约翰·巴尔代萨里 1931 年出生于加利福尼亚州国家城。1953 年，他从圣地亚哥州立学院获得文学士学位。在加州大学伯克利分校学习了一年的高级艺术史后，巴尔代萨里回到圣地亚哥州立学院，并于 1957 年获得绘画艺术硕士学位。他随后在乔伊纳德艺术学院和加州大学洛杉矶分校 (UCLA) 攻读研究生课程。巴尔代萨里于 1970 年至 1988 年在加州瓦伦西亚的加州艺术学院任教，并于 1996 年至 2007 年在加州大学洛杉矶分校任教。
巴尔代萨里的作品在美国和欧洲举办过 300 多次个人展和 1000 多次团体展。他的项目包括独特的作品、版画、艺术家书籍、视频、电影、广告牌和公共工程。他获得的奖项和荣誉包括 2014 年国家艺术奖章奖、2016 年纽约国际版画中心奖、美国艺术与文学学院和美国艺术与科学学院会员资格、美国艺术终身成就奖、劳力士艺术导师和门生计划、威尼斯双年展颁发的终身成就金狮奖、戈斯拉尔凯瑟林市颁发的终身成就金狮奖和 2008 年 BACA 国际奖。他获得了爱尔兰国立大学、圣地亚哥州立大学和帕森斯设计学院奥蒂斯艺术学院的荣誉学位。他目前生活和工作在加利福尼亚州威尼斯。
最近，墨西哥城 Jumex 博物馆举办了一场回顾展，题为“和约翰·巴尔代萨里一起学习阅读”，时间为 2017 年。作品曾在 2017 年至 2019 年期间在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的 Gemini GEL 和 Mixografia 以及 2019 年的拉古纳艺术博物馆展出。2018 年，Mai 36 在瑞士苏黎世展示了一系列名为“风车”的独特作品。2019 年，玛丽安·古德曼在纽约展出了一系列名为“热与冷系列”的独特作品。约翰·巴尔代萨里作品全集第五卷：2005-2010 年由耶鲁大学出版社于 2018 年出版，第六卷 2011-2019 年 即将于 2020 年出版。
约翰·巴尔代萨里于 2020 年 1 月 2 日星期四在加利福尼亚州威尼斯的家中去世。这对他的家人、同行艺术家、工作室工作人员、朋友和忠实的校友来说是无法估量的损失。不久的将来将宣布庆祝他的一生和文化遗产的活动。
John Baldessari was born in National City, California in 1931. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1953 from San Diego State College. After a year of advanced art history studies at the University of California, Berkley, Baldessari returned to San Diego State College where he received his Master of Arts in Painting in1957. He proceeded to engage in post-graduate work at Chouinard Art Institute and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Baldessari taught at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA from 1970-1988 and UCLA 1996-2007.
Baldessari's artwork has been featured in more than 300 solo exhibitions and in over 1000 group exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe. His projects include unique works, prints, artist books, videos, films, billboards and public works. His awards and honors include the 2014 National Medal of Arts Award, an award from the International Print Center New York in 2016, memberships in the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Americans for the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award, the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, awarded by La Biennale di Venezia, the City of Goslar Kaiserring in 2012, and the BACA International 2008. He has received honorary degrees from the National University of Ireland, San Diego State University and Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design. He currently lives and works in Venice, California.
Recently Museo Jumex held a retrospective titled “Learning to Read with John Baldessari,” in Mexico City, 2017. Editions have been showcased at Gemini G.E.L. and Mixografia in Los Angeles, CA 2017-2019, and the Laguna Museum of Art in 2019. Mai 36 showcased a series of unique works titled “Windmills” in Zurich, Switzerland 2018. Marian Goodman exhibited a series of unique works titled “Hot & Cold Series,” in New York 2019. John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné, Volume Five: 2005-2010 was published by Yale University Press in 2018, Volume Six 2011-2019 is forthcoming, 2020.
John Baldessari passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2020 in his Venice, CA home. The loss to his family, his fellow artists, his studio staff, friends and devoted former students is beyond measure. A celebration of his life and cultural legacy will be announced in the near future.
