Rachelle Baker is a multi-disciplinary artist from Detroit, MI with a background in Relief Printing (Screenprinting, Lino/Woodcutting), Illustration, Comic Art, Video Art, and Music. She is inspired by Shoujo manga, anime and comics bad girls, stoic women dancing in the backgrounds of late 90’s/early 2000’s R&B videos, and the sound cats make when they’re yawning. She is a Capricorn with a Scorpio moon.
Published books include: Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream by Blair Imani from Ten Speed Press
Shirley Chisholm is a Verb by Veronica Chambers from Dial Books/Penguin Random House
Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop by Clover Hope from Abrams Books
Stamped (for Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X Kendi and Jason Reynolds Little, Brown Young Readers.
“Make things that are fun FOR YOU. Sometimes, you can feel under pressure to make things for others, but it’s so obvious when you’re making something that excites and engages YOU – and that is truly what will excite and engage others every time.”– Rachelle Baker, the Noun Project
“My art and my style reflect people who commonly go unseen and feel unseen.” Rachelle Baker, IBM Newsroom
“I want people to see themselves in my illustrations, to feel seen and to share their stories.” Rachelle Baker, IBM Newsroom
That Shirley Chislom cover is ICONIC. Love that so much.