Robert Striffolino

Artist Statement:
To me color is the highest and most subjective element of painting, but the real subject matter of my work is its emotional content. A successfully executed painting must reach further - beyond the abstract or representational - into an intimate spirituality brought about by an individual way of seeing things. In that unique expression is something that relates to the "human experience" despite the passage of time. It is why we can look at a hundred-year old painting and say "Yes, I know this." This has nothing to do with trends or commercialism and everything to do with art.

Education:
1974 Ohio University, BFA, Architecture

Exhibition History:

2007-Jack Meier Gallery, Houston TX
2003
Jack Meier Gallery, TX
Contemporary Fine Arts, CO
Wood River Gallery, ID
Blue Gallery, MO
2002
Contemporary Southwest Galleries, NM
Maclaren Markowitz Gallery, CO
Leslie Levy Fine Art, AZ
2000
Ottinger Gallery, IL
1998
Jayne Gallery, MO
1997
Maclaren Markowitz Gallery, CO
Susan Street Fine Art, CA
1996
Jayne Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1995
Susan Street Fine Art, CA
1993 -1994
Leslie Levy Fine Art, AZ
1992
Contemporary Landscapes, a traveling invitational show sponsored by the New Mexico Arts Division and the Santa Fe Council for the Arts
New Mexico Celebration, an invitational show, The Munson Gallery, FL

Publications:
Focus/Santa Fe Magazine, feature article in April-May 2000 issue
Focus/Santa Fe Magazine, feature article in January-March 1996 issue
Art of the West Magazine, feature article in September-October 1996 issue
Mixed Media, feature article in Summer 1990 issue
Southwest Art Magazine, feature article in June 1989 issue