Artist Biography

Biography

C. Geoffrey Baker is a resident of Northeast Ohio, dividing much of his time between photographing northeast Ohio’s landscapes  as well as  those of northwestern Michigan.  Since 1970 he has spent several weeks each year visiting Lake Michigan’s shores.  Over the course of these years, he has been a consistent award-winning photographer, however, it was not until 2006 that he scaled back his business interests and dedicated most of his efforts to fine art photography.

In 2007 he had his second solo gallery opening and began exhibiting his work in various parts of Michigan.  In December, 2008, he completed a two-month solo show at Trinity Commons Gallery in Cleveland.  In 2009 he held another two solo exhibits, one at the McKay Bricker Gallery in Kent, Ohio (February thru March), the other at the Cleveland Botanical Garden (April, May and June).  In 2011, he was invited to do a solo exhibit at The Butler Institute of American Art which ran from February 20 – April 10.  The Butler show was entitled,  “Northeast Ohio, Still”, and explored the paradoxical dimension of “stillness” in photography.  He held another solo exhibit was in April and May of 2014 at the Holden Arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio where he was selected as their Annual Artist.  Thereafter, he was invited by the Western Reserve Land Conservancy for another solo exhibition held in January through April 2019.

In 2012, Geoff published his first book, “The Way Home”, a hardbound limited collector’s edition of 100.   Expert designer, Dan Michael, provided the layout and design for this book of fine art photographs; Karen Esper, a bookbinder specializing in high quality, short-run editions assembled and bound the collection and a local printing company was engaged to produce high resolution images on archival quality paper.

In 2022 he published a second book, “Between the Shadows,” a biography commissioned by the estate of a talented local artist, her remarkable self-portraits and talent cut short. Most recently he completed his third book, “Still Point … There the Dance Is,” a signed and numbered collector’s edition of 150 copies.

Geoff also has over forty years of executive corporate and entrepreneurial experience leading a variety of small and large companies. He managed Republic Steel’s principal corporate product group and served as Chairman of the General Motors negotiating committee.  In 1987 he completed the “turn around” of Pennsylvania Rolling Mills (former CR Strip division of National Steel) and subsequently directed the buyout of BP’s Cast Alloy Parts division where he served as CEO. He has worked for CWRU developing strategic partnerships with industry and, more recently, was responsible for the business operations, strategic planning and reengineering of a national healthcare company.  He is the founder and principal of Executive Partners, a management consulting firm serving both “for profit” and “not-for-profit” organizations. For four years he served on the Board and Executive Committee for Fieldstone Farms, Therapeutic Riding Center.

He and his wife, Kate, opened Still Point Gallery (originally, the Mezzanine Gallery) in 2009 in Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood and retired September 1 of this year.