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BORN 1942, Hayward, CA
Lives and works in Scottsville, VA
EDUCATION
1970
MFA, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (sculpture)
1968
BA/MA, San Jose State College, San Jose, CA (art/ceramics)
1967
Apprenticeship, Erwin Eisch, glass master, Bavaria, Germany
1965
AA, San Jose Junior College, San Jose, CA (commercial art)
EXPERIENCE: Workshops, Guest Lectures, Artist-in-Residences
2016
Exhibition and Speaker, FOG ,Design & Art San Francisco, CA
2010
Keynote Speaker, 2010 Texas Sculpture Symposium, Texas Tech School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2007
Lecture/Artist Forum, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
1999
Lecturer, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1994
Artist-in-Residence, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1992
Lecture/Workshop, International Sculpture Center, San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, TX
Lecture/Workshop, International Sculpture Conference, Philadelphia, PA Artist-in-Residence and Guest Lecturer, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Invited Guest Lecturer, Tri-State Sculpture Conference, Ashville, NC Lecturer, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA Artist-in-Residence, Brevard College, Brevard, NC
1990
Lecture/Workshop, International Sculpture Conference, Washington, DC
Lecture/Workshop, Bild-Werk, Bavaria, Germany
1988
Lecturer, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA Lecturer, Cornish Art Institute, Seattle, WA
Lecturer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1987
Lecturer, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
1986
Lecturer, Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco, CA
Lecturer, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Lecturer, San Francisco Sate College, San Francisco, CA
1985
Lecturer, Cornish Institute, Seattle, WA
Lecturer, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
1984
Lecturer, Boston University, Boston, MA
Lecturer/Sculpture Workshop, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Lecturer/Sculpture Workshop, Appalachian College of Art, Smithville, TN
Lecturer/Artist-in-Residence, Ohio University, Athens, OH
1983
Lecturer, California State University, Chico, CA
Lecturer, Corcoran Museum School, Washington, DC
Lecturer, The Fine Art of Private Commissions, Symposium, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Ronald Abramson Collection)
Sculpture Workshop, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Lecturer, Fourth Texas Sculpture Symposium, Austin, TX
1982
Lecture/Workshop, International Sculpture Conference, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
1981
Lecture/Sculpture Workshop, Indiana State University, Evansville, IN
1980
Lecturer, Maryland School of Art, Baltimore, MD
Artist-in-Residence, Corcoran Museum School, Washington, DC
Artist-in-Residence, Sate University of New York, Purchase, NY
Sculpture Workshop, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Artist-in-Residence, Pilchuck School of Art, Stanwood, WA
Lecturer, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1979
Lecturer/Juror, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Lecturer, WOOD ’79, State of the Art Symposium, State University of New York, Purchase NY
1978
Sculpture Workshop, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
Lecturer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Laminated Wood Workshop, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
1977
Residency/Site Commission, Erwin Eisch Family, Bavaria, Germany (ceramic)
Lecturer, Allied Craftsman, San Diego, CA
Lecturer, Grossmount College, San Diego, CA
1977
Laminated Wood Workshop/Lecturer, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Lecturer, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Invited Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Lecturer, Corcoran Museum School, Washington, DC
1976
Sculpture/Lecturer, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
Lecturer, Sate University of New York, Binghamton, NY
Lecturer, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Sculpture Workshop, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Lecturer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Ceramic Workshop, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA
Lecturer, Humboldt Sate University, Arcata, CA
1975
Lecturer, Indiana Sate University, Evansville, IN
Lecturer, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Lecturer, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL
Ceramic Workshop, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN
Ceramic Workshop, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
1974
Lecturer, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Lecturer, Addison Gallery, Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, MA
Sculpture Workshop, Sheridan School of Design and Technology, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
1973
Ceramic Workshop, Sheridan School of Design and Technology, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
1972
Lecturer, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy
1970
Lecturer/Demonstration in Ceramics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
1968
Co-chairman, American Craftsman Council Southwestern States Convention, Glassblowing Demonstration, San Jose State College, San Jose, CA
Glassblowing Seminars, Claremont, CA
1965
Glassblowing Demonstration, American Craftsman Council Workshop, Long Beach State College, Long Beach, CA
TEACHING
1994-95
Sculpture, Corcoran Museum School, Washington, DC 1989
Sculpture, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
1988
Sculpture, Cornish Institute of Art, Seattle, WA
1974-78
Sculpture, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1973-74
3D Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1970-71
Ceramics and Design, San Jose State College, CA
1968-70
Ceramics and Sculpture, San Jose Junior College, CA
1968-69
Ceramics, San Jose State College, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Self Portrait with Spheres, Darrin-McHone Art Gallery, Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, VA
2002
The Sight and Sound of Death: Genocide, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA
1998
Robert Strini Sculpture, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA(catalog)
1989
Robert Strini: Recent Work, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987
Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
