BORN July 15, 1949 - Galveston, Texas
EDUCATION
1980-1981, University of South Florida, Tampa, B.A., Honors
1969-1971, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles
1968-1969, University of Texas, Austin
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Inside Passage, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Transit Chronicle, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Pixel Point, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Knowing the Place, Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
1998 Primary Address/Sculptures, Drawings, Prints, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 Learning Curve/ Drawings, Prints , Sculptures, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
Robert Calvo, New Works, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
Card Catalogue, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Information Highway: Sculpture, Drawings & Assemblages, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
1994 A Quiet Edge, Barbara Gillman gallery, Miami, FL
Order Within Entropy, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992 Robert Calvo, Recent Works, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990 An Installation, Arts in the Park Gallery, Lakeland, FL
Robert Calvo, Reference Points, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
1989 Robert Calvo, Recent Works, Sculpture/Painting, The Stein Gallery,
Tampa, FL
1985 Robert Calvo; Sculpture in Mixed Media, Seminole Community College, Orlando, FL
1983 Robert Calvo; Assemblages, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Twist and Shout, Florida Craftsman Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.
2003 Stitch by Stitch, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Artists and Maps: Cartography as a Means of Knowing, Hoffman Gallery, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
Pins and Needles, John Michael Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2000 Beyond Public: Works from the Studio, Elizabeth Leach Gallery,
Portland, OR
1999 Spanning the Millennium, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
The End, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
1997 Art Miami International, Miami Beach Convention Center
PONCHO Invitational, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA
SeriesSeriesSeries, Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford, IL
1996 The Tool Show, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
1995 Art Walk: Microsoft Exhibition 11, Redmond, WA
12th Anniversary Group Show, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Art + Architecture = Miami, Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
1995 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1994 Robert Calvo: A New Addition.., Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
11th Anniversary Group Show, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
PONCHO Invitational, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993 Selections from the Permanent Collection, Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL
Determinate Space, Spokane Art School & Center for the Arts, Spokane, WA
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
10th Anniversary Show, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
Seattle Art Fair, Westin Hotel/Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993-92 Sculpture in the Landscape, Marylhurst College, Lake Oswego, OR
1992 Contemporary Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, Harn Museum,
Gainesville, FL
Seattle Art Fair, Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA
New Acquisitions, St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
Made in Florida, Harn Museum, Gainesville, FL
1991 Subjected Objects: A Two Person Show, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Artquake, Portland Performing Arts Center, Portland, OR
Invitational Show, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992-90 Made in Florida, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL; Center for the Arts, Miami, FL; Brevard Art Center, Melbourne, FL; Pensacola Art Museum, Pensacola, FL; Orlando Art Museum, Orlando, FL
1990 Intimate Space, University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Fellowships: Florida's Finest, North Miami Museum of Contemporary Art,
Miami, FL; Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
1990-89 Made in Florida, Musee Cantini, Marseilles, France; Provincial Museum, Hasselt, Belgium; Centre D'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
1989 New Acquisitions, University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Critic's Choice, Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, FL
