Robert Van Vranken

Solo Exhibitions:

2012 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2012 Gilmore Gallery, Peacham Library, Peacham, VT
2009 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY

2007  Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
2004 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2001 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2000 Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
1999-00 Beyond the Frame: John W. Ford and Robert Van Vranken, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville,TN
1997 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1996 Horwitch Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1995 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1994 O.K. Harris/David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1993 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1993 Architectural Landscapes Of The Unconscious, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
1989 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1988 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
1987 Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
1985 Graystone Gallery, San Francisco, CA


Group Exhibitions:

2011 2nd Annual Painting Conference, John Natsulous Gallery, Davis, CA
2011 National Contemporary Realism, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2011 Mapping: Memory and Motion in Contemporary Art, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2007 New York to New Hampshire: Artists of the OK Harris Gallery, New England College Gallery, Henniker, NH
2006 Landscapes and Interiors, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Annual Realism Show, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Celebrate Summer, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004 Realism Invitational, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Everything OK at OK Harris, Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL
2003 Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2001 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2001 Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
2000 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
2000 Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
1999-00 Re-presenting Representation, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
1998 Portland Biennal, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
1998 Realism Knows No Bounds, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1996 Real/Unreal, Horwitch Newman Gallery, Scottdale, AZ
1996 Highlights from the Knoxville Museum of Art Permanent CoIlection, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
1996 9 Artists/9 Visions: 1996, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
1996 Towards Order and Chaos, Bowdoin College Museum, Brunswick, ME
1995 Inside/Outside, Horwitch Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ and Horwitch Newman exhibition at Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles CA
1994 29th Annual Exhibition of Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1993-94 Art On Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1993 New Work, O.K. Harris/David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1993 Inaugural Exhibition, Gleason Fine Art, Portland, ME
1990 Downtown, Downeast, Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, ME
1990 Expressionist Surface: Contemporary Art in Plaster, Queens Museum, Flushing, NY
1989 Contemporary Masters, Glenn Dash Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987 ArtOuest 1987, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
1987 ArtQuest 1987, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Summer Faculty Exhibition, Portland School of Art, Portland, ME
1986 Prints from the Permanent Collection, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
1986 The North Dakota Annual Print and Drawing Exhibition, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
1986 The Boston Printmakers Annual Members' Exhibition, Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1985 The American Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY
1985 Graystone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985 Maine Artists, Wingspread Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME
1985 Masters '85, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA


Bibliography: Books

Citizen’s Dissent, Wendell Berry and David James Duncan, The Orion Society, MA, 2003
Ways of Reading, David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky, St. Martins Press, 1999.
Fine Homebuilding, (#82), “Rowhouse Renovation”, The Taunton Press, June/July 1993.
The Fine Art Index, 1992 North American Edition, International Art Reference Inc., Chicago, IL, 1991.
Notes From The Top Of A Hill, Abagadasset Point Press, Bowdoinham, ME, 1986.
Notes From An Empty House: Poems and Prose, End Storrie Press, San Francisco, CA, 1985.


Bibliography: Catalogues

Mapping: Memory and Motion in Contemporary Art, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; Foreword: Neil Watson, Text: Sarah Tanguy, 2010.
Robert Van Vranken: Silent Paintings, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Foreword: Richard V. West, 2000.
How To Be A Human Being; Text from The Painting Untitled. (Bodhisattva), by Robert Van Vranken, published in Brunswick, ME; Edition of 20, 1996.
9 Artists/9 Visions: 1996, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA, 1996.
Robert Van Vranken: Paintings on Plaster 1995, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
(Maine Art Commission Grant), 1995.
29th Annual Exhibition of Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North
Carolina, Greensboro, NC; Introduction: Ruth K. Beesch, Trevor Richardson, 1994.
The Expressionist Surface; Contemporary Art In Plaster, The Queens Museum, NY;
Barbara C. Matilsky, 1990.


Bibliography: Newspapers

The New York Times, “A Citizen’s Response…”, February 9, 2003, p.5.
Metro Pulse, (Knoxville, TN), "Escape Artists", Heather Joyner, November 4, 1999.
Times Record, (Brunswick, ME), "Painting with Power", John Johnson, April 24, 1997.
Boston Globe, "The Word on the New DeCordova: Cool", Christine Temin, June 11, 1996.
Casco Bay Weekly, "The deafening sound of silence echoes at Bowdoin”, Margot Brown McWilliams, February 18, 1993.
Maine Times, “The Visual Arts: Moving mental furniture at Bates and Bowdoin”, Bryce Muir,
February 1993.
Times Record (Brunswick, ME), “Fantasy and Reality”, Kimberly Cannon, January 28, 1993.
Maine Sunday Telegram, "Paintings' splendor: It's a many layered thing", Ken Greenleaf,
January 17, 1993, p.3E.
New York Times, "Plaster as a Medium, Not Just an Interim Step", Michael Brenson, July 13,1990.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, "Art Agenda", Ron Netsky, July 14, 1985.

Bibliography: Periodicals

Harper’s Magazine, “Hysterical Scientism”, November 2006, p.83.
Maine Home and Design, “On Canvas: Other_Worlds: Robert Van Vranken, Nicole Duennebier, Alison Hildreth”, Annaliese Jakimides, October 2010, p.85.
Harper’s Magazine, “Common Ground” (reproduction of paintings) January 2003, p.37, 38, 41.
Orion , (reproduction of paintings) March/April 2003, p.18-24.
Harper’s Magazine, (reproductions of paintings),September 2001, p. 74, 79.
ArtNews, "Reviews: Robert Van Vranken, O.K. Harris”, Sue Scott, Summer 1995, p.127.
Art New England, "Robert Van Vranken: Architectural Landscapes of the Unconscious", Carl Little, April 1993.
Fine Homebuilding Magazine, "A Rowhouse Renovation in Brooklyn", The Taunton Press, Newtown, CT, 1989.
Sunstorm, "N.Y. Reviews", Dennis Wepman, December 1988.


Lectures:

1989 "Visual Presence in Abstraction and Representation", Amherst College
1988 "Visual Presence in Abstraction and Representation", Plymouth State College
1988 "An Attempt to Synthesize Abstraction and Representation", Providence College
1987 "Recent Work", Bowdoin College Museum of Art
1987 "Learning How To Learn", Bowdoin College
1985 "Intaglio: Vision and Process", Bowdoin College


Teaching Experience:

1999 University of Maine, Augusta, ME; Visiting Artist
1991 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; Lecturer in the Visual Arts
1986 Portland School of Art, Portland, ME; Printmaking Instructor, Summer
1984 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA; Graduate Assistantship-Advanced Lithography
1983 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME; Instructional Fellowship-20th Century Art


Grants/Fellowships:

2004    Ballinglen Arts Foundation
1994 Djerassi Foundation, Artists Residency
1993 Maine Arts Commission, Artists Grant
1991 MacDowell Colony for the Arts, Artist' s Fellowship
1990 Yaddo, Artist's Residency
1990 Djerassi Foundation, Artist’s Residency
1989 The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Artist's Residency
1988 The MacDowell Colony for the Arts, Artist' s Fellowship
1988 The Millay Colony for the Arts, Artist's Residency
1987 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Artist's Grant
1986 The MacDowell Colony for the Arts, Artist' s Fellowship


Commissions:

2004 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
2002 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC


Selected Collections:

Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Bowdoin College of Art, Brunswick, ME
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

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