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ART MEDIUM:
Mixed Media
ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
The current imagery can best be explained as simultaneous. The visual language that I'm speaking is a form of self-dialogue that resides in objects, systems and scenarios that are at the edge of abstraction.
Understanding them is less important than sensing their intrinsic nature.
Developing the imagery is a non-linear, intimate logic. I work in a thought process that keeps as many doors open as possible. The conceptual connections, which eventually become visual signals, are drawn in collaborative moments.
The objects have origins in human, geologic, mythic or universal themes.
May, 2009
ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY:
Robert S. Mirek
Born 1957 - Detroit, Michigan
2009
Arnold Klein Gallery - HORIZON - Group Exhibition - Royal Oak, Michigan 5/09
2008
Vellano Arte Gallery- Vellano Arte 2008- Group Exhibition - Vellano, Italy- 8/08
Gallery Marchi -LITTLE TREASURES- Group Exhibition - Bologna, Italy- 5/08
Butter Gallery: Robert Mirek - Recent Objects - Coconut Grove-Miami, Florida
Gallery Project: SURFACE - Group Exhibition - Ann Arbor, Michigan
2007
Gallery Project: Signs, Signals, Gestures - Group Exhibition - Ann Arbor, Michigan
Copper Country Community Arts Center - DRIVEN: Art from the Motor City -
Group Exhibition - Hancock, Michigan
Artist Space - New York, New York
Sarah Bowen Gallery - The Submissions Show - Williamsburg, New York
2006
Saatchi Gallery - Online Gallery - London, UK
Neal Davis Gallery - Small Works Exhibit - Royal Oak, Michigan
CCS at 100 - Faculty Now! - College for Creative Studies - Detroit, Michigan
Neal Davis Gallery - Black and White Show - Royal Oak, Michigan
Woods Gallery - New Works on Paper and other series by Robert Mirek - Huntington Woods, Michigan
Synergy Gallery - Kowalski + Mirek - Berkley, Michigan
Arnold Klein Gallery - TEXT group exhibition - Royal Oak, Michigan
2005
Detroit Artists MARKET - Members Invitational 2005 Biennial - Detroit, Michigan
MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Fine Arts Gallery - Recent Work by Robert Mirek - Flint, Michigan
Designhaus - Work by Robert Mirek - Rochester, Michigan
Sync 2005 - Duderstadt Center - University of Michigan
Saginaw Art Museum - 2nd Michigan Invitational - Architecture
TOTEM - 3 artist from 3 continents - Buggiano Castello, Italy
2004
Gallery 128 - JUGALBANDI - Group Exhibition - Work from the Upanishad Series - New York, New York
Arnold Klein Gallery - NUMBERS - Group Exhibition - Royal Oak, Michigan
2003
Michigan Guild Gallery - SELECTIONS 2003 - Ann Arbor, Michigan
Cass Cafe Gallery, - SELECTIONS 2003 - Detroit, Michigan
BOOKS, Group Exhibition - Arnold Klein Gallery - Royal Oak, Michigan
Deluxe Arts Gallery - London, England
V Salon Internacional de Arte Digital - Havana, Cuba
Caelum Galley, New Work from the Aluminum Series - New York, New York
Villa Forini Lippi - Group Exhibition - Montecatini Terme , Italy
aniGma-2003, Festival of Digital Imaging and Animation - Novosibirsk, Siberia
Chelsea River Gallery, - Float Drawings, Paintings and New Aluminum Work - Chelsea, Michigan
2002
Arnold Klein Gallery - Solo Exhibition - Royal Oak, Michigan
Sekanina Gallery - Estense Castle - "Magica" Group Exhibition - Ferrara, Italy
Cass Cafe Gallery -Group Exhibition: 6 @ Cass Café - Detroit, Michigan
Tengri Umai - International Arts Festival - Almaty, Kazakhstan
Paint Creek Center for the Arts - 20 Years at PCCA - Rochester, Michigan
Paint Creek Center for the Arts - Painting as an Abstraction - Juried Exhibition - Rochester, Michigan
immedia 2002 - Ann Arbor , Michigan
Gallery LeVall - Novosibirsk, Siberia - Russian Federation Exhibition Tour: Kaliningrad: VII International Graphics Biennial, Krasnoyarsk: Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre, Novosibirsk: Gallery LeVall - Solo Exhibition, Moscow: M'ARS Gallery, St. Petersburg: Gallery LeVall Collaboration
2001
Museum of New Art (Mona)- DOCUMENTA-USA - Detroit, Michigan
Arnold Klein Gallery - Earth Group Show - Royal Oak, Michigan
Paint Creek Center for the Arts- Made in Michigan Invitational - Rochester, Michigan
TRIAD Gallery - Upanishad Series, Float Drawings & Recent Paintings - Seal Rock,Oregon
2000
Museum of Contemporary Art /Detroit Institute of Arts - DOCUMENTA USA 2000 - Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Contemporary Gallery - Actual Size Exhibition - Detroit, Michigan
GALLERY B.A.I. - Solo Exhibition - Barcelona, Spain
Arnold Klein Gallery - Red/Desert Exhibition - Royal Oak, Michigan
