Robert M. Urban, Resume/CV
e-mail: RobertUrbanArt@gmail.com
Born in Milwaukee, WI
Lives and works in Spartanburg, SC
ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 Seeking Light, New Work by Robert Urban, Spartanburg, SC
2012 Recollect: Work by Robert M. Urban, Clemson Area Transit, Clemson, SC
2011 In Coordination with the Landscape: New Work by Robert M. Urban, Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg, SC
2010 Hanging By a Thread, Catherine Hayes Art + Sculpture, Greenville, SC
2009 Compass: Work by Robert M. Urban, Saul Alexander Gallery, Charleston, SC
2009 Paintings by Robert Urban & Kris Inman, Hub-Bub, Spartanburg, SC
2008 Hidden Treasures, Kershaw Fine Arts Center, Camden, SC
2007 Truth Lies in Layers, Spartanburg ArtMuseum, Spartanburg, SC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Rolling in the Arts, Group Show, Simpsonville Art Center, Simpsonville, SC
2021 Field.Tree.Stream, Five Person Show, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2019 Art Fields Southeastern Juried Art Competition, Lake City, SC
2017 Art Fields Southeastern Juried Art Competition, Lake City, SC
2016 As the Crow Flies, Carolina Gallery, Spartanburg, SC
2016 InstART 2016, Greenwood Arts Council, Greenwood, SC
2016 4th Annual Spartanburg County Library Juried Show, Spartanburg, SC
2015 Less is More, Group Show Invitation, Carolina Gallery, Spartanburg, SC
2013 1st Annual Spartanburg County Library Juried Show, Spartanburg, SC
2012 39th Annual Artists Guild of Spartanburg Juried Show, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
2012 Anderson Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Anderson, SC
2011 Artists Among Us: 100 Faces of Spartanburg, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2010 PedalPop, Greenville, SC
2009 Tomorrow Shall Be As Today, Greenville, SC
2009 Heaven and Hell, Greenville, SC
2009 Artists of the Upstate, Center Stage, Greenville, SC
2008 …And When You Wake Up, Greenville, SC
2008 35th Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg Exhibition, Spartanburg Art Museum
2008 Soul of the Earth, Catherine Hayes Art + Sculpture, Greenville, SC
2008 Western North Carolina Biennial, Tryon, NC
2008 The Vanishing Landscape, MG Fine Art, Asheville, NC
2008 Ate_eight_08, Greenville, SC
2007 The Vanishing Landscape, MG Fine Art, Asheville, NC
2008 Behind the Eights, The Reserve at Lake Keowee, Sunset, SC
2008 Festival of Flowers, Greeneood Arts Center, Greenwood, SC
2007 The Vanishing Landscape, MG Fine Art, Asheville, NC
2007 Liberty Square Show, Greenville, SC
2007 17th Annual Art in the Park, Greenville, SC
2007 New Gallery Artists, MG Fine Art, Asheville, NC
2007 The Green Show, The Showroom Gallery, Hub-Bub, Spartanburg, SC
2007 High School Art Teachers Invitational, Goodall Gallery, Columbia College
2007 SC Art Educators Exhibit, Dragonfly Gallery, Columbia, SC
2006 Opposites Attract, USC-Upstate, Spartanburg, SC
2006 16th Annual Art in the Park, Greenville, SC
2006 33rd Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg Exhibition, Spartanburg Art Museum
2005 Belton Standpipe Festival Exhibition, Belton, SC
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 Artists Among Us, Hub City Press published book
2011 Art Buzz: The 2011 Collection, published book
2009 Columbia Home & Garden magazine, Artist's Notes featured artist
2008 Art Buzz: The 2008 Collection, published book
2007 Chic magazine, cover art
2007 Spartanburg Herald-Journal, Truth Lies in Layers, newspaper feature
2007 The Beat, newspaper article
SELECTED AWARDS
2018-19 District Teacher of the Year, Spartanburg School District Six, Spartanburg, SC
2017-18 Teacher of the Year, Dorman High School, Spartanburg, SC
2016 Honorable Mention, Spartanburg County Library Juried Show, Spartanburg, SC
2011 Honorable Mention Acrylics, Art Buzz: The 2011 Collection, published book
2008 3rd Place, Western North Carolina Biennial, Tryon, NC
2008 Honorable Mention, Greenwood Festival of Flowers, Greenwood, SC
2008 2nd Place Acrylics, Art Buzz: The 2008 Collection, published book
2007 South Carolina Secondary Art Teacher of the Year
2007 National Board Certification, High School Art
2006 5th Place, Wanderfest, Greenville, SC
2006 2nd Place Open Media, Sidewalk Art Exhibit, Spartanburg, SC
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS & CORPORATE COMMISSIONS
County Bank Commercial Loan Office, Simpsonville, SC
Aloft Hotel, Greenville, SC
Lockhart Power, Lockhart, SC
Clemson Area Transit, Clemson, SC (2 artworks)
Kershaw Fine Arts Center, Camden, SC
EDUCATION
1990 BFA (Drawing), University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
1991-92, Post-Graduate Studies at Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA & San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1993 MAT (Art Education), University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
2019 “Remeber to Remember”, Back to School Speech Presentation to Spartanburg School District Six Staff, Spartanburg, SC
2012 Building an AP Art Program, Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg, SC
2006 Alternative Photo Transfer Processes, SCAEA conference, Greenville, SC
2006 Building an AP Art Program, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
1998- present,Secondary Art Instructor, Dorman High School, Spartanburg, SC
2006-08, 2010-12, ,2014-18, Instructor, USC-Upstate, Spartanburg, SC
1996-98, Secondary Art Instructor, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC
1993-96, Middle-level Art Instructor, Dent Middle School, Columbia, SC