Welcome
Welcome to the artist's portfolio of Teresa Baksa. The artwork is loosely grouped chronologically into collections, starting with Recent Work, Archive 2016-2012, Archive 2011-2000, and Archive 1999-1990, and it includes separate collections for works related to Provincetown, and Portrait Commissions. A comprehensive biography, told through photographs and the progression of Teresa Baksa's art, begins with Early Years, through Middle Years, Middle Years II, and ends with To 2014.
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Recent Press:
2020: PROFILES OF 20 VIBRANT ARTISTS/TERESA BAKSA, Cape Cod Art Annual 2020, Cape Cod Life Publications
Represented by Baksa Studio , South Dennis, MA
Recent Exhibitions:
2024: SKETCHY: REVEALING THE PROCESS, Juried Group Exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA. Curated by Jackie Reeves, January 5-March 17, 2024, Gallery Talk, Thurs. Jan 11, 4-5:30 with a reception following 5:30-7pm.
This is an exhibition about the process of making art: Finished 2d an 3d artworks will be shown alongside preliminary sketches, mock-ups, doodles, printing plates, etc.
AWARD of THIRD PRIZE went to Teresa Baksa, Garden of Compassion, oil/linen, 40x40”
2023-2024, The Steven & Kathleen Sidwell Collection, A Life In Art, Group exhibition, Oct. 19, 2023- Jan. 14, 2024, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA.
This exhibition reveals the inspiration and enthusiasm of art collectors Steve & Kathleen Sidwell, through their many years of traveling abroad and living in several major cities within the US, collecting art wherever they went, to form a varied and rich collection that vibrates with dynamic and creative energy. The collection includes 4 oil paintings by Teresa Baksa and 2 are shown in this exhibition.:
2023: A Provincetown Family, A Spring Affair Exhibit, Group Show, Provincetown Arts Society, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA. Reception April 8, 5-7pm
2022: Dec. 9 - Feb. 24, 2023, A GATHERING, Art From The Roster, Miller White Fine Arts, S Dennis, MA. Artist’s Reception: Fri, Dec. 9th, 4-6pm
2022: Nov. 26,-March, 2023 HOLIDAY EXHIBITION, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA. Group Show.
2022: May 20-June 18, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown , MA, guest artist, group exhibition/fundraiser: Trees of Courage, in honor of the people of Ukraine.
2021: Miller White Fine Arts, S. Dennis, MA., Oct 1-29, Daring and Beautiful from the Miller White family of artists, Gallery Artists (group), 2021
2019: Aug.16- Oct 11. LOVE LETTERS: “I will cover you with love when next I see you …” *, Miller White Fine Arts, S Dennis, MA
Cover image: Mountain of Restraint, by Teresa Baksa, oil/linen, 54” x 45”, Provincetown Magazine, May 18, 2022
Cover of Artscope magazine, Sept/Oct,2019, featuring Falling To Love, charcoal & pastel, 48” x 36”, Teresa Baksa 2019
On Art
Baksa works with traditional materials and directly from nature, mostly from the figure, but also from the world around her. Her direct work, either drawings or paintings, spark ideas that are fleshed out in her studio to become finished artworks . Feelings she senses from the motif determine how she interprets what she is experiencing. She doesn’t approach every subject in the same way, so her style of expression varies.
“ My objective is to capture something meaningful to me, in a unique way, that might inspire dialogue and illuminate human experience in a broad sense; something contemporary, something that transcends language barriers, and something that embraces voices from the past.”
Teresa Baksa
Bio
Teresa (Welch) Baksa left her job in 1990, as Senior Printed Circuit Board Designer at Teradyne, Inc, in Boston to paint full time on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Prior to moving to the Cape Baksa completed her undergraduate degree in Art History and the Humanities at Harvard University and graduated in 1989 with a Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies, cum laude. She completed her formal studio art training in 1979, at Montserrat College of Art, where she graduated with a Diploma of Four Year Study in Painting and Drawing.
Upon arriving to Cape Cod, Teresa (Welch) Baksa opened a studio/gallery on Route 6A in Yarmouthport where she sold her work, taught painting, and took on portrait commissions. She spent much time in Provincetown painting the town and the dunes of The Province Lands. She attended countless life drawing sessions and exhibited in member shows at Provincetown Art Association and Museum. In 2004 Baksa had her first solo museum exhibition, entitled Between The Sea & Sky, at Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis, MA. In 1995 she married Michael Baksa, a goldsmith, and they combined their studios to form Baksa Studio: Jewelry & Paintings on Route 6A in Dennis Village, MA. In 2014 they closed Baksa Studio to free themselves from retail and to be able to devote all their energy to creating their works of art. Now they are represented by other galleries and venues and they are loving their freedom to create full-time.
Education
Baksa is a graduate of Harvard University Extension School, A.L.B. cum laude, 1989, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Montserrat College of Art, Diploma of Four Year Study in Painting and Drawing, 1979, Beverly, Massachusetts. She was influenced in the figurative tradition by her study with artist and Montserrat College of Art founder Joseph Jeswald, and by Provincetown artist Salvatore Del Deo. Another important influence was non-objective artist, and Montserrat senior faculty member, Paul Scott, who was a student of and personal secretary to Hans Hoffman, at his school in NYC and Provincetown, MA. At Harvard Extension School she studied design and color theory with Albert Alcalay. Her most influential professor in art history and the humanities was Professor Ivan Galantic of Tufts University through his evening classes at Harvard Extension School.