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 commission for the Washington State Convention Center, which will be installed in June 2022. Robert will have a solo exhibition at AMcE Creative Arts in September 2022.
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Badlands
Collage on paper
45” x 37” framed
Chaos Shield
Collage on paper over panel with steel band
36” diameter
Seek and Destroy, 2017
Acrylic, thread on drop cloth and canvas
48” x 48″ sold
Weakened Special, 2022
Acrylic transfer on Dibond
11” x 14”
Crush, 2022
Acrylic transfer on linen
46” x 44” sold
Not Deathmetal, 2022
Acrylic transfer on linen
46” x 44”
WSCC Pearl Street Facing, 2019
Acrylic transfer on linen over canvas
46” x 44” sold
Retirement Fund, 2014
Acrylic toner transfer on paper
72” x 72″
WSCC Pearl Rooftop, diptych, 2019
Acrylic toner on linen over panel
46” x 88” (44” per panel)
Frame Shop, 2022
Acrylic transfer on dibond
14” x 11”
The Crying Pig, 2022
Acrylic transfer on panel
24” x 18”
WSCC Pearl Underside, diptych, 2019
Acrylic toner on linen over panel
46” x 88” (44” per panel)
Wormridden
Acrylic and toner on linen over panel
46” x 44” sold
Gift Loss
Acrylic and toner on linen over panel
46” x 44”
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”
Yellow
Plaster, acrylic, graphite
9” x 6” x 4”
Blue Rider
High-density foam, acrylic
14” x 8 ½” x 3”
Storyteller, 2022
High-density foam, acrylic
22” x 8” x 9”
Peepers, 2022
Glazed stoneware
6 ½” x 5” x 7” on hold
Hole Sculpture, 2022
High-density foam, acrylic
9″ x 8″ x 3″
Eclipse Jar, 2022
Glazed stoneware
6” x 5 ½” x 3”
Coppergate
Acrylic and toner on paper (unframed)
45” x 40”
Dusky American
24” x 24”
Acrylic and toner on linen over panel
Headshop
Acrylic and toner on paper (framed)
53” x 40”
More Than We Are Destined For
Acrylic on canvas
24” x 26”