BIO
Ron Baron has had a 30-year distinguished career. His artwork has been showcased nationally and internationally, and he has completed 19 public art projects across the United States. Some of his most notable commissions have been with the Metropolitan Transit Association NYC, Indianapolis International Airport, Board of Education NYC, Department of Cultural Affairs NYC, Alaska International Airport, Chicago Transit Authority, Cleveland Transit Authority, University of Oregon, Portland Regional Arts Council, and the Department of Cultural Affairs in San Jose, CA.
Baron is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Pollock-Krasner, Yaddo Endowed Residency, and a Lila Wallace Endowed Residency at the Monet Museum in Giverny, France. His work has been featured in various books, periodicals, and websites, such as the New York Times, Art in America, Artforum, ArtCritical, Hyperallergic, Brooklyn Rail, MTA Arts for Transit, Confrontational Ceramics, and Hands in Clay.
He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and has taught Sculpture and Ceramics at the School of Visual Arts, NYC, since 2006.
Artist Statement
My work emerges from a lifelong engagement with ceramics—a medium that carries deep historical, cultural, spiritual, and archaeological significance. In my recent sculpture series, I create classical vessel-like forms using repurposed pottery shards, stacked objects, paint, and collage. These pieces are inspired by the Shattered Vase Theory of trauma, embracing fracture as a path to transformation. Each sculpture weaves together fragments from different cultures and time periods, creating a layered, non-linear global archaeology.
Public Art and Solo Exhibitions
RESUME
2021-22 - Intersections: Ron Baron and Sarah Walker -Two Person Exhibition, John Molloy Gallery, NYC 2018 - "Ode to A Void", solo exhibition, Studio10, Brooklyn, NY 2017 - "Beyond-Beyond, solo exhibition, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn NY 2016 - "Ron Baron and Fred Escher", Two Person Show, Fred Valentine Gallery, Brooklyn 2013 - “Stratigraphy”, Bascom Library and Community Center, San Jose, CA -Bronze and granite sculptures at entryway -Commissioned by the San Jose Council for the Arts, CA 2012 - “North to the Future”, Ted Stevens International Airport, Anchorage, -An installation of bronze sculptures -Commissioned by the Airport and Alaska Council for the Arts “You are Here”, Jeld-Wen Park, Portland, Oregon Commissioned by the city of Portland and the Timbers Soccer Team, 2011 - “Finish Line”, Cleveland Transit Authority, Cleveland, Ohio -An installation of bronze and granite sculptures for the Puritas Station -Commissioned by the Greater Cleveland Transit Authority 2010 - “Bounce Pass”, Orlando Magic Recreation Center, Orlando, Florida -Three suspended sculptures for the interior lobby -Commissioned by the Orlando Magic Basketball team 2009 - “American Tourister”, Damen Brown Station, Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois - An installation of bronze sculptures for the Damen Brown Train Station -Commissioned by the Chicago Transit Authority "Bell Hop", Cooper Hotels, Ft. Meyers, Florida -Sculpture for the lobby of a new hotel 2008 - “Baggage Claim”, Indianapolis Airport, Indianapolis, IN, -An installation of bronze sculptures for the new airport -Commissioned by the Indianapolis International Airport 2005 - “Lost and Found: an Excavation Project” Long Island Rail Road, MTA, New Yorok -An installation of bronze sculptures for the train station plaza, Hempstead, NY -Commissioned by the Long Island Railroad and the MTA, “Dear Mother”, Stedeliik Museum ‘s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands -Vertical sculpture for permanent collection -Commissioned by the Stedeliik Museum "Weekend Warrior", Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City NY -4 ton site specific sculpture shown in a group exhibition "SPORT" 2004 - “OH!”, University of Oregon, Autzen Football Stadium, Eugene, Oregon -2 suspended sculptures composed of thousands of trophy tops -Commissioned by the