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Robert Renfrow M.F.A. 1102 W. Huron St.Tucson, AZ 85745 520-620-6613 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. www.robertrenfrow.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, Honors - 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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| 1993-2020 |
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 instructor in Florence, Italy. Photographic Workshop instructor in Norway, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, USA. Faculty, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute and creator of their first Photography classes. Artist-in-Residence, Arizona Commission on the Arts. Artist-in-Residence, Tucson Pima Arts Council. Co-Founder Nash/Renfrow Productions, fine art media productions. Work in the permanent collections of the Tucson Museum of Art. Center of Creative Photography. |
Various show awards. |
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| 1994 | Oasis Award for Excellence in Video Art. Access Tucson, Tucson 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 Excellence in Video Art, Tucson Community Cable. Finalist, Photographer’s Forum: 10th Annual North American Photo Competition. |
| 1989 | Edward Francis Dunn Award excellence — University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. |
| 1988 |
Graduate Fellowship Award — University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Salutatorian Award, Honors— Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO. onnie Griffith Memorial Award, 1st Place in Photography, Kansas City, MO. |
Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2021 | Tubac Center for the Arts, Starry Night Exhibition, (two person) Tubac, AZ |
| 2016 | Desert Paper Book and Wax, Tucson, AZ. |
| 2012 | Desert Paper Book and Wax, Tucson, AZ. |
| 2011 | Desert Paper Book and Wax, Tucson, AZ. |
| 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. (two person show) Phantom Gallery, Tucson AZ. |
| 1999 | University of Arizona Alumni Invitational, (two person show) Tucson, AZ. |
| 1997 |
Phantom Gallery, Tucson AZ. 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. |
| 1991 | Phantom Gallery, Tucson AZ. |
Solo Exhibitions, cont. |
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| 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. |
Selected International Exhibitions |
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| 2019-2021 | Art Intersection, Light Sensitive, Gilbert, AZ. Triangle L Ranch Adobe Gallery, Pollinator Show. f Stop Magazine, Portfolio Showcase. Triangle L Ranch Adobe Gallery, Glow Show. Animate Gallery, Cantrell and Friends, Tucson, AZ. |
| 2017-2018 | Center for Fine Art Photography, “Landscapes” show, Ft. Collens,CO. 3rd place. Art Intersection, “Light Sensitive” exhibition, Gilbert, AZ. Arts Eye Gallery, Curious Camera, Tucson, AZ. Tohono Chul Gallery, “Day for Night” exhibition, Tucson, AZ. Tohono Chul Gallery, “Abstract” exhibition, Tucson, AZ. |
| 2016 | Center for Fine Art Photography, “Simply” show, Honorable Mention, Ft. Collens, CO. Tohono Chul Gallery, Maps and Legends exhibition, Tucson, AZ. Art Intersection, Alternative Process exhibition, Gilbert, AZ. Arts Eye Gallery, Curious Camera, Tucson, AZ. |
| 2015 | Tohono Chul Gallery, Sonoran Desert Large and Small, Tucson, AZ. Art Intersection, Light Sensitive exhibition, Gilbert, AZ. |
| 2014 | Arts Eye Gallery, Curious Camera, Tucson, AZ. Losing Ground -Vanishing Circles traveling exhibition, Mexico, Arizona, Missouri. Arts Eye Gallery, Curious Camera, Tucson, AZ. |
| 2013 | Losing Ground -Vanishing Circles traveling exhibition, Mexico, Arizona, Missouri. Sky Harbor Gallery, Birds, Bugs and Blooms exhibition, Phoenix, AZ. The Art of Photography Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA. Arts Eye Gallery, Curious Camera, Tucson, AZ. Tohono Chul Gallery, Small Works exhibition, Tucson, AZ. |
| 2012 | Arts Eye Gallery, Curious Camera, Tucson, AZ. |
| 2011 | Nelson Atkins Museum, Electriomediascape, Kansas City, MO. |
| 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. 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. |
Selected Regional Group Exhibitions |
2021 | Ironwood Gallery, Faculty show, Az Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ. | 2018-2020 | Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona Biennial, Tucson, AZ. Tohono Chul Gallery, 10x10 exhibition, Tucson, AZ. Tohono Chul Gallery, Sonoran Stories exhibition, Tucson, AZ. |
2017 | Tohono Chul Gallery, Day for Night exhibition, Tucson, AZ. | 2016 | Tucson Museum of Art, Into the Night, Tucson, AZ. | 2015 | Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona Biennial, Tucson, AZ. | 2014 | Tucson Arts Braigade, Traveling Exhibition, various locations, AZ. | 2013 | Tohono Chul Gallery, Paper From All Sides, Tucson, AZ. |
| 2010 |
Porter Hall gallery, Saguaro Show, Tucson, AZ. Tucson Temple of Music and Art, Etherton Saguaro Invitational, Tucson, AZ. Sky Harbor Gallery, Saguaro Invitational, Phoenix, AZ. J.C.C. Gallery, TPAC OST exhibit. Tucson, AZ. |
| 2009 |
Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona Biennial, Tucson, AZ. Ironwood Gallery, Faculty Invitational, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson,AZ. Dinnerware Gallery, Invitational, Tucson. AZ. Dinnerware Gallery ,“The Luminous Landscape”, 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. Tucson, AZ. 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. |
Publications |
2016 |
Tucson Museum of Art, Catalog cover for “Into the Night”. Tucson Guide, Spring/Summer issue. |
2015 |
Desert Leaf, Tucson AZ. |
| 2011 | Alligator Juniper 2011 issue, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. |
| 2010 | Tucson Weekly, Biennial Review, Tucson, AZ |
| 2006 |
Inklight, Afterimage Online, Rochester, NY. Art of Seeing, Alcove Books, LA,CA. American Art Collector, Alcove Books, LA,CA. |
| 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 A.Z |
| 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. |
Robert Renfrow has spent a lifetime traveling and living in many different environments and cultures including his own Celtic roots, gaining in the process, an appreciation for the diversity of life on this planet. Currently based in Tucson, AZ, he also maintains a homestead and studio deep in the Ozark mountains of Missouri. In his decades of driving between studios and traversing the American Southwest he has witnessed the widespread impact of various kinds of encroachment and this has profoundly influenced his work.
Robert Renfrow graduated as Salutatorian of his class from the Kansas City Art Institute with a B.F.A.in Photography and Video in 1988. He was then awarded a Graduate Fellowship to attend the University of Arizona and received his M.F.A. in Photography in 1991.
He was an artist-in-residence for the Arizona Commission on the Arts and is on the faculty of the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute. He has taught workshops nationally and internationally. His artworks in both photography and video have been exhibited in Europe and throughout the USA.