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Current Vitae   John Baldwin
     
Born | Died
  January 28, 1922 | February 26, 1987

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

Education
  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.

Teaching
  Escuela Universitaria de Bellas Artes, Mexico 1948-1949
Instituto Allende, Mexico 1950-1959
Ohio University; Athens, Ohio 1956-1987

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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)

1966
  Wrote the book Contemporary Sculpture Techniques.
(New York, N.Y.: Reinhold Publishing Corporation. 1967)

1967
  Academic year in Europe — studied Roman and Greek cultures and sculpture.

1968
  Research — new materials and techniques.

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

1971
  Research — bronze casting.

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

1973
  One-Man Exhibition
McAllen International Museum; McAllen, Texas — fiberglass and welded steel sculptures

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

1976
  Competitive Group Shows
Butler Institute of American Art; Youngstown, Ohio
Drawings and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State; Muncie Indiana

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

1978
  Duet Exhibition with my wife, Ruth Baldwin
McAllen International Museum; McAllen, Texas — paintings and sculptures

1979
  Research
Studied Zapotec and Mayan sculpture in the Valley of Oaxaca and the Yucatan Peninsula

1980
  Two-Man Exhibition with James Pinto, painter, from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Zanesville Art Center; Zanesville, Ohio

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<

1982
  Two-Man Exhibition
Pearl Fox Gallery; Melrose Park, Philadelphia

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

    Yearly Ohio University Faculty Exhibits are not listed.
Numerous gallery exhibits are not listed.

 

 

Posthumous Exhibits

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

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