Mowry Baden

Mowry Baden
Born	1936 (age 80–81) Los Angeles, California
Nationality	Canadian, American
Occupation	artist
Known for	sculpture
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts

Mowry Baden (born in 1936 in Los Angeles) is an American sculptor who has lived and worked in Canada since 1975. He is known for his gallery-based kinaesthetic sculptures and for his public sculpture, both of which require a strong element of bodily interaction on the part of the viewer.

Baden was born January 17, 1936 in Los Angeles, California. A 1954 graduate of Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California, Baden studied at Pomona College (BA, 1958) and Stanford University (MFA, 1965).

He lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where he continues to produce sculpture and public art. He is married to actor-director-writer Judith McDowell.

Baden is known for his sculptures that allow the viewer to generate kinaesthetic experiences. To this end, his gallery-based works often use mechanisms or physical components that encourage viewer interaction.

In 2006, Baden was awarded a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. In 2015, he was the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship.

Baden's exhibitions include:

Baden taught at Stanford University, University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA) and Pomona College at the Claremont Graduate University before leaving California for Canada in the early 1970s. In Canada, he taught at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia) prior to his tenure at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia from 1975 to 1997. Among his past students are several important contemporary artists, including Chris Burden, James Carl, Catherine MacLean, Barbara Fischer, Bill Burns, Lewis Baltz, and Kim Adams.

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