Ginnie Baer (studio #108) Born in: Birthdate: June 19, 1974 Last Updated: Tue, Sep 4, 2007 Personal Contact: gbaer11@hotmail.com Website: http://www.ginniebaer.com
Memories, collecting and escapism suggest other sentiments and ideas of loss, nostalgia, reflection, humor, tenderness, loneliness and fragility. My work navigates through these concepts sometimes treading lightly, other times sinking in and searching thoroughly. I am interested in taking familiar objects out of the context they normally exist in and transforming them. I like to imagine their existence before I obtained them and how they may or may not function now…what their limitations are. Drawing and painting the objects allows me to explore endless possibilities. I am intrigued with the physical qualities of the materials I use; observing the difference between the marks made by various pencils is a worthwhile experience. It seems overly romantic to think of these objects as having a past, and that somehow I can affect their present by altering the way they look, but being aware of this does not deter me. The little bits of paint left behind serve as kind of a clue, telling us these objects are not just white, that something has happened to them. The subjects and objects I’m working with have existed in some form before they became part of my anthology, and they will continue to exist with or without my influence. That idea, of these things always being somehow a part of the world has and will continue to challenge me with finding ways of transforming their associations and meaning.
I am interested in taking familiar objects out of the context they normally exist in and transforming them. I like to imagine their existence before I obtained them and how they may or may not function now…what their limitations are. Drawing and painting the objects allows me to explore endless possibilities.
I am intrigued with the physical qualities of the materials I use; observing the difference between the marks made by various pencils is a worthwhile experience.
It seems overly romantic to think of these objects as having a past, and that somehow I can affect their present by altering the way they look, but being aware of this does not deter me. The little bits of paint left behind serve as kind of a clue, telling us these objects are not just white, that something has happened to them.
The subjects and objects I’m working with have existed in some form before they became part of my anthology, and they will continue to exist with or without my influence. That idea, of these things always being somehow a part of the world has and will continue to challenge me with finding ways of transforming their associations and meaning.
Ginnie Baer Education: M.F.A. 2003 Painting & Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA B.F.A. 1999 Painting and Drawing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Exhibitions:
2007
Maximum of Maximums, You and Me Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA Matt Shifley, Ginnie Baer, Brandy Agnew, New Work, Roy G. Biv, Columbus, OH Agora II, Junction View Studios, Grandview, OH 2006
Small Works Exhibition, Roy G. Biv, Columbus, OH Visiting Artist/New Faculty, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Agora, Junction View Studios, Grandview, OH One Night Suite, Huntington Center /Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH 2005
Ginnie Baer, Jason Cho, New Works Roy G. Biv, Columbus, OH Visiting Artist/New Faculty, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Ohio Art League Juried Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Juror: Elizabeth Thomas, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Carnegie Museum of Art Ohio Art League Juried Exhibition, Associate Award, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio, Juror: Ingrid Schaffner, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia 2004
Compound Interest, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY Ohio Art League Juried Exhibition, Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH, Juror: Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator of Exhibitions, Wexner Center for the Arts 2003
Lustre, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA “catalogue” To the Capital City, (curator), Hopkins Hall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2002
Squirrelly Girl Parade, Collective art parade, Orange Door Gallery, Richmond, VA Pull, FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Nine, Orange Door Gallery, Richmond, VA Trans-Appalachian Tractor Pull, Hewlett Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Teaching Experience: 2004-present
2005-present
The Ohio State University, Visiting Lecturer
2001-2003
Virginia Commonwealth University, Graduate Assistant
Related Experience: Artist’s Assistant, Allan McCollum, painting and installation, Over Ten Thousand Individual Works, Wexner Center for the Arts, 2005 Assistant to Painting Department Chair, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2002 (assisted with daily department operations including scheduling studio visits and making travel plans for New York visiting artists) Co-organizer, Graduate Art Exchange, Trans-Appalachian Tractor Pull, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001 Exhibitions Curated: To the Capital City, Graduate Painting Department Exchange between Virginia Commonwealth University and The Ohio State University Visiting Artist Lectures: Concepts and Issues Course: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2005 Bibliography: Yalkut, Jud, Visuals, Dayton City Paper, June 22, 2004 Donald Kuspit, MFA at VCU, Thesis Exhibition Catalogue, May 2003, pg.4. Professional Organizations: College Art Association (CAA) Ohio Art League (OAL) Scholarships and Awards: Associate Award, Ohio Art League Spring Juried Exhibition, 2004 Graduate Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2001 and 2002 Collections: Ann Hamilton and Michael Mercil, Columbus, Ohio
