Robert Pruitt (artist) explained

Robert Pruitt
Birth Date:1975
Birth Place:Houston, Texas
Nationality:American
Education:2003 MFA, University of Texas at Austin; Austin Texas2002 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture; Skowhegan, Maine

2000 BA, Texas Southern University; Houston, Texas1999 Tougaloo College Tougaloo Art Colony; Jackson, Mississippi

Known For:Drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, animation
Notable Works:
  • Otabenga Jones & Associates
  • MF Problem
Style:Large scale drawings
Partner:Autumn Knight
Website:robert-pruitt.com

Robert Pruitt (born 1975) is a visual artist from Houston, Texas living in New York City who is known for his figurative drawings and who also works with sculpture, photography, and animation.[1] [2]

Early life

Born in 1975 in Houston, TX, Pruitt grew up in Houston's Third and Fourth Wards, frequently in and around his family's funeral home, Pruitt and Pruitt.[3] He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas in 2000 and Master of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003.[4] From 2004–2008, he was a curator at Project Row Houses.[5]

Artistic career

A participant in both the 2010 SITE Santa Fe Eighth International Biennial: The Dissolve and the 2006 Whitney Biennial: Day for Night, Pruitt was awarded residencies at the Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2014 and 2015, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska in 2015, Gallery MOMO in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2015, and The Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2016.[6] [7]

Otabenga Jones & Associates

Pruitt is a founding member of the Houston artist collective, Otabenga Jones & Associates, alongside Dawolu Jabari Anderson, Jamal Cyrus, and Kenya Evans.[8] Initially created in 2002, they worked in a studio underneath the Eldorado Ballroom and the name comes from Ota Benga, an African pygmy who in 1906 was put on display at the Bronx Zoo. A century later in 2006, all four members of the OBJA were individually selected for the Whitney Biennial, and the collective was chosen to participate as well. They follow in the legacy of John Biggers, who founded the art program at Texas Southern University, where the four associates met in 1994 in the drawing class taught by Harvey Johnson.

MF Problem

Formed in 2012 in Houston with Autumn Knight, fellow artist and Pruitt's partner, the collective has been based in New York, New York since 2016. Together, they focus on "collaborative, conceptual, visual and performative strategies that critique the divisions of race, power, and inequalities found in national and global social structures. MF Problem creates artwork in response to their real life as an artist couple, as visionaries, and as black magicians, and as time travelers."[9]

Selected Exhibition History

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About. 2020-06-13. Robert Pruitt. en-US.
  2. Web site: Gerwin . Daniel . The Potent Realism of Robert Pruitt's Black Portraiture . Hyperallergic . 11 May 2021 . Brooklyn, New York . 4 December 2018.
  3. Web site: 2016-11-24. Wards Matter. 2020-06-13. Texas Monthly. en.
  4. Web site: Robert Pruitt – Koplin Del Rio. 2020-06-13. en.
  5. Book: Collective creative actions : Project Row Houses at 25. Dennis, Ryan N.,, Jackson-Dumont, Sandra. November 2018. 978-0-692-12642-4. Houston, TX. 1060194912.
  6. Web site: Eighth International Biennial. 2021-01-13. www.e-flux.com. en.
  7. Web site: American Artist Robert Pruitt is the first artist in residence at Garllera MOMO 2015. 2021-01-13. Contemporary And. de.
  8. Web site: Davenport. Bill. Chronicle. For The. 2006-07-23. Otabenga Jones & Associates' provocative artwork. 2020-06-13. Houston Chronicle.
  9. Web site: MF Problem (Autumn Knight/Robert Pruitt). 2020-06-13. CounterCurrent. en-US.
  10. Web site: Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night. 2020-06-13. whitney.org. en.
  11. Web site: Lessons From Below Otabenga Jones Associates. 2020-06-13. The Menil Collection. en.
  12. News: Rosenberg. Karen. 2013-08-08. Women Inspired to Mix and Match. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-06-13. 0362-4331.
  13. Web site: Robert Pruitt: Planetary Survey Koplin Del Rio Artsy. 2020-06-13. www.artsy.net. en.
  14. Web site: Robert Pruitt: Benediction. 2020-06-13. www.wichita.edu.
  15. Web site: CAAM Robert Pruitt: Devotion. 2020-06-13. caamuseum.org. en.
  16. Web site: 2018-12-04. The Potent Realism of Robert Pruitt's Black Portraiture. 2020-06-13. Hyperallergic. en-US.
  17. Web site: 2018-12-17 . Robert Pruitt: Devotione . 2020-08-30 . RiotMaterial . en-US.
  18. Web site: The Majesty of Kings Long Dead – Robert Pruitt – Koplin Del Rio. 2020-06-13. en.
  19. Web site: Robert Pruitt The Majesty of Kings Long Dead Koplin Del Rio Artsy. 2020-06-13. www.artsy.net. en.
  20. Web site: The Banner Project: Robert Pruitt. 2020-06-13. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. en.
  21. Web site: Robert Pruitt – Artist Award. 2020-08-30. artadia.org/artist/robert-pruitt/.
  22. Web site: Robert Pruitt – Artist Award. 2020-08-30. www.louiscomforttiffanyfoundation.org/artists_2007/artist.php?page=bio&name=pruitt.
  23. Web site: Otabenga Jones & Associates - The People's Plate. 2020-08-30. creative-capital.org/projects/the-peoples-plate/.
  24. Web site: Robert Pruitt – Travel Grant. 2020-06-13. artmattersfoundation.org/grantees?year=2009.
  25. Web site: Robert Pruitt – Artist of the Year. 2020-06-13. www.houstonartfair.com.
  26. Web site: Robert Pruitt – 2013 William H. Johnson Prize. 2020-06-13. whjohnsongrant.org/grants_2013.htm.
  27. Web site: Robert Pruitt – Pop-Up Sculpture Park. 2020-08-30. theideafund.org/grant-recipients/round-6-2014/pop-sculpture-park/.
  28. Web site: Robert Pruitt – Artist in Residence. 2020-08-30. www.bemiscenter.org/residency/by_year/2015/robert-pruitt.html.
  29. Web site: Foundation. Joan Mitchell. Joan Mitchell Center » Artist Programs. 2020-06-13. joanmitchellfoundation.org. en.

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