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BIO

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

1996

BA Brown University

1999

MFA Rhode Island School of Design

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008

Heavy Chalk. Mixed Greens, New York, NY

2007

Canned Heat. Drury Gallery, Marlboro College, VT

 

Sudelbücher (Waste Books). 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

2001

Rob Nadeau. Centre d'Activites Culturelles, Paris, France

2000

New Paintings, The Hudson Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions

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

2003

First Touch. Artspace, New Haven, CT

 

Superheroes. Ruby Greene Contemporary, Nashville, TN

 

Five Degrees. Whitecouch, Brooklyn, NY

2002

Kunstwerkstatt. Westerland, Sylt, Germany

 

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

1999

Visual Fellows Show. The Hudson Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA

 

Across Boundaries. George Fraser Gallery, Auckland,New Zealand

 

MFA Thesis Show. RISD Museum, Providence, RI

 

Away from the Pond. Silver Spring Gallery, Providence, RI

 

15 by 5. Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI

1998

New England Connection. The Lanning Gallery, Columbus, OH

Honors & Awards

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

 

Award of Excellence (RISD)

1998

Fellowship grant (RISD)

Bibliography

2008

Burket, Brent. "Artist Profile: Rob Nadeau." Gotham Digest, May 18, 2008.

 

"Tips for Today: Rob Nadeau." Paper Magazine, 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.

 

PainterNYC, http://painternyc.blogspot.com/, April, 2006.

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.

2004

Reed, John. "Band of Abstraction." artforum.com, Critic's Picks, July, 2004.

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.

Curatorial Projects

2008

Accident Blackspot. Group Show, Markus Winter Gallery, Berlin Germany (Co-curated with Jim Lee)

2005

Glimpse. Group Show. Mixed Greens, New York, NY