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