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Born | Died |
January 28, 1922 I February 26, 1987 |
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Residences |
New York City, N.Y. 1922-1942 Los Angeles, California 1942-1947 Three years in the U.S. Armed Forces including 13 months in India San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 1947-1959 Athens, Ohio 1959-1987 |
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Education
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Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y. East Oregon College of Education; La Grande, Oregon Chouinard Art School; Los Angeles, California Escuela Universitaria de Bellas Artes, Mexico Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City Ohio University; Athens, Ohio, B.F.A. Instituto Allende; Mexico, M.F.A. |
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Teaching |
Escuela Universitaria de Bellas Artes, Mexico 1948-1949 Instituto Allende, Mexico 1950-1959 Ohio University; Athens, Ohio 1956-1987 |
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Professional Activities before 1960 |
Between 1947 and 1960 I exhibited my paintings, graphics and sculptures
in ten one-man exhibitions and eighteen group and juried exhibitions
in Mexico and the United States winning several awards. I also wrote
and illustrated travel articles relating to Mexico for the Ford Times.
I was invited to give illustrated art lectures at Ohio University,
The Univer sity of Maryland and the Tucson Watercolor Society. And,
I served as juror for the San Antonio Art Association. |
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1960 |
Juror, 2nd Annual San Miguel, Mexico
Exhibit Received an Ohio University research grant for work in fiberglass sculpture Competitive Group Shows: Exhibition 80, Huntington Galleries, West Virginia — 2nd Prize welded steel sculpture Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ball State Teachers College; Muncie, Indiana Columbus Art League 50th Annual Exhibition; Columbus, Ohio — Columbus Gallery of Fine Art Award — welded steel sculpture Massillon Museum 25th Annual Exhibition; Massillon, Ohio Butler Institute of American Art; Youngstown, Ohio — Cash Prize, welded steel sculpture |
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1961 |
Competitive Group Shows Ohio State Fair; Columbus, Ohio — 2nd Prize, welded steel sculpture Columbus Art League Sculpture & Drawing Exhibit; Columbus, Ohio — welded steel sculpture Butler Institute of American Art; Youngstown, Ohio Festival of the Fine Arts; Chillicothe, Ohio Dayton Art Institute; Dayton, Ohio — Recommended for Purchase, welded steel sculpture One-Man Exhibitions Roberts Gallery; Toronto, Canada — welded steel sculpture Bryson Gallery; Columbus, Ohio — Duet exhibit with my wife, Ruth Baldwin — paintings |
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1962 |
Competitive Group
Shows 52nd Columbus Art League Annual Exhibition; Columbus, Ohio — Louise Sheparf Hengst Prize, fiberglass sculpture 14th Annual Ohio Ceramic and Sculpture Show; The Butler Institute of American Art — welded steel and fiberglass sculptures |
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1963 |
Competitive Group Shows Exhibit 180, Huntington Galleries; West Virginia — welded steel Columbus Art League Sculpture and Drawing show — 1st Award, Archipenko, Juror — welded steel sculpture One-man Exhibitions Owens-Corning Center; New York City — fiberglass sculptures Zanesville Art Institute; Zanesville, Ohio — fiberglass sculptures |
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1964 |
Won competitive commission
to do Gorsuch Memorial Fountain for Bethesda Hospital; Zanesville,
Ohio — fiberglass sculpture Competitive Group Shows Butler Institute of American Art; Youngstown, Ohio — welded steel Exhibition 180, Huntington Galleries; West Virginia — fiberglass sculpture Quartet Exhibit — with my wife, Ruth Baldwin, Don and June Roberts, Ohio University; Athens, Ohio One-Man exhibitions Concordia College; Moorhead, Minnesota — fiberglass sculptures St. Olaf College; Northfield, Minnesota — fiberglass sculptures State College of Iowa; Cedar Falls, Iowa — fiberglass sculptures Berea College; Berea, Kentucky — fiberglass sculptures Marshall University; Huntington, West Virginia — fiberglass sculptures Manchester College; Manchester, Indiana — fiberglass sculptures |
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1965 |
Won competitive commission
to do cast bronze sculpture for the library of Manchester College;
