| Carrie Ann Baade |
The edgy and intellectual paintings of Carrie Ann Baade are quickly gaining recognition around the world. Through myths and monsters, Baade explores the complexity of the human condition within her imaginative portraits. These trompe l'oeil oil paintings are rich with allegorical meta-narratives inspired by literature and art history. She has traveled around the globe in search of inspiration; her works manifest history painting into an entirely original vision, rich with the confluence of cultures and time periods.
Carrie Ann Baade was nominated for the prestigious United States Artist Fellowship in 2007. Her work is featured in Metamorphosis, a survey of top contemporary Surrealists including Ernst Fuchs, Alex Grey, Laurie Lipton, Chet Zar, Kris Kuksi, and Brom. She will be featured again in the third book in this series on female surrealists, to be released in 2009. In 2005, she received a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship granted through the Delaware Division of the Arts. Baade received her B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her Masters in Painting from the University of Delaware. Her artwork was featured on the covers of Not Quite One of the Boys by Vincent Sakowskiand Text:UR, an anthology of contemporary fiction titled The Book of Masks. Her work has been reviewed in the NY ARTS Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Austin Chronicle, The Independent, and Philadelphia Today. In 2007, her solo exhibitions were at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art and The Ningbo Art Museum of China. Her upcoming exhibits include shows at Billy Shire Fine Art in Los Angeles and Rosenfeld Gallery in Philadelphia in 2009.
Carrie Ann Baade is currently an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at Florida State University accompanied by her singing, polydactyl cat.
Artist Statement:
With scissors in hand, I compose from snippets from several hundred pictorial fragments scattered on the floor. What is created is a prototype collage of layered scraps with cut edges. Some are photographs of myself while others are cut up illustrations from art history. With a flare of Dr. Frankenstein, the painting that results from this golem is at once illusionistic and surreal. These paintings are as fractured as their sources. By picking through the bone yard of myths, literature, and history; I assemble autobiographical allegories that reflect the sorrow and absurdity of the human condition. The subjects of my work are heroines and demons...my favorites are both valorous and perverse.
-Carrie Ann Baade
Resume:
Education
Master of Fine Art in Painting, University of Delaware, 2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997
The Florence Academy of Art, Italy, 1995-96
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Intemperance, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelpia, PA
2007
Virtues and Vices, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Ningbo Museum of Art, Ningbo, China
2006
Involuntary Thoughts, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE
Pankratz Gallery, Monument , CO
2005
Wanted Night Gardener, Mezzanine Gallery, Wilmington, DE
The Secret Lives of Portraits, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
2004
Salon of the Chimera, Cecil County Community College, Rising Sun, MD
Select Group Shows
2003-08
Small Works Show, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Four Riders, Pale Horse Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Deep Pop: a survey of Pop Surrealism, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Florida State Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2007
Bridge Art Fair: Chicago, London, and Miami, Billy Shire Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL
Billy Shire Fine Art, Culver City, CA
ISM: Untitled Love Project Phases 2/3, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, CA
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Draw, curated by Eric Foss, traveling exhibit: New York, Austin, London, Tokyo
Kitschen Sync, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Broken Hearts, Strychnin Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Undertow 2, curated by Alix Sloan, Roq La Rue, Seattle, WA
Fresh Meat, Roq La Rue, Seattle, WA
Cannibal Flower, Copro Nason Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Undertow, curated by Alix Sloan, Metalstone Gallery, New York, NY
Animals in Art, Susan Isaacs, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Delaware Women's Conference Exhibition, Biggs Museum, Dover, DE
KMFK Gallery, New York, NY
Arcanum, Strychnin Gallery, New York, NY
2005
DDA Award Winners, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE
2004
US Artists: American Fine Art Show, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA
New Talent Show, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003
MFA Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Graduate Thesis Exhibition, University Gallery, Newark, DE
2002
12th Annual Emerging Artists, City Gallery, Baltimore, MD
New Blood, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2001
7th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cecil County Arts Council, Elkton, MD
Symbiotic Teleology, Newark Arts Alliance, Newark, DE
Teaching Experience
2007-present
Assistant Professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2001-07
Assundry Adjuct Teaching: University of Delaware, Washington College, and Cecil County Community College
Press and Publications
Metamorphosis: Women Surrealists, release in 2009
Rat Salad Deluxe, 3/2007
Metamorphosis, 50 Surrealists and Visionary Artists. Jon Beinart, editor, Visionary Press, Melbourne, Australia, 2007
Austin Chronicle, 3/16/2007
NY Arts Magazine, 12/2006
Gazette Telegraph, 5/24/2006
Colorado Springs Independent, 5/18/2006
Inside Philadelphia, spring issue 2006
Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/13/2006
The Messenger, 7/2005
Artline, 2/23/2005 and 4/27/2005
Book Covers
Text: UR - The New Book of Masks, an anthology of cutting-edge dark fantasy edited by World Fantasy Award Winner Forrest Aguirre. John Lawson, Editor-in-Chief. Raw Dog Screaming Press.
Not Quite One of the Boys, by Vincent W. Sakowski. Eraserhead Press (December 2006.)
Awards
2007
Nominated for the United States Artists Award
2005
Delaware Division of the Arts Fellowship for Established Artist in Painting
Delaware Division of the Art Opportunity Grant
2004
Delaware Division of the Arts Honorable Mention
2001-02
Calloway Magness Fellowship and Full Teaching Assistantship
Carrie Ann Baade art at POP Gallery in Santa Fe, NM.
Original and limited edition work by Carrie Ann Baade represented exclusively in Santa Fe, NM at POP Gallery. |
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