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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2025   Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA. (upcoming)

 

2024   Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL.

 

2023   Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI. 

2023   Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY.  

2023   The Artist Book Foundation, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA.

2017   Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY.

 

2013   Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY.

2011   Miles
 McEnery Gallery, New York, NY.

 

2010   O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY.

2008   O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY.

2004   O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY.

2002   O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY.

2001   Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX.

1999   O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY.

1995   O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY.

1993   O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY.

1990   Kauffman Galleries, Houston, TX.

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024   Paper Goods, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY.

 

2024   Election Reflections: A Celebration of American Culture, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY.

 

2023   Art Miami, Miami, FL.

 

2023   Fall SelectionsLouis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY.

2023   Beyond the Lens: Photorealist Perspectives on Looking, Seeing, and Painting, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, N.C.

2022   Dusk till Dawn, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY.

 

2021   Art Miami, Miami, FL.

 

2021   Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Southampton, NY.

 

2020   Art Miami – SoHo Edition, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY.
 

2019   TWO x TWO for Aids and Art, Rachofsky House, Dallas, TX.

 

2019   Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX. 

2018   Art Miami, Miami, FL.

 

2018   From Lens to Eye to Hand: Photorealism 1969 to TodayFlint Institute Arts, Flint, MI.

 

2018   Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX. 

 

2018   Belief in Giants, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY.

 

2017   Size Matters: Big and Small Works from the FIA Collection, Flint Institute Arts, Flint, MI.

 

2017   From Lens to Eye to Hand: Photorealism 1969 to Today, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY.

 

2017   Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida.

 

2017   Gone to Texas, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX.

 

2017   Size Doesn't Matter: A Survey of Small Works, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY.

 

2017   Hyperrealism: 50 Years of Painting, Kunsthal Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

 

2016   Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting, Osthaus Museum Hagen, Hagen, Germany.

 

2016   Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting, Musée d' Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium.

 

2016   Differing Views: Rackstraw Downes, Richard Estes, Yvonne Jacquette, Andrew Lenaghan and Rod Penner, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY. 

 

2016   Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting, Kumu Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia. 

 

2015   Exposition Chicago, Chicago, IL.

 

2015   Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

 

2015   Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX. 

 

2015   Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

 

2014   Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL.

 

2014   Photorealism: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA.        

 

2014   Hyperrealism 1967 - 2013, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Spain.

 

2014   Exposition Chicago, Chicago, IL.

 

2014   Photorealism: The Everyday Illuminated, Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA.

 

2014   Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK.

 

2013   Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain.

 

2013   Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting, Musee D’Ixelles, Brussels, Luxembourg.

 

2013   Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting, Kunsthall Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

 

2012   Art Basel Miami Beach, with A|M|Y, Miami Beach, FL.

 

2011   Our Own Directions: Four Decades of Photorealism from the Louis K. and Susan P. Meisel Collection, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.

 

2011   Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL.


2011   Four Decades of Photorealism, Mana Art Center, Jersey City, NJ.

2011   Summer Group Show, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY.

2010   Expansion, Bernarducci.Meisel Gallery, New York, NY.

2009   American Dream, The National Museum in Krakow, Poland.

2009   Shock of the Real: Photorealism Revisited, Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL.

2007   Photorealism: Cultural Icons, Jonathan Novak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2006   Photorealist Paintings from the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection, Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA.

2005   American Photorealism, Iwate Museum of Art, Japan; traveling exhibition in Japan.

     

2005   Photorealism, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, NJ.

2003   Iperrealisti, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy.

2003   Contemporary American Realism VI, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK.

2002   New Generation Photorealists, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY.

2002   Selections from “New American Paintings #42”, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA.

2002   As Real As It Gets: Super Realism and Photo-Realism from the Tucson Museum of Art and Private Collections, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ.

2002   Contemporary Realism V, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK.

2001   Contemporary American Landscapes: An Urban and Rural Perspective, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK.

2001   Tulsa Collects, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK.

2000   Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2000, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX.

1996   Ivan Karp: The Face of Contemporary Art, A Celebration of Forty Years of Fine Arts Dealership, Norton Center for the Arts, Centre College, Danville, KY.

1996   A Survey of Contemporary American Realism, Posco Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.

1991   Texas Visual Arts Association National Spring Open Exhibition, Dallas, TX.

1990   Texas Visual Arts Association National Spring Open Exhibition, Dallas, TX.

1989   Jewish Community Center's 22nd Juried Art Exhibition, Houston, TX.

1987   Second Annual International Miniature Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada.

1986   Bateman Selects, Nicolayson Art Museum, Casper, WY.

 

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY

Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

 

Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK

 

Flint Institute Arts Flint, MI      

 

Virlane Foundation, New Orleans, LA

 

Pohang Iron & Steel Co., Seoul, South Korea

 

Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK

 

Ivan C. Karp Family, New York, NY

 

Mr. & Mrs. Louis K. Meisel, New York, NY

 

Martin Z. Margulies, Miami, FL
 

 

CATALOGS and MONOGRAPHS

2022   Anfam, David and Terrie Sultan. Foreword by Louis K. Meisel. ROD PENNER: Paintings 1987 - 2022, The Artist Book Foundation, North Adams, MA.

 

2019   TWO x TWO for Aids and Art, Rachofsky House, Dallas, TX.

 

2017   Sultan, Terrie. From Lens To Eye To Hand, Water Mill, New York: Parrish Museum of Art.

 

2017   Seed, John. Rod Penner, New York: Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe.

 

2016   Van Patten, James. The Acrylic Painter: Tools and Techniques for the Most Versatile Medium, Watson-Guptill, New York, NY.

