(Upcoming) Edith Baumann: Meditations
June 27 - August 1, 2026
Artist Reception: Saturday, June 27, 5-7p
parrasch heijnen is pleased to present Edith Baumann: Meditations, the gallery’s third exhibition with the Santa Monica-based artist (b. 1948, Ames, IA).
Edith Baumann’s fifty-year career has followed an evolving language dedicated to perceptions of field and presence of hand. Her work delicately renders the interplay between structure and color, and the visual relationship between disparate, asymmetrical bodies that resonate through the physical vibrations they project. In this newest body of work, Baumann seeks to identify the intangible feeling of a space between two physical fields: the poetry between the lines.
In her painting Energy Field No. 7, 2026, Baumann consciously juxtaposes two representations of time: her meditative, laborious process of painting solid swaths of color and an underlying field, and her rapid, emotional, active motion of hovering, freehand linework. The artist’s rendered veils of color are of a singular moment. They separate and converse with the repetitive accumulations of built-up brushstrokes, a deeply personal exploration of the depth of color through subtle variances of tone, hue and light.
Baumann grinds and mixes raw pigments, creating chromatic pulsations through slight, specific layering of vibrant and contrasting colors and hues that intensify and border the solid form. They skitter along her surfaces, intermingling time and energy, a multidimensional conversation on a single plane.
Edith Baumann lives and works in Santa Monica, CA. She received her B.F.A. from University of California, Los Angeles in 1975 and her M.F.A. in painting from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in 1985. Baumann has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions. parrasch heijnen held two previous solo shows, Edith Baumann: Early Works (2018) and Edith Baumann: New Painting (2020). In 2023, Franklin Parrasch Gallery presented Edith Baumann: Stillness in Motion. Baumann was recently included in group exhibitions Dark Illumination at Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY (2025); Indivi Sutton + Edith Baumann at Analog Diary, Beacon, NY (2024); Do you really believe that? at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Fort Worth, TX (2024); 9th Street and Beyond: 70 Years of Women in Abstraction, Part II: The Geometric at Hunter Dunbar, New York, NY (2022); Cloud Cover, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX (2022), and Eight Ball: Math Bass, Edith Baumann, Lindsay Burke, Anne Neukamp at Martos Gallery, New York, NY (2019). Baumann’s work is held in such public institutional collections as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; MAC3, Los Angeles, CA; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; and Escalette Permanent Collection of Art at Chapman University, Orange, CA. Edith Baumann is represented by parrasch heijnen, Los Angeles and Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York.
Edith Baumann: Meditations will be on view at parrasch heijnen, 1326 S. Boyle Avenue, Los Angeles from June 27 - August 1, 2026. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, June 27, 5-7p. Gallery staff are available to guide you through our exhibitions virtually via Zoom upon request. For more information, please contact the gallery at +1 (323) 943-9373 or info@parraschheijnen.com.
Image above: EDITH BAUMANN, Energy Field No. 3, 2025. acrylic on canvas. 60 x 52 inches.