Made in Florida, University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa, FL
More Made in Florida, Gillman-Stein Gallery, Tampa, FL
Then and Now, A 10 Year Celebration, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
1988 Architectural Forms; Drawings, Sculpture, and Constructions, Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Small Works, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL
1988 Surrealism Continued, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,
Winston-Salem, NC
Treasure Coast Artists, North Miami Museum, North Miami, FL
Summer Sizzler, Ruth Eckerd Hall Galleries, Clearwater, FL
Robert Calvo/Dennis Gaston, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Invitational, Dawson Gallery/Lamberton Conservatory, Rochester, NY
Tampa Triennial, Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL
1987 Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL
Artist's Choice, Tampa Museum West, Tampa, FL
1986 Interior as Metaphor, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL
Visual Arts Southeast, Georgia State University Atlanta, GA
1985 Gulf Coast Biennial, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Bellair, FL
The Tampa Triennial, Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL
1985 Annual Juried Show, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Tropicana Biennial, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
The Prospective Show, Artists' Alliance, Tampa, FL
National Endowment for the Arts Award Winners, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
1985 Robert Calvo and Lydia Bailey, Artists' Alliance, Tampa, FL
1984 3-Dimensions, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
The Third Coast, Midtown Art Center, Houston, TX
Working Images, Theater Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Tampa Artists, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
Director's Choice, Maitland Art Center, Orlando, FL
Small Works, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL
1983 Cityscapes, Artists' Alliance, Tampa, FL
Religious Perceptions of the 80's, Artists' Alliance, Tampa, FL
Robert Calvo/Nels Johnson, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
1982 New Talent, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
Tampa Bay '82 Regional Exhibition, Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL
GRANTS/AWARDS
Tacoma Art Museum, Purchase Award, Tacoma, WA
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1990-91
Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, 1989
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1984-85
Tampa Museum Purchase Award, 1982
RESIDENCIES
Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming, March 27-May 5, 2000
Centrum Artists Colony, Port Townsend, WA, February 3-28, 1992
PUBLIC WORKS
2007, Miramar Library, Broward County, FL
2005 - 2006, Tampa International Airport, Tampa, FL
2004, Pinellas County Courthouse, Pinellas County Arts Council, Clearwater, Fl
2000- 2001 Centralia College, Washington State Arts Commission, Centralia, WA
1998-1999, Portland Planning & Development Center, Portland, Oregon, mural
in terrazzo, 5,000 sq. ft.
1996-1997, Buffalo/Niagara International Airport, Buffalo, New York,
Mural in terrazzo, 13,000 sq. ft.
1995-1996, Portland Fire Bureau Headquarters, Portland,OR, sculpture
screen in steel, brick and fiberglass
1994-1995, Washington State Arts Commission, Sherwood Forest School,
Federal Way, 95 mosaics in colored glass
1992-1997, Miami International Airport, “Flight Patterns,” Dade County Art in Public Places (a mural interrazzo)
1992-1995, Florida State Art in Public Places,“Diversity”, Poynter Library, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida (3 suspended sculptures in wood, 7 life-cast reliefs in bronze)
1990, Florida State % for Art Program, Shands Hospital, Gainesville, 7 wall
reliefs in wood
1988-1990, City of Tampa % for Art Program, Horizon Park, Two pedestrian bridges in wood & steel
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Steven T. Zevitas, Editor, 8th Open Studios Pacific Coast Competition, New American Paintings, Number 49, Anne Ellegood, Curator, 2004, pp. 34-37
D. K. Row, “Taking Stitching to New Heights,” The Oregonian A, January 3, 2003
Mary Ann Marger, “Wanderlust Meets Nostalgia”, St. Petersburg Times, January 23, 1999
Janet Christ, “New City Planning Building Inspires Labyrinth of Artwork” ,
The Oregonian, December 21, 1998
Jill Conner, Reviews, Robert Calvo”, Art Papers, July/August 1998
Tom Wagner, “Artful Oasis”, University of South Florida, Winter 1997
Richard Huntington, “Floor Show,” Ready for Takeoff, The Buffalo News, October 26, 1997
Kevin Collison, “Floor of Airport Will Depict Regional History,