CAELUM Gallery - International Group Exhibition - New York, New York
OPEN STUDIOS - Group Exhibition - Bielefeld, Germany
Galerie GORA - Solo Exhibition - Montreal, Canada
1999
Ward-Nasse Gallery - 178 Prince Street - New York, New York
World Fine Art Gallery - 443 Broadway, 4th Floor - New York, New York
Arnold Klein Gallery - In Honor of Water - Exhibition - Royal Oak, Michigan
Galerie BLU - Group Exhibition - Pontiac, Michigan
Nicolet College - National Juried Competition - Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Nexus Gallery - Third Annual National Juried Competition: 345 East 12th St. - New York, New York
Galerie BLU - Febbo, Mirek, Newbill Exhibition - Pontiac, Michigan
Arnold Klein Gallery - A Tribute To Time - Group Exhibition - Royal Oak, Michigan
Lindenberg Gallery - End of the Millenium Group Show - New York, New York
Biennale Internazionale dell' Arte Contemporanea - Florence, Italy
The Art Gallery a Casa di Giorgio - Solo Exhibition - Massa e Cozzile, Italy
Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts - Americans from the Florence Biennale - New York, New York
1996
The Gallery at Marygrove- INVENTIONS - Detroit, Michigan
1995
Arnold Klein Gallery - about BOOKS - Royal Oak, Michigan
1985
CADE Gallery - NEO TROIT- a group exhibition - Royal Oak, Michigan
Detroit Institute of Arts - On-Going works exhibition - Detroit, Michigan
1982
Xochipilli Gallery - Group Exhibition - Birmingham, Michigan
Detroit Artists Market - Group Exhibition - Detroit, Michigan
1981
Awful Truth Gallery - Pre-Institutional Art Exhibition - Detroit, Michigan
1978
Gallery 7 - Ideas/Works Exhibition - Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Focus Gallery - 3-Dimensions Exhibition - Detroit, Michigan
1977
Detroit Institute of Arts - Founders Gallery Exhibition - Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Artists Market - Group Exhibition - Detroit, Michigan
Gallery 7 - 7th Annual Group Exhibition - Detroit, Michigan
Gallery 7 - 8th Annual Group Exhibition - Detroit, Michigan
CURRENT WORK:
Wall constructions created of wood. They are painted with oil paint and integrate graphic and charcoal markings within the composition.
CAREER BACKGROUND:
Corporate Installations
Art in Stairways - Euro Hotel - Pisa, Italy - 2007
LOFTS322 - Ann Arbor, Michigan - 2007
Metro Lofts - Royal Oak, Michigan - 2004
Education
BFA -Painting- The Society of Arts and Crafts - Detroit, Michigan 1975-1979
Merit Scholarships '78, '79
Teaching
College for Creative Studies - Detroit, Michigan - Department of Digital Media and Animation - Adjunct Faculty since 2004 - Courses: Beginning Web Design, Advanced Web Design, Internet Basics, Web Portfolio
Lawrence Technological University - Southfield Michigan - College of Architecture and Design - Adjunct faculty since 2006 - Courses: Imaging Studio 1, New Media
Private Collections
Multiple private collections in the United States, Europe and the Russian Federation
Permanent Collections
Museum of New Art (MONA) - Detroit, Michigan
Museo del Tessile - Busto Arsizio, Italy
EXHIBITIONS:
Current Exhibitions:
New Visions - Group Exhibition - American Contemporary Gallery - Annapolis, Maryland
Upcoming Exhibitions:
Robert Mirek - New Objects - Solo Exhibition - Arnold Klein Gallery - Royal Oak, Michigan
Past Exhibitions:
see biography
AWARDS:
City of Florence Italy - painting prize recipient - 2005
Drawing prize recipinet - Museo del Tessile - Busto Arsizio, Italy 2006
PUBLICATIONS:
Bibliography
UNDERVEJS - 222 teginger fra Picasso til Yoko Ono - Instruction Drawings - The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection © 2001 - Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst - Jon Hendricks and Gunnar B. Kuaran - ISBN#: 87-90029-59-3
ROBERT MIREK - RECENT WORK - catalog by Richard Scott, May 2003
Mirek's Idols - David Calvo, November 2002
Detroit Free Press - Invitational show delivers top quality - August 2001
Oregon News Times -- Artists Michael Shannon and Robert Mirek - July, 2001
Arte in Toscana - 2001 - 2002
Woodward Magazine - Passport For Painting - Detroit artist Robert Mirek exhibits in Italy - January 2000
Gallery & Studio Magazine - New York Notebook - Robert Mirek chosen to represent the United States - January/February 2000
Wayne State University - African American Lecture Series - Lester Johnson: Collaborative Projects with Robert Mirek and new technologies - March 2000
The Royal Oak Mirror - Artist featured at Virtual Gallery - Detroit-area artists Robert Edwards, Kip Kowalski, Robert Mirek and Nelson Smith -- July 1998
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