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Robert Anderson
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He hung up his six-guns for a brush at an early age,
after a ride on Old Paint

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BACKGROUND
Robert Anderson has been painting and printmaking since receiving his Master of
Fine Arts Degree from Pratt Institute in 1972. He has been involved with digital image
making since 1986, using the computer as a graphical composition tool for planning
complicated figurative paintings.

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RESUME

EDUCATION                                             
MFA, Pratt Institute of Art & Design, NYC 1972                            
BS, State University of New York-Brockport 1969                          
New Jersey Institute of Technology 1964-66

AWARDS                                                      
National Endowment For The Arts Fellowship 1985                           
New Jersey State Council On The Arts Fellowship Grant 1976, 1984, 2004

TEACHING                                                     
Learnshops, Intensified Art Education 1984-1990                             
The County College of Morris, NJ 1978-79                         
The Art Center of New Jersey 1974-79                             
The Newark Museum, NJ Arts Workshop School 1976-79

GALLERY REPRESENTATION                           
OK HARRIS, NYC

PUBLISHING
1985 Co-Author, THE ART OF THE DOT: ADVANCED AIRBRUSH TECHNIQUES
     (with Robert Paschal) Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY 
1989 MAKING COLOR WORK FOR YOU Educational Video tape, Akita Video
1988 THE NEW YORK ART REVIEW American References Publishing Co.
1987 ROBERT ANDERSON ON PHOTOREALISM Educational Videotape,
     DemoVision
1986 AIRBRUSH ACTION MAGAZINE, Feature
1985 STATE OF THE ARTS - PBS Television Feature
     NOTABLE NJ ARTISTS, 1982, ASSOCIATED ARTISTS, 1981
1984 ARTS-NEW JERSEY Magazine, Feature Article
1983 AIRBRUSH DIGEST MAGAZINE, Feature
1985 CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARTISTS
     and AMERICAN ART GALLERIES American References Publishing Co.
1982 AIRBRUSHING FOR FINE AND COMMERCIAL ARTISTS, R.Paschal,
     Van Nostrand Reinhold
1982- WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN ART
1981 COLOR ON COLOR, Dentsu Motion Picture Co.
1985-90 CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Airbrush Action Magazine
     New York Times:
1984 ARTISTS AND MEDIA REQUIRE A RAPPORT
1978 ANTHOLOGY OF FACES
1976 NEW REALISM
1975 EXHIBITION - TRIBUTE TO ARTIST

TECHNICAL & FINE ART CONSULTING
2000 - present, ColArt Americas, Liquitex Products Division, Piscataway, NJ
1990 - 2000 Binney & Smith, Liquitex Products Division, Easton, PA
1989 - 1994 Studio Arts Advisory Council, Binney & Smith, Easton, PA
1984 - 1990 Badger Air-Brush Company, Chicago, IL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001, 2002, 2007 OK HARRIS Gallery, NYC
1995 Paterson Museum, NJ TRANSITIONS
1994 County College of Morris, NJ TILE WALLS
1992 Wetherholt Galleries, Washington, DC
1990 Robin Hutchins Gallery, NJ PINS, PAINTINGS, PUZZLES,
     & PHOTO-CONSTRUCTIONS
1989 OK South Gallery, Florida
1989 Littlejohn-Smith Gallery, NYC
1988 New Jersey State Dept. of Education
1986 Littlejohn-Smith Gallery, NYC
1984 Jack Gallery, NYC
1984 New Jersey Institute of Technology
1981 Signatures Gallery, NJ
1980 Silvermine Gallery, NJ
1880 The Barron Arts Center, NJ
1978 The New Jersey State Museum
1977 Josef Gallery, NJ
1975 James Yu Gallery, NYC
1975 Newark Museum, NJ
1974 The County College of Morris, NJ
1974 Bloomfield College, NJ
1972 Pratt Institute, NYC
1972 Park Gallery, NYC

