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Born in 1964 in Branson, MO, United States


1991-94, The New York Studio School, New York, NY

1988, The Chautauqua Institution, NY

1986-89, The American University, Washington D.C.


"I like to paint the immediate world that surrounds me. I paint ordinary scenes and subject matter because that is what is real and substantial to me. I use the formal language of painting to make an image that transcends the ordinariness of these scenes. For example, I enjoy making compositions and arranging shapes in an interesting and sometimes surprising manner. This not only makes for a more interesting image, it makes it possible to communicate an emotion or an idea to the viewer. To this point, I painted a series of paintings on the roof of my studio building; someone who saw them said they looked like Georgio de Chirico painting on the moon. I liked this statement because the viewer was responding to the way in which I painted that bleak, odd environment.

What is important to me in art is quality. I like paintings that have a strong pictorial construction, clear connection between forms, and a high level of craftsmanship."

Robert Hendrickson, July 2000

  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 1997: Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, Jersey City Landscapes


  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • 2000:
    • 1999:
        First Street Gallery, New York, NY

        The New York Studio School, New York, NY, Vertigo: Art from the World Trade Center Project

    • 1998:
        Cooper Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, Realism at the End of the Twentieth

        United Water, Jersey City, NJ

    • 1997: Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

    • 1996:
        The New York Studio School, New York, NY, People, Places and Things

        Shoe String Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, 111 Artists and Their Friends See Red

    • 1994: Fordham University, New York, NY

    • 1993:
        The New York Studio School, New York, NY, Merit and Scholarship Show

        The National Arts Club, New York, NY

    • 1992: The New York Studio School, New York, NY, Merit and Scholarship Show

    • 1991: Washington Depot, CT, Young Talent


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    • 1993, Semester Scholarship, The New York Studio School, New York, NY

    • 1992:
        Excellence in Drawing, The New York Studio School, New York, NY

        Award of Distinction, National Art Club

    • 1989, Full Scholarship, The Chautauqua Institution

    Read what the press is saying about Robert Hendrickson

  • Kenny, Kay. “Tranquility Evoked by Jersey City Landscapes.” The Jersey Journal. January 24, 1997.