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Artist Statement

I work primarily with acrylic and oil paint on canvas, creating works of varying scale that evoke ideas of the sublime and our contemporary relationship with nature and urban landscapes.  I generate my imagery by fusing together images from an archive of photographs. drawing, and literature which I utilize to create a visual interpretation of an invented psychological space.  My experience with collaborative mural making has contributed to my interest in the ways audiences add to the narrative of a painting, both as  viewers and a collaborators.

Robert Minervini was born in 1981 in Secaucus, New Jersey. He currently resides in San Francisco, CA.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2009 MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2005 BFA, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, Painting and Drawing

2003 Temple University, Rome, Italy

Awards & Residencies

2009 The Headlands Center for the Arts, Project Space Artist in Residence, Sausalito, CA

          The Headlands Center for the Arts, Graduate Fellowship Finalist

          Root Division, Root Division Studio Program, San Francisco, CA

2008 Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship, The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA

         Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Fellowship, The National Academy of Fine Arts, New York, NY

2006 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

2005 Carmela Corso Scholarship, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

         Emerging Artist Scholarship, Art Forms Gallery, Manayunk, PA

2000 Merit Scholarship, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Solo Exhibitions

2009 A Means to an End, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008 Race to the Bottom, Queens Nails Annex Extensions, San Francisco, CA

         Information Bomb, The Swell Gallery, The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2005 New Paintings, Darius Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Group Exhibitions

2009 Magic Window, Verge Gallery, Sacramento, CA

         Brooklyn Utopias, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY

         Introductions, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, Juried Regional

         The Space Between Us, We Art Space, Oakland, CA

         Master Pieces, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Juried international (Catalogue)

         Vernissage, MFA Graduate Exhibition, Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue)

         CCACA, Davis, CA

         Phantom Limb, The Swell Gallery, The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2008 Twilight, Diego Rivera Gallery, The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

         The Immediate Future, The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juried Regional

         Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Fellowship Exhibition, The National Academy of Fine Arts, New York, NY

2007 Camera1 Camera2, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juried Regional

         Guerrilla Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Juried Regional

2006 Works on Paper, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, Juried National

         Visions of Peace, Fuel gallery, Philadelphia, PA

         Art of the State, The State Museum, Harrisburg, PA, Juried Regional

         Car Culture, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, Juried National

2005 Beauty Marks, Art Forms Gallery, Manayunk, PA

         Apart Contemporary Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ

         The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program Faculty Exhibition, Thomas Eakins House, Philadelphia, PA

         Young Art Alliance, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, Juried Exhibition

         Qbix Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

         Art at the Walk, Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Juried Exhibition

Curated Exhibitions

2009 The Drawing Show, The Diego Rivera Galley, The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

Public Mural Commissions

2007 Dreams, Martin Luther King High School, 6100 Stenton Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

         Growing With Nature, 99 Walker Road, Wayne, PA

2006 A Tribute to Alex Scott, 4326 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

         Metamorphosis, 200 Irish Rd, Berwyn, PA

         Empowerment Comes From Within, 1215 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

2005 Market Place Design Center, 2300 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA

2004 Patterns of Peace, 67th Street and Elmwood Ave., Bartram High School, Philadelphia, PA

         Children of the Sun, 29th and Chalmers Street, Philadelphia, PA

         Saturday Afternoon, 49th and Thompson Street / Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

2003 Sports Mural, 1000 Rising Sun Avenue, Lawncrest Recreation Center, Philadelphia, PA

National Public Artist Registries

2009 San Francisco Bay Area

         Atlanta, Georgia

2008 Evanston, Illinois

Bibliography

2009 Neidl, Phoebe, “Brooklyn Utopias?” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 9, 2009

         Beltran, JD, “Freshly Varnished And Ready for Their Close Up,” www.sfgate.com, May 20, 2009

        

2006 Slupe, Ellen, "Stately Exhibitions," Art Matters Magaizine, Philadelphia, PA, August 2006 pg. 14-15

         The Philadelphia Inquirer, Photograph Citation, Philadelphia, PA June 25, 2006 pg-L14

         Elias Greg, “Hera Here and Now,” Mercury Newspaper, Providence, RI, July 2006 pg. 13

         Van Sicien, Bill, “Car Culture,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, June 15, 2006

         Rodriquez, Bill, “Hit the Road,” The Providence Phoenix Newspaper, Providence, RI, June 23, 2006 pg. 12

         R. Fallon and L. Rosof, "Young Eyes,” May, 2005. “Gallery Growth,” July, 6, 2005, www.theartblog.org

Catalogues and Publications

2009 Vernissage, MFA Graduate Exhibition Catalogue, the San Francisco Art Institute,

         MFA Now Catalog, Volume II, 2009

2008 Mural Art: Large Scale Art from Walls Around the World, Kiriakos Iosifidis, Adbusters

         Another Country, Laura Swanson, Editions One Studios and the San Francisco Art Institute,     Published