Bruce Baughman was born in Muskegon, Michigan and attended Indiana University. He continued his studies throughout the United States and Europe. Baughman has shown his work domestically and abroad since 1975. He is in many corporate and private collections around the world. Currently, he resides in Holland, Michigan and Green Valley, Arizona.
Before opeing his first gallery in Saugatuck, Michigan in 1995, Baughman was represented by numerous galleries in the United States and Europe, and has had an exhibit of his work in the Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan. His artwork has also been used on textbooks for Bedrod St. Martin Press, along with a cover feature on "American Psychologist" magazine.