Edith Baumann
Edith Baumann (b. 1948, Ames, IA) lives and works in Santa Monica, CA. Her paintings concisely balancing precision with vulnerability, motion, and natural imperfection. She received her B.F.A. from University of California, Los Angeles in 1975 and completed an M.F.A. in painting at the University of Southern California in 1985. Baumann has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions nationally as well as internationally at Beatrix Wilhem Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany. Parrasch Heijnen has presented two solo exhibitions of Baumann’s work in 2018 and 2020. She was recently included in group exhibitions Eight Ball, Martos Gallery, New York, NY; Emergence: Art and the Incarnation of Space, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX; 9th Street and Beyond: 70 Years of Women in Abstraction, Hunter Dunbar, New York, NY and solo presentation at Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY.
Select Works
Select Exhibitions
Select Press
2023
Must-See Exhibition, Artforum, April 2023.
Laster, Paul. “6 American Galleries Highlighting Abstraction,” Art & Object, July 2020.
2020
Laster, Paul. “6 American Galleries Highlighting Abstraction,” Art & Object, July 2020.
2016
Santa Fe, Artnet, March 31, 2016
Art Daily, 2016.
Abatemarco, Michael. "Edith Baumann Random Structure", Pasatiempo, March 25, 2016.
2012
Cutajar, Mario. “Edith Baumann,” Art Scene, No.
2010
McGraw, kate. "Color and Movement,” Santa Fe / North, June 11.
Britt, Douglas. "Inman Broadens Reach with Collages, Abstracts,” Houston Chronicle, June 4.
1992
Pagel, David. “Coming Unraveled Is Anything But at Otis Gallery,” Los Angeles Times, December, 11.
1991
Frank, Peter. “Art Picks of the Week,” L.A. Weekly, June 28-July 4.
Invitational full page color reproduction, Artspace, Jan/Feb.
1990
Invitational, Artspace, Sept/Oct, (full page color).
Colpitt, Frances. “Absolute Contemplation,” Artspace, July/Aug, Cover.
1989
Knight, Christopher. “Drawing the Battle Lines in LA Painting,” Herald Examiner, March.
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Two Views of the ‘Revival’ of the Abstract,” Los Angeles Times, January 24.
Dubin, Zan. “An Exhibition Whose Time Has Come.” Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1989.
1988
Selwyn, Marc. “Visual Silences,” Flash Art, October
Levy, Mark. “California Contemporary Art,” Arts and Antiques, Oct/Nov
Selwyn, Mark. “Pick of the Week,” L.A. Weekly, June
Bulmer, Marge. Artscene, June
French, David. Artscene, June
Ollman, Leah. Los Angeles Times, 22 January 1988.
1987
Colpitt, Frances. “Edith Baumann-Hudson at Newspace,” Art in America, June, 1987.
1986
Wilson, William, Los Angeles Times, June 20
1985
Donohue, Marlena. “Divisions:7 LA Artists at LAICA,” Los Angeles Times, January, 1885.
1984
Saxon, Erik. “Six Painters”, Appearances, #11
1983
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Promising Newcomers at the Muni,” Los Angeles Times