Robert Kinsell
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EDUCATION
1985 University of Wisconsin/Madison, MFA Painting
1984 University of Wisconsin/Madison, MA Painting
1973 DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, BA
1971 Great Lakes College Association, New York Arts Program,
Apprenticeship to Philip Pearlstein
1984 University of Wisconsin/Madison, MA Painting
1973 DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, BA
1971 Great Lakes College Association, New York Arts Program,
Apprenticeship to Philip Pearlstein
EXPERIENCE
1988- Professor of Art, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, Instructor in Painting, Present Drawing, Figure Drawing,
Design and Advertising Design
1984-85 Teaching Assistant, Drawing and Art Survey, University of Wisconsin/Madison, Instructor in Drawing and Art Survey
1976-82 Advertising Art Director, Foote, Cone & Belding; Tatham, Laird & Kudner; Benton & Bowles Chicago, Illinois
1974-76 Assistant, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1972 Teaching Assistant, Arts course for non-arts majors, Depauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
Design and Advertising Design
1984-85 Teaching Assistant, Drawing and Art Survey, University of Wisconsin/Madison, Instructor in Drawing and Art Survey
1976-82 Advertising Art Director, Foote, Cone & Belding; Tatham, Laird & Kudner; Benton & Bowles Chicago, Illinois
1974-76 Assistant, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1972 Teaching Assistant, Arts course for non-arts majors, Depauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 Blazes in the Desert, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
2012 Object Lessons, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2011 Jean Jack and Robert Kinsell, Paul Scott Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2010 Concrete Illusions, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2008 The Desert, Inside and Out, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2007 Against the Wall, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Imposed Realities, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2005 Digital Means, (with Leonard Stokes), Burns Atrium Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY
2004 Past and Present, Solo Exhibition, Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, TX
New Paintings, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2002 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2001 The Digital Print, The Image Gallery, Longview, TX
Reality - Virtual and Otherwise, The Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX
2000 Robert Kinsell: New Paintings, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1999 Robert Kinsell, The Secret Life of Objects: Ten Years in Texas, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX
1998 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1996 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1994 Robert Kinsell: Still Life Paintings, Lon Morris College, Jacksonville, TX
1993 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1992 Michael Crespo and Robert Kinsell, Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1991 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1990 Lima Art Association, (with Alison Adams), Lima, OH
1988 University of Wisconsin Center, Janesville, WI
1987 Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI
1978 Dobrick Gallery, Chicago, IL
1974 Three Form Gallery, Chicago, IL
1973 Krannert Drawing Room, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2012 Object Lessons, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2011 Jean Jack and Robert Kinsell, Paul Scott Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2010 Concrete Illusions, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2008 The Desert, Inside and Out, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2007 Against the Wall, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Imposed Realities, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2005 Digital Means, (with Leonard Stokes), Burns Atrium Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY
2004 Past and Present, Solo Exhibition, Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, TX
New Paintings, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2002 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2001 The Digital Print, The Image Gallery, Longview, TX
Reality - Virtual and Otherwise, The Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX
2000 Robert Kinsell: New Paintings, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1999 Robert Kinsell, The Secret Life of Objects: Ten Years in Texas, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX
1998 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1996 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1994 Robert Kinsell: Still Life Paintings, Lon Morris College, Jacksonville, TX
1993 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1992 Michael Crespo and Robert Kinsell, Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1991 McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1990 Lima Art Association, (with Alison Adams), Lima, OH
1988 University of Wisconsin Center, Janesville, WI
1987 Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI
1978 Dobrick Gallery, Chicago, IL
1974 Three Form Gallery, Chicago, IL
1973 Krannert Drawing Room, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University (April-June), Nacogdoches, TX
2012 Paul Scott Gallery, Bend, OR
2011 Holiday Exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 Holiday Exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2009 Back in Red, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2007 Red Revisited, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
SFA Faculty Exhibition, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2006 a touch of red, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2005 Representing Representation, Arnot Art Museum, Almira, NY
A Little More Red, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
SFA Faculty Exhibition, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2004 Something Red, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
The Essential X, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SFA Faculty Exhibition, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Coast to Coast, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Rock, Scissors, Paper, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX
2003 Something Blue, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2002 Group Exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2001 The Box, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
2000 Forbidden, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1999 Gallery Artists, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
Memphis Biennial 1999, (Invitation Auction), Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
1998 Still Sixteen, Still Life, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Figure and the Chair, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
