ROD PENNER: PAINTINGS, 1987–2022
Foreward by: Louis K. Meisel
Essays by: David Anfam and Terrie Sultan
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Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
The Last Picture Show: Paintings by Rod Penner
22 November 2023 - 2 November 2024
The Last Picture Show presents a small selection of paintings by realist painter Rod Penner. Based in Texas, Penner's work captures the visual dichotomy of forgotten towns in southwest America. Painted in excruciating detail, these cinematic paintings explore the desolation and serenity of rural Texas and New Mexico. read more.
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Beyond the Lens: Photorealist Perspectives on Looking, Seeing, and Painting
8 September 2023 - 5 February 2024
Kenn Sava - Nighthawknyc.com
Noteworthy Art Shows: Spring. 2023
There were so many very good shows in NYC in the first half of 2023, I couldn't fit them all into Noteworthy Art Shows: Spring, 2023 piece. My twin new pieces look at two memorable shows that there was just more to say about. read more.
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
12 October 2023 - 11 November 2023
A group show opening on October 12 that features paintings by the artists on the gallery’s roster.
Artnet News
7 Questions for Painter Rod Penner on Capturing the "Quiet poetry" of Desolate Texas Landscapes.
Following on the heels of a recently published monograph, the artist's solo show opens at Louis K. Meisel Gallery later this month. read more.
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
The Last Picture Show: Paintings by Rod Penner
3 June - 13 August 2023
This exhibition presents a selection of paintings by the realist painter Rod Penner. A Canadian-born, Texas-based artist, Penner’s work captures the visual dichotomy of forgotten towns in southwest America.
Rod Penner: Small Town Meditations
18 MARCH — 29 APRIL, 2023
Opening Reception + Book Signing
Sat 18 March — 2 - 5 pm
Louis K. Meisel Gallery
141 Prince Street, New York, NY 10012
Tel: 212-677-1340
gallery@meisels.com
ROD PENNER: Artist Talk & Book Signing
SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2023 AT 11:00 AM EST
THE ARTIST BOOK FOUNDATION
1327 Mass Moca Way, North Adams, MA 01247
Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington D.C.
June 2022
SAAM acquires Rod's painting, Planet of the Apes / Canyon,TX.
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
Dusk till Dawn
10 December 2021 - 24 February 2022
A group show opening on December 10 that features work by all of the artists on the gallery’s roster.
Booth # AM406
30 November - 5 December 2021
Rod will be exhibiting at this year's Art Miami with Louis K. Meisel Gallery.
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SoHo Edition
Several of Rod's paintings are featured in this year's Art Miami with Louis K. Meisel Gallery. In lieu of a physical space, Art Miami and Artsy have teamed up to present the contents of the fair virtually. Please visit the gallery's booth on Artsy (Dec 2-20, 2020) and if possible, the gallery on Prince Street in SoHo through January 29th, 2021.
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2 - 5 September 2021
Rod will be exhibiting with Louis K. Meisel Gallery in this year's Hamptons Fine Art Fair in Southampton, NY.
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Rod Penner now represented by:
LOUIS K. MEISEL GALLERY, NY.
Louis K. Meisel Gallery is pleased to announce its representation of Rod E. Penner, an artist who has made instrumental developments to the movement of Photorealism. Penner has long been championed by Louis Meisel, who has included him in his books on the subject, as well as numerous museum exhibitions nationwide.
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Rod Penner | Niall Stevenson Art
Interview with Niall Stevenson
10 September 2020
Rod Penner (b. 1965), originally from Canada but now based in Texas, is a photorealist painter who specializes in depicting scenes of small town America.
Booth # C1
11 - 14 April 2019
Rod will be exhibiting with Miles McEnery Gallery.
In the heart of the downtown arts district, the Dallas Art Fair offers collectors, arts professionals, and the public the opportunity to engage with a rich selection of modern and contemporary artworks presented by leading national and international galleries.
Booth # A520
4 - 9 December 2018
Rod will be exhibiting with Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art.
In its 29th edition, Art Miami maintains a preeminent position in America's modern and contemporary art fair market and is globally recognized as a primary destination for the acquisition of the most important works from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
From Lens to Eye to Hand
21 April 2018 - 12 August 2018
From Lens to Eye to Hand reexamines the Photorealist movement in contemporary art that found its roots in the late 1960s in California and New York and continues today. Use of the camera as the foundation of painterly expression is common today, but these artists were embarking on a new way of seeing and depicting the world and were groundbreaking in their creative process.
Dallas Art Fair
Booth # A4
13 -15 April 2018
Rod will be exhibiting several new paintings with
Miles McEnery Gallery.
In the heart of the downtown arts district, the Dallas Art Fair offers collectors, arts professionals, and the public the opportunity to engage with a rich selection of modern and contemporary artworks presented by leading national and international galleries.
Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
Belief in Giants
17 February - 10 March 2018
New York’s Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe gallery will now be called Miles McEnery Gallery, and will reopen its West 22nd Street headquarters this February. The first show in its newly renovated space, which has also been expanded by 1,500 square feet, will be “Belief in Giants,” a group show opening on February 17 that features work by all of the artists on the gallery’s roster.
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Size Matters: Big and Small Works from the FIA Collection
16 September - 30 December 2017
From oversized paintings by Sophie Matisse and Ray Parker to small works by Sir Henry Raeburn and Rod Penner, the artwork in Size Matters: Big and Small Works from the FIA Collection will consider the importance of size in the experience of art.
