BIOGRAPHY
Anne Baxter (born in Seattle) is an artist based in Southern Oregon whose sculpture and bas-relief work have been exhibited internationally. She typically works with wire mesh, allowing inner and outer spaces to be perceived simultaneously. The transparency of her medium enables vision beyond surface appearances, offering glimpses into the invisible. She then galvanizes the surface of each sculpture with a silver, bronze, or copper finish to unify and accentuate its form. Her sculptures are composed with small pliers and scissors in intricate ways that bring inanimate structures to life.
Baxter holds a Sculpture degree with Honors from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1990; studied at the Art Students League, New York, 1985; and earned a B.A. in Art & English from Colby College, Maine, 1983. She has been awarded with honors and grants including First Place, EXPO 43 International, 2024; Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission and Ford Family Foundation, 2018; and Haines Foundation Visual Arts Grant, 2017. She exhibited at the 2018 Venice Biennial Exhibition of Architecture, Time-Space-Existence, and taught art at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Southern Oregon University, 2015-16. Her works are in numerous collections throughout Europe, Japan, Mexico, and the United States including: Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Beth Callahan Collection, Seattle; Pol Bury Collection, Paris; and the Haines Philanthropic Foundation, Southern Oregon.
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ANNE BAXTER
Born in Seattle, Washington
Lives and works in Ashland, Oregon
EDUCATION1990 Fine Arts Degree, Sculpture, with honors (félicitations du jury), Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris
1983-1985 Art Students League, New York
1983 B.A. in Art and English, Colby College, Maine
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Shapes that Speak – Pacific Northwest Sculptors exhibit, Art at the Cave gallery, Vancouver, WA
EXPO 43 International Finalist Exhibition: bjspokegallery.org platform, NY
Juried by Emily Olek, MoMA
2023 Into the Depths - Pacific Northwest Sculptors exhibit, Runyan Gallery at Newport Visual Arts Center,
OR. Juried by Chasse Davidson, Erin Dengerink, & Carole Murphy
Texas Sculpture Group Exhibition – Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
Curated/juried by Marcie J. Inman
2022 Texas Sculpture SLTX – Art Museum TX, Sugar Land
Curated by Ana Villaronga-Roman
International Sculpture Center, Professional Member Exhibition, Artsy platform
2021 The State of Sculpture – TSG Exhibition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX
Juried by Johannah Hutchison, ISC
International Sculpture Center littleSCULPTURE exhibition, KANEKO, Omaha, NE
International Sculpture Center, Professional Member Exhibition, ISC & Artsy platform
2020 International Sculpture Center, Professional Member Exhibition, Artsy platform
2018 Time Space Existence - Venice 2018 Architecture Biennale, GAA Foundation &
European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Mora, Venice, IT
International Sculpture Center, Professional Member Exhibition, Expo Chicago, Artsy platform
International Sculpture Center, Professional & Chapter Member Exhibition, Artsy platform
2017 Haines Foundation Artist Awardees Exhibition, Ashland, OR2015 December Invitational Exhibition, FireHouse Gallery, Grants Pass, OR
2004 Retrospective Exhibition: 25 Years, Robert Berman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Golden Reflections, Selected Artists Group Exhibition, Ontario, CA
1998 Anne Baxter - Sculpture & Bas-relief, Robert Berman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Solo exhibit)
Anne Baxter - Sculpture & Bas-relief, Galería Juan Martín, Mexico City, MX (Solo exhibit)
San Francisco International, Robert Berman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Art 1997 Chicago, Galerie 1900-2000, Chicago, IL
1994 Galerie 1900-2000, FIAC, Paris, FR
1993 ANNE BAXTER – SCULPTURES, Art Evènement, Clermont-Ferrand, FR (Solo exhibit)
Le Souvenir de L’Avenir, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, FR