1998 Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
1997 Flora Bella, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston,TX
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art ‘97, Cullen Center, Houston, Texas. Juror: David Ross, Whitney Museum of American Art
Classically Inspired, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
1996 Take Flight, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1995 Holiday Opening, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Laurelwood, Memphis, Tennessee
SFA Faculty Exhibition, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Art Journeys, The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Samantha’s Garden, Group Exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1994 Painters and the Object, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
Texas Art International, An International Juried Visual Art Competition, Fox Fine Arts Center, University of El Paso, El Paso, TX
Miniatures, Hooks Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
1992 Daily Bread, C.G. Jung Center, Houston, TX
Conventional Forms/Insidious Visions, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
35th Annual Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas. Jurors: Roy and Ann Boyd, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
Red: The Artists Respond, Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1991 Still Life: Different Points of View, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
Is There Still Life In The Still Life - Or Is Nature Morte?, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas Curated by Clint Willour
SFA Faculty Exhibition, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Eighth Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Transco Gallery, Houston, Texas. Juror: Sally Sprout
1990 Art 1990, Houston Art Dealers Association, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1989 New Art: Paintings from New York, Texas, California, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas. Juror: Henry Hopkins
Gallery Artists, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
1988 Neo-Regionalism, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
1987 Man, the Metaphor-Contemporary Figuratives, Gallery Imago, San Francisco, CA
Getting Away, Louisiville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY
1986 J.B. Speed Art Museum, Eight State Gallery, Louisville, KY
1985 Figurations, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1984 Madison Art Center, Sales and Rental Gallery, Madison, WI
1983 47th Annual Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2012 Paul Scott Gallery, Bend, OR
2011 Holiday Exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2010 Holiday Exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2009 Back in Red, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2007 Red Revisited, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
SFA Faculty Exhibition, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2006 a touch of red, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2005 Representing Representation, Arnot Art Museum, Almira, NY
A Little More Red, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
SFA Faculty Exhibition, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2004 Something Red, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
The Essential X, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SFA Faculty Exhibition, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Coast to Coast, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Rock, Scissors, Paper, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX
2003 Something Blue, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2002 Group Exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2001 The Box, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
2000 Forbidden, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1999 Gallery Artists, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
Memphis Biennial 1999, (Invitation Auction), Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
1998 Still Sixteen, Still Life, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Figure and the Chair, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
1998 Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
1997 Flora Bella, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston,TX
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art ‘97, Cullen Center, Houston, Texas. Juror: David Ross, Whitney Museum of American Art
Classically Inspired, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
1996 Take Flight, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1995 Holiday Opening, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Laurelwood, Memphis, Tennessee
SFA Faculty Exhibition, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Art Journeys, The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Samantha’s Garden, Group Exhibition, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1994 Painters and the Object, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
Texas Art International, An International Juried Visual Art Competition, Fox Fine Arts Center, University of El Paso, El Paso, TX
Miniatures, Hooks Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX
1992 Daily Bread, C.G. Jung Center, Houston, TX
Conventional Forms/Insidious Visions, Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
35th Annual Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas. Jurors: Roy and Ann Boyd, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
Red: The Artists Respond, Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1991 Still Life: Different Points of View, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
Is There Still Life In The Still Life - Or Is Nature Morte?, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas Curated by Clint Willour
SFA Faculty Exhibition, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Eighth Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Transco Gallery, Houston, Texas. Juror: Sally Sprout
1990 Art 1990, Houston Art Dealers Association, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
1989 New Art: Paintings from New York, Texas, California, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas. Juror: Henry Hopkins
Gallery Artists, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
1988 Neo-Regionalism, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
1987 Man, the Metaphor-Contemporary Figuratives, Gallery Imago, San Francisco, CA
Getting Away, Louisiville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY
1986 J.B. Speed Art Museum, Eight State Gallery, Louisville, KY
1985 Figurations, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1984 Madison Art Center, Sales and Rental Gallery, Madison, WI
1983 47th Annual Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Caplin, Amanda. "Digital Art Exhibition," Concordiensis, November 3, 2003.
Rieke, Stephanie. "'The Essential X," ARTNews, December 2004.
Wellborn, Hunt. “Transforming the Ordinary,” The Daily Sentinel and Cox East Texas, Tuesday, October 19, 1999.
