Works of Art: Bob Trotman

Large Person of Interest, 2007, wood, tempera, 

wax, steel, 33 x 36 x 16, $14,000

Person of Interest, 2006, wood, tempera, wax, steel, 

25 x 25 x 14 in., $12,500

Bob Trotman, Mrs. T, 2006, wood tempera, wax, 
steel, 22 x 20 x 23 in., $9,000

Ego, 2009, terra cotta, oxide, wood, 7 1/2 x 4 x 2 in.
$600

Jane (Study), 2005, terra cotta, wood, paint,
8 x 7 x 3.5 in., $550

John (Study), 2005, porcelain, wood,
graphite,  10 x 6 x 4 in., $650

Hostage, 2009, terra cotta, papier mache,
wood, 8 x 6 x 4 in., $600

Sold Works of Art

John (Study), 2006, terra cotta, wood, paint,
9 x 9 x 5 1/2 in., $600

Swan Dive (study), 2000, clay, paint, wood,

8 x 11.5 x 5 in., $850

Head, 2003, clay, paint, wood,

5.5 x 2 x 3 in., $450

Bob Trotman Resume

2012Office: Sculpture by Bob Trotman, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA

2010-2011Inverted Utopias North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

2008-2010Business as Usual, Staniar Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA (traveled to Cameron Art Museum, Greenville County Museum of Art, Mint Museum of Art, and 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC)

2006Frist Center for Visual Art, Gordon Project Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee

2004Recent Work, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina

2002Model Citizens, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

2001Falk Gallery, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina

2001After the Fall, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, New York

2000Recent Work, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina

1998Eight Figures, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, New York

1996Recent Work, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, New York

1995-1996ArtCurrents 20: Bob Trotman, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina

1994Bob Trotman: A Retrospective of Furniture and Sculpture, Visual Arts Program, NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

1994New Work, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, New York

1993Sculpture, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

1992Sculpture, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011-2012Connections: Marilyn Murphy/Bob Trotman, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama

2007The Liberated Eye: American Modernisms., Weatherspoon Art Museum. Greensboro, North Carolina

2005From the Neck Up, Franklin Parrasch Gallery New York, New York

2004Food Matters, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York

2004Revelations, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina

1990-1993Art That Works, (Lloyd Herman, curator) traveled U.S.

1986Poetry of the Physical, (Paul Smith, curator), traveled U.S.

EDUCATION

1965-1969B.A. Philosophy, Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Washington and Lee University

1988Francisco Rivera, The Sculpture Center, New York, New York

1986Robert Morris, The Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

1985James Surls, The Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

1977Sam Maloof, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

1976Jon Brooks, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
The Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
Museum of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
The Vice-President’s Residence, Washington, DC
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina
Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, North Carolina
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, North Carolina
Sydney and Francis Lewis Collection, Richmond, Virginia
Gregg Museum of Art and Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh,North Carolina

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2006, 2008United States Artists, Fellowship Nominee

1984, 1995, 2000, 2010North Carolina Artists Fellowship

1984, 1988National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship

BOB TROTMAN Artist Statement

Bob Trotman: Artist Statement

As a figurative sculptor my concern is the exploration, interpretation, and representation of the human body as a primal medium for projecting thought and feeling: in the expressive language of its poses and dress, its gestures, its facial expressions, and in its disposition in relation to its surroundings. Of the many possibilities open to me, I am most interested in expressions of alienation: alienation of the self from society, from the physical environment, and even of the self from itself. Not only is this feeling resonant for me personally, but, I believe, by way of attempts to avoid it, it is responsible for much of our social behavior. For me the expression of alienation is more penetrating with a certain amount of ironic humor. Since I work primarily in wood, I see my efforts in relation to the vernacular traditions of the carved religious figures, ships' figureheads, and the so-called "show figures" found in the nineteenth century outside shops or in circus displays. I am concerned, however. with contemporary sensibility, even if I approach it through what some might consider an archaic medium. My subjects are confronted with dilemmas they can neither escape nor understand, and wood, through its organic warmth, its quirks, and flaws gives their quandaries an immediacy they might not otherwise have.

BOB TROTMAN Bio

Bob Trotman: Biography

Bob Trotman was born in Winston-Salem, NC in 1947. He received a B.A. in philosophy from Washington and Lee University and for 30 years has maintained a studio in the foothills of Western North Carolina. Self-taught in art, he has received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, three from the North Carolina Arts Council, and, most recently, a nomination for a United States Artist Fellowship. His work is in the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The North Carolina Museum of Art, The Weatherspoon Museum of Art, The Mint Museum of Art, The Museum of Art of the Rhode Island School of Design, and The Museum of Art and Design in New York, The Columbia (S.C.) Museum of Art and others institutions.  

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