ROBERT PENGELLY
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• 1949 Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, U.K.
• 1968 Moves to Truro, Cornwall, U.K.
• 1969 Moves to London. Attends the City and Guilds of London Art School. Awards: Philip Connard Travel Award, First Year Painting Prize, Rodney Burn Drawing Prize, Etching Prize, Lettering and Calligraphy Prizes and Painters-Stainers Bursary.
• 1973 Graduates from the City and Guilds of London Art School; Exhibits in the Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, U.K.
• 1974 Exhibits in the Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy and British Group Show, Rutland Gallery, London, U.K.; Technician, Art Department, Mayfield, Girls School, Putney London, U.K.; begins work as Archaeological Illustrator, Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, British Museum, London, U.K.
• 1975 Exhibits in the Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, U.K.
• 1982 Visits U.S.A.; exhibits work at the Francis Kyle Gallery, London,U.K.
• 1983 Exhibits in the Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, U.K.
• 1984 Resigns from British Museum and immigrates to the U.S.A.
Drives across country to the Southwest; lives in Colorado Springs, CO for 6 months.
• 1985 Moves to Sacramento, CA. Exhibits in the California Works Exhibition (2nd. Watercolor Award), California State Fair, Sacramento, CA; the California Watercolor and Drawing Survey exhibition, Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, CA and the Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA
• 1986 Exhibits in the Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum; the California Works Exhibition, California State Fair; the City Gallery; the McGeorge School of Law and the 5th. Annual Art Auction, KVIE Public Television, all in Sacramento, CA
• 1987 Exhibits at the Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA (represented until • 1995); the California Works Exhibition (Juror’s Award: 1st. Prize), California State Fair; the 6th. Annual Art Auction, KVIE Public Television, all in Sacramento, CA and the Natsoulas-Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
• 1988 One-man exhibition at the Himovitz-Jensen Gallery, Sacramento, CA. Exhibits in the Letters to Chicago exhibition at the ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL and in the Governor’s Office, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA
• 1989 Two paintings commissioned by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission for Sacramento City Hall; one-man exhibition at the John F. Kennedy Library, Vallejo, CA and at the Microgallery, Nevada City, CA; exhibits at the Iannetti Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, CA; in the Collector’s Choice: Contemporary Paintings and Drawings from The Collection of Ron and Cherie Petersen exhibition, Pence Gallery, Davis CA and the “34th.Stockton Art League Exhibition”, Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA.
• 1990 One-man exhibition at the Michael Himovitz Gallery and exhibits in the Judith Weintraub Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 1991 Invited by the Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, to be included in their survey exhibition New Horizons in American Realism. Nominated for submission of work to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Purchase Exhibition. Exhibits in The Future of the Past exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
• 1992 New Horizons in American Realism exhibition shown at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL and the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN. Exhibits in the Contemporary Narrations exhibition shown at the American Cultural Center, Brussels, Belgium.
• 1993 Exhibits at the Sutter Club, Anya Horvath Gallery and in the Puttin’ on the Dog exhibition at the Archival Gallery, all in Sacramento, CA. Exhibits at the Corporate headquarters of Synopsis, Santa Clara, and Cadence Design Systems San Jose, both in Silicon Valley, CA
• 1995 Exhibits in the Recent Acquisitions exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA; the Selected Recent Acquisitions exhibition at the Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA and the New Images exhibition at the Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA. Exhibits at the Corporate Headquarters of Hitachi Data Systems and Network General of San Jose, CA; 3Com Corporation, Santa Clara; CKS Partners, Campbell and Quantum Corporation, all in Silicon Valley, CA
• 1996 Exhibits in The College Collection: Twenty Years of Growth exhibition at St. Mary’s College Museum of Art, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA. Exhibits in the Watercolor U.S.A. exhibition at the Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MO and at the Sutter Club in Sacramento, CA
• 1999 Exhibits at the Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA and the Sutter Club, Sacramento, CA
• 2000 Exhibits in the Watercolor U.S.A. exhibition at the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO and at the Sutter Club, Sacramento, CA
• 2001 One-man exhibition at the Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA (represented until 2012) and exhibited in the Watercolor U.S.A. exhibition at the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
• 2002 Exhibits in the Is the Medium the Message? Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA and in the 66th. National Midyear Show (Allied Artists of America Award) at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH. Also exhibits in the Masque Parade exhibition at the Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA and the Watercolor U.S.A. (The Potomac Valley Watercolorists Award) exhibition at the Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MO. Awarded membership of the Watercolor USA Honor Society.
