"Marilyn Baum's sumptuous presentation…establishes a new level of mystery. Baum handles gold, silver and blue with reverence allowing the surface texture to soften as if with age."
About
Marilyn Baum is a contemporary artist based in Mill Valley, California. Her work is held in esteemed collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian, and the San José Museum of Art.
Working across multiple mediums, Baum merges techniques and materials with a constructivist sensibility, creating compositions defined by precision, balance, and an expressive use of color. Her artworks map a personal cosmology—distinct visual worlds that are both formally rigorous and emotionally resonant.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- University of California at Los Angeles, B.F.A, 1961
- University of California at Los Angeles, graduate studies in art, 1961-63
Collections
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco
- Jacksonville Art Museum, Florida
- San José Museum of Modern Art, San José, CA
- National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Santa Cruz County Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA
- Arco Collection
- Alberta Gas Corporation of Canada, Calgary
- Bank of America Corporation Art Collection
- Genstar Corporation, San Francisco, CA
- Grosvenor Corporation, San Francisco
- Prudential Insurance Co., Los Angeles
- McCrory Collection, New York, NY
- Security Pacific Bank
- Time Savings & Loan
- Victoria Station Executive Offices
Select Solo Exhibitions
1998
Allport Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
1991
Olga Dollar, San Francisco, CA
1988
Allport Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
1986
Allport Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1982
Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts Gallery, New York
1981
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
The San José Museum of Art, San José, CA
1977
Zara Gallery, San Francisco
Select Group Exhibitions
1992
J.W. Rosenthal, Chicago, IL
1987
Frontiers of Abstraction, Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, ID
The Artist and the Myth, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1986
Art Feast, Marin Arts Council, Sausalito, CA
1984
Highlights: Selections from the Bank of America Corporation Art Collection, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
1983
Recent Acquisitions, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Recent Acquisitions, Santa Cruz County Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA
1982
Recent Works on Paper, Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Allport & Associates Gallery, two-person show, Larkspur, CA
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
1981
California Artists, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Drawing, Watercolors, & Prints, Leah Levy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Harcus Krakow, Boston, Massachusetts
1980
Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
Louise Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sarah Rentschler Gallery, New York, NY
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
Falkirk Third Annual Exhibition (juried), San Francisco, CA