Robert Rose Ceramics
ROBERT ROSE
I consider myself a surrealist working both two and three-dimensional formats which allows me to express my artistic observations of life’s fantasies and its realities. Trompe l’oeil effects are often employed in the sculpting of the form to interact with the imagery unfolding on the surface.
I am fascinated with getting a surrealistic graphic narrative to transcend the usual plane and interact with the physical form. Creating a inter-dimensional canvas, for me this is taking the medium to its fullest potential.
We live in a world with incredible cultural diversity and I find myself so intrigued by these differences that I set out to experience them first hand. Many of these tribal cultures strike me as quite surreal when held in contrast to the world from which I grew up.
In the past seven years I have focused on the tribal cultures of the south pacific islands, south East Asia, and the historical empires of the middle-east. I create a form inspired by traditions, beliefs, or the environment on which I further express my observations using a pictorial narrative.
Similarly to many of the world’s ancient civilizations whose ceramics preserved a narrative of their culture. So it is with a surrealists eye that a culmination of tribal identity is captured and respectfully a story is told from an inquisitive outsiders perspective.
EXIBITIONS
2010 Archie Bray Foundation permanent collection Helena, MT.
2010 ‘Malloy Stevenson Award’ commissioned award plaques ABF2010 Gloria & Sonny Kamm teapot collection Sparta,NC.
2010 Ferrin Gallery Pittfield,MA.2010Kolva Sullivan Gallery exhibition Spokane, WA.
2010 Claudia Terrintino & Bill Abright collection San Anselmo,CA.
2010 ‘Nude’ SOFA Chicago Ferrin Gallery/Perimiter Gallery Chicago,Ill.
2010 ABF resident exhibition Archie Bray Helena, MT.
2010 New Millenium in Clay SNC Incline Village, NV.
2009 Ceramics of the Americas MLA Gallery LA, CA.
2009 ‘Strange Brew’ group exhibit Nat,Ceramic Research Cntr. Tempe, AZ.
2009 Mindy Solomon Solomon Gallery permanent collection , (collaborative B. Rose & B. Johnson) Palm Beach, FL.
2009 Dianne & Sandy Besser collection Santa Fe, NM.
2009 Gerald & Daphina Cramer collection.
2008 Museum of Modern Art Clark DelVecchio collection Huston, TX.
2008 Sushi Bistro, commission/ SF, CA. a large animated fish w/sushi bar in its belly.
2007 De Young Museum Dianne & Sandy Besser exhibit SF, CA.
2007 Gloria & Sonny Kamm collection Sparta, NC.
2007 DeYoung Museum / Besser permanent collection SF,CA.
2007 National Museum for Ceramic Research permanent collection Tempe, AZ.
2006 Garth Clark Gallery New York, NY.2006 ‘Erotic Art in Ceramics’ group exhibition Santa Fe, NM.
2006 Dianne & Sandy Besser collection Santa Fe, NM.
2006 Claudia Terrintino/ Abright collection San Anselmo, CA.
2005 ‘Representing Representation’ Arnot Art Museum biennial exhibit Elmira, NY.
2005 Dianne & Sandy Besser collection Santa Fe, NM.
2003 CCACA California Conferrence for the Advancement of Ceramic Art group exhibit Davis, CA.
2003 ‘Forms & Figures in Clay’ juried show SFSU San Fransisco, CA.
2003 Sandy Besser collection Santa Fe. NM.2002 Feats of Clay national juried show Lincoln, CA.
2002 CCACA group student show Davis,CA.
2002 Visions in Clay regional juried show Reynolds Gallery Stockton,CA.
1999 Italian Street Painting Fair, sponsored group exhibit/ San Rafael, CA.
1998 Robert Shekter, ( creator of the Troll dolls ) Commission, multiple figurines of a zepher & nymph playing together, for factory reproduction.
1996- 98 1998 Dorthy Weiss Gallery San Fransisco, CA.