Mowry Baden

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Mowry Baden
Born1936 (age 87–88)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityCanadian, American
OccupationArtist
Known forSculpture
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts

Mowry Baden (born 1936 in Los Angeles) is an American sculptor who has lived and worked in Canada since 1975. He is known for his gallery-based kinaesthetic sculptures and for his public sculpture, both of which require a strong element of bodily interaction on the part of the viewer.

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Life

Baden was born January 17, 1936, in Los Angeles, California. [1] A 1954 graduate of Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California, Baden studied at Pomona College (BA, 1958) and Stanford University (MFA, 1965). [1] [2] [3] He has practiced sculpture for nearly 50 years and has taught sculpture at Raymond College, Pomona College, UBC, and the University of Victoria, from which he retired in 1997. Artist Chris Burden was one of his students. [4] He lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where he continues to produce sculpture and public art. He is married to actor-director-writer Judith McDowell.

Art practice

Baden is known for his sculptures that allow the viewer to generate kinaesthetic experiences. [5] [6] To this end, his gallery-based works often use mechanisms or physical components that encourage viewer interaction. [7] [8]

Public artworks

Exhibitions

Baden's exhibitions include:

Awards

In 2006, Baden was awarded a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. [20] In 2015, he was the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship. [21] [22]

Teaching practice

Baden taught at Stanford University, University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA) [23] and Pomona College [24] at the Claremont Graduate University. [25] In 1971, he left California for Canada. [26] There, he taught at the University of British Columbia's main Vancouver campus followed by a tenured position at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia from 1975 to 1997. Among his past students are several important contemporary artists, including Chris Burden, [24] [27] James Carl, Catherine MacLean, Barbara Fischer, Bill Burns, Lewis Baltz, Jessica Stockholder [28] and Kim Adams.

Collections

Baden's work is included in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, [1] the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, [29] the Pomona College Museum of Art, [30] the Vancouver Art Gallery, [31] the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, [32] [[the Oakland Art Museum, Oakland CA, the University of California, Berkeley CA, the Glenbow Art Museum, Calgary AB, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Science Center, Lubbock TX, the Art Bank, Canada Council, Ottawa, the Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC, the Exploratorium, San Francisco, the Addison Gallery, Andover MA, University of California, Santa Barbara, the American Psychological Association, Washington DC]]. [4]

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