Bio and Resume
Jack Baumgartner, B.1976
Rose Hill, Kansas
Stay-at-Home Father, Painter, Printmaker, Carpenter, Puppeteer and Farmer
CONTACT: playbanjo@gmail.com
STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY OF ART: Painting is the learning of a local, deliberate, purified (as refined with fire) and living language.
RESUME:
Education
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, MO
Class of 2000
BFA Major: Painting and Printmaking
Valedictorian
Butler County Community College
El dorado, KS
Class of 1997
Associates Degree: Fine Arts
Coutts Scholarship Recipient
Exhibitions
April 2009: Walking Man and the Moon, Co-exhibition with Mike Schultz, Grisham Fiber Studio, Wichita, KS
October 2005: Poetry and Art, Group Show, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS
July 2005: Stick to Your Guns Annual Art Show, Roanoke, VA
December 2003: Solo Painting Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
July 2003: Stick to Your Guns Annual Art Show, Roanoke, VA
July 2002: Stick to Your Guns Annual Art Show, Roanoke, VA
October 2001: Living on the Prairie, Living on the Plains, National Juried Art Exhibit, Coutts Memorial Museum of Art, Eldorado, KS
July 2001: Stick to Your Guns Annual Art Show, Roanoke, VA
May 2000: BFA show, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Puppetry
April 2009: Performances of The Two Deaths of John Beartrist Laceroot, by the School of the Transfer of Energy Puppet Theatre, Grisham Fiber Studio, Wichita, KS
September 2005: Puppetry workshop and demonstration, by Jack Baumgartner of the School of Transfer of Energy Puppet Theatre, Highlands Ranch, CO
August 2002: Performances of The Two Deaths of John Beartrist Laceroot, by the School of the Transfer of Energy Puppet Theatre, Colorado Springs, CO, and Longmont, CO
July 2002: Performance of The Two Deaths of John Beartrist Laceroot, by the School of the Transfer of Energy Puppet Theatre, Stick To Your Guns Group Art Show, Roanoke, VA
February 2002: Performance of The Two Deaths of John Beartrist Laceroot, by the School of the Transfer of Energy Puppet Theatre, Hashinger Hall, Lawrence, KS
January 2002: Puppetry workshop and performance: created, and performed The Two Deaths of John Beartrist Laceroot, by the School of the Transfer of Energy Puppet Theatre, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2001: Founded the School Of Transfer of Energy Puppet Theatre
May 1999: The Princeton Hall Paper Theatre Presents: The Strange Visitor, see above, Butler County Community College Folk Arts Festival, Eldorado, KS
December 1998: The Princeton Hall Theatre Presents: The Strange Visitor, a puppet show adapted, created and performed in cooperation with Annie Stone, Polar Bear Gallery, Longmont CO
1998: Co-founded the Princeton Hall Paper Theatre with Annie Stone
Lecturers and Workshops
July 2010: Paper Puppetry Workshop, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
July 2009: Shadow Puppetry Workshop, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
February 2004: Coutts Memorial Museum of Art, Eldorado, KS
February 2002: Kansas University, Lawrence, KS
January 2002: Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
September 2001: Virginia Western College, Roanoke, VA
Collections:
Paintings in over 20 private collections across the United States.
The Coutts Memorial Museum of Art, Eldorado, Kansas
Awards:
Third place award for Go On Death to Self and Alive to Christ Version in the Living on the Prairie, Living on the Plains, 2001 National Art Exhibit, Eldorado, Kansas
PART 2. When I think about where my art should be… all in one place telling a long story.
-Of two paintings: one is a painting for one person only, for him as the audience. It is quiet and much of it is hidden. Of the other: it should be in a place where art can tell it’s story, in a more public place and maybe it should even have a story with it.
-jack
We love you, Jack!!!
m & c
Rebecca was looking at your art online and again, she said, “wow, it makes my BONES SHAKE!”
HEHEHE…
Hey Jack. It has been way too long. Just found your website, and wanted to say hi. I will have to try and stop by next time I am down in Wichita. I hope things are going well. Tell Amy hi for me.
I love the new pictures of wood milling. – Give Obie a squeeze for me.
I am really in awe – to think we are getting this incredible HANDMADE alderwood piece. The pictures are beautiful and I am so excited to have it in my home. Your detail work is truly exquisite Jack.
Jack,
I’m so glad to find you back in the world. I’m curious about your life now. Feel free to write me.
Yours Truly,
BiL
P.S. I’m working with a kids groupd called Whoop Dee Doo we are always looking for new acts and your puppets would be perfect.
Great site – Amy pointed me to it so glad you have a web presence.
DadC
Jack, your work is lovely. I’m so glad to “see” you again here. Blessings to you and your family.
In Him,
Heidi (Brandt) Schaap
I’m glad to see your homage to Asher Lev. I think it was a great book and I think everyone who is even vaguely interested in art should give it a read.
If for no other reason than to examine ones own willlingness to pay the cost.
Allen,
Thank you for your kind recognition. The book is very good. I appreciate the voices out there who acknowledge that a price is paid, though I expect few are willing to pay the full cost.
Jack
Your pictures are fabulous. I plan on showing my Middle School classes your website as we have just finished a printmaking project. Thanks!
S.B. Thank you, I am honored to be a part of your class. It would be nice to hear what your students think.
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Your work takes my breath away.
Does the phrase, “Real Life, No Tambourines” mean anything to you? Did you help make a cd several years back for a youth group? I still have that cd
Hi Andi, some things I have forgotten, but I remember playing two or three songs on that cd.
Jack, your work continues to inspire me . . . keep up the amazing creativity and thank you!
Thank you, Robbie, for your encouragement, it always helps.