Robert A. Pruitt
Silk & Soul, 2007. Conte crayon on butcher paper, 84 × 60 inches.
Props, 2007. Conte crayon on butcher paper, 84 × 60 inches.
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Houston, Texas, 1975
Resides: Houston
Education: University of Texas at Austin, (M.F.A., 2003);
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2002);
Texas Southern University, Houston (B.F.A., 2000);
Tougaloo Art Colony, Jackson, Mississippi (1999)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
“Two Tears in a Bucket: Considering the Alcubierre Metric,”Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles.
2006
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston.
“Quiet as Kept,” Clementine Gallery, New York.
2004
“I call my brother sun because He shines like one,” Clementine Gallery, New York.
2003
“Cold Kuts and Fresh Beef,” Galveston Art Center, Texas.
“Round 18,” Project Row Houses, Houston..
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
“Alabama,” Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium.
2006
“Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Catalogue.
2005
“Frequency,” Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.
2005
Arthouse Texas Prize,” Arthouse, Austin.
“Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art since 1970,” Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Catalogue.
2004
“Texas Prime,” DiverseWorks Art Space, Houston.
“Farm to Market: Robert Pruitt, Chris Sauter, Allison Wiese,” Artpace, San Antonio.
2003
“The Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston.
“Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary Art,” Contemporary Arts Museum
Houston. Catalogue.
“Come Forward: Emerging Art in Texas,” Dallas Museum of Art.
2002
“Soul Sonic Lustre Silk,” Houston Community College.
“The Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston.
“Process,” Creative Research Lab, Austin.
“The Debt,” The Old School, Austin.
“22 to Watch: New Art in Austin,” Austin Museum of Art.
“Safety Gear,” D Ramos Studios, Austin.
2001
“Juror’s Choice: The 2001 Members’ Show,” Women and Their Work, Austin.
“Umfrumnat tre’,” Doty Fine Arts Building, University of Texas at Austin.
“An Adult Fantasy in Visuals,” Studio 107, Austin.
“Our New Day Begun: African American Artists Entering the Millennium,” Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Austin.
“Love Letters,” Commerce Street Artists Warehouse, Houston.
1999
“Strange Fruit,” DiverseWorks Art Space, Houston.
“Huh Whut?!,” Robert James Terry Library, Texas Southern
University, Houston. “3rd Annual Citywide African-American Art Exhibition,”
The African American Art Advisory Association (Five-A), The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
1998
“Fresh Beginnings,” The African American Museum, Dallas.
“HBCU Invitational,” Benedict College, Columbia, South Carolina.
“Preventions,” Project Row Houses, Houston.