New faculty: Anthony Baab, Professor of Practice, Painting

The Newcomb Art Department welcomes Anthony Baab to the faculty as Professor of Practice in Painting and Drawing.

Anthony Baab studied Painting and Printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute (’04) before obtaining an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Cornell University (‘09). Representing a wide range of media, his recent work consists of drawings, sculptures, and large-scale models that explore notions of self-reflexivity. His work has been exhibited at Grand Arts (Kansas City), Dan Graham (Los Angeles), The Mattress Factory (Pittsburgh), and Three Walls (Chicago) and has been included in several permanent collections including: The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum and The Microsoft Collection. Recently Baab was a 2014-15 Fine Arts Work Center Provincetown Fellow and resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Drawing (’15). His work is represented by Haw Contemporary in Kansas City.