJA piece made just for you!

www.bakerjoeart.etsy.com

Past Events

2020:
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2019:
Oddball Art Labs “Cartoon Cavalcade”- Elgin, IL
Holiday Treasures Group Show, McLean County Art Center- Bloomington-Normal,IL
2018:
Blick Art Evanston Featured Artist of the Month- Evanston, IL
Evanston Made Group Show- Evanston,IL
Oddball Art Labs “Strange Imaginations…”- Elgin, IL
Art and Soul on the Fox- Elgin,IL
Bones and Cones Group Show- Chicago,IL
BAN Art Fair- Blue Island,IL
2017:
Pancakes and Booze Art Show-Chicago, IL
“Is this a Love Song” Group Show- Arlington Heights, IL
Evanston Made Group Show-Evanston, IL
The Pop Up Gallery Evanston Grand Opening & Residency till 2019-Evanston, IL
Downtown Evanston Sidewalk Sale- Evanston,IL
Elgin’s Art and Soul on the Fox Fest- Elgin,IL
Oddball Art Labs “Robots, Rockets and Space Vixens”- Elgin,IL
The Wreaking Ball Silent Auction- Evanston, IL
Local Lowbrow Art Show- Blue Island, IL
BAN Art Fair- Hammond, IN
2016:
Tattoo BLVD Grand opening-Chicago, IL
RAW: Chicago Presents REVEAL-Chicago, IL
Elgin Fringe Festival-Elgin, IL
Secret Vault Boutique Artisan Market-Arlington Heights, IL
2015:
Art and Soul on the Fox- Elgin, IL
Oddball Art Labs “Fez Fest”- Elgin, IL
Edgewater Fall Art Fair- Chicago,IL