1986
Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco, CA
1983
California State University, Chico, CA
1982
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (catalog)
Redding Museum and Art Center, Redding, CA (catalog)
1977
Frauenau Glass Museum, Bavaria, Germany
1975
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
1971
Strini Pottery, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1970
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Welcome Gallery, Charlottesville, VA. April 5 , opening
2019
2nd. Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA. April 5, opening
2017
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2011
Chroma Projects art laboratory, Charlottesville, VA
2009
Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007
A Decade of Collecting, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA
2003
Gadgets and Gizmos, Arizona State Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
1995
Corcoran Art School Faculty Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1995
Wood Sculpture: Craft and Symbolism, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
1994
Nine Fellows of the American Academy in Rome, Pensler Galleries, Washington, DC
1992
Vessel as Metaphor: Arlene Burke-Morgan, Julia Couzens, Robert Strini, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
1991
Art About Function, Washington Square, Washington, DC
1990
Sculpture ’90, Washington, DC (award)
1986
Fantasy on Wheels, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
The First San Jose Biennial, San Jose CA
Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
Artists of the Western Stairstep, Patrick Gallery, Austin, TX
1985
Craft Alliance National Wood Invitational, St. Louis, MO
Painted Structure, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (catalog)
1983
Patrick Gallery, Austin, TX (invitational)
1982
International Sculpture Conference, Oakland, CA (invitational)
The Fine Art of Public Commissions, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Ronald Abramson Collection, catalog)
1980
America Now: A Look at the Arts of the 70’s, United States International Communications Agency (USICA) traveling exhibition: Belgrade and Zagreb, Yugoslavia; Budapest, Hungary; Bucharest, Romania
1979
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
1978
Soap Box Derby, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
American Woodcarvers, Rockefeller Plaza, NY
1977
Allied Craftsman Show, Fine Arts Gallery and Museum, Balboa Park, CA
1976
Florence Duhl Gallery, NY (invitational)
1975
Slick, Merz Gallery, San Jose, CA
Masterworks in Wood, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
1974
Wood Works, Dartmouth College traveling exhibition: William Benton Museum, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Paul Creative Arts Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Walker Art Building, Brunswick, ME; Addison Gallery, Phillips Andover Academy, Andover, MA (catalog)
1974
Faculty Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1972
American Academy of Art in Rome, Rome, Italy
1971
A Decade in the West, Anderson Collection, Stanford University Museum, Palo Alto, CA
1970
Ceramic Cup Show, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NY
1969
Objects USA, Johnson Wax Collection (traveling exhibit)
Kaiser Building, Oakland, CA (invitational)
Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture 1969, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL (catalog)
1968
Arleigh Gallery, San Francisco, CA (invitational)
San Francisco Potters’ Association, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
Arleigh Gallery, San Francisco, CA (two-person show)
College or Marin, Marin, CA (invitational)
California Design Ten, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA
1967
Annual College of San Mateo Ceramics Show, San Mateo, CA
Ninth Annual Santa Clara Valley Arts Festival, San Jose City College, San Jose,
CA Bay Area South, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1966
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
San Francisco Potters’ Association, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
GRANTS/AWARDS
1988
Djerassi, Foundation Grant in Sculpture, Woodside, CA
1977-78
National Endowment for the Arts Grant
University of California, Santa Cruz, Faculty Research Grant
1976-77
University of California, Santa Cruz, Faculty Research Grant
1976
University of California, Santa Cruz, Regents Fellowship
1975-76
National Endowment for the Arts Grant
1974-75
University of California, Santa Cruz, Faculty Research Grant
1974
Union of Independent Colleges of Art Grant, Rhode Island School of Design
1971-73
Rome Prize Fellowship in Sculpture, American Academy of Art in Rome
1968
San Francisco Potters’ Association (two awards)
1967
Annual College of San Mateo Ceramics Show (two awards)
San Jose Junior College, Ninth Annual Santa Clara Valley Arts Festival Purchase Award
Los Gatos Summer Arts Festival Award
1966
Association of San Francisco Potters, Dr. Elizabeth Moses Memorial Award
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
American Republic Insurance Company, Des Moines, IA
Antonio Prieto Collection, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Frauenau Glass Museum, Bavaria, Germany
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Saga-Scope, Palo Alto, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Abramson, Washington, DC
Mr. Gene Allen, Seattle, WA
Robert and Sharon Bender, Indian Wells, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cooper, Sebastopol. CA
Mrs. Margareta Douglas, Charlottesville, VA
Mr. Thomas Frankel, San Francisco, CA
Michael and Sylvia Gage, Charlottesville, VA
Mr. David Gold, Central Falls, RI
Dr. Harold Jones, Columbia, MO
Mr. Jay J. Levine, Seattle, WA
Mr. Jay Barrows, Richmond, VA
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Miller, San Francisco, CA
Mr. Robert Pritiken, San Francisco, CA
Mr. and Mrs. William Reed, Tacoma, WA
Mr. Reisman, San Francisco, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Schafer, San Francisco, CA
Laila and Thurston Twigg-Smith, Honolulu, HI
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfried Unger, Vocklabruck, Austria
Anne Wachtmeister, Scottsville, VA
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Wachtmeister, Wellesley, MA
Ellen Zeigler, Seattle, WA
Kenny Bloom, Hawaii
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Lester, Alicia. Review. “Art Exhibit Moves Multiple Senses.” The Whitetopper, March 2002.
