Katie Amelia Baldwin

Katie Amelia Baldwin - Book Arts


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Storm Prediction (An artist book)
1. When a sailor dreams, detail from Storm Prediction
2. Of birds, detail from Storm Prediction
3. Water & Fire, detail from Storm Prediction
4. She predicts a storm, detail from Storm Prediction

Artist Statement
Storm Prediction (An artist book)
In Mexico, I tried to follow the international news by reading the newspaper La Jornada each morning. You can imagine how difficult this was for me considering I was just learning Spanish. I understood general information about events, but did not understand the details. I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on in the world. But at night I dreamt of birds, and I knew that things were going wrong everywhere, a storm was inevitable. In the 1700’s a sailor believed that a dream of birds predicted a storm.

I created the images and carved the 26 woodblocks for this book while traveling in Mexico. The images are printed on Nideggen paper and bound in an edition of fifteen in Philadelphia, PA, 2006. Each page size is 7-1/2" x 10", creating an open accordion book measuring a10' in length.

Katie Amelia Baldwin - Printmaking


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1. Parade I, 2007, multiple woodblock, 18" x 18"
2. Parade II, 2007, multiple woodblock, 18" x 18"
3. Parade IV, 2007, multiple woodblock, 18" x 18"
4. Parade V, 2007, multiple woodblock, 18" x 18"
5. A Dream Of Birds, 2007, multiple woodblock, 18" x 18"
6. Learning To Knit, 2007, multiple woodblock, 18" x 18"
7. Good Kid/Bad Kid I, 2008, multiple woodblock and screenprint,
     18" x 18"
8. Good Kid/Bad Kid II, 2008, multiple woodblock and screenprint,
     18" x 18"
9. Good Neighborhood/Bad Neighborhood I, 2008, multiple woodblock
     and screenprint, 18" x 18"
10. The Air Is Hot, 2008, multiple woodblock and screenprint, 18" x 18"
11. Vote, 2008, multiple woodblock and screenprint, 18" x 18"
12. I Read The Newspaper, 2008, multiple woodblock and screenprint,
       18" x 18"
13. Learning Spanish: Agua, 2006, woodblock and cut paper, 8" x 10"
14. Learning Spanish: Peligroso, 2006, woodblock and cut paper,
       8" x 10"
15. Learning Spanish: Destruyó, 2006, woodblock and cut paper,
       8" x 10"
16. Learning Spanish: Feroz, 2006, woodblock and cut paper, 8" x 10"
17. Spring: Believer, 2006, woodblock and collage, 8" x 8"
18. Spring: Gift, 2006, woodblock and collage, 8" x 8"
19. Spring: Mrs. Potts, 2006, woodblock and collage, 8" x 8"

About Katie Amelia Baldwin

Contact Information
e-mail: kathleenamelia@hotmail.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
I am interested in making work by hand. Images are made up of multiple blocks and each block is carved, inked and printed by hand. Carving and printing woodblocks is time consuming in contrast to our society where everything is made to be fast, efficient and overproduced. My process is a physical reminder of limitations, while serving as a direct response to the tactile act of making things.

My images create a visual analogue for my writing, bearing witness to both the ordinary and extraordinary events of human life. I work in series; my prints complete each other in a non-linear narrative, attesting to the complexity of the human condition. Daily life intersects with themes of poverty, relationships, culture, natural disasters and dumb luck.

My work is about my confusion between the personal and the political. About trying to distinguish the point where policy-making and power at the national level collides with the everyday lives of ordinary people.

Artist Bio
Katie Baldwin is an experienced bookbinder and printmaker. Her experience working as an artist in other cultures has been fundamental to the development of her work. She has participated in exhibitions in Beijing, China where she received The Honorable Mention in BIRD 2005 International Art Award; at space 1026 in Philadelphia, PA; Miejska Galeria in Lodz, Poland; The Soap Factory in Minneapolis, MN; and Project Mobilivre a vintage Airstream trailer touring exhibition of artist books, zines and independent publications visiting venues in Canada and the US.

