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Robert Renfrow M.F.A. 1102 W. Huron St.Tucson, AZ 85745 520-620-6613 rfrow@wvcnet.com www.RenfrowArt.com |
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Born |
Topeka, Kansas USA |
Education
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| 1994-2000 | Independent research in Europe - Renaissance Art History, Photography |
| 1991 | University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Fellowship - M.F.A. in Photography |
| 1988 | Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO. Salutatorian, Honors - B.F.A. in Photography / Video / computer imaging and alternative photographic processes |
Achievements
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| 1993-2012 | Co-Founder and Program Coordinator of “Art Research Tours and International Studios”
(ARTIS), a non-profit organization helping artists travel and study abroad. On-site photography instruc tor in Florence, Italy. Photographic Workshop instructor in Norway, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, USA Faculty, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, Tucson AZ Artist-in-Residence, Arizona Commission on the Arts. Artist-in-Residence, Tucson Pima Arts Council |
| 1994 | Oasis Award for Cablecasting Excellence in Video Art. Tucson Community Cable Corp., AZ |
| 1992 | Local Origination Award for Independent Producers. Tucson/Pima Arts Council AZ |
| 1991 |
Graduate Academic Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ Honorable Mention - Photographer’s Forum: 11th Annual North American Photo Competition |
| 1990 | 1st place: Oasis Award for Cablecasting Excellence in Video Art, Tucson Community Cable Finalist — Photographer’s Forum: 10th Annual North American Photo Competition. |
| 1989 | Edward Francis Dunn Award — University of Arizona, Tucson AZ |
| 1988 |
Graduate Fellowship Award — University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Salutatorian Award, Honors— Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO Connie Griffith Memorial Award, 1st Place in Photography, Kansas City MO |
Solo Exhibitions
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| 2008 | The Screening Room, Tucson, AZ |
| 2004 | Access Tucson, Cablecast of The View. Tucson AZ |
| 2003 | Limelight Gallery, Tucson AZ Access Tucson, Cablecast of Water, Tucson AZ |
| 2002 | Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, ( two person show) Oracle AZ |
| 2001 | Phantom Gallery , Tucson AZ |
| 2000 | University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff AZ Phantom Gallery, Tucson AZ |
| 1999 | University of Arizona Alumni Invitational, ( two person show) Tucson AZ |
| 1997 | Phantom Gallery, Tucson Z Orgone Cinema Video Series, Pittsburgh PA |
| 1996 | Offline Cablecast, Ithaca NY |
| 1994 | Buffalo Media Resources cablecast of Glyphs, Buffalo, NY Offline Video Program cablecast of Glyphs, Ithaca NY; Milwaukee, WI; San Francisco CA Phantom Gallery, Tucson AZ |
| 1993 | Oasis Television Network cablecast of Glyphs, Children’s Stories, Happy Meals. |
| 1992 | Oasis Television Network cablecast of Give Me Shelter - Tucson AZ |
| 1991 | Oasis Television Network cablecast of Shorts: The Shaman, The Humpbacked Flute Player, Home Movie, Targa Stills, The Flag, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tucson AZ |
| 1990 | Feature Gallery, Tucson AZ Relay Zone Gallery, Kansas City MO |
| 1989 | Oasis Television Network cablecast of Extended Connections - Tucson AZ Oasis Television Network cablecast of Connections - Tucson AZ |
| 1988 | Unicorn Gallery - Kansas City MO |
International Exhibitions
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| 2010 | Arts Eye Gallery, Curious Camera, Tucson, AZ |
| 2009 | Arts Eye Gallery, Plastic and Pinhole, Tucson, AZ |
| 2006 | Coconino Center for the Arts “Night Skys” Flagstaff AZ Arizona International Film Festival, Tucson , AZ |
| 2003 | Paper Road Expositiion, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2002 | Fourth International Paper Art Exhibition, Charmey, Switzerland Omvandling III, Karlsborg, Sweden |
| 1999 | Third International Paper Art Exhibition, Charmey, Switzerland |
| 1997 | Cacophony Drive-In International Movie Festival: San Francisco, Houston, Phoenix |
| 1996 | Cacophony Drive-In International Movie Festival: San Francisco CA Brnenska Sestnactka, Brno, Czech Republic Arsfilm - Kromeriz, Czech Republic |
| 1995 | Habana ‘95, Habana, Cuba |
| 1994 | Arizona International Film Festival - Media Arts Showcase, Tucson AZ International Networker Culture, University of Texas, Dallas TX |
| 1993 | AIDS International Mail Art Project, Seattle WA |
| 1992 | Villa Rossa Gallery, Florence, Italy Centro Insular de Cultura, Islas Canarias, Spain National Group Exhibitions |
National Exhibitions
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| 2010 |
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Electromediascope 2010, Kansas City, MO Temple Gallery (Etherton Saguaro Invitational) Tucson, AZ Phoenix Airport Museum (Saguaro Invitational) Phoenix, AZ |
| 2005 | Alligator Juniper National Photography Contest, Prescott, AZ |
| 2004 | Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Nature Photography Exhibition, Tucson AZ |
