ROB TARBELL
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016
I_NY, Krause Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Smoke Screens, Alfstad Contemporary, Sarasota, FL
2013
All Ages, Krause Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Bird-Like Things and Things Like Trees, White Box, New York, NY
Bird-Like Things and Things Like Trees, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
2011
Vitreous Humor, Krause Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Follies of the Wise, Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA
Ride, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Heads or Tails, The Art Registry Group, Washington, DC
2009
Meet the Struggles & Smoke Rings, Decorazon Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Diagnostics, Smoyer Gallery, Roanoke College, Roanoke, VA
Smoke Rings, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
New Work, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Absence & Presence, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2008
No Mirrors, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
The Struggles Play Nice, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2007
New Struggles, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Replacements, Art6 Gallery, Richmond VA
2006
Birding, North Gallery, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
2005
Freefalling, Kirsten Bowen Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2004
Bird by Bird by Bird, Gallery 111, Charlottesville, VA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
London Art Fair, London, U.K. ((Decorazon Gallery)
2015
Texas Contemporary, Houston (Decorazon Gallery)
Affordable Art Fair Korea, Seoul (Decorazon Gallery)
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London (Decorazon Gallery)
Asia Contemporary Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Decorazon Gallery)
SCOPE: New York, New York (Krause Gallery)
Select 2015: Washington Project for the Arts Art Auction, Artisphere, DC. (Jennifer Farrell, Curator; catalog)
The Gypset Art Series, Decorazon Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Past and Present, Krause Gallery, New York
2014
SCOPE: Miami, Miami (Decorazon Gallery)
3 in 1: Ringling Faculty Exhibition, Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Nexus, SECAC: Juried Exhibition, Art Center Sarsota, Sarasota, FL, (Matthew McLendon, Juror)
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London (Decorazon Gallery)
Scorch, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore (Decorazon Gallery)
SCOPE: NYC, New York (Krause Gallery)
Made in Sarasota, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
2013
Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore (Decorazon Gallery)
Affordable Art Fair Seattle, Seattle, Washington (Decorazon Gallery)
Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London, England (Decorazon Gallery)
Face Off: Skull-A-Day vs Street Anatomy Show, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL
Crossing Borders, Susan Mumford Art Projects, Oxford American, Little Rock, AK
Alchemical Vessels Benefit, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Smith Center, Washington, D.C.
Circus Pony, Liminal Alternative Artspace, Roanoke, VA
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Decorazon Gallery)
Affordable Art Fair Brussels, Brussels, Belguim (Decorazon Gallery)
Animatopoæa: A Most Peculiar Bestiary, Galleries @ Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH (January)
2012
Summer, Decorazon Gallery @ Delicate Mayhem Gallery, London, England
Distilled Memory, Decorazon Gallery, The Framers Gallery / Artefact Showroom London, England
Deviations From Comfort, National Council for Education of Ceramic Arts, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
Mimesis, Intersections - A New America Arts Festival, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
Catch 22, Art Auction Exhibition, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Affordable Art Fair Brussels, Brussels, Belguim (Decorazon Gallery)
2011
Let There Be Light, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
Affordable Art Fair London Battersea, London, England (Decorazon Gallery)
Black & White, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Anniversary Show, Krause Gallery, New York, NY
New Waves, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
2010
Fire Works, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY (Krause Gallery)
Medium & Mystery, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
Isolation, Hemphill - Carrol Square Gallery, Washington, D.C.
In the Beginning, Chroma Projects, Charlottesville, VA
2009
Art of Play, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, California
Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL (Krause Gallery & Les Yeux du Monde)
Creatures Great & Small, Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY
Sweet Summertime, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY (Krause Gallery & Gallery Imperato)
Juried Exhibition, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, New York (2/26 - 3/7)
2008
Washington Project for the Arts Art Auction, The Katzen Center for the Arts at American University, Washington, DC. (catalog)
Black & White, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Biennial 2008, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA (Mark Richard Leach, Juror)
Small Works, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
International Exhibitions at Xian, Lian Bao Lou Gallery, Bejing, China
Art Registry 2008, Chase Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.
