Robert Hardgrave

EDUCATION

2000 Graphic Design Degree

EXHIBITS

2017

Studio E Gallery — Seattle, WA (solo)
I.E. Gallery — Edison, WA (duo)
Cornish College of the Arts, Alumni Gallery — Seattle, WA

2016

The Art Gym — Portland, OR
Studio E Gallery — Seattle, WA
Gallery 16 — San Francisco, CA (solo)
Pivot throughCornish College of the Arts — Seattle, WA

2015

Redline Contemporary Arts Center — Denver, CO Studio E Gallery— Seattle, WA (solo)
Calypte Gallery — Seattle, WA (solo)
Out of Sight — Seattle, WA

Swinton & Grant — Madrid, Spain (solo)

2014

Cornish College of the Arts — Seattle, WA Copro Nason — Los Anegeles, CA
Art & Soul — Seattle. WA (solo)
Portland Print Fair — Portland Art Museum Seattle City Hall — Seattle

2013

Brown University – Providence, MA Washington State Convention Center Cullom Gallery — Seattle, WA (solo) Gage Academy — Seattle, WA

SAM Gallery — Seattle, WA

2012

Fetherston Gallery — Seattle, WA LxWxH Gallery — Seattle, WA
FFDG — San Francisco, CA
Gage Academy — Seattle, WA
Cullom Gallery — Seattle, WA (curatorial)

2011

Grand Central Art Center — Santa Ana, CA Fetherston Gallery — Seattle, WA (solo) EC-Gallery — Chicago, IL (solo)

2010

Joshua Liner Gallery — New York, NY (solo) David B Smith Gallery — Denver, CO (solo)

2009

Viking Union Gallery WWU — Bellingham, WA Esvelt Gallery — Columbia Basin College, WA Joshua Liner Gallery — New York, NY
Copro Nason Gallery — Santa Monica, CA David B Smith Gallery — Denver, CO Bucheon Gallery — San Francisco, CA

111 Minna Gallery — San Francisco, CA

2008

Somespace gallery — Seattle, WA
Limited Addiction Gallery — Denver, CO 6311 Gallery — Seattle, WA
Joshua Liner Gallery — New York, NY (solo) Lawrimore Project — Seattle, WA

2007

Kinsey/Des Forges Gallery — LA, CA (solo) Robert Berman Gallery — Los Angeles, CA COCA 24-hour marathon — Seattle, WA Compound Gallery — Portland, OR

Limited Addiction Gallery — Denver, CO BLK/MRKT Gallery — Los Angeles, CA Lineage Gallery — Philadelphia, PA BLVD Gallery — Seattle, WA (curatorial)

2006

Feinkunst Krueger — Hamburg, Germany BLVD Gallery — Seattle, WA (solo) COCA 24-hour marathon — Seattle, WA BLK/MRKT Gallery — Los Angeles, CA Roq La Rue Gallery — Seattle, WA Compound Gallery — Portland, OR

OK OK Gallery — Seattle, WA

2005 Red Bull ArRange, Live painting w/Pacific Symphony — Seattle, WA Red Bull Music Academy — Seattle, WA
Viking Union Gallery WWU — Bellingham, WA
CoCa 24 hour Marathon — Seattle. WA

Andenken Gallery — Denver, CO
The Voice 1156 Gallery — San Diego, CA The Lab 101 Gallery — Los Angeles, CA Receiver Gallery — San Francisco, CA Reed Center — New York, NY

2004

San Jose Museum of Art — San Jose, CA Roq La Rue Gallery — Seattle, WA

2002

Center on Contemporary Arts — Seattle, WA Vital 5 Gallery — Seattle, WA
Kaleidoscope Gallery — Seattle, WA

1997

Judith Schorr Gallery — Seattle, WA

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

I have performed demonstrations of my techniques for colleges, universities and the Seattle Print Art Organization. I have hosted private studio visits for advanced painting classes, including Cornish and Seattle Pacific University.
I have participated in panel discussions and visiting artist at The Art Institute of Seattle, Bellevue College and Gage Academy. I spoke about my work in October 2013 as part of Microsoftʼs Artist Lecture Series.

AWARDS

2016 Nomination for the Neddy Award, through Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2014 Nomination for the Neddy Award, through Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2014 Nomination for the Contemporary Northwest Arts Awards through the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

RESIDENCIES

2012 – 2016 Duwamish River Residency — affiliated with the Duwamish Clean-up Coalition

COLLECTIONS

The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Legion of Honor Thompson Hotel, Seattle
Starbucks Corporation
Microsoft Corporation

Anonymous private collections nationally and internationally

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016
Catalog publication for the Gallery 16 exhibition, Blues Blues Slower than My Heartbeat Making your Mark, by Tristan Manco, Thames and Hudson (isbn: 0500292183)
New American Paintings Magazine, Issue 121
Stranger Weekly, How to Make a Kick Ass Painting by Jen Graves

2015

New American Paintings Magazine, Issue 115

2014

22 Magazine, Issue 4 Weave Magazine, Issue 1

2013

Neverpress.com — Baggleridge print set Catapult Magazine — Issue #18

2012

High Touch, Tactile design and Visual Explorations — Gestalten (isbn: 978-3-89955-444-1)

2010

Belio:32 — Neo-Psychadelia. Libro (Isbn: 978-84-614-3652-1) Hi-Fructose Collected Volume II (isbn 13: 978-0867197440) Further, Ginko Press (isbn 13: 978-1584234067)

2009

Artworks Magazine — Summer
ROJO Magazine — OCHO – Sweet Karoshi, Winter

2008

The Upset – Young Contemporary Art — Gestalten, (isbn 13: 978-3899552218) ROJO Monograph — Magic Beans, (isbn 13: 978-8461249558)
Hi-Fructose Magazine #8 — Summer
Redefine Magazine — Spring

BLK/MRKT II — Gestalten, (isbn 13: 978-3899551938)