• 2003 Exhibits in the Watercolor U.S.A. and Watercolor Now! 2003 exhibitions at the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
• 2005 Exhibits in the Question? exhibition at the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
• 2007 Exhibits in the Curtain Call exhibition at the Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• 2011 Exhibits in the Contemporary American Watercolor exhibition at the Museum of Art at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
• 2012 Exhibits in the 31st. Annual Art Auction, KVIE Public Television, Sacramento, CA
• 2013 One-man exhibition at the Archival Gallery, Sacramento, CA
AWARDS
• 1970 Rodney Burn Drawing Prize; Etching Prize and Lettering Prize • City and Guilds of London Art School, London, U.K.
• 1971 Philip Connard Travel Award and First Year Painting Prize • City and Guilds of London Art School, London, U.K.
• 1973 Third Year Painting Prize • City and Guilds of London Art School, London, U.K.
• 1985 2nd. Watercolor Award – California Works Exhibition • California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
• 1987 1st. Prize: Juror’s Award – California Works Exhibition • California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
• 2002 Allied Artists of America Award – 66th. National Midyear Show • Butler Institute of American Art, Younstown OH
The Potomac Valley Watercolorists Award – Watercolor U.S.A. Exhibition • Springfield Art Museum Springfield, MO
Awarded membership of the Watercolor USA Honor Society
BIBLIOGRAPHY and REFERENCES
• 1974 The Nine O’clock News • Painting Telephone featured in report on the opening of the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, London • BBC Television, London, U.K.
Midlands Today • Paintings Telephone and Dog featured in report on the opening of the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, London • BBC Television, Birmingham, U.K.
• 1983 Morgan, Kenneth O. • The Illustrated History of Britain • p.26 • The Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.
Potter, Timothy, L. • Roman Britain • p.32 • British Museum Publications, London, U.K.
Potter, T. L. and Johns, C. • The Thetford Treasure • Illustrations • British Museum Publications, London, U.K.
• 1985 Stead, I.M. • The Battersea Shield • Illustrations • British Museum Publications, London, U.K.
• 1986 Simon, Richard • Crocker-Kingsley Exhibit • The Sacramento Union, Sacramento, CA
Arts Alive • KVIE Public Television, Sacramento, CA
• 1989 Allen, Deanna • Robert Pengelly at Microgallery • Art Matters, Nevada City, CA
• 1991 Young, Christopher • New Horizons in American Realism • p.20-22, 80-81 • Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Miro, Marsha • Flint Looks Back in Design, Forward in Acquisitions • Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
Azizian, Carol A. • Boomers Interpret Realism • The Flint Journal, Flint, MI
Davis, Randal • America – The Future of the Past • Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
• 1992 Rayman, Graham • Profile • The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA
• 1993 Johnson, Holly • From Our House to Bow-Wowhaus • The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA
Akinaga, Christine • Realist Artists to Star at Gallery Premiere • The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA
• 1999 Stead, I.M. and Rigby, V. • The Morel Collection • Illustrations • British Museum Press, London, U.K.
• 2002 Thomas, Mary • Vitality of Painting Thrives at Butler Midyear Show • The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2003 Interview • KVIE Public Television, Sacramento, CA
• 2004 Israel, Robyn • Inquiring Minds Want to Know • Palo Alto Weekly, Palo Alto, CA
Interesting, But Is It Art? • Stanford Magazine, Stanford Alumni Association, Stanford, CA
• 2011 Contemporary American Watercolor • Times Record News, Wichita Falls, TX