17th San Angelo National Ceramics Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Washington Project for the Arts Art Auction, The Katzen Center for the Arts at American University, Washington, DC. (Emily Smith, Curator; catalog)
Interrogating Beauty, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE. (Eleanor Heartney, Curator)
Zelli Porcelain Award, Zelli Porcelain, London, England. (Paul Atterbury, Sister Wendy Beckett and Tony Laverick, Jurors)
2007
Salon Selectives 2, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Extremely Superficial, Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN
Let There Be Light, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA (site specific)
Yongsanh International Art Exhibition, Daegu Cultural Arts Center, Daegu, South Korea (catalog)
Loyola National Works on Paper, Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Emerging & Established, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
Yongsanh International Art Exhibition, Chungpah Gallery, Sook Myung University, Seoul City, Korea (catalog)
Artificum of Humanitas, Traveling Exhibition: Shang-Shang Gallery, Bejing, China; Seoul Hae-Tae Gallery, Seoul, Korea (catalog)
Anonymous III, Washington Project for the Arts, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
Radius 250, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA. (Ragan Cole-Cunningham, Juror)
31st Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University Gallery, Peoria, IL (Judith Brodsky, Juror)
Art Auction a la Mode, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Drawing No Conclusions: Survey of Contemporary Drawing, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI (Dominic Molon, Juror)
2006
Silent Night, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
SCOPE: Miami, Miami, FL (ADA Gallery, flat files)
ART 212 Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY (ADA Gallery, flat files)
Biennial 2006, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA (Drawing Award, Tony Hepburn, Juror)
SCOPE: Hamptons, Hampton, NY (ADA Gallery, flat files)
Group Show, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Do Not Fold, Bend, Spindle or Mutilate, Visual Arts Center, Washington Pavilion of Arts & Science, Sioux Falls, SD
Montpelier Center for Arts & Education, Montpelier, VA
1708 Gallery Goes West, Capital One Gallery, Richmond, VA
Ten Reasons to Collect Art, Art Auction, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2005
Small Works, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Charlottesville, VA
14th Annual New Images Exhibtion, New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2004
Gallery Artists, LYdM, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
2003
Art In Place, Juried National Public Sculpture Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA
3rd Photo & Digital Image Biennial, Wellington Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (catalog)
Awards, Fellowships & Residencies
2014
Residency, Hermitage Artists Retreat, Englewood, Florida
The John Ringling Towers Visual Artist Grant, Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County
Juror’s Award, NEXUS, SECAC: Juried Exhibition, Sarasota, Florida, (Matthew McLendon, juror)
2010
Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France
Residency, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia
Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Artist in Residence, Weir Farm Art Center, Wilton, CT (unable to attend)
2009
Residency, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia
2007
Professional Artist Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Semi-Finalist, Trawick Prize, Bethesda, MD
Honorable Mention, Loyola Works on Paper, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Purchase Award, 31st Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Il
2006
Drawing Award, Peninsula Fine Art Center: Biennial, Newport News, VA
Collections
Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Orlando, Fl
William & Pamela Royall, Richmond, VA
Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, VA
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
City of Charlottesville, VA
Four Seasons, Washington, D.C.
Houston St Regis Hotel, Houston, TX
Roanoke College, Salem, VA
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Selected Publications
2015
Lederer, Phil. “Brush Fire” SRQ Magazine, August, 2015.
2014
Moret, A. “Rob Tarbell: from All Ages to Failure to Appear” Installation Media and Magazine, December 5, 2014.
http://installationmag.com/rob-tarbell-from-all-ages-to-failure-to-appear/
New American Paintings, Edited by Steven T. Zevitas. Vol 112. Boston, MA: The Open Studios Press, 2014.
Gnaegy, Mallory. “Secondhand Smoke” Observer Sarasota, FL April 23, 2014.
2013
Moret, A. “Evolve” Installation Media & Magazine, Issue 06 May 1, 2013. www.installationmag.com
Lee, Sarah. “Portraits of Circus Scenes Created by Smoke” Taxi, March 7, 2013.
http://designtaxi.com/news/356372/Portraits-Of-Circus-Scenes-Painted-By-Smoke/
Czek, Jessica. “Up In Smoke: Circus Scenes Painted with Smoke” Visual News, March 6, 2013.
http://www.visualnews.com/2013/03/06/up-in-smoke-circus-scenes-painted-with-smoke/
2012
The Southeast Review, featured artist summer 2012, Florida State University, www.southeastreview.org.
Sargent, Sarah. “Abstract Grace” C-Ville Weekly, July 10, 2012.
Netke, Shefali. “Rob Tarbell’s Spectacular Smoke Circus” My Modern Metropolis, March 16, 2012.
http://www.mymodernmet.com
Enoch, Nick. “That’s One Way to Burn a Living” Daily Mail, United Kingdom, January 26, 2012.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092339/Rob-Tarbell-The-artist-creates-amazing-pictures-using-SMOKE.html
UK Culture Editor. “An Oxygen Mask And A Burning Credit Card: Rob Tarbell’s Amazing “Smoke Art Technique”
Huffington Post, United Kingdom, January 26, 2012.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/01/27/rob-tarbell-smoke-art_n_1236375.html?ref=uk-arts
Yoo, Alice. “Ghostly Circus” My Modern Metropolis, January 17, 2012.
http://www.mymodernmet.com
2011
Lark Books. Lark Studio Series: Ceramic Sculptures. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2011.