Univ. Oregon, Eugene, 2000 - “Tower of Time: Mirror of Brooklyn”, Brooklyn Public Library, -Site-specific sculpture for lobby of Main Branch -Commissioned by the Brooklyn Public Library 1999 - ”Birds”, Public Art Fund, New York, NY -Outdoor site-specific installation -Commissioned by The Greenwall Foundation and the Public Art Fund “Lost and Found”, solo show, Alfred University, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY ”Full Court Press”, ESPN: The Zone, New York, NY 1998 - "UFO (Unidentifiable Found Objects), Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City NY 1997 - "Built with Pride", solo show, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY 1996 - "Spiritual", Este Lauder Inc., NYC, NY, Ronald Lauder -Sculpture commissioned for lobby of company headquarters 1995 - "Daddy-Magnetism", solo show, Chassie Post Gallery, New York, NY* "Receiver", Configura 2: Dialogue of Cultures, Erfurt, Germany -Installation of a monumental sculpture in the central plaza -Commissioned by Configura 2, and the city of Erfurt 1994 - "Ron Baron", Solo Show, Sculpture Center, New York, NY 1994 - "Gates of Knowledge", Intermediate School #2, Brooklyn, NY, -Eight bronze sculptures incorporated into the fence and gate -Commissioned by the Board of Education, Percent for Art Program, NYC 1993 - "My Time Is Now", Lehman College Gymnasium, Bronx, NY, -A vertical bronze sculpture installed at the entrance to the new gymnasium -Commissioned by Lehman College, Dormitory Authority of New York, "Ron Baron", Solo Show, Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, NY 1989 - "Ron Baron", Solo Show, Milford Gallery, New York, NY
Honors, Residencies and Awards
2022 Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY 2018 Siena Art Institute Artist Residency, Siena, Italy, summer '19 2015 Pollock-Krasner, Grant Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, Louise Bourgeois Endowed residency 2014 Gottlieb Foundation, Grant, Tiffany Foundation nominee 2008 Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, summer residency 2007 Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, summer residency 2005 Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, Grant Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, summer residency, Virginia Center for the Arts, Virginia, residency 2001 Pollock-Krasner Foundation: Grant 2000 Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, George Rickey Endowed Residency 1999,'96,'95 Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, summer residency 1998 Public Art Fund, “Art in the Public Realm” Greenwall Foundation Fellowship 1997 New York Foundation for the Arts: Artist Fellowship, Sculpture Grant, Tiffany Foundation Award, nominee 1997 Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, outdoor installation, grant 1993 Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY: -The Milton and Sally Avery Fellowship Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation: Studio Program, New York, NY -One-year studio space in Tribeca, NYC 1992 National Endowment for the Arts: Mid Atlantic, Artist Fellowship 1991 Giverny Residency, Lila Wallace - Reader's Digest, Grant, Stipend -Artist-in-residence at the Claude Monet Foundation, France 1989 Art Matters Incorporated: Grant Pollock - Krasner Foundation: Grant
Group Exhibitions – Selected: 1990–present
Locations include:
Ace Gallery, Anna Kustera Gallery, Art in General, Boise Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Caren Golden Gallery, Exit Art, Clay Art Center,
Everson Museum, Garth Clark Gallery, James Graham Gallery, Mint Museum, Parrish Museum, PS1, Pierogi,
Newark Museum, Sculpture Center, Seattle Museum, Smack Mellon, Stedeliik Museum, Thread Waxing Space,
UBS Gallery, Wave Hill, Wexner Museum
Public Art Collections
Alaska International Airport
Alfred University, Fosdick-Nelson Museum, Alfred, NY
Board of Education, New York
Chicago Transit Authority
Cleveland Transit Authority
Cooper Hotels, Memphis, TN
Department of Cultural Affairs New York
Dormitory Authority of New York
