Robert Dickes
Education:
University of Kentucky
Master of Fine Arts, Photography- current
Florida Atlantic University
Teaching Certificate, Department of Education- 2002
Rochester Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Fine Art, Professional Applied Photography- 1996
Illinois State University
Fine Arts Major, Photography & Sculpture- 1993
Awards & Honors:
2004: 2nd place-The Villages Art Show, The Villages, FL
2003: Teacher of the Year, Spanish River High School
2002: 3rd place-One Ear Society, Coconut Grove, FL
Selected Solo Shows:
2005: Brick City For The Arts, Ocala, FL
2005: Empty Wall Gallery, Ocala, FL
2002: Shades of Light Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2000: Reflections Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
Selected Group Shows:
2007: Linguistics, Tuska Center for Contempory Arts, Lexington, KY
2007: Woodland Art Fair, Lexington, KY
2007: Art Depository Show, Nicholasville, KY
2007: Garden Party & Art Auction, Anderson, KY
2007: Camera Obscura Show, Lexington, KY
2007: Coldstream Art Exhbit, Lexington, KY
2007: Rasdall Gallery, Lexington, KY
2006: Open Studio, Lexington, KY
2006: Turning of the Leaves Festival, Augusta, KY
2005: Paddock Room Galleries, Ocala, FL
2004: Gleason Fine Art Gallery, Boothbay Harbor, ME
2004: “Creative Maine”, Bangor, ME
2004: Collier House B&B, Bar Harbor, ME
2002: Art Center Show, Miami Beach, FL
2002: Best in Show, Florida Art Educators Conference, Tampa, FL
2000: Florida Professional Photographers Show, Orlando, FL
1997: The Assistants Show, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
1996: Gallery R, Rochester, NY
1995: Gallery R, Rochester, NY
Show Curator:
2007: University Open, Arts Place Gallery, Lexington, KY
2007: Printmakers Exhibit, Arts Place Gallery, Lexington, KY
2007: Emerging Artist, Downtown Arts Place, Lexington, KY
2006: Unsung Heroes, Arts Place Gallery, Lexington, KY
2006: Emerging Artist, Downtown Arts Place, Lexington, KY
Collections:
Strawbridge Foundation
Rochester Institute of Technology SPAS Collection
Marcourt Antiquities Collection
Digital Poloroid Lift #13 SOLD
My concept of fragility within nature and life comes from a small obsession of my outside world. My life has always been one of constant movement and activity. The only escape I have ever really known has come from nature. In turn, I refer to nature as my outside world and as my place of sanity. This is my only place of true relaxation and meditation. I particularly enjoy the beauty that lies within the great outdoors. This is not limited to landscape and scenic views, it is in every part of nature large and small. The simplicity of beauty is often overlooked. Some of the most beautiful things are fragments of what we usually see and are hidden in the texture of a leaf, bark of a tree, or shape of a flower.