International Drawing Annual 5. Edited by J.Franz. Cincinnati, OH: Manifest Press, 2010.
2010
Brennan, Coogan. “Checking in with Rob Tarbell” C-Ville, October 19, 2010.
Parsons, Laura. “Ethereal Material” The Hook, September 30, 2010.
2010
Mike Dullin. “Smoke and Mirrors” Style Weekly, July 7, 2010.
2009
Jon Brezeale. “Rob Tarbell at Decorazon” Dallas Fine Art Examiner, December 31, 2009. www.examiner.com
Cox, Bird. “Struggle Not” Brick Weekly, November 26 - December 2, 2009.
Rebecca Barnabi. “Tarbell’s Struggles.” Richmond Art Gallery Examiner, December 11, 2009. www.examiner.com
Studio Visit. Edited by Steven T. Zevitas. Vol 8. Boston, MA: The Open Studios Press, 2009.
Jones, Rob. “Sneak Peek: Rob Tarbell.” artPark, September 9, 2009. http://www.artpark.typepad.com/
Seibert, Lauren. “Smoke Signals.” Baltimore Style, September - October, 2009.
Yalkut, Yalkut. “Dual Perspectives.” Dayton City Paper, January 28, 2009.
Dillon, Pamela. “Visions from Fire and Earth.” Dayton Daily News, January 11, 2009.
Tourtillott, Suzanne. 500 Ceramic Sculptures. Juried by Glen R Brown. Asheville: Lark Books, 2009.
2008
Scalin, Noah. Skulls. Asheville: Lark Books, 2008.
Parsons, Laura. “Split Personalities, Artists Switch Hit at PVCC” The Hook, July 31, 2008.
Sommer Shallet, Karen. “Scene in DC.” DC, May 2008.
Fitzgerald, Brendan. “And Now for Something Completely Different.” C-Ville Weekly, May 27, 2008. (cover)
Parsons, Laura. “Smoke and Mirrors.” The Hook, April 24, 2008.
Yenke, Sara. “Struggles and Smokes.” C-Ville Weekly, April 22, 2008.
Roberts-Pullen, Paulette. “Peep Show.” Style Weekly, April 16, 2008.
Strickler, Whitney. “The Smokes.” Art Park Blog, http://artpark.typepad.com/artblog, April 15, 2008.
Parsons, Laura. “Crispy Critters, Tarbell Smiles Through Struggles.” The Hook, February 7, 2008.
Nieman Culpepper, Carrie. “Ones to Watch: Emerging Local Artists to Collect Before It’s Too Late.” R-Home Magazine, February 2008.
Latter, Ruth. “Kim Puts New Face on Second Street.” The Daily Progress, February 14, 2008.
Campello, Lenny. Daily Campello Art News. http://dcartnews.blogspot.com, (accessed January 2008).
Studio Visit. Edited by Steven T. Zevitas. Vol 1. Boston, MA: The Open Studios Press, 2008.
2007
Mauer, David A. “Some Enchanted Evening.” The Daily Progress, December 13, 2007.
Kenyon, Theo Jean. “Paper Creations.” Peoria Journal Star, March 4, 2007.
Proctor, Roy. “Smoke Signals.” Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 18, 2007.
Hershey, Greg. “Smoke’em If You Got’em.” Brick Weekly, February 1, 2007.
Latter, Ruth. “Piedmont Is Really Driven by Altars.” The Daily Progress, February 1, 2007..
Parsons, Laura. “Praiseworthy, PVCC Offers Artful Altars.” The Hook, January 25, 2007.
2006
National Drawing Annual, 2006. Edited by Jason Franz. Cincinnati, OH: Manifest Creative Research Gallery–Manifest Press, 2006.
Latter, Ruth. “Piedmont Soars as New Year Opens.” The Daily Progress, September 7, 2006.
Parsons, Laura. “Creative Evolution: Watching Two Artists Push Forward.” The Hook, September 21, 2006.
Sherman, Linda. “Culture Vulture,” editorial cartoon, The Hook, May 25, 2006.
2005
Latter, Ruth. “Drawn into the Surprises of Motherhood” Daily Progress, November 10, 2005.
Latter, Ruth. “Experiments Open Impressive Paper Trail.” Daily Progress, January 27, 2005.
2004
Parsons, Laura. “Flight Lines: Rob Tarbell Takes Off.” The Hook, November 5, 2004.
Fain, Paul. “Here Comes the Sun.” C-Ville Weekly, October 26, 2004.
2003
Stuart, Courteney. “Art in Face.” The Hook, December 11, 2003.
Education
MFA Drawing & Painting, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
BFA Painting & Graphic Design, Auburn University, Auburn, AL