| 2003 | The Center for Book Arts, Washi in American Artist’s Books, New York NY Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, 10th Biennial Exhibition, Tucson AZ The Bowery Video Lounge, Short Works, New York NY Knitting Factory Video Lounge. Bi-weekly series, New York NY |
| 2002 | Smithsonian Institution Arthur M Sackler Gallery. India Through the Lens, DC Exit Art Gallery, Reactions, 548 Broadway , New York NY |
| 2001 | CAA One line Exhibition , Chicago IL |
| 1998 | Brainwash Movie Fest, San Francisco CA |
| 1997 | Video Space Boston, Boston MA |
| 1996 | AIDS Quilt, Traveling Exhibition |
| 1995 | Art in General Video Show, New York NY |
| 1993 | Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA UMC Fine Arts Center, University of Colorado, Boulder CO School of Arts Gallery, University of Texas, Dallas TX Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago IL Gallery West, Davenport IA |
| 1992 | Re-Communication, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle NY Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton NY |
Selected Regional Group Exhibitions
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| 2010 |
Porter Hall Gallery (Etherton Saguaro Invitational) Tucson, AZ Temple Gallery, Temple of Music and Art, Tucson, AZ Sky Harbor Gallery, Phoenix, AZ JCC Gallery, TPAC open studio's exhibition, Tucson, AZ |
| 2009 | Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona Biennial, Tucson, AZ Ironwood Gallery, Faculty Invitational, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson. AZ Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson. AZ “The Luminous Landscape” Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson. AZ |
| 2008 | Tohono Chul Gallery, Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Tucson, AZ Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, AZ |
| 2007 | Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona Biennial, Tucson, AZ Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, AZ |
| 2006 | SPE Southwest “Alternative Processes-Borders” (Honorable Mention) Las Crucus, NM |
| 2004 | Access Tucson, cablecast of Water, Tucson AZ Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Faculty/Student show Davis Dominguez Gallery, Small Works Show, Tucson AZ |
| 2003 | Limelight Gallery, Tucson, AZ |
| 2002 | Tucson / Pima Arts Council Gallery , Ancient Skins, Tucson AZ Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, Oracle, AZ |
| 2001 | Alwun House, Exotic Art Annual Exhibit, Phoenix AZ Pima College , Alternative Photography Show, Tucson AZ |
| 2000 | Apparatus Gallery, Alternative Photographic Exhibit Tucson AZ Alwun House, Exotic Art Annual Exhibit, Phoenix AZ |
| 1999 | Apparatus Gallery, Religious Art Exposition, Tucson AZ |
| 1998 | Rosso & Russ Gallery, Tubac AZ Apparatus Gallery, Tucson AZ |
| 1997 | Central Arts Collective: “Death - A Round Trip Ticket” , Tucson AZ Tucson Arts District Partnership Urban Picnic Show, Tucson AZ Apparatus Gallery, Illumination & Steel Sculpture, Tucson AZ |
| 1996 | Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ |
| 1995 | Apparatus Gallery Winter Exhibition, Tucson AZ Magritte Gallery, Tucson AZ |
| 1994 | Central Arts Collective, American Dream Exhibition, Tucson AZ Center for Creative Photography, Alumni Exhibition, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ AZ TV Video Installation, Tucson AZ Central Arts Collective, “The Nelsons Don’t Live Here Anymore”, Tucson AZ Video Access Festival, Tucson AZ Patagonia Film & Video Festival, Patagonia AZ Swanstock Gallery, “Small Works Exhibition”, Tucson AZ Southwest Regional SPE members Exhibition, Tucson AZ |
| 1993 | Center for Creative Photography, Tucson AZ Student Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ |
| 1992 | Tucson Arts Coalition Gallery, Tucson AZ Big Vision Arizona Exhibition, Tucson AZ |
| 1990 | Lightsong Gallery, Tucson AZ |
| 1989 | Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ Arizona Center for the Media Arts, “Film/Video Expo ‘89”, Tucson AZ |
Publications |
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| 2006 | Inklight, Afterimage Online, Rochester, New York Art of Seeing, Alcove Books, LA,CA American Art Collector, Alcove Books |
| 2005 | Alligator Juniper 2005 issue, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ |
| 2004 | Arizona Daily Star, Tucson AZ |
| 2003 | Tucson Weekly, Tucson AZ |
| 2002 | Haydens Ferry Review Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ Tucson Weekly, Tucson AZ Omvandling III , Karlsborg, Sweden Peau & Papier, Charmey, Switzerland |
| 2001 | Photographic Possibilities II by Robert Hirsch, Focal Press, Buffalo NY |
| 1998 | Paper Sculpture, by Michael LaFosse, Rockport Publishers, Boston MA |
| 1997 | Arizona Daily Star Accent, Tucson AZ Tucson Weekly, Tucson AZ |
| 1996 | Brnenska Sestnactka - Echo, Brno Culture & Information Center, Czech Republic |
| 1995 | Catalina Sunrise, Tucson AZ |
| 1993 | History of Photography Calendar, Ctr. for Creative Photography, Tucson AZ Annual Report, Tucson Community Cable Corporation |
| 1991 | Best of College Photography Annual, Photographer’s Forum |
| 1990 | Best of College Photography Annual, Photographer’s Forum |