BIOGRAPHY:
My education was grounded in conceptual/minimalist art. Some of my early influences were Anne Truit, Sam Gilliam, Craig Kauffman and Tony Delap. Over time, I became disenchanted with purely formal art and how it created a distance between the art and the viewer. I was intrigued with the idea of involving the viewer in the art experience and I started working on large-scale, interactive installations that incorporated writing, sound, and performance. The installation work culminated with a 5,000 sq. ft. circus on the grounds of the U.C. Irvine campus.
From 1990 until I retired in 2017, I worked in Information Technology, first as a Software Developer, and then as a Project Manager, and only made Art sporadically. In 2017, I returned to making Art full-time.
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RECENT SHOWS:
2025 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Out of Place”
2024 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Faces and Figures”
2024 – Art Against Racism, "The Art of Black Joy"
2024 – FCCC, Ponte Vedra, FL "JAME"
2023 – Naturalist Gallery, Washington DC, “Human”
2023 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Honors Show”
2023 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Spring Members Show”
2023 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Faces and Figures”
2022 – East Tennessee State University, “2022 FL3TCH3R EXHIBIT”
2022 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Honors Show”
2022 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Here & There”
2022 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Faces and Figures”
2022 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Spring Members Show”
2021 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Fall Members Show”
2021 – St. Augustine Art Association, "Annual Honors Show"
2021 – “Art Against Racism: Memorial.Monument.Movement,” Virtual
Exhibition
2021 – Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, “Fun House 2021, Art of the
Surreal, Fantastic, & Bizarre” Virtual Exhibition
2021 – Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery, Fayetteville, NC, “ART &
SOCIAL JUSTICE: Art For the People, By the People II”
2021 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Faces and Figures”
2020 – East Tennessee State University, “2020 FL3TCH3R EXHIBIT”
2020 – Crowd sourced international exhibition, Berlin, "Banality of Evil in
Our Daily Lives"
2020 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Annual Honors Invitational”
2020 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Miniature Marvels”
2020 – St. Augustine Art Association, "Humanly Possible: Figures &
Portraits"
2020 – St. Augustine Art Association, "Cutting Edge"
2019 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Fall Members Show”
2019 – Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC, “America Is…”
2019 – Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, Ponte Vedra, FL, “JAME”
2019 – St. Augustine Art Association, “Winter Members Show”
2019 – LA. Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, “Glitch”
2019 – St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL, “Our Human
Condition: Figures & Portraits”
2018 - Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA, "Robert Arbogast -
Digital Diptychs"
2018 – Northwest Flordia State College, "26th Emerald Coast National"
2018 - LACDA, Los Angeles, CA, "2018 Member Artists Exhibition"
2018 - Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, Ponte Vedra, FL, “JAME”
2015 – LA. Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, “Top 40”
2015 – MAMU Gallery, Budapest, Hungry, “Library Thoughts – 5”
2015 – Lighthouse Art Center, Jupiter, FL, “Contempo”
2010 – Basha Gallery, North Miami, FL, “Recession Show”
2009 – Hollingsworth Gallery, Palm Coast, FL, “Alchemy”
2009 - 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, “ANJE IV”
2008 - Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL “First Thursdays”
2008 - Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL,
"57th All Florida Exhibition”
2008 - Leche-Vitrines Art Alliance, Fort Lauderdale, FL,
“Summer Juried Exhibition #1”
AWARDS & COLLECTIONS
Permanent Collections:
Arkansas Arts Center – Museum of Art, Little Rock, AR
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Awards:
2024 2nd Place, Painting “JAME”
2023 Best in Show, “Human Exhibition”
2022 Gun Violence Award, “2022 FL3TCH3R EXHIBIT”
2022 Honorable Mention, Honors Show
2021 Honorable Mention, ART & SOCIAL JUSTICE
2021 Honorable Mention, Faces and Figures
2020 Honorable Mention, Miniature Marvels
2020 Honorable Mention, Cutting Edge
2018 Honorable Mention, 26th Emerald Coast National
1990 Purchase Award, Arkansas Arts Center
1984/85 Full MFA Scholarship, University of California, Irvine
1979 Jurors Award, Maryland Federation of Art, Art on Paper Show.
EDUCATION
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (1990-1992)
University of California, Irvine, CA
Master of Fine Arts, Art (1984-1986)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art (1976-1981)