Edith Baumann
Born 1948, Ames, IA
Lives and works in Santa Monica, CA
Education
1975 B.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
1985 M.F.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Edith Baumann: Stillness in Motion, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Edith BAUMANN: New Works, Modernism Inc., San Francisco, CA
2021 Edith Baumann, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Edith Baumann: New Painting, Parrasch Heijnen, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Edith Baumann: Early Works, Parrasch Heijnen, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Modernism, San Francisco, CA
2010 Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005 M&W Art Ltd, Hong Kong, China
1993 Beatrix Wilhem Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany (catalog)
1990 Modernism, San Francisco, CA.
Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
1987 Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Lindhurst Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1982 Conejo Art Museum, Thousand Oaks, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 San Francisco Fall Show, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2021 Cloud Cover, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX, Sept.11 - Oct.23
LA Abstraction: 1980-2000, Modernism, San Francisco, CA, July 15 - Sept. 4
2020 The Evolution of the Cool School, Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, Telluride, CO, December 15 - March 2
2019 Emergence: Art and the Incarnation of Space, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Eight Ball: Math Bass, Edith Baumann, Lindsay Burke, Anne Neukamp, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
2015 White Album, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Paths and Edges, Guggenheim Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2013 Fifty/Fifty, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Magnifici anni, Art 1307, Cinthia and Renato Penna, Napoli, Italy
2012 Ed's Party: Spheres of Influence in the LA Art Scene, William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
California Abstract Painting 1952 to 2011, Woodbury University Nan Rae Art Gallery, Burbank, CA
2011 Less is More, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Fall Spotlight, 333 Montezuma Annex, Santa Fe, NM
Skin Freak, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
What's New, Pussycat?, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2010 Putting on the Paint, Fort Worth Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, TX
Bubble and Squeak, Happy Lion Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
Wall To Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Shape of Space, 222 Shelby Gallery, Sant Fe, NM.
2008 Emphasis, Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
About Abstraction, Chapman University Guggenheim Gallery, Orange, CA
2007 Painting's EDGE, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
2004 Abstract, USC School of Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Pure de(Sign), Otis Gallery, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Under 500/Intimate Abstract Painting, The Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Red Paintings, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
1994 In Plain Sight: Abstract Painting in Los Angeles, Blue Star Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX
1993 The Shape of Things to Come, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Coming Unraveled, Santa Barbara College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Heart of Light, The Heart of Silence, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA
Intimate Universe, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY (traveled from Michael Walls Gallery)
1992 Intimate Universe, Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY
Frankfurt Art Fair, Beatrix Wilhelm Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
1991 A Night of Celebration, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Visual Literation, Michael Kohn Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990 Absolute Contemplation, 8 Abstract Painters, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Abstract Options, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Curated by Phyllis Plous and Frances Colpitt (catalog), travels to Mary and Leigh Block Art Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and to de Saisse Museum, University of Santa Clara, CA)
1988 After Abstract, Curated by Stephen Nowlin, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA (catalog)
Visual Silences, Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (catalog by Peter Clothier)
Primary Abstraction: Los Angeles, Curated by Jeffrey Browning, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
1987 Los Angeles Artists: Modern Masters, Ruthven Gallery, Lancaster, OH
1986 New Balance LA-NY, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Divisions: Seven Los Angeles Artists, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, (catalog)
New Art in the West, Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
LA Artists, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Venice Art Walk, Docent lead tour
1984 2Dimensions, Fox Fine Arts Center, University of Texas, El Paso, TX, (catalog)
1983 Newcomers 1983, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
Art/Soul, Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1982 16th Annual Exhibition, Brea Civic Cultural Center Gallery, Orange County Art Association (catalog)
Conejo Art Museum, juried by Betty Asher, Thousand Oaks, CA
1980 Abstract Painting 1980, curated by James Hayward California Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
1975 Drawing and Print Show, Santa Monica College Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA