Artist Bio

Joe Falcinelli AKA Baker Joe 

is a visual artist, certified baker, educator, and graphic designer. Joe has sold hundreds of pieces of art nationwide and his works have hung in numerous showings at galleries and art fairs all over the Mid-west. Joe has also been dabbling in graphic design, designing logos, flyers, shirts, business cards, and posters for all his old bands. Along with visual arts and graphic design, Joe is a certified baker through the Retail Bakers Association of America, with over a decade of baking experience.

Typically, Baker Joe enjoys using recycled, found, and/or donated materials, to create vibrant, colorful pieces of wall art. His vinyl record wall clocks are made from discarded records that are then painted by hand and fitted with clock movements. Joe also works with recycled windows, wood panels, street signs, and other random materials to create his works. Using layers of bold colors and various painting techniques he creates an abstract background to begin his piece. Joe then sketches and hand-cuts images into stencils that are then applied over the painting. Joe deconstructs and reconstructs his images by using negative spaces and abstract shapes to simplify the piece while still giving the piece depth. By using vibrant colors and various spray techniques he has developed an artistic style that is a mixture of pop, abstract, and graffiti-style art.  

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Past Shows

2023

Haymarket Festival @ DIM Art House - Springfield, IL

Spring Fling @ Harvest Moon Drive-in- Gibson City, IL

Spoon River Shakedown @ Spoon River Junction Winery- Canton, IL

Country Delight Craft Show- Dewitt, IL

2022

Sunday Funday at the manor - Voorman Manor, Bloomington, IL

August makers market at Destihl Brewery and Beer Hall- Normal, IL

Jingle Jamboree Craft Show- Bloomington, IL

2021

Small Business market at DESTIHL Brewery and Beer Hall- Normal, IL

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 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