Ron Baron

Excavation 1.2.Soc., Monument to the Weekend Warrior,2005
Mixed media
30’ x 8’ x 8

Baron’s work is a monolithic stratagraphic core sample embedded with sports artifacts which emerge from the sculpted surface. This work is part of an ongoing series entitled Unearthing the American Dream, a mock archeological excavation of our contemporary culture – in this case, of our sporting culture. The form becomes trophy like, acting as a pedestal for all the unknown sporting heroes.
(c) 2004 Chris Baker

Born 1957
Lives and works in Brooklyn, N Y

Education
1987 M.F.A., University of California, Davis, CA
1984 B. S. Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Ron has been exhibiting nationally and internationally since 1980. Selected solo exhibitions include: Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY (1999); Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY (1997); Chassie Post Gallery, New York, NY (1995); SculptureCenter, New York, NY (1994); Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, NY (1991); Milford Gallery, New York, NY (1989); and Center Gallery, Madison, WI (1982).

Selected group exhibitions include: Reduce, Reuse, Reexamine, Wave Hill, Glyndor Gallery, Bronx, NY (2004); The Nature of the Beast, Caren Golden Fine Arts, New York, NY (2003); Artists to Artists, Ace Gallery, New York, NY (2002); Interval: New Art for a New Space, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY (2001); The End, Exit Art, New York, NY (2000); Friendships In Arcadia: Writers and Artists at Yaddo in the 90’s, Art in General, New York, NY and The Hyde Museum, Glenns Falls, NY (2000); Choices from America, Museum Het Kruithaus, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (1999); UFO (Unidentifiable Found Objects); Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN (1998); From the Ground Up, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY (1997); Trash-formations, recycled material in art and design, Whatcom Museum of Art, Billingham, WA (traveling) (1997); Incestuous, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY (1996); Configura 2, Erfurt, Germany (1995); Fever, Wexner Museum, Columbus, OH (1994); Poverty Pop, Exit Art: The First World, New York, NY (1993); Books as Art, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY (1992); Lyric, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY (1991); Suggestive Objects, Art in General, New York, NY (1990); The Portrait Pot, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY (1989); Strange Past, Bronx Council for the Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY (1988); 30 Ceramic Sculptors, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA (1987); and Wisconsin Biennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI (1980).

Commissions include: Kruithaus Museum, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (2005); Long Island Railroad, MTA, New York, NY (2005); University of Oregon, Autzen Football Stadium, Eugene, OR (2004); Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY (1999); Public Art Fund, New York, NY (1999); Estee Lauder, Inc., New York, NY (1996); Erfurt, Germany (1995); and Lehman College Gymnasium, Bronx, NY (1993).

Awards include: Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2001, 1989); Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY (2000, 1999, 1996, 1995, 1993); Public Art Fund, Greenwall Foundation Fellow (1998); NYFA, Artist Fellowship (1997); 1993 Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, Studio Program, New York, NY (1993); NEA: Mid Atlantic Artist Fellowship (1992); Lila Wallace – Reader’s Digest Giverny Residency (1991, 1990); and Bemis Foundation, Artist-in-Residence (1988).