Bob Chaplin
1360S Asylum Avenue
Hartford
CT 06105
T. 860 876 0050
email - bobchaplin@me.com
website - www.bobchaplin.com
Birthdate: May 22 1947
Birthplace: Hollington, England
American Citizen since November 1992
EDUCATION
1965-69 Dip.A.D. Fine Art (B.F.A.)
Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, London, England
1969-71 Postgraduate Printmaking Certificate (M.F.A.)
Brighton Polytechnic
1972-73 Art Teaching Certificate, Brighton Polytechnic
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS since 1975
2021 ‘Hortophilia” - Five Points Art Gallery, Torrington, CT
2021 “Woodland - Meadow Parterre” - Five Points Center for the Arts, Torrington, CT
2018 “Natural Parterre” – garden installation, Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, CT
2014 “Hortus Conclusus : The Forbidden Garden”- installation, I-Park, East Haddam, CT
2014 “Hortus Conclusus : Enclosed Turf Garden”- installation, I-Park, East Haddam, CT
2013 “Brush Line : Deer Portal”- garden installation, Avon, CT
2013 “Deer Topiary”- garden installation, Avon, CT
2012 “Invasives : Topiary : Parterre” - Environmental Art Installation, I-Park, East Haddam, CT
2012 “Leaf Parterre” - garden installation, Avon, CT
2007 “Mow” - garden installation, Avon, CT
2003 Quinebaug Community College, DANIELSON, CT
1995 Smith College, NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, MA
1993 Jon Oulman Gallery, MINNEAPOLIS
Cummings Art Gallery, Connecticut College, NEW LONDON, CT
1990 Jon Oulman Gallery, MINNEAPOLIS
1989 Queen's Museum, NEW YORK
1987 55 Mercer, NEW YORK
1986 Tromso Kunstnersenter, NORWAY
1985 Henie Onstad Arts Centre, OSLO, NORWAY
NordNorsk Kunstnersenter, SVOLVAER, NORWAY
Voss Kunstforening,NORWAY
Skien Kunstforening,NORWAY
Green Lane Gallery, Crowborough, ENGLAND
1984 Galerie Fenna de Vries ,ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND
Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, SCOTLAND
D.L.I.Museum, Durham, ENGLAND
Galeri B.K.F.R.,Stavanger, NORWAY
Hönefoss Kunstforening, NORWAY
Calvert Gallery, LONDON, ENGLAND
1983 Stockport Art Gallery, ENGLAND
Bede Monastery Museum, Jarrow, ENGLAND
Littlehampton Museum and Art Gallery, ENGLAND
1981 Gardner Arts Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, ENGLAND
1979. Riverside Studios, LONDON, ENGLAND
Graffiti, LONDON, ENGLAND
1978 Galerie Simons Laden, HAMBURG, GERMANY
Red Deer College Gallery , ALBERTA, CANADA
Ring House Gallery, University of Alberta, CANADA
1977 Arnolfini Gallery, BRISTOL, ENGLAND
North Humberside Arts Centre, HULL, ENGLAND
University of Kent at Canterbury, ENGLAND
University of Surrey, GUILDFORD, ENGLAND
1976 Manor House Gallery, ILKLEY, ENGLAND
1975. New Metropole Arts Centre, FOLKESTONE, ENGLAND
Gardner Arts Centre, University of Sussex, ENGLAND
SELECTED INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS since 1985
2019 “Arts in Science” BioCT Innovations Commons, GROTON, CONNECTICUT
2009 “60/60 “- interactive web-based exhibition
2000 Alden Weir National Historic Site Visiting Artists – Stamford Museum, STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT
“The Print and The Process” - Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI
"Print Types"-Art Institute for the Permian Basin, ODESSA, TEXAS
1999 “Print Types” - Highland Community College, HIGHLAND, KANSAS
1998 "Print Types" - Indian Hills Community College, OTTUMWA, IOWA
1997 "Qua Qua Qua" - 85 Airport Road, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
"American Print Survey" - Highland Community College, HIGHLAND, KANSAS.
