Glen Baldridge

Guerrero Gallery is pleased to present “Blaze”, an exhibition by Glen Baldridge. Examining subject matter related to fire, getting high, mowing over, discovery, and being seen, Baldridge communicates themes of lawlessness, danger, self-ruined revolution, and innocence lost through natural curiosity. One particular theme within his work can best be summarized by a quotation from Werner Herzog’s movie Even Dwarves Started Small, “When we behave, nobody cares. But when we are bad, nobody forgets.”

Utilizing various forms of media, Baldridge’s new body of works is composed of prints, drawings and sculptures. Inspired by an assortment of visual and material cues, and through a lens of cynically dark yet playful humor, this exhibition presents Baldridge’s view on play, be it bouncing balls, running through the forest setting fires, cruising around, or amusement with sparklers and/or drugs.

Glen Baldridge’s work is in numerous public and private collections in the United States and abroad, including the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, The RISD Museum, Jundt Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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Education
1995-1999 Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, Rhode Island
BFA Printmaking

Solo Exhibitions
2011 Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco (upcoming)
2010 Zig-Zag: Works on Paper, Blackburn 20|20, New York, NY
2009 Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 It Took Several Lies, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2005 The Dark Air, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2000 Glen Baldridge, Normand T. Dahl Gallery, Great Falls, Montana

Two Person Exhibitions
2010 Leafless: Glen Baldridge | Benjamin Butler, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York

Group Exhibitions
2011
“Nothing To Say”, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Paper A-Z”, Sue Scott Gallery, NY
“Cover Version-LP”, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY

2010
“Forth Estate: New Editions”, Wild Project, NY
“Workspace Program 2009-2010”, Diue Donne, NY
“Nothing to Say”, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Contemporary Prints”, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
Forth Estate: New Editions, The Re: Institute, Millerton, NY
“Weight Perception” curated by Andrew Schoultz, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New New York Publishers, Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, BELGIUM
“RECENT EDITIONS: A printmaking exhibition from NYC publishers Forth Estate and Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop”, Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery, NH
FORTH ESTATE EDITIONS: Recent Works, “In the Viewing Room” at Frederieke Taylor Gallery
Default State Network, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Default State Network, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY

2009
“RBPMW Annual International Exhibition”, juror David Kiehl, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Gallery, NY
“One Every Day” A Printeresting Curatorial Project, EFA Project Space, NY
“Swinging on the Wrecking Ball”, Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
“Friend or Foe”, Collective Hardware, NY
“New Prints/Spring” curated by Polly Apfelbaum, International Print Center New York, NY
“With Hidden Noise”, David Krut Projects, NY
“If The Dogs Are Barking”, Artists Space, NY
“Boston Printmakers 2009 North American Print Biennial”, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA

2008
“PATTERN”, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Kick Out The Jams”, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA

2007
New Prints 2007, Silkscreen, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
Inside Job, Earnest Sewn Project Space, New York, NY

2006
Hot Off the Press, The Grolier Club, New York, NY
CRG PRESENTS: Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2005
ALSO! AWESOME!, Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
On the Beach, Printed Matter Back Room, New York, NY
Paper! Awesome!, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2 from LA 2 from NY, Froden Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2004
Multiples, Klaus Von Nichtssagend, Brooklyn, New York
Paper! Awesome!, Mimi Barr Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Bibliography
Wilson, Michael, ‘Picks’, Artforum.com, May 2009
Green, Adam, ’Weekend Picks: Glen Baldridge in New York’, Artinfo.com, May 21, 2009
Kley, Elisabeth, “GOTHAM ART & THEATER:Glen Baldridge at von Nichtssagend”, Artnet.com, May 18, 2009
Hart, Joseph, Freight and Volume, Issue 2: Winter 2007/2008
Maine, Stephen, “Art in Brief”, The New York Sun, June 31, 2007
Pallas, Hynek, “State of the Art”, Bon, Fall 2005
Miller, Ken, “King of Art”, Tokion, SEPT/OCT 2005

Awards and Residencies
2009 Diue Donne Workspace Program

Visiting Artist Talks
2010 Penland School of Crafts, NC
2009 Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, OR
2009 Rhode Island School of Design, RI
2006 University of Vermont, VT

Public Collections
New York Public Library
Museum of Modern Art
Jundt Art Museum
The RISD Museum
Yale University Art Gallery
Spencer Museum of Art
Dieu Donné Papermill
Whitney Museum of American Art

Glen Baldridge lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.