Foley, Suzanne, ed. Robert Strini Sculpture. Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, 1998.
Maurer, David A. “The Heart of the Matter: Sculptor Creates Own Language to Define Peace.” The Daily Progress, May 10, 1998, D1,4.
The Sight and Sound of Death: Genocide. Produced by WMHS-TV, Monticello High School. Charlottesville, VA: November 27, 1998. A documentary.
Lee, May-Lily, senior producer/host. “Robert Strini.” Excerpt from Virginia Currents. Richmond, VA: November 7, 1998. A broadcast television program.
Review. “Wood Ohio Style.” Woodshop News, October 1995, 15.
Margulies, Stephen. “Show Examines ‘Vessel as Metaphor.’” The Observer Magazine, January 28, 1993, 8.
Welzenbach, Michael. Review. “Whispers with an Inner Glow.” The Washington Post, March 2, 1991, D2.
Steinman, Louise. Review. “Robert Strini: Museo Italo-Americano.” Artscribe International (March/April 1987): 88.
“The Museo Italo-Americano Presents: Robert Strini: When the Cares of the World Influence the Plane of Art.” Il Caffe Magazine, January 1987.
Burkhart, Dorothy. Review. “Critic’s Choice.” San Jose Mercury News, November 30, 1986, 20.
Jordan, Jim. “An Enigma of Contemporary Ethics.” Artweek, December 20, 1986, 7,12.
Glowen, Ron. “Color as Structure.” Artweek, 1985, 6.
Tarzan, Deloris. “Exhibit Features Painted Sculpture.” The Seattle Times, 1985.
Albright, Thomas. Art in the Bay Area. University of California Press, 1985.
“’Roma’ Sculpture Exhibitions at CSU Galleries for Month.” The Chico Enterprise-Record, November 14, 1983, 6B.
Speer, Robert. “Karma and Craftsmanship.” Chico News and Review, November 24, 1983, 44,46.
The Workshop. Scottsville, NY: The Wendell Castle Workshop, 1983.
Wood ’83: A Calendar Tribute to the Fine Art of Woodworking. Los Osos, CA: 1983.
Gordon, Gregg. “ISUE, Strini Create ‘Dogtown.’” Arts Insight, May 1982, 26,27.
Smith, Patrice. “Awareness of Self Chief Force Behind Sculptor’s Latest Work.” The Evansville Courier, March 13, 1982.
“Strini Exhibit: Self Expression.” Redding Record Searchlight, January 9, 1982, 3.
Kimbrough, Calvin, director. Dog Town: Robert Strini. Video. Evansville, IN: Indiana State University, 1982.
Forgey, Benjamin. Review. “Private Lives.” The Washington Post, December 30, 1982, D7.
Cross, Neal M., Robert C. Lamm, and Rudy H. Turk. The Search for Personal Freedom: A Text for a Unified Course in Humanities. Dubuque, IA: William C. Brown Co. Publishers, 1980.
Coleman, Ronald L. Sculpture, A Basic Handbook for Students. Second Edition. Dubuque, IA: William C. Brown Co. Publishers, 1980.
Emery, Olivia H. Craftsman Lifestyle: The Gentle Revolution. California Design Publications: 1978.
Batie, Jean Musser. “Robert Strini.” Ceramics Monthly, November 1977.
Batie, Jean Musser. “Works in Wood: Robert Strini.” Crafts Horizons, February 1976.
Meilach, Dona Z. Creating Small Wood Objects as Functional Sculpture. New York: Crown Publishers, 1976.
Fagan, Beth. “California Artist Assembles Wood Sculpture for Exhibit.” The Oregonian, September 1975.
Horsey, Dave. “Sculptures are Just Celebrations.” Tacoma News Tribune, 1975.
Albright, Thomas. “Robert Strini: A Free-Wheeling Ceramic Exhibition.” The San Francisco Chronicle, July 2, 1971.
Albright, Thomas. “Fantastic Creation in Leather and Wood.” The San Francisco Chronicle, 1970.
Albright, Thomas. “Impeccable Taste and Cool Finish in Exhibit.” The San Francisco Chronicle, April 2, 1969.
Albright, Thomas. “Unique Ceramic Sculpture.” The San Francisco Chronicle, September 23, 1968.
Shipley, James R., and Allen S. Weller. “The New Artist.” Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, 1969. Champaign, IL: Krannert Art Museum, 1969.
Frankenstein, Alfred. Review. “San Jose’s Lively Artistic Scene.” The San Francisco Chronicle, February 24, 1967.