1996" Art for Artspace."-Artspace, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
“A Connecticut Sampler” - Connecticut Center for The Book, Hartford Public Library,HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
1995 “Edge of Town”, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford (curator) HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
1994 “Lessons in Life,” Art Institute of Chicago, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
1993 "Light Touches", Maison pour Tous, CALAIS, FRANCE
1992 "Art Creating Society", Museum of Modern Art, OXFORD, ENGLAND
1991 "Time, Style and Vision", Cleary Gallery, CANTERBURY, ENGLAND
1990 "Politics of Process", Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, STORRS, CONNECTICUT
"Selections 5", Polaroid Photographs, Photokina 90, COLOGNE, GERMANY.
1988 Milan Triennale, MILAN, ITALY
"Panoramamania", Barbican Art Gallery, LONDON, ENGLAND
"Prominent Printmakers", Missouri Western State University, MISSOURI
2nd Biennale Exhibition of Prints, WAKAYAMA, JAPAN.
Walker Hill Art Center, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
1987-88 "The World Is Round - Contemporary Panoramas"
Delaware Art Museum, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
Parrish Art Museum, SOUTHAMPTON, NEW YORK
The Hudson River Museum, YONKERS, NEW YORK
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Tate Gallery, LONDON
Stedlijk Museum, AMSTERDAM
Victoria and Albert Museum, LONDON
Art Institute of Chicago, CHICAGO
Arts Council of Great Britain
National Museum, WARSAW, POLAND
Museum of Contemporary Art, SKOPJE, YUGOSLAVIA
The British Council
National Museum of Wales, CARDIFF, WALES
British Museum, LONDON
New York University, NEW YORK
Rogaland Kunstmuseum, STAVANGER, NORWAY
Stavanger Faste Galleri Permanent Collection, NORWAY
Nordnorske Kunstnersenter, LOFOTEN, NORWAY
Museum of Contemporary Graphic Art, FREDRIKSTAD, NORWAY
Whitworth Museum, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND
Graves Art Gallery, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND
Leeds Art Gallery, ENGLAND
Southampton Art Gallery, ENGLAND
City Arts Centre, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Glasgow City Art Gallery, SCOTLAND
SELECTED BOOK COLLECTIONS
The National Gallery, WASHINGTON, DC
New York Public Library, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Museum of Modern Art Library, NEW YORK, NEW YOR
Whitney Museum of American Art Library, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Tate Gallery, LONDON
Victoria & Albert Museum, LONDON
The British Council
The Paul Getty Research Institute Library, CALIFORNIA
Houghton Library, Harvard University, CAMBRIDGE
Ashmoleum Museum, OXFORD, ENGLAND
New York University, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Yale Center for British Art, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
Harvard University, Cambridge, Houghton Library, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
Columbia University, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Stanford University, Green Library, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
McGill University, MONTREAL, CANADA
Brown University Special Collections Library, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
Rockefeller Library, Brown University, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
Vassar College Special Collections Library, NEW YORK
Smith College Art Library, MASSACHUSETTS
Olana Historical Society, NEW YORK
Watkinson Library, Trinity College, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES since 1984
2020 CT Artist Fellowship Grant
2014 Resident artist - I-Park, EAST HADDAM, CONNECTICUT
2012 Resident artist - I-Park, EAST HADDAM, CONNECTICUT
1998 - 99 Visiting Artist - Alden Weir Farmhouse National Park, WILTON, CONNECTICUT
1997 Artist in Residence, Visual Studies Workshop, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
1993 Connecticut Commission of The Arts Bursary
1988 - 91 Polaroid Corporation Award, (20:x24" camera), NEW YOR, NEW YORK (2 awards)
1985 British Council and Norwegian Government sponsored 3month residency, LOFOTEN, NORWAY
1984 British Council Exhibition Grant
PRIZES
1988 Thirteenth International Print Biennale, Cracow, Poland
1986 Ninth British International Print Biennale (2 Prizes)
1982 Sixth Norwegian International Print Biennale
1977 Fifth British International Print Biennale
1975 Fourth British International Print Biennale
PRINT PUBLISHERS
Circle Press, England
Retigraphic, England (Pratt Contemporary Art), England
Galeri B.K.F.R., Stavanger, Norway
Littlehampton Museum and Art Gallery
Calvert Intergraphic, London
Georgetown Graphics, Washington, U.S.A.
