Rob Calvert is a visual artist whose two- and three-dimensional artwork reflects his background as an artist and architect. His paintings and drawings evoke more than they describe of their organic origins. Central to his concerns is the creation of language and structure in pursuit of unfixed forms and variable hierarchies. His three-dimensional artwork often includes identifiable artifacts. Their symbolic forms are a preferred means to probe historical, social, and environmental themes.
Born in Lynchburg, VA and lives in Sag Harbor, NY, Calvert was graduated from Washington and Lee University with BA degrees in Art and Non-Western History; M Arch from VPI&SU; and attended the GSD professional studies program at Harvard University. He worked as a teacher and architect. Fellowship and residency are from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Vermont Studio Center, respectively. He served as an art panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. His solo and group exhibitions have occurred in institutions and galleries on the East End and in D.C., Virginia, and North Carolina. Collections are mostly private.
2024
Project1628, LIFE FORMS ITSELF, October, Baltimore, MD
2023
Dan Welden Gallery, Under the Influence, Sag Harbor, NY
2022
14th Annual Riverviews Artspace Juried Show, Lynchburg, VA
The Glen Hansen Studio, The Color Yellow, Southold, NY
Kathryn Merkel Fine Art Gallery, Spring Training 2022, Bridgehampton, NY
21st Annual Box Art, East Hampton, NY
2021
Printaganza, The Church, Sag Harbor, NY
20th Annual Box Art, East Hampton, NY
2020
53rd Annual Artists of the Springs Invitational, Springs, NY2019
Solar Impressions, Southampton Art Center, Southampton, NY
Dan Welden Gallery, FOLD, Sag Harbor, NY
Temple Adas Israel, WITNESS, Sag Harbor, NY
19th Annual Box Art, East Hampton, NY
Guild Hall, Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY
2018
Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, 725 Show, Sag Harbor, NY
Part II Invitational, Children's Museum of the East End, Bridgehampton, NY
51st Annual Artists of the Springs Invitational, Springs, NY
The Birdhouse Exhibit, Bridge Gardens, Bridgehampton, NY
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
2017
Ille Arts, Holiday Show, Amagansett, NY
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
2016
George Billis Gallery, Southampton, NY
49th Annual Artists of the Springs Invitational, Springs, NY
ArtSolar, Other Side of Summer, Sag Harbor, NY
2015
48th Annual Artists of the Springs Invitational, Springs, NY
ArtSolar, Sum of the Parts, East Hampton, NY
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
2104
Islip Art Museum, Mash Up, Islip, NY
ArtSolar, Sources and Materials, East Hampton, NY
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
2013
Silas Marder Gallery, The Big Show 8, Bridgehampton, NY
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
2011
Canio's Books, SUMMER, Sag Harbor, NY
44th Annual Artists of the Springs Invitational, Springs, NY
AAEH, 26th Annual Studio Tour, Sag Harbor, NY
The Crazy Monkey Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
2010
The Crazy Monkey Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
2009
42nd Annual Artists of the Springs Invitational, Springs, NY
AAEH, 24th Annual Studio Tour, Sag Harbor, NY
2008
AAEH, Interiors, East Hampton, NY
Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
Gallery 1, Of Drawing, Charlottesville, VA, 2007
Bickett Gallery, Love, Raleigh, NC, 2004
57 N Street, Washington DC, 2001-03
Pfeiffer University, Recent Works, Misenheimer, NC, 1997
Sawtooth Building Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC, 1996
Henley Southeast Spectrum, Winston-Salem, NC, 1995
Associated Artist Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC, 1995
Mecklenburg Library, Charlotte, NC, 1994
Christa Faut Gallery, Davidson, NC, 1992
Press
Michelle Trauring, Witness to the Unspeakable, The Sag Harbor Express, 25 April 2019
Ted Loos, The Private Art of the Public Space Architect of Hudson Yards, NY Times, 27 March 2019
Esperanza Leon, ArtSolar - Power of Tension/Vimeo, interviews Rob Calvert, 2016
Lauren Aiken, Staged Art, Hampton Real Estate Show Case, 2015Stephen Lamia, Mash Up: Collages in Mixed Media, Islip Art Museum, 2014
Pat Rogers, Abstractions for a Summer Day, Hamptons Art Hub, 6 Sept 2011
Annette Hinkle, Artists Opening Doors, The Sag Harbor Express, 3 July 2009