Natures Mortes, Galerie Gloria Cohen, Paris, FR
LA International, Galerie 1900-2000 & Tobey Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (3-person exhibit)
1992 Anne Baxter - Sculptures en toile métallique, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, FR (Solo exhibit)
Anne Baxter - Sculptures, Galerie Jacques Bailly, Paris, FR (Solo exhibit)
Galerie 1900-2000, FIAC, Paris, FR
1991 Le Monde de Follain – Artistes et Vestiges, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Saint-Lô, FR
After Duchamp, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, FR
Diversité-Contemporaine en Europe, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, FR
Travaux des élèves diplômés avec les félicitations du jury, École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, FR
1990 Anne Baxter: Still Life - Sculpture en grillage, La Galerie de Poche, Paris, FR (Solo exhibit)
Salon de Mai, Paris, FR
1989 Art Jonction International, Nice, FR
1988 ANNE BAXTER: Light People – SCULPTURES ET BAS RELIEFS, La Galerie de Poche, Paris, FR
(Solo exhibit)
Atelier POL BURY, Galerie de la Maison des Beaux-Arts, Paris, FR
1987 Beaulieu des Arts, Public Art exhibition: l’Association Idées Nouvelles pour la Promotion
de l’Art Contemporain, Nantes, FR
La Ruée vers L’Arts, Nantes, FR
Sculpture, Galerie J. Moussion, Carnac, FR
45e Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, FR
1986 Espace et Matière, Paris VI, Paris, FR
1985 Anne Baxter - Structures Métalliques, Le FIAP, Paris, FR (Solo exhibit)
1984 Public Art Installation, Fashion Moda, Bronx, NY
1983 Senior Exhibit: Jetté Galleries, Colby College, Waterville, ME
SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS and COMMISSIONS
2024 First Place award: EXPO 43 International Competition: juried by Emily Olek (MoMA), NY
2018 Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation:
Career Opportunity Grant Recipient, OR
Lloyd Matthew Haines Foundation & Sanctuary One of Southern Oregon:
Sponsorship, Time Space Existence – Venice 2018
2017 Haines Foundation Visual Arts Grant Recipient, Ashland, OR
1993 Installation: The Renovation, Corporate Offices, Paris, FR
1990 Installation: The Climbers, Corporate Office Courtyard, Nice, FR
1987 Concours Award, Ecole des Beaux-Arts/ CIBA-GEIGY, Paris, FR
Prix Haute Technologie, Concours Award, Le Figaro/ La Compagnie Bancaire, Paris, FR
SELECTED PRESS and PUBLICATIONS
The State of Sculpture – Texas Sculpture Group, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, 2021: Illustrated catalogue: Laying Past Panes to Rest, page 13
Inexhibit.com, August 13, 2018, Venice - TIME SPACE EXISTENCE exhibition at Palazzo Mora: Illustrated review by Riccardo Bianchini
Ashland Daily Tidings, June 8, 2018 - Cover article with Infinity image: Artists Gifted – Artists receive Career Opportunity Grants by Maureen Flanagan Battistella
Time Space Existence – Venice 2018, Architecture Biennale: Illustrated Catalogue with text: GAA Foundation & European Cultural Centre, pages 42 & 43
Ashland Daily Tidings, March 9, 2018, Work by Ashland artist to be exhibited in Venice by Jeffrey Gillespie
Art International Contemporary Magazine, 2017, Sept/Oct Edition, Issue #5, Illustrated: page 150
Sculpture magazine, April 1999, Vol. 18, No. 3, Anne Baxter, Robert Berman Gallery: Illustrated review by Collette Chattopadhyay
Anne Baxter, Sculpture & Bas-relief, 1998 - Exhibition catalogue: Robert Berman Gallery and Galería Juan Martín, with essay by Martica Sawin: Illustrated publication including 35 images
Libération, June 22, 1992 – Image: Adam et Eve d’après Grant Wood
Traces 4, travaux des élèves diplômés avec félicitations - année 1989-1990, (published 1991): École des Beaux-Arts illustrated catalogue, Still Life with Water Glass, page 6
Traces 2, Anne Baxter, Light Sculpture, 1990: École des Beaux-Arts publication with 44 images, including introduction by Public Artist & Professor, Gérard Singer; presentation of artistic influences; working methods; and biography
Presse-Océan, Grand Nantes (FR) May 15, 1987 - Cover article with Woman Waiting image: Un Beau Lieu Pour Les Beaux-Arts, Public Art exhibit