Baker Artist Portfolios

Ada Pinkston is a Baltimore-based multimedia artist, educator, and cultural organizer whose work blends performance, memory, and public space. Her art has appeared at the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, Baltimore Museum of Art, Walters Art Museum, MoMA PS1, the New Museum, and in public spaces from Berlin to Los Angeles.

A graduate of Wesleyan University and the Maryland Institute College of Art, Pinkston has lectured at the French Embassy, NYU, UCLA, USC, Columbia University, and the National Gallery of Art. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the augmented reality sculpture garden at Magic Johnson Park. She has been supported by Yaddo and MacDowell, with recent limited editions available at The Mimosa House, London.