Born 1967, Currently resides in Crozet, VA
EDUCATION
MFA Drawing & Painting, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
BFA Painting & Graphic Design, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Danville Museum of Art and History, Danville, VA
2009 Smoyer Gallery, Roanoke College, Roanoke, VA
2009 Smoke Rings, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
2009 Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009 Absence and Presence, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2008 No Mirrors, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
2008 The Struggles Play Nice, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2007 New Struggles, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007 Replacements, Art6 Gallery, Richmond VA
2006 Birding, North Gallery, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
2005 Freefalling, Kirsten Bowen Gallery, Columbus, OH
2004 Bird by Bird by Bird, Gallery 111, Charlottesville, VA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Creatures Great & Small, Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY
2009 Group Exhibition, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2009 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY, Gallery Imperato & Krause Gallery
2009 Juried Exhibition, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Washington Project for the Arts Art Auction, The Katzen Center for the Arts at American University, Washington, DC (catalog)
2008 Small Works, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008 Biennial 2008, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA (Mark Richard Leach, Juror)
2008 International Exhibitions at Xian, Lian Bao Lou Gallery, Bejing, China
2008 17th San Angelo National Ceramics Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
2008 Aaron Gallery, Washington, DC
2008 Washington Project for the Arts Art Auction, The Katzen Center for the Arts at American University, Washington, DC (Emily Smith, Curator; catalog)
2008 Interrogating Beauty, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE. (Eleanor Heartney, Curator)
2008 Zelli Porcelain Award, Zelli Porcelain, London, England. (Paul Atterbury, Sister Wendy Beckett and Tony Laverick, Jurors)
2007 Salon Selectives 2, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007 Extremely Superficial, Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN
2007 Let There Be Light, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA (site specific)
2007 Yongsanh International Art Exhibition, Daegu Cultural Arts Center, Daegu, South Korea (catalog)
2007 Loyola National Works on Paper, Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
2007 Emerging and Established, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
2007 Yongsanh International Art Exhibition, Chungpah Gallery, Sook Myung University, Seoul City, Korea (catalog)
2007 Artificum of Humanitas, Traveling Exhibition, Shang,Shang Gallery, Bejing, China
2007 Seoul Hae,Tae Gallery, Seoul, Korea (catalog)
2007 Anonymous III, Washington Project for the Arts, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
2007 Radius 250, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA. (Ragan Cole,Cunningham, Juror)
2007 31st Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University Gallery, Peoria, IL
2007 Art Auction a la Mode, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007 Drawing No Conclusions: Survey of Contemporary Drawing, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI (Dominic Molon, Juror)
2007 Little Altars Everywhere, South Gallery, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
2006 Silent Night, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2006 SCOPE: Miami, Miami, FL (ADA Gallery)
2006 ART 212 Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY (ADA Gallery)
2006 Biennial 2006, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA (Drawing Award, Tony Hepburn, Juror)
2006 SCOPE: Hamptons, Hampton, NY (ADA Gallery)
2006 Group Show, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2006 Do Not Fold, Bend, Spindle or Mutilate, Visual Arts Center, Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science, Sioux Falls, SD
2006 Montpelier Center for Arts and Education, Montpelier, VA
2006 1708 Gallery Goes West, Capital One Gallery, Richmond, VA
2006 Ten Reasons to Collect Art, Art Auction, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2005 Small Works, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2005 Faculty Exhibition, Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2005 Faculty Exhibition, PVCC Gallery, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
2005 14th Annual New Images Exhibtion, New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2005 Works on Paper, PVCC Gallery, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
2004 Gallery Artists, LYdM, Les Yeux du Monde, Charlottesville, VA
2003 Art In Place, Juried National Public Sculpture Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA
2003 3rd Photo and Digital Image Biennial, Wellington Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (catalog)
2002 International Photography Exhibition, Print Studio South, Charleston, SC
PUBLICATIONS
Yalkut, Yalkut. “Dual Perspectives.” Dayton City Paper, January 28, 2009.
Dillon, Pamela. “Visions from Fire and Earth.” Dayton Daily News, January 11, 2009.