Este Lauder, Ronald Lauder
ESPN: The Zone, New York, NY
Hudson River Conservancy, NYC
Indianapolis International Airport Authority
Lehman College
Long Island Railroad and the Metropolitan Transit Authority
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
Orlando Magic, National Basketball Association
Portland Regional Arts and Council, City of Portland
Prudential Insurance
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
San Jose, City of, CA
Stedeliik Museum, ‘s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Timbers Professional Soccer Team
University of California, Davis
University of Oregon, Autzen Football Stadium, Eugene, Oregon
Publications - Books/Catalog
Ron Baron, Beyond-Beyond, Exhibition Catalog, 2017
The Art of it All - Art and Architecture Indianapolis International Airport, Emmis Publishing, 2010*
Schwartz, Judith, Confrontational Ceramics, A&C Black Publishing, London, 2008*
Bloodworth, Sandra, Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, Monacelli Press, 2006
Meilach, Donna, Teapots Makers and Collectors, Shiffer Books, 2005*
City Art: New York's Percent for Art Program, Merrell Publishers. 2005*
Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, Artist to Artist, 2002*
Garth, Clark, The Artful Teapot, 2001, *
Museum Het Kruithaus, Choices From America, Museum Publication, Sept. 1999 *
Abrams, Harry N., New Art, third edition, Abrams Press, (Sept.) 1997 *
Speight, Charlotte. Hands In Clay, second edition, Mayfield Press, 1988 *
Publications – Periodicals/Online
Saltz, Jerry, Ron Baron and Sarah Walker at John Molloy Gallery, Dec, 2021 Phoebe Hoban, RIOTMATERIAL.COM, Ode to A Void: Studio 10, Nov. 12, 2018* Roniger, Taney, ARTCRITICAL.COM, Silent Procession: Ron Baron, Nov. 1, 2018* Vartanian, Hrag, HyperAllergic.com, Brooklyn Top Exhibition 2017 Hammond, Alexandra, BrooklynRail.com, Ron Baron: Beyond-Beyond, November 2, 2017* Ventura, Kiara, ARTFORUM.COM, Ron Baron: Beyond-Beyond, Smack Mellon, Oct. 14, 2017* Brody, David, ARTCRITICAL.COM, “Ron Baron: Perilous Journeys”, September 26, 2017* Brody, David, ARTCRITICAL.COM, Parlor Bushwick Group Show, October, 2016 Victory Journal, December Issue, New York, NY, 2015 “Opening Day of New Bascom Library”, Mercury Newspaper, San Jose, CA, Feb. 23, 2013 Castillo, Alphonso, “Artist Get a New Platform”, Newsday, October 2011* Chicago Transit Public Art Catalog, September 2011* "2008 in Review: Top Public Art". Art in America - Annual Guide, August, 2009 * Nationline, “Carry-ons that are Sat On”, USA Today, Wednesday, November 12, 2009* Baker, R.C., “A Delicate Balance at Caren Golden Gallery”, Village Voice, July 2008 Berry, S.L., “Airports Grand Design, Indianapolis Star, April 28, 2007* "2005 in Review: Top Public Art". Art in America - Annual Guide, August, 2006 * Kim, Theodora, “Sights for Soaring Eyes”, The Indianapolis Star, January 2006 Dollar, Steve, “Celebrating 20 Years Underground”, Newsday, July 8, 2005 Chan, Sewell, “Access to Art with a Metro Card”, New York Times, June 30, 2005* St. John, Warren, “Ball in Flight and other Jock Art”, New York Times, June 19, 2005 Kim, Theodora, “Public Art to Brighten Indy’s Doorway”, The Indianapolis Star, April, 2005* "2004 in Review: Public Art". Art in America - Annual Guide, August, 2004 * “Reduce/Reuse/Reexamine”, Exhibition Catalog, Wave Hill, Glyndor Gallery, April, 2004* Lazo, Alejandro, “Think its Trash?” Riverdale Press, April 2004 McMorrow, Denise, Exhibition Review, “Reduce/Reuse”, Brooklyn Rail, April, 2004 Gomez, Edward, "Art's Innovative Messengers", Art and Antiques, December. 2002* Smith, Roberta, "Funky New Digs", New York Times, Sept. 28th, 2001 Takahashi, Corey, "Art Finds its Center", Newsday, Sept. 28th, 2001* "1999 in Review: Best of Public Art". Art in America - Annual Guide, August, 2000* "Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection", Mint Museum of Craft and Design, 2000 "Friendships in Arcadia: Writers and Artists at Yaddo in the 90's", exhibition catalog, Dec., 2000 Croop, Patti, "Hyde Museum Exhibit Celebrates Yaddo", Saratogian, August, 2000* Fehrenkamp, Ariane, "Commissions-New York", Sculpture, Jan.