About
I discovered at a young age that when I immerse myself in a subject truths emerge — they reveal themselves. This process is driven by pattern recognition, playfulness and a sense that something greater than myself is at work. That moment can be a euphoric revelation. It is the fuel that drives my art.
Over time, the discipline of art printing forced me to confront the negative consequences of sloth and corner-cutting. I was continuously forced out of my comfort zone to solve problems on unfamiliar terrain. I gained skill sets I did not anticipate.
I turn 70 this year. That reality and the life I built with my wife Eileen have freed me to focus on making art that is relevant, meaningful and joyous.
One Person Shows
2018 “Question Everything” Detour Gallery – Red Bank, NJ
2015 “Tarot” Galerie Protégé – New York City, NY
2014 "Illuminaughty " Project Studios - Hoboken, NJ
2014 "Just Looking" Drawing Rooms - Jersey City, NJ
2013 “Princesses & Patsies” Proto Gallery – Hoboken, NJ
2013 “7 Deadly Sins” Arlene’s Grocery - New York City, NY
2009 “Native American Portraits” - Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
2008 “The Lincoln Conspiracy” 111 Water Street Gallery - Exeter, NH
2008 “The Lincoln Conspiracy” Lawrence Academy - Groton, MA
2006 “Pigs” Loaf and Ladle Exeter - Exeter, NH
2005 “Disasters, the Ten Most Wanted - 7 Deadly Sins” Club Purgatory, Cincinnati, OH
2004 “Pigs” Gelb Art Gallery - Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
2002 “Through My Father’s Eyes” - Lawrence Heritage State Park, Lawrence, MA
2001 “Through My Father’s Eyes” & “Portraits of Lawrence” - Millart Gallery, Lawrence, MA
2000 “Disaster Show” - Roq La Rue Gallery - Seattle, WA
Group Shows
2021 "OAA Expressions - Late Summer 2021" Barn Gallery - Ogunquit, Maine
2019 “Artsfest 2019” South Amboy Arts Alliance – South Amboy, NJ
2018 “Group Show” Portland Art Gallery, Portland ME
2017 “Bloom” Parlor Gallery – Asbury Park, NJ
2015 “60 Americans” Elga Wimmer PPC – New York City, NY
2015 "Cartoonism Volume 2" Gallery 58 - Jersey City, NJ
2015 "Cartoonism" Gallery 58 - Jersey City, NJ
2015 "Art Project @ The Art House" Art House - Jersey City, NJ
2014 "The Big Small Show" Drawing Rooms - Jersey City, NJ
2014 "Art Project @ The Art House" Art House - Jersey City, NJ
2014 "Paranoia, Mind Control and the Art of Suggestion" Wonka Gallery - San Diego - CA
2014 "Monsters" Galerie Protégé - New York City - NY
2014 "Lone Nuts" Pancakes & Booze Art Show - New York City - NY
2011 “Turtle Salon” Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre - Paris, France
2010 "Unaffordable Art Fair" New York Studio Gallery - New York City, NY
2009 “Art Blast” (2 person show) Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art - Portsmouth NH
2009 “Black Pop Surrealism” Shore Institute of Contemporary Art - Long Branch, NJ
2004 “Double Feature” Lamont Gallery - Phillips Exeter Academy. Exeter, NH
2004 “32 Degrees” Group Show at George Marshall Store Gallery - York, ME
2004 “Summer Art Faculty Show”, Lamont Gallery - Phillips Exeter Academy – Exeter, NH
2003 “Violence Show” Wild Seduction Gallery - Miami FL
2003 “Juried Art Show” Essex Art Center, Award Winner (judged by Jock Reynolds current director of Yale University Art Gallery) - Lawrence, MA
2000 “True Grit” – (with Tara Misenheimer) Firehouse Gallery Newburyport, MA
1988 "Visions of Death" (with Paul Laffoley) Oasis Gallery - Boston, MA
Press:
Artist Talk - Detour Gallery - March 2018
Altered Reality: Industry Magazine 3/22/2018
LES Is a-Changin’: Controversial Artworks Canned at Arlene’s Grocery - Hyperallergic.com - 6/12/2013
Artist Robert Preston's Native American Portraits
Disaster (Averted)! Three Shows Successfully Take on Cataclysm
Robert Preston’s Cover Illustration For Caught in the Crossfire