Katie Baldwin is an American

printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proce ...

and book artist living in

Huntsville, Alabama Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Limestone County, and Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Madison County. Located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, Huntsville is the most populous city in t ...

. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the

University of Alabama in Huntsville The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is a public research university in Huntsville, Alabama. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and comprises nine colleges: arts, humanities & social science ...

. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from

Evergreen State College The Evergreen State College is a public liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington. Founded in 1967, it offers a non-traditional undergraduate curriculum in which students have the option to design their own study towards a degree or follow a p ...

Olympia, Washington Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. It is southwest of the state's most populous city, Seattle, and is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region. European ...

and her Master of Fine Arts from the

University of the Arts (Philadelphia) The University of the Arts (UArts) is a private art university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its campus makes up part of the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia. Dating back to the 1870s, it is one of the oldest schools of art o ...

. She served as a Victor Hammer Fellow at

Wells College Wells College is a private liberal arts college in Aurora, New York. The college has cross-enrollment with Cornell University and Ithaca College. For much of its history it was a women's college. Wells College is located in the Finger Lakes reg ...

from 2011-2013. Baldwin produced the book ''Treasure'' at

Women's Studio Workshop Women's Studio Workshop (WSW) is a nonprofit visual arts studio and private press offering residencies and educational workshops, located in Rosendale, New York. The workshop was founded in 1974 by Ann Kalmbach, Tatana Kellner, Anita Wetzel, ...

Exhibitions

Katie Baldwin's books and prints are included in many collections. In 2015 she participated in ''WOOD + PAPER + BOX, A PROJECT INSPIRED BY MOKUHANGA'', by Katie Baldwin, Mariko Jesse, and Yoonmi Nam, a show by three artists who met as artist residents on Awaji Island, Japan. With Nick Satinover, an assistant professor at

Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight undergraduate colleges as well as a college of graduate studies, together off ...

, she presented ''With/In a Valley'' at multiple locations, including Biggin Gallery at

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

. In

, they displayed prints and drawings inspired by the

Tennessee Valley The Tennessee Valley is the drainage basin of the Tennessee River and is largely within the U.S. state of Tennessee. It stretches from southwest Kentucky to north Alabama and from northeast Mississippi to the mountains of Virginia and North Car ...

. She was the juror of ''Fresh Ink 2016'' at the Wonderfair gallery in

Lawrence, Kansas Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas River, Kansas and Waka ...

. ''There are Two Stories Here'' was an exhibition of new works by Katie Baldwin at The Print Center, a show made possible by special project support from the Edna W. Andrade Fund of

The Philadelphia Foundation The Philadelphia Foundation is a community foundation that serves the Greater Philadelphia community. The five primary counties served are Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery. It is one of the oldest and largest community fou ...

. In 2012 her prints shown in ''Labors of love by Edna Andrade and Katie Baldwin'' at The Print Center, were based on her travels in Japan and were printed at the Wells Book Art Center. A 5 x 5 foot unique image print by Katie Baldwin, ''The River Parcenta'' (2010), with mokuhanga (people and snake) created with screenprint, felted wool, spray paint, cut paper and mica, printed and published by the artist, was installed at the Mokuhanga International exhibition. She also exhibited at the Icebox Project Space in Philadelphia, the

San Francisco Center for the Book The San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) is a non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Mary Austin and Kathleen Burch in San Francisco, California in the United States. The first center of its kind on the West Coast, SFCB was modeled after ...

, and Gedai University in

Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

. Other selected exhibitions include a solo show at the

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts The Delaware Contemporary is Delaware's only contemporary art museum. Founded in 1979 as the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts (DCCA) it rebranded to its current name in 2015. It is a non-collecting museum focused on work by local, regional, a ...

Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina ...

; ''I'll Cut ThrU: Pochoirs, Carvings, and Other Cuttings'',

The Center for Book Arts Center for Book Arts (CBA) is a non-profit arts organization, founded in 1974. It is the first organization of its kind in the United States dedicated to contemporary interpretations of the book as an art object while preserving traditional pract ...

, New York; DIC Square in Nichonbashi;

Chūō, Tokyo is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward that forms part of the heart of Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself in English as Chūō City. It was formed in 1947 as a merger of Kyōbashi, Tokyo, Kyobashi and Nihonbashi wards following Tokyo C ...

; Space 1026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Miejska Galeria in Lodz, Poland.

Teaching, awards, and residencies

Baldwin has travelled and taught internationally and has received awards as an artist-in-residence. She is a member of the printmakers' collective, Shift Lab. Katie Baldwin taught ''Mokuhanga: Traditional Japanese Water-based Woodblock Printing'' for Paper and Book Intensive in 2017. She spoke to the students of the Book Arts program of the University of Alabama in 2017.

References

External links

* Katie Baldwin website: http://www.katieameliabaldwin.com/ * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldwin, Katie Living people American women printmakers University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni Evergreen State College alumni 20th-century American printmakers 21st-century American printmakers 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American women artists Year of birth missing (living people)