Baker Artist Portfolios

Born in Athens, Greece, Claudia McDonough is the daughter of a diplomat. She received her BA from Hampshire College in Massachusetts, and her MFA from Southern Methodist University in Texas in 1988. Formally trained as an abstract painter, the canvas gave way to the textures of memory and experience expressed by multi-media sculpture and textiles. Claudia’s work invites viewers into the unspoken depths of life. By indwelling the hands haunting every stitch and fold, audiences merge their own sensations with each piece, creating something shared, secret, and surreal. Claudia has lived and worked in Baltimore for over 30 years, and feels a deep connection to a city that is honest, fiercely independent, and open hearted.