Richard Baldwin

Richard Baldwin was born in the small dusty town in outback Australia. Although generally a good boy Richard was prone to episodes of misbehavior. This is how his career as a visual artist began; dressed in his best clothes for the important occasion of his brother’s birth, Baldwin took the black paint from the laundry and painted the outhouse and himself in a style resembling the work of Franz Kline.
A few years later Richard was diagnosed with a form of Photo- Sensitive epilepsy. This explains his attraction to both pattern and photography. In 1984 he completed an exhibition titled “If it Fits”, an important show for Baldwin. Mostly self portraits, part documentary and expressionist, the show was the basis for Neurological Expressionism -stimulating neurological responses during the moment of exposure using light patterns. Neurological Expressionism includes aspects of parody, satire and light sensitivity.
Baldwin is currently working developing his interest in subjective responses using the photographic medium based on real experiences and bringing these experiences back into the subjective space.

Education
1994
Australian National University
Graduate Diploma of Art (Photography)

1989 Charles Sturt University
Graduate Diploma of Education (Art Method)

1981-84 Australian National University
Bachelor of Arts (Photo)

Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Office Sessions iii, Photography Open Salon,
6th floor Anchorage House,
2 Clove Crescent,
Life Cycle .Gallery 2,
Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra.
2013
The Story of the Creative, See|Exhibition Space
July 25th – September 10th 2013
Creatives Rising, 26-19 Jackson Ave,
Long Island City, NY
Art takes Paris, 26-19 Jackson Ave,
Long Island City, NY
http://richardbaldwin.see.me/atp2013
Electron Salon, International Group Exhibit,
Los Angles Centre for Digital Art,
102 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
2012
Perception Uncut, Alliance Francaise,
Canberra, Australia
Snaped to Grid, Los Angles Centre for Digital Art,
102 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
2011
Transitions, Alliance Francaise, Panang, Malaysia.
2011
Transitions, Galarie Huit, Arles, France.
http://www.photographyopensalon.com/
2010
The Stanthorpe Art Festival,
Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia
http://www.srag.org.au/
2005
Eyematter, an installation of warm glass at the Cape Gallery, Byron Bay.
2004
CATA, Canberra Art Teachers Association,
Canberra Grammer School, Gallery.
Canberra Photography Teachers Association Photospace, Photomedia,...