Tourtillott, Suzanne. 500 Ceramic Sculptures. Juried by Glen R. Brown. Asheville: Lark Books, 2009.
Studio Visit. Edited by Steven T. Zevitas. Vol. 5. Boston, MA: The Open Studios Press, 2008.
Studio Visit. Edited by Steven T. Zevitas. Vol. 4. Boston, MA: The Open Studios Press, 2008.
Scalin, Noah. Skulls. Asheville: Lark Books, 2008.
Parsons, Laura. “Split Personalities, Artists Switch Hit at PVCC.” The Hook, July 31, 2008.
Sommer Shallet, Karen. “Scene in DC.” DC, May 2008.
Fitzgerald, Brendan. “And Now for Something Completely Different.” C,Ville Weekly, May 27, 2008. (cover)
Parsons, Laura. “Smoke and Mirrors.” The Hook, April 24, 2008.
Yenke, Sara. “Struggles and Smokes.” C,Ville Weekly, April 22, 2008.
Roberts, Pullen, Paulette. “Peep Show.” Style Weekly, April 16, 2008.
Strickler, Whitney. “The Smokes.” Art Park Blog, http://artpark.typepad.com/artblog, April 15, 2008.
Parsons, Laura. “Crispy Critters, Tarbell Smiles Through Struggles.” The Hook, February 7, 2008.
Nieman Culpepper, Carrie. “Ones to Watch: Emerging Local Artists to Collect Before It’s Too Late.” RHome Magazine, February 2008.
Latter, Ruth. “Kim Puts New Face on Second Street.” The Daily Progress, February 14, 2008.
Campello, Lenny. Daily Campello Art News. http://dcartnews.blogspot.com, (accessed January 2008).
Capozzi, Ben. Visual Art Splash. http://www.bencapozzi.com/BenCapozzi.com/NEWS, (accessed February 2008).
Craghead, Warren. Drawer. http://www.wcraghead.com/weblog/blog.html, (accessed January 30, 2008).
Studio Visit. Edited by Steven T. Zevitas. Boston, MA: The Open Studios Press, Volume 1, 2008.
Mauer, David A. “Some Enchanted Evening.” The Daily Progress, December 13, 2007.
Kenyon, Theo Jean. “Paper Creations.” Peoria Journal Star, March 4, 2007.
Proctor, Roy. “Smoke Signals.” Richmond Times,Dispatch, February 18, 2007.
Hershey, Greg. “Smoke’em If You Got’em.” Brick Weekly, February 1, 2007.
Latter, Ruth. “Piedmont Is Really Driven by Altars.” The Daily Progress, February 1, 2007.
Parsons, Laura. “Praiseworthy, PVCC Offers Artful Altars.” The Hook, January 25, 2007.
National Drawing Annual, 2006. Edited by Jason Franz. Cincinnati, OH: Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Manifest Press, 2006.
Latter, Ruth. “Piedmont Soars as New Year Opens.” The Daily Progress, September 7, 2006.
Parsons, Laura. “Creative Evolution: Watching Two Artists Push Forward.” The Hook, September 21, 2006.
Sherman, Linda. “Culture Vulture,” editorial cartoon, The Hook, May 25, 2006.
Latter, Ruth. “Drawn into the Surprises of Motherhood” Daily Progress, November 10, 2005.
Latter, Ruth. “Experiments Open Impressive Paper Trail.” Daily Progress, January 27, 2005.
Parsons, Laura. “Flight Lines: Rob Tarbell Takes Off.” The Hook, November 5, 2004.
Fain, Paul. “Here Comes the Sun.” C,Ville Weekly, October 26, 2004.
Stuart, Courteney. “Art in Face.” The Hook, December 11, 2003.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2009 Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2007 Professional Artist Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
2007 Semi-Finalist, Trawick Prize, Bethesda, MD
2007 Honorable Mention, Loyola Works on Paper, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
2007 Purchase Award, 31st Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2006 Drawing Award, Peninsula Fine Art Center: Biennial, Newport News, VA
COLLECTIONS
Houston St Regis Hotel, Houston, TX
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
City of Charlottesville, VA
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN