Lew Baldwin
1969–
Lew Baldwin (b. 1969; New Brunswick, New Jersey) is an artist and filmmaker whose work spans video installations, film collaborations, painting, internet-based work, and music. His website redsmoke.com was included in the Whitney Biennial in 2000, and his work Milk Milk Lemonade was shown in the Whitney’s exhibition BitStreams in 2001. He created visual sequences for the feature film November (2004), starring Courteney Cox and James Le Gros, and directed the short film Abraded (2010), which was featured at the Woodstock Film Festival. In 2019 Baldwin returned to painting, seeing it as a natural extension of his digital and motion-based work. His art has been exhibited at the New Museum, New York; the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena; the Art Association of Jackson Hole, Wyoming; the Sundance Film Festival; and in various international venues in Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, and Japan.
Introduction
Known for his animated website 'Redsmoke' (launched in 1995), described as unpredictable and nonlinear, it also features Baldwin's electronic music. Included in the 2000 Whitney Biennial.
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, computer artist, musician
ULAN identifier
500114570
Names
Lew Baldwin
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed April 4, 2026.
Exhibitions & projects
artport
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