Brian Smith Fine Arts Limited, England
Christies Contemporary Art
Jonathon Phipps (Print Agent)
TEACHING AND CURATORIAL since 1983
2015 Selection Committee - Site Responsive Art Biennale, I-Park, East Haddam
1998 Lecture - “Landscape of Nature” - Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
1997 Lecture - Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester
1996 “Gardening as Art” graduate course, Hartford Art School
1995 Curator – “Edge of Town,” Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford
Lecture - Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
1994 Lecture - Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York
1993 - 96 Adjunct Professor - Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Printmaking/Drawing/ Design/Photography.
1993 Adjunct Professor - University of Connecticut, School of Fine Arts - Creative Photography
Lecture - Boston University, School of Visual Arts,
Lecture - Connecticut College, New London, CT
1989 Visiting Lecturer - University of Connecticut, School of Fine Arts, Storrs, Connecticut
1987 Lecture - Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
Selection Committee, 55 Mercer Gallery, Soho, New York
1986 Participated in the Arts Council of Great Britain's Visiting Artist in Schools program
1986 Visiting Lecturer - Oslo Kunst Acadamie and Trondheim Kunstskool, Norway
1981 - 86 Visiting lecturer - Chelsea College of Art, London, Brighton Polytechnic, West Surrey College of Art and Design,
Ravensbourne College of Art and Design and Stavanger Kunstskool, Norway
1986 Curated “Landscape into Print” - Brighton Polytechnic Gallery, England
1985 Curated and organized travelling exhibition, “A Mythic Topography” with Stephen Bann
Artist in Residence - Svolvaer Kunstnercenter, Lofoten Islands, Norway
1983 Represented England and organized exhibition “Five Artists from North Sea Countries” at Galleri B.K.F.R., Stavanger, Norway
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND TELEVISION since 1986
2015 “Better Connecticut” WFSB – I-Park and garden installations
2014 You Tube video - Andrew Neumann on Bob Chaplin’s I-park installations
1996 Zimmer William "A Glimpse of Contemporary Taste", The New York Times
Zimmer, William. "On The Edge; Where Nature Comes Together With Culture", The New York Times
1995 Garber, Susan L. "The Edge of Town", West Hartford News
Rosoff, Patricia. "Artists Who Move Mountains", Hartford Advocate
McNally, Owen. "The City, The Land, and Art", The Hartford Courant
Rosoff., Patricia "Postcards from The Edge", The Hartford Advocate
Dunlop, Amy. "November in Connecticut", Connecticut Magazine
Princethal, Nancy. "Artist's Book Beat", The Print Collector's Newsletter
1993 Cloud, Laura. "The Aesthetic Tourist", Willimantic Chronicle, CT
1991 Allen, William. "An Englishman Abroad" Arte Carte, Italy
1986 Sinclair, Nicholas. "Landscapes of the Midnight Sun", British Journal of Photography
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2020 “ Weeding” - edition of 50 copies
2020 “Garden Incidents” - edition of 50 copies
2017 “Bob Chaplin - Environmental Art Installations” – edition of 500. Published by I-Park
2012 “Mow”- edition of 150 copies
2000 “Boundaries and Markers” edition of 150
1997 “Mill River - River Mill “- edition of 100
"Connecticut Churches," limited edition book
"Winter Solstice - Summer Solstice", limited edition book
1995 "The Edge of Town" Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford – intro essay and catalogue design
1994 "Eminent Views," with Stephen Bann - limited edition book
1986 "Postcards to The Undercliff", with poet Keith Please. Published by Circle Press.
30 hand-tinted on handmade paper and 220 on Ikonorex Special Matt
1985 "North Norway - Nord Norsk," published by the artist and Nord Norsk Kunstnersenter - 150 copies
1979 "Photography in Printmaking" - by Charles Newton, Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition catalogue
1977 "Aspects of Landscape - Ten English Landscape Artists", essay by Ann Elliot, British Council catalogue