Bailey Rios is an oil painter, born in Walnut Creek, California in 2002. He received his B.A. in studio art from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2024. Throughout his undergraduate experience he has exhibited works in the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, the Eduardo Carrillo Gallery, Santa Cruz's Art League, the Kennith S. Norris Center for Natural History, and the San Lorenzo Valley Museum. Bailey has also been awarded the William Hyde and Susan Benteen Irwin Scholarship, and the Eduardo Carrillo Scholarship for excellence in his studio art practice. Most recently he has been named as the 2024 San Lorenzo Valley Museum’s Artist-In-Residency. Bailey Rios currently resides and works in SLO County, California.