In 2004 she represented the Mid-Atlantic States at the Nasgasawa Art Park Pilot Project. She was selected through a juried process, organized by Rutger’s Center of Innovative Print and paper, to spend three months on Awaji Island in Japan. During this residency she learned traditional techniques of Japanese printmaking and papermaking from master carvers, printers and papermakers. The residency was funded through a Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Grant. In 2000, The Barbara Deming Foundation in New York City provided a book production grant for Baldwin to hand-print and bind an edition of woodblocks depicting a story of personal loss and transformation due to the events of a house fire. She has also received funding through the Evergreen State College for a residency in St. Andrews, Scotland to hand-print and bind a book of woodblock prints. She was selected through the Philadelphia Print Collaborative to work at the University of Pennsylvania to produce a limited edition print for the 2005 portfolio. She recently received a Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation grant to travel in Cuba. In 2006 she was the resident artist at Prescott College and has returned from traveling and working in Mexico. She recently received an Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts to complete a portfolio of ten prints.

Katie Baldwin received her Masters of Fine Arts in printmaking and book arts from the University of the Arts in 2004, she received the The Elizabeth C. Robert’s Prize for Graduate Study and the Mr. Harry Eaby/Piccari Press Scholarship. Her work is included in the Library Special Collections at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA and in The Seattle Arts Commission Small Works Permanent Collections in Seattle, WA.

Education
2004
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA, Book Arts and Printmaking

1994
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

Professional Experience
2007 - 2008
Adjunct Professor, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

Adjunct Professor, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

Adjunct Professor, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2006 - 2007
Adjunct Faculty, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Awards and Grants
2008
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship,
Harrisburg, PA

2006
Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts,
Philadelphia, PA

Career Development Fellowship, The Center for Emerging Visual Artist, Philadelphia, PA

The Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant,
Shelter Island, NY

Cole’s House Grant, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Philadelphia Print Collaborative Portfolio, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2004
The Leeway Foundation, 2004 Window of Opportunity Grant, Philadelphia, PA

The Elizabeth C. Robert's Prize for Graduate Study, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2003
The Mr. Harry Eaby/Piccari Press Scholarship, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Money for Women, The Barbara Deming Foundation, New York, NY

Residencies
2008
Women Studio Book Production Residency, Rosendale, NY

2006
Visiting Artist/Teaching Residency, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ

2005
Emerging Artist in Residence/Lafayette College, Experimental Printmaking Institute, Easton, PA

2004
Nagasawa Art Park Artist-in-Residency, Japanese Woodblock Printmaking, Tsuna-gun, Hyogo, Japan

Lectures & Talks
2008
Lecture, “Woodblock Printing”, University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE

2007
Conference Presentation, “Action/Interaction”, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

2006
Public Lecture, “Woodblock Printing”, Prescott College; Prescott, AZ

Lecture, “Professional Practices”, The University of the Arts Graduate Program, Philadelphia, PA

Panel Dicussion, “Challenging Collections”, Center for the Book; Philadelphia, PA

2005
Public Lecture, “Japanese Woodblock Printing in Japan”, Space 1026; Philadelphia, PA

Selected Collections
Works on Paper Special Collections, The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Library Special Collections/Artist Books, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Small Works Permanent Collection, The Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA

Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Miejska Galeria, Lodz, Poland

Nagasawa Art Park, Awaji Shima, Japan

Selected Exhibitions

2008
New Prints 2008, International Print Center New York, New York, NY

25 Years of CFEVA, The Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Philadelphia, PA

Interrogating Beauty, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art,
Wilmington, DE

2007
Fever Pitch, The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

The Philadelphia Invitational Portfolios 2001-2006, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

The Secret Café: A Landmarks and Contemporary Arts Projects,
Philadelphia, PA

81st Annual International Competition: Printmaking, The Print Center, Philadlephia, PA

From Wood To Paper, Red Delicious Press, Aurora, CO

2006
Woodblock, The Barclay Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Moku Hanga, Center International d’Art Contemporian, Pont Aven, France

Nagasawa Printmaking, DIC Square, Nichonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

BOUND/UNBOUND:The Dialogue Between Printmaking and the Art of the Book, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

What a Relief, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Male Formy Grafiki, Miejska Galeria, Lodz, Poland

Bird 2005 International, Beijing Jialuan Art House, Beijing, China

Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY

Exhibit 2, InLiquid at the Bride, Painted Bride Art Center Café Gallery, Philadelphia, PA