Lives and works in Los Angeles
 
Education

 

2006 MFA California Institute of the Arts
1994 BFA Rhode Island School of Design

 

Solo Exhibitions
 

2010

Masters, Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
 

2007

Scattershot Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
 
2005
Pink Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
 
2004
Recent Work, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA
 
2003
Skaters, Frumkin/Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
 

2002

Eight Gardeners , Frumkin/Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
 
2001
After Images, Frumkin/Duval Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
 
Group Exhibitions
 
2011
Art Brussels, Belgium
"The Los Angeles Initiative" Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"On Forgery" curated by Andrew Berardini and Lesley Moon, LA>
 
2010
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
"Group Exhibition" Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
Portugal Arte 10, Billboard Project, Lisbon Portugal
Portugal Arte 10, California Dreamin, Lisbon Portugal
 
2009
Dilettantes, Dandies and Divas  Gavlak Projects, Palm Beach, FL
 
2008
Salon ARS LIBRI 500, The Cartin Colection Boston, MA
Going Out of Business, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles
 
2007
Distinctive Messengers, curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensala, House of
Campari, Venice, CA
 
2006
Farewell to Icon, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles
 The 2nd Annual L.A. Weekly Biennial, MFA WMDs, Selections from LA Schools, curated by Tom Christie and Holly Meyers, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Collisions & Pileups: CalArts 2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Armory Northwest, Los Angeles, CA
Nightmares of Summer, Marcello Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
 
2001
The World of Figure, Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA
 
2000
The Changing Face of Portraiture, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
 
Publications
 
2011
Goldman, Edward, “The Art of Twisting and Turning Reality As We Know It” KCRW, April
 
2007
Tumlir, Jan, “Robert Russell”, Artforum May Issue,  2007
Knight, Christopher "45 Painters Under 45," Los Angeles Times December 2, 2007
Bedford, Christopher, “Robert Russell”, Artforum.com Critics Picks, March 15,  2007
 
2006
Christie, Tom, and Holly Myers, "Afterschool Art", LA Weekly. September 6, 2006
 
2005
Knight, Christopher "Bacon, Pork and just plain piggy," Los Angeles Times June 10, 2005
 
2003
Juxtapoz Magazine "Showstoppers", July August 2003
Myers, Holly "Where internal, external meet," Los Angeles Times, February, 28 2003
 
2001
New American Paintings, Volume XXXI, January 2001
Los Angeles Times, Calendar, January 4, 2001
Artweek, Volume 32, February 2001