The Buffalo News, July 28, 1997
Tom Wagner, “Artful Oasis,” University of South Florida, Winter 1997
Mary Ann Marger, “A Study in Architecture,” St. Petersburg Times, November 1, 1996
Kevin Collison, “Design for Airport Terminal Floor Emphasizes Diversity”
The Buffalo News, June 18, 1996
Kevin Francis, “State of the Arts,” Willamette Week, August 16, 1995
Tom McTaggart, “Visual Arts”, Review, Seattle Weekly, February 1, 1995
Jennifer Hope Daly, “Art About Town”, Northwest Monthly Magazine,
May 1994
Tom McTaggart, “Reviews, 'Round-Up'”, Reflex, March/April, 1992
Gregg Morris, “WW Art Choice”, Willamette Week, October 2, 1991
Randy Gragg, “Lively Arts, Art Quenched”, The Oregonian, September 1, 1991
Mary Ann Marger, “Bridges Are Works of Art”, St. Petersburg Times,
December 4, 1990
Patty Schlager, “Robert Calvo at Barbara Gillman Gallery”,
ArtNow Gallery Guide Southeast, November 1990
David Frye, “Reviews: Stein Gallery Salutes Seven'”, Art Papers, November/December 1990
Olga Spiegel, “Santa Monica Permanence Abierta El Verano Contres Nuevas Exposiciones”, La Vanguardia, August, 1990
Julie Anderson, “Artistic Collaborations”, Florida Landscape Architecture, Summer, 1990
Silvio Gaggi, “Reviews, 'The Latin Spirit/Robert Calvo'”, Art Papers, March/April, 1990
Mary Ann Marger, “Subtle Sculptor”, St. Petersburg Times, October 30, 1989
Michele Raddei, “La Floride Des Annees 80”, Le Meridional, October 29, 1989
“Pinellas County Artists Awarded Art in State Building Commissions”,
Suncoast Arts Review, December 1988 - January 1989
Owen Findsen, “Artists Use Abstract Objects to Show Ideas”,
The Cincinnati Inquirer, December 16, 1988
Daniel Brown, “Architectural Forms: Drawings, Sculpture, and Constructions”, Art Academy News, December 1988
Jacqueline Humphrey, “Art Show Traces Roots of Surrealism Movement”, Greensboro News and Record, June 24, 1988
Silvio Gaggi, “Reviews, 'Tampa Triennial'”, Art Papers, May/June 1988
Mary Ann Marger, “St. Petersburg Sculptor's Work Selected for Show”,
St. Petersburg Times, October 2, 1987
Susan Pertl, McDonald's Corporation: An Introduction to the Art at McDonald's,
Summer 1986
Kurt Loft, “Two Tampa Sculptors Display Original Styles”, Tampa Tribune, March 14, 1985
Betty Rubenstein, “State Helps to Show Off Six Florida Artists at FSU”, Tallahassee Democrat, February 11, 1984
3-Dimensions, University of Texas at El Paso, November 1984
Charles Benbow, “Tampa Man Awarded for Uncommon Art”,
St. Petersburg Times, September 16, 1984
Laura Stewart, “Eloquent Small Works is a Model Show”, Orlando Sentinel,
June 14, 1984
Syd Intel, “Contemporary Art Collection”, The Contemporary Home,
Summer 1984
“Review of Arts Center Exhibition: 'Robert Calvo/John Stanley'”,
St. Petersburg Times
Floridian Magazine, February 25, 1984
“About Face”, Miami Herald, October 30, 1983
COMMISSIONED WORKS
Lucent/Ayaya Corporation, Denver, CO
Taco Bell Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa, FL
Valencia College, Orlando, FL
Buffalo/Niagara International Airport, Buffalo, NY
City Planning & Development Center, Portland, OR
City of Tampa Art in Public Place, Horizon Park, Tampa, FL
Federal Way School District, Washington State Arts Commission
Mc Donald's Corporation, National Headquarters, Toronto
Mc Donald's Corporation, National Headquarters, Oakbrook, IL
Mc Donald's Corporation, Regional Offices, Tampa, FL
Miami International Airport, Dade County Art in Public Places,
Miami, FL
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Portland Fire Bureau Headquarters, Portland, OR
Poynter Library, St. Petersburg, FL
Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL
University of South Florida, Poynter Library, St. Petersburg, FL
Washington Arts Commission, Federal Way School District
COLLECTIONS
4 Culture, King County Public Art Collection, Works on Paper,
Seattle, WA
4 Culture, King County Public Art Collection, King County Courthouse,
Seattle, WA
ArtCollTrust, Bellevue, WA
AT&T Corporation, New York, NY
Barnett Bank, Palm Beach County, FL
City of Orlando, Orlando, FL
City of Portland, Portland, OR
City of Tampa, FL
Dade County Art in Public Place, Miami, FL
Florida Craftmen Association, St. Petersburg, FL
Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
Paul Allen Foundation, Seattle, WA
Maitland Art Center, Orlando, FL
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
Norton Gallery and Museum, West Palm Beach, FL
Seattle Art Commission, Seattle, WA
State of Oregon, Department of Motor Vehicles, Salem, OR
Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, FL
United State Government, Comptroller of the Currency,
Washington, D.C.
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
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