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Born 1936 Middlesboro, England. Known for: Photography, painting, sculpture, installation and conceptual art.
Known as Canada's pioneering conceptual artist, Iain Baxter has for some forty years produced daring, singular and sensitive works and ideas that have surprised and destabilized both critics and the... Read full biography
Known as Canada's pioneering conceptual artist, Iain Baxter has for some forty years produced daring, singular and sensitive works and ideas that have surprised and destabilized both critics and the public. His initial academic training was in zoology and biology, followed by studies in the... Read full biography
Known as Canada's pioneering conceptual artist, Iain Baxter has for some forty years produced daring, singular and sensitive works and ideas that have surprised and destabilized both critics and the public. His initial academic training was in zoology and biology, followed by studies in the psychology of education, philosophy and fine arts, as well as Zen philosophy, thanks to a scholarship accorded by the Japanese government. This eclectic journey was to lay the foundations for a prolific... Read full biography
Known as Canada's pioneering conceptual artist, Iain Baxter has for some forty years produced daring, singular and sensitive works and ideas that have surprised and destabilized both critics and the public. His initial academic training was in zoology and biology, followed by studies in the psychology of education, philosophy and fine arts, as well as Zen philosophy, thanks to a scholarship accorded by the Japanese government. This eclectic journey was to lay the foundations for a prolific artistic practice. In 1966, Baxter gained attention with his installation Bagged Place, a reconstitution of a complete modern home, including furniture and day-to-day objects—all carefully bagged in clear plastic. The same year, he founded N.E. Thing Co.... Read full biography
Known as Canada's pioneering conceptual artist, Iain Baxter has for some forty years produced daring, singular and sensitive works and ideas that have surprised and destabilized both critics and the public. His initial academic training was in zoology and biology, followed by studies in the psychology of education, philosophy and fine arts, as well as Zen philosophy, thanks to a scholarship accorded by the Japanese government. This eclectic journey was to lay the foundations for a prolific artistic practice. In 1966, Baxter gained attention with his installation Bagged Place, a reconstitution of a complete modern home, including furniture and day-to-day objects—all carefully bagged in clear plastic. The same year, he founded N.E. Thing Co. (the enterprise was a joint venture of Baxter and his partner Ingrid, but was dissolved in 1978 when the couple separ... Read full biography
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Keywords (52)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Computer Based Art, Digital, Interactive, Internet
- •Conceptual
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Installation Art
- •Painting, Fine Art
- •Photography as Fine Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Assemblage
- •Colored Pencil
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Found Objects, Junk, Recycles
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Plastics
- •Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Expressive, Expressionist, Expressionism
- •Pop Art, Popular Culture
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •England, London Great Britain After 1900
- •Japan
Art Association
- •Canadian Group of Painters
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Art School
- •Alberta College of Art and Design, (Institute) Teacher
- •Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff Centre, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Gershon Iskowitz Prize
- •Governor General's Award for Arts, Canada
- •Order of British Columbia
- •Order of Canada, Elected Member
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Pseudonym ("Nome de Plume") Used
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Biennial Exhibitions of Canadian Art
- •Sao Paulo Bienniale
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Canadian Group of Painters-
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Exhibition of Museum
- •Agnes Etherington Art Centre
- •Art Gallery of Ontario
- •Detroit Institute of Art
- •Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- •Seattle Art Museum
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting