Ron Baron has had a 30-year distinguished career. His artwork has been showcased nationally and internationally, and he has completed 19 public art projects across the United States. Some of his most notable commissions have been with the Metropolitan Transit Association NYC, Indianapolis International Airport, Board of Education NYC, Department of Cultural Affairs NYC, Alaska International Airport, Chicago Transit Authority, Cleveland Transit Authority, University of Oregon, Portland Regional Arts Council, and the Department of Cultural Affairs in San Jose, CA.

Baron is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Pollock-Krasner, Yaddo Endowed Residency, and a Lila Wallace Endowed Residency at the Monet Museum in Giverny, France. His work has been featured in various books, periodicals, and websites, such as the New York Times, Art in America, Artforum, ArtCritical, Hyperallergic, Brooklyn Rail, MTA Arts for Transit, Confrontational Ceramics, and Hands in Clay.

He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and has taught Sculpture and Ceramics at the School of Visual Arts, NYC, since 2006.

Commissions and One/Two-person Exhibitions

2025             “Out of Hand”, Ron Baron & Steven Montgomery, Rosebud Contemporary, NYC

2021               “Intersections” Ron Baron and Sarah Walker, John Molloy Gallery, NYC

2018               “Ode to A Void”, solo exhibition, Studio 10, Brooklyn, NY

2017               “Beyond-Beyond”, solo exhibition, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2016               Solo Exhibition, Valentine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2013               “Stratigraphy”, Bascom Library and Community Center, San Jose, CA

                                    -Bronze and granite sculptures at entryway

                                    -Commissioned by the San Jose Council for the Arts, CA

2012               “North to the Future”, Ted Stevens International Airport, Anchorage, AL

                                    -An installation of bronze sculptures

                                    -Commissioned by the Airport and Alaska Council for the Arts

                        “You are Here”, Jeld-Wen Park, Portland, Oregon

                                    -Commissioned by the city of Portland and the Timbers Soccer Team,

2011               “Finish Line”, Cleveland Transit Authority, Cleveland, Ohio

                                    -An installation of bronze and granite sculptures for the Puritas Station

                                    -Commissioned by the Greater Cleveland Transit Authority

2010               “Bounce Pass”, Orlando Magic Recreation Center, Orlando, Florida

                                    -Three suspended sculptures for the interior lobby

                        “Solo Exhibition”, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University

                                    -Commissioned by the Orlando Magic Basketball team

2009               “American Tourister”, Damen Brown Station, Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois

                                    – An installation of bronze sculptures for the Damen Brown Train Station

                                    -Commissioned by the Chicago Transit Authority

                        Cooper Hotels, Ft. Meyers, Florida

                                    -Sculpture for the lobby of a new hotel

2008               “Baggage Claim”, Indianapolis Airport, Indianapolis, IN

                                    -An installation of bronze sculptures for the new airport

                                    -Commissioned by the Indianapolis International Airport

2005               “Lost and Found: an Excavation Project” Long Island Rail Road, MTA, New York

-An installation of bronze sculptures for the train station plaza, Hempstead

-Commissioned by the Long Island Railroad and the MTA

                        “Dear Mother”, Stedeliik Museum ‘s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

                                    -Vertical sculpture for permanent collection

                                    -Commissioned by the Stedeliik Museum

2004              “O”, University of Oregon, Autzen Football Stadium, Eugene, Oregon

                                    -2 suspended sculptures composed of thousands of trophy tops

                                    -Commissioned by the Univ. Oregon, Eugene

2000               “Tower of Time: Mirror of Brooklyn”, Brooklyn Public Library,

                                    -Site-specific sculpture for lobby of Main Branch

                                   -Commissioned by the Brooklyn Public Library

1999               ”Birds”, Public Art Fund, New York, NY

                                    -Outdoor site-specific installation

                                -Commissioned by The Greenwall Foundation and the Public Art Fund

                         “Lost and Found”, solo show, Alfred University, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred

                         ”Full Court Press”, ESPN: The Zone, New York, NY

1997                “Built with Pride”, solo show, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY

1996               “Spiritual”, Este Lauder Inc., NYC, NY, Ronald Lauder

                                    -Sculpture commissioned for lobby of company headquarters

1995               “Daddy-Magnetism”, solo show, Chassie Post Gallery, New York, NY*

                         “Receiver”, Configura 2: Dialogue of Cultures, Erfurt, Germany

                                    -Installation of a monumental sculpture in the central plaza

                                    -Commissioned by Configura 2, and the city of Erfurt

1994               Solo Show, Sculpture Center, New York, NY

1994               “Gates of Knowledge”, Intermediate School #2, Brooklyn, NY

                                  -Eight bronze sculptures incorporated into the fence and gate

                                  -Commissioned by the Board of Education, Percent for Art Program, NYC

1993               “My Time Is Now”, Lehman College Gymnasium, Bronx, NY

             -A vertical bronze sculpture installed at the entrance to the new        gymnasium

                                    -Commissioned by Lehman College, Dormitory Authority of New York,

                        Solo Show, Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, NY

1989              Solo Show, Milford Gallery, New York, NY

Honors, Residencies and Awards

2022                Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY

2018               Sienna Art Institute Artist in Residence, Sienna, Italy

2015                Pollock-Krasner, Grant

                         Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, Louise Bourgeois Endowed Residency

2014                Gottlieb Foundation, Grant

2008              Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, summer residency

2007              Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, summer residency

2005              Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, Grant

                         Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, summer residency

                         Virginia Center for the Arts, Virginia, residency

2001                Pollock-Krasner Foundation: Grant

2000                Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, George Rickey Endowed Residency

1999,’96,’95    Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY, summer residency

1998                Public Art Fund, “Art in the Public Realm” Greenwall Foundation Fellowship

1997                New York Foundation for the Arts: Artist Fellowship, Sculpture Grant

                         Tiffany Foundation Award, nominee

1997                Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, outdoor installation, grant

1993                Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY:

                                    -The Milton and Sally Avery Fellowship

                         Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation: Studio Program, New York, NY

                                     -One-year studio space in Tribeca, NYC

1992                National Endowment for the Arts: Mid Atlantic, Artist Fellowship

1991               Giverny Residency, Lila Wallace – Reader’s Digest, Grant, Stipend

                                     -Artist-in-residence at the Claude Monet Foundation,France

1989                Art Matters Incorporated: Grant

                        Pollock – Krasner Foundation: Grant

Group Exhibitions – Selected: 1990–present

Ace Gallery, Anna Kustera Gallery, Art in General, Boise Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Caren Golden Gallery, Exit Art, Everson Museum, Garth Clark Gallery, James Graham Gallery, Mint Museum, Parrish Museum, PS1, Pierogi, Newark Museum, Sculpture Center, Seattle Museum, Smack Mellon, Stedeliik Museum, Thread Waxing Space, UBS Gallery, Wave Hill, Wexner Museum

Public Collections

Alaska International Airport

Alfred University, Fosdick-Nelson Museum, Alfred, NY

Board of Education, New York

Chicago Transit Authority

Cleveland Transit Authority

Cooper Hotels, Memphis, TN

Department of Cultural Affairs New York

Dormitory Authority of New York

Este Lauder, Ronald Lauder

ESPN: The Zone, New York, NY

Hudson River Conservancy, NYC

Indianapolis International Airport Authority

Lehman College

Long Island Railroad and the Metropolitan Transit Authority

Orlando Magic, National Basketball Association

Portland Regional Arts and Council, City of Portland

Prudential Insurance

Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC

San Jose, City of, CA

Stedeliik Museum,  ‘s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Timbers Professional Soccer Team

University of California, Davis

University of Oregon, Autzen Football Stadium, Eugene, Oregon