-Feb. 2000 Katz, Nancy, "Gifts for the 21st Century", Daily News, November 9th, 1999* Holt, Dennis, "Overflow Crowds at History Fair", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Oct. 27, 1999* City Section, "History Fair", The New York Times, Oct. 26, 1999* Liff, Bob, "Library and Students Create Time Capsule", Daily News, Oct. 26, 1999* Galleries Downtown, “Ron Baron: Birds”, The New Yorker, Sept. 6, 1999 Johnson, Ken, “A Fertile Garden of Sculptures”, The New York Times, August 13, 1999 Around Town, ”Ron Baron’s Birds”, Time Out, August 5-12, 1999* City Section, “Ron Baron’s Birds”, The New York Times, August 7, 1999* Up and Coming, ”Domestic Transformations”, Brooklyn Eagle, March, 1999* Camhi, Leslie, ”Domestic Transformations”, The Village Voice, February 1999 Johnson, Ken, “Domestic Transformations”, The New York Times, January, 1999* Calendar, “Domestic Transformations”, The New York Times, December 1998 Kotik, Charlotta, ”Domestic Transformations”, Brooklyn Museum, exhibition brochure, 1999* Whatcomb Museum of Art, ”Trashformations”, exhibition catalog, 1998* Cameron, Dan, ”New York the Year in Review - Best of ‘97”, Artforum, December, 1997 Smith, Roberta, ”Sculpture Adorns the Urban Terrain,” New York Times, Aug. 8th, 1997 “Microfiction; an event of language”, Black Book, summer issue, 1997 * Arning, Bill, ”Ron Baron at Anna Kustera Gallery”, Time Out, April 1997 * Clifford, Katie, ”Ron Baron at Anna Kustera Gallery”, Art Papers, July-August 1997 * Levin, Kim, "Choices", The Village Voice, March-April, 1997 Robinson, Walter, "New York in Review", Artnet Magazine, Internet, March, 1997 * Killam, Brad, "Masculine Measures", The New Art Examiner, Sept. 1996 Schwabsky, Barry, "Art at Work", The New York Times, July, 1996 * Auer, James, "Men and Art,” The Milwaukee Sentinel, February, 1996 * "1994 in Review: Public Art". Art in America - Annual Guide, August, 1995 * Configura 2 - Dialogue of Culture, Exhibition Catalog, Erfurt, Germany, 1995 * Levin, Kim, "Configura 2", Neue Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany, 1995 * Cash, Stephanie, "Reviews - New York, Ron Baron", Art in America, July, 1995 * Ash,John. "Reviews - New York, Ron Baron", Artforum, April 1995 * Levin, Kim. "Choices", The Village Voice, March-April 11th, 1995 "Galleries - Downtown", The New Yorker, April 10th, 1995 "Soho and Tribeca", New York Magazine, March 20, 1995 Copeland, Rochelle, "Daddy-Magnetism: The Work of Ron Baron", catalog essay, '95 * Levin, Kim. "Choices-The Short List", The Village Voice, Oct. 25,1994 Percent for Art-NYC, "Art for Learning", Exhibition Catalog, Oct. 1994 * Raynor, Vivien. "A Grand Opening for a Dealer", The New York Times, May 8, 1994 Freudenheim, Betty. "At the Newark Museum, the …", The New York Times, Dec. 19, 1994* Hess, Elizabeth. "Beyond Hero", The Village Voice, Dec. 14, 1993 Cotter, Holland, "Public Art in the Bronx", The New York Times, Dec. 10, 1993 Smith, Roberta. "Examining Culture Through It's Castoffs", The New York Times, Nov. 23, 1993* Webster, Sally. "Public Art in the Bronx", Exhibition Catalog, 1993 * Myers, Terry. "Fever", New Art Examiner, March, 1993 Everson Museum Publication, "29th Ceramic National", Exhibition Catalog, 1993 * Kimmelman, Michael. "Promising Start at a New Location", The New York Times Dec. 18, 1992* Museum Het Kruithaus, "Al (l) Ready Made", exhibition catalog, Sept. 1992 * Mid Atlantic Art's Foundation, awards catalog, 1992 * Morsiani, Paola, "New York in Review", Juliet, May 1991 * Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, April 22, 1990 "Ron Baron", Ceramics Monthly, Oct. 1989, pg. 66 * "1988 in Review: Alternative Spaces", Art in America - Annual Guide, August, 1989, * "Selections '88", Artist Space, New York, NY, exhibition catalog, Nov. 1988 * Raynor, Vivien. "'88 at the Bronx Gallery", The New York Times, *, Nov. 13, 1988 Bronx Art's Council, "Strange Pasts Opens New Season", Oct. 1988 * Baker, Kenneth. "Art with Overtones of Terror,Torture and Violence", San Fran. Chronicle,’87