North Manchester, Indiana Invitational Group Show, Newark State College; Union, N.J. — fiberglass sculptures One-Man Exhibitions LeMoyne Art Foundation; Tallahassee, Florida — welded steel and fiberglass sculptures Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, Illinois — fiberglass sculptures Antioch College; Yellow Springs, Ohio — fiberglass sculptures Carthage College; Kenosha, Wisconsin — fiberglass sculptures Battelle Memorial Institute; Columbus, Ohio — fiberglass sculptures Reproduction of sculpture in Plastics as an Art Form by Thelma R. Newman: (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Chilton Publishing Company. 1964) |
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1966 |
Wrote the book Contemporary
Sculpture Techniques. (New York, N.Y.: Reinhold Publishing Corporation. 1967) |
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1967 |
Academic year in Europe — studied
Roman and Greek cultures and sculpture. |
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1968 |
Research — new
materials and techniques. |
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1969 |
One-Man Exhibition Sioux city Art Center; Sioux City, Iowa — fiberglass sculptures | |
1970 |
One-Man Exhibitions Clarke college; Dubuque, Iowa — fiberglass sculptures Davenport Municipal Art Gallery; Davenport, Iowa — fiberglass sculptures Fort Wayne Art Institute; Museum of Art — fiberglass sculptures |
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1971 |
Research — bronze
casting. |
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1972 |
Competitive Group Shows Appalachian Corridors; Charleston, West Virginia Mainstreams U.S.A.; Marietta, Ohio Huntington Galleries Exhibition 280; Huntington, West Virginia Butler Institute of American Art 25th Annual Ceramic and Sculpture Show; Youngstown, Ohio — Purchase Award, bronze sculpture |
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1973 |
One-Man Exhibition McAllen International Museum; McAllen, Texas — fiberglass and welded steel sculptures |
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1974 |
Competitive Group Shows Mainstreams U.S.A, Marietta, Ohio — Award for Excellence, bronze sculpture Huntington Galleries Exhibition 280, Huntington, West Virginia Memorial bronze sculpture for Tony Trisolini — Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University; Athens, Ohio |
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1976 |
Competitive Group Shows Butler Institute of American Art; Youngstown, Ohio Drawings and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State; Muncie Indiana |
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1977 |
One-Man Exhibition Manchester College; North Manchester, Indiana — bronze, aluminum and ceramic sculptures Video Production The Mexican Murals: a Revolution on the Walls, Ohio University Telecommunications Center; Athens, Ohio |
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1978 |
Duet Exhibition with
my wife, Ruth Baldwin McAllen International Museum; McAllen, Texas — paintings and sculptures |
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1979 |
Research Studied Zapotec and Mayan sculpture in the Valley of Oaxaca and the Yucatan Peninsula |
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1980 |
Two-Man Exhibition with
James Pinto, painter, from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Zanesville Art Center; Zanesville, Ohio |
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1981 |
One-Man Exhibitions Retrospective: “Twenty Five Years of Sculpture,” Ohio University; Athens, Ohio Rio Grande College; Rio Grande, Ohio — fiberglass sculpture Gallery 200; Columbus, Ohio — polychromed plaster and ceramic Court Street Collection; Athens, Ohio — bronze and ceramic sculpture Represented at the Golden Fleece Art Gallery; Carefree, Arizona< |
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1982 |
Two-Man Exhibition Pearl Fox Gallery; Melrose Park, Philadelphia |
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1983-1986 |
Represented by: Golden Fleece Art Gallery; Carefree, Arizona Gallery 200; Columbus, Ohio Gallery II, R.X.V.P.; Charlotteville, Virginia Foster Harmon Galleries of American Art; Sarasota, Florida Pearl Fox Gallery; Melrose Park, Philadelphia The Loft Gallery; Cincinnati, Ohio Robert Kidd Gallery; Birmingham, Michigan ElPresidio; Tucson, Arizona |
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| Yearly Ohio University
Faculty Exhibits are not listed. Numerous gallery exhibits are not listed. |
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Posthumous Exhibits |
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1987 |
Retrospective Sculptures
and Contemporary Photography Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum; Coshocton,
Ohio The Classical Sculptures of Jack Baldwin Retrospective 1956 - 1987 Zanesville Art Center; Zanesville, Ohio |
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1989 |
John Baldwin Retrospective
1989 Manchester College; North Manchester, Indiana A Retrospective: Harriet Anderson and John Baldwin Dairy Barn S.E. Ohio Cultural Art Center; Athens, Ohio |