Anthony Baab
New Orleans, LA
214.533.6200
Email: anthonybaab@yahoo.com
Website: www.anthonybaab.com
Education
2009 Cornell University, MFA Interdisciplinary Art
2004 Kansas City Art Institute, BFA Painting
2015 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2017 (Upcoming) Cover the Earth IV, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016 Cover the Earth III, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2015 Cover the Earth II, Three Walls, Chicago, IL
Cover the Earth I, Hudson D. Walker Gallery Provincetown, MA
2014 Ummagumma, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
2013 A Strenuous NonBeing, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
2009 The Yule Log, Tjaden Gallery Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2008 Growes, Cornell University’s Tjaden Hall, Ithaca, NY
2006 Zealothrone Mindfield, with Colin Leipelt, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City MO,
2003 Holy Mountains and Holy Craters, Old Post Office Gallery, Kansas City MO
Group Exhibitions
2016 (Upcoming) Group exhibition Newman University, Wichita, KS
2015 You People, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
Group Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2014 On Behalf of One’s Obsessions, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
Constructing Images Post-Photography, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver CO
Arena Showcase, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Collection III, Travelling exhibition, Kansas City, MO, KS
2013 New, Four, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
Open, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
L’Hourloupe, Greenlease Gallery at Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
Thanks For The Warning, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Group show, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2012 2012 Kansas City Flat Files, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
I Aim Too High, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
XOXO Salon Show, Spray Booth Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2011 Push, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Be Good or Be Gone, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Tompkins Projects West, (Collaboration between Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn, NY
and Dan Graham Los Angeles, CA) Los Angeles CA
and Dan Graham Los Angeles, CA) Los Angeles CA
2010 Gimme Shelter, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
2010 Kansas City Flat Files, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
New Work, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Arrival/Departure, La Esquina Kansas City, MO
Of the Air, MCC-Longview Cultural Arts Center, Lee’s Summit KS
2009 Abstraction Ain’t Dead Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn, NY
New Now: Building The Museum Collection, Nerman Museum of Contemporary
Art, Overland Park, KS
Cornell Graduate Exhibition, Cornell University College of Architecture Art and Planning,
New York, NY
New York, NY
2007 KCAI Corporate Partnership Exhibition Program, Traveling show, Missouri
2006 2006 Charlotte Street Award Exhibition, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
curated by Maria Buszek
2005 Kansas City Flat Files, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
Built Against Site, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO
A Hairy Tale, Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2004 Boundary Creatures, Jewish Museum Overland Park, KS
Ungood, Shaw Hofstra, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Art Institute BFA Exhibition H&R Block Artspace Kansas City, MO
Intended Dialogue, Shawnee Gardens, Shawnee Mission, KS
Awards and Residencies
2015 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Fellowship
2014 Fine Arts Work Center Provincetown Fellowship 2014-2015
2010 Urban Culture Project Studio Resident 2010-2012
2006 Charlotte Street Award Recipient
Bibliography
2016 James Martin, Anthony Baab and Garry Noland at Haw Contemporary KC Studio (kcstudio.org)
2016 James Martin, Anthony Baab and Garry Noland at Haw Contemporary KC Studio (kcstudio.org)
2015 Amy Haddad, Review: Anthony Baab/Threewalls, Newcity Art
2014 Dana Self, Anne Lindberg and Anthony Baab Enigmatic Systems are Perfect Companions,
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star
Melaney Mitchell, Take Stock: The Artistic Dichotomy forming in the West
Bottoms, Informalityblog.com
Mark Rinaldi, Denver Exhibit Pictures the Future of Photography, Denver Post
Danny Orendorff, Kansas City Collection III, Exhibition booklet.
2013 Stephen Lichty, Essay for Strenuous NonBeing, brochure
Stephen Lichty and Anthony Baab, Anthony Baab and Stephen Lichty in Conversation, Grand Arts
Alice Thorson, No Static Models for This Artist, Kansas City Star
Alice Thorson, Art From the Past and Present Will Collide in 2013, Kansas City Star
Blair Schulman, Installations at Grand Arts Exceed Expectations, Cupcakes in Regalia
(cupcakesinregalia.com)
(cupcakesinregalia.com)
Tracy Abeln, Capturing Anthony Baab’s Complex Structures at Grand Arts, (cover story)
The Pitch Magazine
The Pitch Magazine
Jamilee Polson Lacy, Kansas City Inside Out, Bad At Sports (badatsports.com)
Melaney Mitchell, A Strenuous Nonbeing: The Cat Video and Accessibility, AltCrit (altcrit.tumblr.com)
2011 Elisabeth Kirsch, A Natural Yin and Yang, Kansas City, MO
2009 “Baths” (2005) featured on curated website: VVORK (vvork.com)
2007 Stacy Switzer,10: Ten Years Fifty Six Artists, Charlotte Street Foundation catalogue
2006 Alice Thorson, Real Rewards, Kansas City Star
Alice Thorson, Daydreams of Water, Kansas City Star
Alex Schubert, Sabbath on Mars, kansascity.com
2005 Hesse McGraw, Built Against Site, Tank Magazine UK
Jaimie Warren: A Hairy Tale, Review Magazine
Museum Collections
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City MO
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park KS
Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond WA
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan KS
Lectures
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
La Esquina, Kansas City, MO
The Church, Kansas City, MO
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA