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Lives and works in the Bronx, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
Summer of Love. Freight & Volume, New York, NY
The Unlikely Whole. ArtYard, Frenchtown, NJ, (performance with Rudy Shepherd)
2017
DNA 2017. DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2015
Temple of Vates. HKJB, New York, NY
2013
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Abstraction, Ewing Gallery of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
DNA: Strands of Abstraction, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY
Collective Show Mexico City, Neter, Mexico City, Mexico; curated by HKJB
Paper, Mirror, Torn, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Dia:Macon, 643 Macon, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Todd Von Ammon
Upside Downturn, Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Canada; curated by HKJB
Paper Band, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Stephanie Buhmann
Permanent Collection, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Edward del Rosario
The Final Frontier, The Atlantic Conference, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Matt Jones
WAVERS, curated by EJ Hauser and Rob Nadeau, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY
2011
AIR Biennial, The Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Repurposed, the Welch School Galleries of Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Snowclones, Art Blog Art Blog, New York, NY
Control Alt Delete, HKJB.org, Brooklyn, NY
Wall Works, The Painting Center, New York, NY, Curated by Stephen Maine
70 Years of Abstract Painting -- Excerpts, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
Paper A-Z , Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Video Screening: The Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN. Curated by John Pearson
Informal Relations, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (IMOCA), Indianapolis, IN. Curated by Scott Grow
2009
Brooklyn Painters, Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery, Coastal Carolina University, SC
Tenth Anniversary Show, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Pulse Art Fair, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Sci-Fi Lullabies, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
Summer Group Show, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
2005
Form Follows Dysfunction , The Mosaic Building, Miami, FL; curated by Michael Steinberg
I Woke Up in a Strange Place, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
Helter Skelter, Capsule, New York, NY
Unrehearsed Acts, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Scope Hamptons, Mixed Greens, Southhampton, NY
Summer Group Show, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Joan Mitchell Foundation Recipients, CUE Foundation, New York, NY; curated by Gregory Amenoff
2004
RISD Fine Arts Biennial NYC 2004, Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York, NY; curated by Shamim M. Momin
Spec(k)tacular, The Hudson Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Band of Abstraction, Van Brunt Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Joe Fyfe
2003
First Touch, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Superheroes, Ruby Greene Contemporary, Nashville, TN; curated by Joseph Whitt
Five Degrees, Whitecouch, Brooklyn, NY
2002
Flat File, untitled(space), New Haven, CT
DNA@DNA: Genetic Imprints, Provincetown, MA
2001
Kunst Project, Hamburger Bauverein, Hamburg, Germany
Subjective Color, untitled(space), New Haven, CT
Flat File, untitled(space), New Haven, CT
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Primal Scene, Cress Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee Chattanooga, TN
2008 Heavy Chalk, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
2007 Canned Heat, Drury Gallery, Marlboro College, VT
2007 Sudelbücher (The Wastebooks), Markus Winter Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2006 Rob Nadeau - New Work, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
2002 Rob Nadeau, LFL/Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
2000 New Paintings, The Hudson Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Bibliography
2012
Contarino, Viince. "Rob Nadeau / Studio Visit." http://cargocollective.com/progress-report/Rob-Nadeau-Studio-Visit, September 27, 2012
Samelson, Henry. "Rob Nadeau." www.buddyofwork.com, February 25, 2012