McBride, Elizabeth. “Come to the Window,” The Secret Life of Objects, Catalog, The Museum of East Texas 2000.
Lawrence, Jennifer. “Still-Life Wonders,” Southern Accents. March - April 1998, pp. 98 - 102.
McKinnon, Sonja. “Reclaiming Eastwood,” Houston Renovator, Vol. 2, No. 4, April, 1995.
Borders, Gary. “Kinsell works up an appetite for art,” The Daily Sentinel, May 31, 1993.
Johnson, Patricia. “Exhibit fails to fulfill exciting concept,” Houston Chronicle, Fri., January 22, 1993.
“Review,” The Houston Post, January 26, 1993.
McBride, Elizabeth. “On The Scene: Houston,” Artspace, p. 92, May/June 1992.
Koeppel, Fredric. “Fish With Cold Personality Highlights ArtisticPotpourri,” The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, Sun., February 16, 1992.
Chadwick, Susan. “It's Still Realism,” The Houston Post, Sat., Dec. 21, 1991.
Hertenstein, Jerry. “Memorial Hall Exhibit Features Human Form in Art,” The Lima News, Lima, Ohio, March 11, 1990.
Haydon, Harold. “Artist's Personal Vision Enhances Figure Drawing, ”The Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, Illinois, June 30, 1978. (with reproduction)
"Variety in Shows, ”The Chicago Sun Times, Chicago, Illinois, December 1, 1974.
Rieke, Stephanie. "'The Essential X," ARTNews, December 2004.
Wellborn, Hunt. “Transforming the Ordinary,” The Daily Sentinel and Cox East Texas, Tuesday, October 19, 1999.
McBride, Elizabeth. “Come to the Window,” The Secret Life of Objects, Catalog, The Museum of East Texas 2000.
Lawrence, Jennifer. “Still-Life Wonders,” Southern Accents. March - April 1998, pp. 98 - 102.
McKinnon, Sonja. “Reclaiming Eastwood,” Houston Renovator, Vol. 2, No. 4, April, 1995.
Borders, Gary. “Kinsell works up an appetite for art,” The Daily Sentinel, May 31, 1993.
Johnson, Patricia. “Exhibit fails to fulfill exciting concept,” Houston Chronicle, Fri., January 22, 1993.
“Review,” The Houston Post, January 26, 1993.
McBride, Elizabeth. “On The Scene: Houston,” Artspace, p. 92, May/June 1992.
Koeppel, Fredric. “Fish With Cold Personality Highlights ArtisticPotpourri,” The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, Sun., February 16, 1992.
Chadwick, Susan. “It's Still Realism,” The Houston Post, Sat., Dec. 21, 1991.
Hertenstein, Jerry. “Memorial Hall Exhibit Features Human Form in Art,” The Lima News, Lima, Ohio, March 11, 1990.
Haydon, Harold. “Artist's Personal Vision Enhances Figure Drawing, ”The Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, Illinois, June 30, 1978. (with reproduction)
"Variety in Shows, ”The Chicago Sun Times, Chicago, Illinois, December 1, 1974.
AWARDS
2009 Hunting Art Prize Finalist, Houston, TX
1989 Touring Citation, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
1987 Purchase Award, Gallery Imago, San Francisco, CA
1982 Clio Award for Advertising Excellence Campaign Winner, Chicago Rehabilitation Institute
1978 Award of Excellence, Communication Arts Magazine, California-78 Exhibition
1973 Fritz Smith Memorial Purchase Award, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
1989 Touring Citation, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
1987 Purchase Award, Gallery Imago, San Francisco, CA
1982 Clio Award for Advertising Excellence Campaign Winner, Chicago Rehabilitation Institute
1978 Award of Excellence, Communication Arts Magazine, California-78 Exhibition
1973 Fritz Smith Memorial Purchase Award, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
American General Financial Corporation
Citizens Fidelity Bank, Louisville, KY
Continental Airlines, Paris, France
EPCO, Inc., Houston, TX
Harrison-Brewster Insurance Co. Inc, Chicago, IL
Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, TX
Smyser, Kaplan, Veselka
South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, TX
Citizens Fidelity Bank, Louisville, KY
Continental Airlines, Paris, France
EPCO, Inc., Houston, TX
Harrison-Brewster Insurance Co. Inc, Chicago, IL
Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, TX
Smyser, Kaplan, Veselka
South Texas Institute for the Arts, Corpus Christi, TX