Robert Hardgrave
“I am interested in sustainable creative systems. I use a variety of media or systems to make things and find that exploration within separate systems feeds my work in the invention of ideas and modes of consideration in other systems. I believe materials guide the work toward what it is going to be, allowing me the confidence to trust my inclinations and flow. Content follows process where the action of making reveals feelings and notions that can be read similar to a dream. I attempt to make work that is suggestive yet maintains mystery.”
Born in Oxnard, California, Robert has made a significant contribution to visual arts in the Pacific Northwest for the past 30 years. He was finalist for the 2014 and 2016 Cornish College of the Arts Neddy Award in Painting. Robert has exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently in Copenhagen, DK and Madrid, Spain. Locally, Robert is a member of the Duwamish River Residency and his work is part of the permanent collections of Microsoft, Starbucks, King County and the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. He recently completed a permanent commissioned work for the Summit Washington State Convention Center, which was installed in January 2023.
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AMcE Exhibtions
PEARL (Solo show 2022)
Click here for PEARL‘s digital catalogue.
80 Days in August (2022)
Locally Sourced (2023)
Seattle Art Fair (2023)
Pattern, Form and Figure (2023)
Seattle Art Fair 2024
Figure. Heads. September 2024
Destroyer, 2024
Paper mâché and acrylic transfer
14” x 18” x 5”
Redhead, 2017
Paper mâché, foam, gouache, and vinyl
7” x 5” x 6”
Vision Quest, 2024
Foam, paper mâché, and acrylic transfer
8” x 5” x 6”
Trapezoid 2, 2024
Paper mâché, acrylic transfer
7 1/2” x 4” x 4”
Trapezoid 1, 2024
Paper mâché, acrylic transfer
10” x 6” x 5”
Guardian, 2024
Paper mâché and acrylic transfer
15” x 8” x 6”
Coach, 2024
Paper mâché and acrylic transfer
12” x 4 ½” x 4 ½”
Yellow Head, 2024
Paper mâché, acrylic transfer
11” x 8” x 9”
Endurmention 2, 2023
Watercolor on Arches 140# cold press paper
14 ¼” x 12 ¼” framed sold
Spectre 1, 2023
Watercolor on Arches 140# cold press paper
12 ¼” x 15 ½” framed sold
Blue Moon, 2023
Watercolor on Arches 140# cold press paper
14 ½” x 18 ½” framed sold
Ring and Racket, 2023
Watercolor on Arches 140# cold press paper
14 ½” x 18 ½” framed sold
Not Deathmetal, 2022
Acrylic transfer on linen
46” x 44”
Crush, 2022
Acrylic transfer on linen
46” x 44” sold
Space Trash, 2020
Acrylic toner transfer on paper
18” x 80”
Blue, 2015
Acrylic toner transfer and paint on Tyvek
60” x 84”
WSCC Pearl Street Facing, 2019
Acrylic transfer on linen over canvas
46” x 44” sold
Gift Loss
Acrylic and toner on linen over panel
46” x 44”
WSCC Rooftop, diptych, 2019
Acrylic toner on linen over panel
46” x 88” (44” per panel)
Neighborhood Giant, 2015
Acrylic toner transfer and paint on Tyvek
84” x 72”
Retirement Fund, 2014
Acrylic toner transfer on paper
72” x 72″
Wormridden
Acrylic and toner on linen over panel
46” x 44” sold
WSCC Underside, diptych, 2019
Acrylic toner on linen over panel
46” x 88” (44” per panel)
Riverstand, 2022
Acrylic transfer on dibond
14” x 11”
Jib and Laguna, 2022
Acrylic on dibond
14” x 11”
Stay Away From Me, 2022
Acrylic transfer on dibond
14” x 11” sold
Torme, 2022
Acrylic transfer on dibond
14” x 11”
The Horses Archer, 2022
Acrylic transfer on dibond
14” x 11”
Habit Shop, 2022
Acrylic transfer on dibond
14” x 11”
40, 2022
Acrylic on dibond
14” x 11”
Binary Square, 2022
Acrylic transfer on canvas
14” x 11”
To view more of Robert’s Dibond pieces, click here.
Riverwinter, 2019
Acrylic toner transfer on paper
45” x 40”
Calamari, 2016
Acrylic toner transfer and Flasche on paper
72” x 72”
Jeanconjefe, 2016
Acrylic toner transfer and paint on paper
72” x 103 ½”
Foreshadow, 2016
Acrylic transfer and paint on paper
70” x 70”