Rod Penner's Neighborhood
by Kenn Sava
3 August 2017
The 11th, and final, painting in Penner's series is, interestingly, entitled "Welcome to San Saba." I quickly moved past the irony of ending a series with a work that would seem to indicate it was the first work in the...
Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY
From Lens to Eye to Hand
6 August 2017 - 21 January 2018
From Lens to Eye to Hand reexamines this important movement in contemporary art that found its roots in the late 1960s in California and New York and continues today.
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting
13 July - 31 October 2017
Photorealism: 50 years of Hyperrealistic Painting traces the evolution of Photorealism from 1960 to today. The exhibition presents the work of nearly 30 artists known for detailed, hyper depictions of ordinary objects and scenes of everyday life.
Gone to Texas
8 June - 15 July 2017
Thomas Joshua Cooper
Rackstraw Downes
Lee Friedlander
Sarah McEneaney
Rod Penner
Frank Reaugh
Pater Saul
John Tweddle
William Wegman
Rod Penner: Brilliance, Under Cloudy Skies
by Kenn Sava
10 June 2017
"Rod Penner" at Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe is my NoteWorthy Show for May.
Rod Penner at Ameringer McEnery Yohe, NY
Solo Exhibit
27 April - 26 May 2017
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe is pleased to announce an exhibition of recent works by Rod Penner. The exhibition will open 27 April and remain on view through 26 May 2017. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with an essay by John Seed.
Kunsthal Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting
25 February - 4 June 2017
The large-scale international exhibition displays the history of hyperrealism from the 1960s to the present day, including works by Chuck Close, Richard Estes, Rod Penner, and many others.
Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany
Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting
15 October 2016 - 8 January 2017
The Photorealists devote themselves to the appearance of modern life, the exuberant world of consumption and the reflecting world of surfaces.
Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting
29 June - 25 September 2016
Following the success of the 2014 exhibition dedicated to the American hyperrealist sculptor Duane Hanson, the Museum of Ixelles presents PHOTOREALISM. 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting. This exhibition highlights the generation of hyperrealist painters after the Second World War. In the aftermath of Pop Art, the hyperrealists portrayed and criticized the American consumer society in a fascinating semi-photographic style.
George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
Differing Views
1 March - 30 April 2016
During March and April the George Adams Gallery will present “Differing Views,” a group exhibition featuring the work of five notable realist painters: Rackstraw Downes, Richard Estes, Yvonne Jacquette, Andrew Lenaghan, and Rod Penner.
Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting
17 March - 12 June 2016
Hyperrealism imitates in painting photographic images, and mediates a perception of the world outlined by virtual realities. The large-scale international exhibition displays the history of hyperrealism from the 1960s to the present day, including works by Chuck Close, Richard Estes, Rod Penner, and many others.
17-20 September 2015
Rod will be exhibiting work with Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe.
EXPO CHICAGO, the International Exposition of Contemporary & Modern Art, opens the fall art season each September at historic Navy Pier.
29 April - 3 May, 2015
Rod will be exhibiting work with
Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art.
Following record breaking sales, and attendance of over 20,000 visitors in 2014, the 2015 edition of Art Market San Francisco is pleased to present a significant selection of contemporary and modern artworks.
Dallas Art Fair
9-12 April 2015
Rod will be exhibiting several new paintings with
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe.
The 2015 Dallas Art Fair will feature over 90 prominent national and international art dealers and galleries exhibiting work by modern and contemporary artists.
Booth # 1B31
15-17 March 2015
Rod will be exhibiting work with
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe.
Booth # H-03
4–7 December 2014
Rod will be exhibiting new work with
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe.
Leading international galleries show work from masters of Modern and contemporary art.
Review of 'Photorealism: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection'
19 November 2014
And don’t miss a quartet of small, exquisitely rendered paintings by Rod Penner: in their Polaroid-like shape and scale they look like they could have wandered over to NOMA from the Ogden’s current “Self Processing” show across town.
Photorealism: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection
8 November 2014 - 25 January 2015
New Orleans, LA— The New Orleans Museum of Art is pleased to present Photorealism: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection, the most extensive presentation to-date of the Photorealist painting collection of Sydney and Walda Besthoff. Unveiled with the Odyssey Gala on Friday, November 7, this exhibition will highlight one of the finest photorealist collections in the United States.
Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting
7 October 2014 - 19 January 2015
In the late nineteen-sixties, a group of artists made a name for themselves in the United States by using photography as a basis for painting everyday scenes and objects with extraordinary realism. They gelled into what became known as the Hyperrealist movement, which took flight at the 1972 Kassel Documenta and remains airborne today.
Rod Penner and Suzanne Caporael
Review by Lilly Wei
February 2014
Rod Penner's small, meticulously painted landscapes of Texas and its environs, all from the last three years, pack a hefty amount of big sky and small town into their abbreviated formats.
Rod Penner
Interview by John Seed
25 October 2013
Rod Penner, a Texas-based photorealist, is currently showing a selection of his painstakingly crafted paintings of small town Texas at Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe in New York. The exhibition – which New York Magazine hailed as “superb” – includes a suite of six inch square paintings that feature bravura depictions of tire stores, muddy roads and rutted asphalt.
Critics' Pick
See Rod Penner
23 October 2013
This Texan photorealist paints what he sees, purely and unadorned: the plastic signage, dusty parking lots, and junked-up landscapes of small-town Texas. Real Americana, idealized not one whit. Superb.
Ameringer McEnery Yohe, through November 23.