 

2014   Photorealism: Beginnings to Today, Scala Arts and Heritage Publishers, New Orleans, LA.

 

2013   Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism in the Digital Age, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY.

 

2011   Seed, John, Nine Artists, Los Angeles, CA.

 

2010   Karp, Ivan C. Rod Penner: Small Town Meditations, New York: O.K. Harris Works of Art.

 

2009   Czubinska, Magdalena. Fotorealizm Amerykanski: From K. and Susan P. Meisel Family Collection, Poland: The National Museum of Krakow.

 

2008   Fisher, Dean and Josephine Robinson. Teach Yourself Visually - Drawing, New Jersey: Wiley Publishing.

 

2007   Hermanns, Ralph. New York, of Course, Stockholm: Wetterling Gallery Publishing.

 

2006   Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism: Cultural Icons, Los Angeles: Jonathan Novak Gallery.

2005   Rubin, David S. New Art In An Old City: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection, New Orleans: Virlane Foundation.

 

2004   Meisel, Louis K. and Linda Chase. American Photorealism, Japan: Iwate Museum of Art.

 

2003   Becker, Wolfgang, Gianni Mercurio and Louis K. Meisel. Iperrealisti, Rome: Chiostro del Bramante.

 

2002   Auping, Michael. New American Paintings, (No. 42), Boston: Open Studios Press.

 

2002   Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism at the Millenium, New York: Harry N. Abrams.

 

2000   Lash, Michael. New American Paintings, (No. 30), Boston: Open Studios Press.

 

1998   Kotick, Charlotta. New American Paintings, (No. 18), Boston: Open Studios Press.

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

2023   "The Last Picture Show: Photorealist Paintings by Rod Penner." Tampa Style Magazine, October 30 2023

 

2023   Spohn, Sarah. "New Exhibit at FIA Captures the Beauty of Forgotten Towns in Rural America." Flint Side, June 13, 2023

2017   Smith, Andy. "Critic's Corner: Shows at Jerald Melberg Gallery." Charlotte Magazine, September 22, 2017

 

2017   Sava, Kenn. "Rod Penner's Neighborhood." NighthawkNYC.com, August 4, 2017

 

2017   Sava, Kenn. "Q&A with Master Painter Rod Penner." NighthawkNYC.com, June 14, 2017

 

2017   Sava, Kenn. "Rod Penner: Brilliance, Under Cloudy Skies." NighthawkNYC.com, June 10, 2017

 

2017   Sava, Kenn. "The Vermeer of Marble Falls, TX." NighthawkNYC.com, April 28, 2017

 

2014   Greenman, Ben. Photograph, "Admirable Restraint." The Morning News, December 12, 2014

 

2014   D'Addario, John, "Review of 'Photorealism: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection'." The New Orleans Advocate, November 19, 2014.

 

2014   McCash, Doug. "Marvelous 'Photorealism: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection' exhibit at NOMA." The Times-Picayune, November 6, 2014.

 

2014   Smart, Alastair. "Photorealism, at Birmingham Museum, review." The Telegraph, March 22, 2014.

 

2014   Davie, Will. "Review of Photorealism, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery." Aesthetica Magazine, March 2014

 

2014   Wei, Lilly. “Review: Rod Penner and Suzanne Caporael.” Artnews, February 2014.

 

2013   Seed, John. “Rod Penner at Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe." The Huffington Post, October 25, 2013.

 

2013   Drigo, Daniele. "Hyper-Realistic Painting by Rod Penner." DD Arc Art, November 27, 2013.

 

2013   Mobertz, Lauren. “These Miniature Paintings Give a Hyperrealistic Glimpse into Small-Town America.” Dasburst, November 26, 2013.

 

2013   di Costanzo, Lily. “These Photos of Crumbling Buildings are Actually Paintings.” Curbed National, November 14, 2013.

 

2013   Gauss, Daniel. "Rod Penner Tears Your Eyelids Off at Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe Gallery, NYC.” Examiner, November 13, 2013.

 

2013   Rhodes, Margaret. “Miniature Paintings Pay Homage To Small Town Life.” Fast Company, November 22.  

 

2013   “To Do: See Rod Penner.” Critics' Pick, New York Magazine, October 28, 2013.

 

2010   Seed, John. “Rod Penner: Rust on Poles, Crumbling Asphalt, Light Hitting the Grass.” The Huffington Post, October 16, 2010.

 

2010   Stoodley, Sheila Gibson. “Picture This.” Art & Antiques Magazine, May 2010.

 

2009   Aydlette, Larry. "The Pop! And Pow! Of Photorealism.” Palm Beach, February 01, 2009.

 

2005   Genocchio, Benjamin. “Photorealism: Is That All There Is?” New York Times, January 30, 2005.

 

2003   Leigh, Bobbie. “Alternate Realities.” Art & Antiques Magazine, Summer 2003.

2002   Photograph, Harper’s Magazine, June 2002.

 

2001   Ingalls, Hunter. "Four Exhibitions showing at Amarillo Museum of Art." Amarillo Globe-News, October 21, 2001.


2001   “The Real World.” Texas Highways, September 2001.


1997   Parks, John A. "Confronting Reality: The Watercolors of Rod Penner and Jay Kelly.” Watercolor - American Artist, Winter 1997.

1992   Brown, Debra. "Is Your House Hanging In A New York Gallery?” Clifton Record, October 12, 1992.

 

1992   Browne, Alex. “HYPER-REALISM; More Real Than Reality?” Peace Arch News, August 29, 1992.
 

 

AWARDS / HONORS


1991   Texas Visual Arts Association National Spring Open Exhibition, Dallas, TX; Honorable Mention

1989   Texas Visual Arts Association National Spring Open Exhibition, Dallas, TX; Best of Show
 

 

                                                                                                          

 

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