Kristina Rose Baker is an artist, educator, and consultant working in Sonoma County, California. In 2021, she co-founded Crit Collective, an artist-run online critique group to inform, motivate, and enrich visual artists’ studio practices. She is the recipient of the Florence Lief Fellowship, Gamblin Paint Award, Anderson Ranch Brooks Fellowship, and is a Yale/Norfolk Fellowship Nominee. In 2025 she received a grant and was invited to be an Artist-in-Residence at the Arroscia Residency in Pieve di Teco, Italy, for 8 weeks. In 2017 she was awarded the year-long position of Community Artist in Residence at The Bascom Center for Visual Arts in Highlands, North Carolina. She has been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications across the country and her resume includes extensive experience as arts educator; museum preparator & educator; art and social justice research consultant; and art advisory & curatorial assistant. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015.