Baker Artist Portfolios

My work originates in the space between art history and the hand-made sculptural object. I grew up in 20th century America, where the factory-made consumer object was the most powerful sculptural form. These consumer "products" were raised to the level of sacred icons with the automobile being the most powerful of all.
I came to welded steel sculpture first through "hotrods" and then through fabricating piping for the petroleum industry. I have chosen to use these same industrial processes to combine the detritus of mass production, global trade and consumer advertising to create individual hand-made sculptural objects.
My primary concern in Art has become the question of how the sacred power enters a devotional object. In other words, how does the ‘mojo’ get into an idol?

NEAL GOLBIN
[email protected] 410.939.2078/410.652.6301 ©

EDUCATION
1979 BA, Art History, University of Maryland, College Park

SELECT JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2014 Eye of the Beholder, MD Federation of the Arts, Annapolis, MD,
1984 Three Artists from Northeast MD, Maryland Art Place, Balt., curator: by Barbara Carroll
1982 Steel Wheels, FIresign Gallery, San Diego, CA, juror: George Tirebiter
1980 24 hours of MOCA, WMOCA Gallery, Washington DC, curator: Walter Hopps

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 March and April, Harford County Cultural Arts Center, Bel Air, MD
2009 Inaugural Show, Arts by the Bay Gallery, Havre de Grace, MD

SELECT RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015-1989 Licensed Maryland Used Car Dealer
2012-1994 Theatrical Automotive Stage Sets, Manheim, PA
1996-1981 Certified State of Maryland Full Bridge and Highway Certification
1981 Piepeline Certification, State of Oklahoma

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Military Command Center, Pentagon, Washington, DC
Bulgarian Embassy, Washington, DC
Havre de Grace Maritime Museum

Neal Golbin’s work is also represented in private collections in the US and Mexico.