Biography: Aaron Baldwin

Aaron Baldwin (b. 1963)

Aaron Baldwin was born in 1963 in McClellanville, S.C.  After receiving his MFA in painting at Clemson University in 1991 and living several years in Charlotte, N.C., he returned to his hometown.  He teaches at Charleston Southern University in Charleston, S.C.  In the late 1990s, as a carpenter, Baldwin worked in the 18th and 19th century woodworking techniques. He also applied modern methods toward the preservation and restoration of historical structures. In addition, Baldwin has built several houses in McClellanville, including his own, and calls himself a "compulsive boat builder." His artwork has been shown in galleries galleries in New York City, Atlanta, Charleston, S.C., Columbia, S.C., Greenville, S.C., and elsewhere.  He has exhibited in the Greenville (S.C.) County Museum of Art, Charleston's Gibbes Museum, and the Chattahoochie Valley Art Museum in LaGrange, Ga.  His work was selected for several Spoleto and Piccolo Spoleto exhibitions in Charleston and for the 1992 South Carolina Triennial and is in the S.C. State Art Collection.