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1996 Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ  ANGELS, CHERUBS AND PUTTI
1996 Berlex Laboratories, Wayne, NJ REFLECTIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
1996 The Collonades Gallery, Montclair, NJ  PHANTASY AND BEYOND
1995 Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, NJ DIGITAL ADDICTIONS
1995 Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA HUMAN FORMS
1993 Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, NJ
1993 Marlboro Art Gallery, Prince George’s Community College, MD,
     NEW ART MEDIA
1992 Newark Museum, NJ TAWA
1991 The Barron Art Center Jewel Of My Heart
1991 The Forum Gallery, Jamestown Community College Photo-Nominal ‘91
1991 Eastern Washington University, 4th National Computer Art Invitational
1990 Martin Museum, Baylor University AMERICAN PRINT SURVEY
1990 Arkansas State University University Art Gallery THE LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS
1990 Kohler Arts Center, WI OUR LADIES OF ART
1990 Phyllis Rothman Gallery, Fairleigh Dickenson University,
     NEW JERSEY PAINTING TODAY
1990 Hunterdon Art Center, NJ, AANJ 50TH ANNIVERSARY EX.
1990 Wetherholt Gallery, Washington, DC, 100 NEW YORK ARTISTS
1990 Morehead State University, KN PRINT TYPES
1990 Arts Council Of The Essex Area, NJ JURIED ART EXHIBITION
1990 Mercer County Community College, NJ FIGURES
1989 University of Wisconsin AMERICAN PRINT SURVEY
1989 East Central University, Oklahoma, HOMAGE TO OTHER SPECIES
1989 Hunterdon Art Center, NJ FOR ART”S SAKE
1989 The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, N, THE FIGURE REVISITED
1989 St. Louis Community College, COMPUTER ART/ElECTRONIC IMAGING
1989 Texas A&M University, NEW TECHNOLOGY ARTWORKS
1988 Kansas State University PRINT TYPES
1988 Missouri Western State College, PROMINENT PRINTMAKERS
1988 Eastern Washington University SECOND ANNUAL COMPUTER ART
     ELECTRONIC MEDIA EXHIBITION
1988 Shering Plough Inc., NJ AANJ
1987 Kutztown University, Pennsylvania, EAST COAST PRINTS
1987 Arts Council Gallery, North Carolina THE ARTISTS PROOF
1986 Noyes Museum, N.J. ARTS ANNUAL
1986 Trenton State College, NJ NAT. PRINT EXHIBITION
1985 Littlejohn-Smith Gallery, NYC
1984 Western New England College, MA
1984 Indiana State College
1982 San Jose State University, CA, THE ARTIST AND THE AIRBRUSH
1981 Bergen Community Museum, NJ
1981 Cayuga Museum of History and Art, NY
1981 Nicolaysen Art Museum, WY
1981 Price-Robbins Gallery, Washington DC
1980 Key Gallery, NYC
1980 University of Rhode Island
1980 Temple University, PA
1979 University of Wisconsin
1979 Purdue University, IN
1979 National Arts Club, NYC
1978 Gallery 700 SUPER REALISM
1978 Squibb Gallery, NJ ABOUT FACE
1977 Washington & Jefferson College, PA, NATIONAL PAINTING EX.
1977 Newark Museum FIRST BIENNIAL OF NEW  JERSEY ARTISTS
1977 Hunterdon Arts Center, NJ NAT. PRINT EXHIBITION 1981, 83, 86, 88
     DIRECTORS CHOICE 1981
1976 University of North Dakota NATIONAL DRAWING EX.
1976 SUNY at Potsdam, THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE
     OF REALISM
1976 Morris Museum, NJ VIEWPOINT, THE MAGIC OF
     MASKS 1982
1975 James Yu Gallery, NYC1975 Hartwick College, NY
     16 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
1972 Pratt Manhattan Center
1972 Silvermine Guild of Artists, NEW ENGLAND EXHIBITION & 1978
1972 Ohio State University
1972 Rutgers University
1972 Brooklyn Museum PRATT PRINTERS
1972 Montclair Museum DISCOVERY
1972 New Jersey State Museum, ART FROM NEW JERSEY & 1984

BIBLIOGRAPHY
1989 MAKING COLOR WORK FOR YOU, Educational Videotape,
     Akita Video
1988 THE NEW YORK ART REVIEW
     American References Publishing Co.
1987 ROBERT ANDERSON ON PHOTOREALISM
     Educational Videotape, DemoVision
1986 AIRBRUSH ACTION MAGAZINE, Feature Article
1985 STATE OF THE ARTS - PBS Television Feature Story
     NOTABLE NJ ARTISTS, 1982, ASSOCIATED ARTISTS, 1981
1984 ARTS-NEW JERSEY Magazine, Feature Article
1983 AIRBRUSH DIGEST MAGAZINE, Feature Article
1985 CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARTISTS
     and AMERICAN ART GALLERIES
     American References Publishing Co.   
1982 AIRBRUSHING FOR FINE AND COMMERCIAL ARTISTS,
     R.Paschal, Van Nostrand Reinhold
1982- WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN ART
1981 COLOR ON COLOR, Dentsu Motion Picture Co.
     New York Times:
1984 ARTISTS AND MEDIA REQUIRE A RAPPORT
1978 ANTHOLOGY OF FACES
1976 NEW REALISM
1975 EXHIBITION - TRIBUTE TO ARTIST

CONTRIBUTING
EDITOR
1985-90 Airbrush Action Magazine, NJ

PUBLISHER
Lithographs, Circle Fine Arts, New York

COMMUNITY
SERVICE
1982-85 Oakeside Cultural Center, Trustee and Director of Exhibitions
1982-85 Bloomfield Cultural Commission
1985-90 New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers
        For The Arts, Steering Committee

 

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