Hilary Baker grew up among Hollywood's film and music professionals. Her paintings document Los Angeles' past through depictions of its iconic architecture and native wildlife. Baker received her BA from UCLA and her MFA from the Otis Art Institute. She has exhibited throughout the United States and internationally, including The Skulptur Projekt München, Germany and the Institut Franco-Amercain, France, and she has been awarded residencies at the Pont-Aven School of Art, the Ucross Foundation, Art Omi, Yaddo, and MacDowell. Her paintings have been featured in the Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, Art and Cake, Artillery and New American Paintings. Her work is included in numerous public collections, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, the Crocker Museum, Broad Art Foundation, Temple University, and USC. She lives and works in Ojai, California in the shadow of the Topatopa mountains.