Calandra, Maria. "Rob Nadeau." www.pencilinthestudio.blogspot.com, January 28, 2012
Jovanovic, Rozalia & Andrew Russeth. "Gallerist's Week In Pictures, WAVERS in Sunset Park." NY Observer, April 4, 2012
2011
Lynch, Casey. "Repurposed Exposes a Sustainable Love Affair with Trash." Burnaway, October 26, 2011
Butler, Sharon. “ABSTRACT PAINTING: The New Casualists.” The Brooklyn Rail, June 2011
Corwin, William. "Will Corwin's New York Top Ten" Saatchi Online MagazineMay 16, 2011
Butler, Sharon. "Talking Walls at the Painting Center." Two Coats of PaintMay 17, 2011
Buhmann, Stephanie. "Look Ahead - Galleries in April." The Villager, Vol. 80, No. 44, March 31 - April 6, 2011
2010
Keates, Nancy. "Edward Albee's Private Stage." The Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2010, p. W7
2009
New American Paintings, Northeast Edition, February, 2009
Crumb, Michael. "The Freedom of Abstraction." Chattanooga Pulse, March 5, 2009
Nichols, Ann. "Primal Scene." Chattanooga Times Free Press, February 1, 2009, E6
2008
Chu, Ingrid. "Accident Blackspot." Time Out New York, Issue 673, Aug 20-26, 2008
Burket, Brent. "Artist Profile: Rob Nadeau." Gotham Digest, May 18, 2008
"Rob Nadeau." papermag online, April 17, 2008
Burket, Brent. "When the Levee Breaks." heartasarena.com, April 18, 2008
2007
Schwartz, Wylie. "Small Size, Big Ideas." The Ithaca Times, August 29, 2007
Wilcox, David. "A Layer Above the Rest." The Citizen, September 2, 2007
"Making Time for Art." Vanity Fair, September, 2007, p. 137
"Abstracciones en vinil." El Nuevo Dia, June 9, 2007, p. 6 - 7
West, Paige. The Art of Buying Art: Demystifying the Process of Finding, Appreciating, and Buying Contemporary Art on Any Budget, Harper Collins, New York, 2007
2006
Buhmann, Stephanie. "Rob Nadeau: New Work." The Brooklyn Rail, April, 2006, p. 21
McKeough, Tim. "Salad Days." CITY Magazine, November, 2006, pp. 40-41
2005
Will, Jess. "Show Pieces." House and Garden, October, 2005, p.196-197
Rohrlich, Marianne. "Tread on Me" The New York Times, July 7, 2005 p. f7
2002
Moore, Claire. "Review: Rob Nadeau at LFL." NY Arts, May 2002
Johnson, Ken. "Art Guide: Rob Nadeau." The New York Times, p. e38, March 15, 2002
2001
Birke, Judy. "Color My World." New Haven Register, March 4, 2001
Hoffman, Frank. "Objective and Subjective Color." New Haven Advocate, February 15, 2001
1999
Bill Van Siclen. "ART SCENE." The Providence Journal, May 27, 1999
Teaching & Lectures
2018 – present
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Queens College, Queens, NY
2017 – 2019
Kossak Painting Program, Hunter College, New York, NY
2012
Visiting Artist, Cooper Union, New York, NY
2011
Visiting Artist, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Guest Lecturer, Brown University, Providence, RI
2010
Artist-in-Residence, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Visiting Artist, Parsons, New York, NY
2009
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN
Visiting Artist, Parsons, New York, NY
2008
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (panel)
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2007
Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
Curatorial Projects
2012 Wavers, Sunset Park, Brooklyn; curated by EJ Hauser and Rob Nadeau
2011 Snowclones, Art-Blog-Art-Blog, New York, NY; curated by Benjamin King and Rob Nadeau
2010 Modern Loverz, video screening, The Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN
2008 Accident Blackspot, Markus Winter Gallery, Berlin, Germany; curated by Jim Lee and Rob Nadeau
2008 Accident Blackspot, Freight and Volume Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Jim Lee and Rob Nadeau
2005 Glimpse, Mixed Greens, New York, NY; curated by Rob Nadeau
Honors & Awards
2018 Artist-in-Residence, DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA
2017 Artist-in-Residence, DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA
2010 Artist-in-Residence, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2009 The Edward Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY
2007 Artist residency, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation career opportunity grant
2000 Fellow, Fine Arts work Center, Provincetown, MA
1999 The Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant
1999 Award of Excellence (RISD)
Education
1999 Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Painting & Printmaking
1996 Brown University, BA Architecure & Archaeology