Robert McAn
born 1958
EDUCATION
1991 Master of Fine Arts, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
1982 Bachelor of Art, North Texas State University, Denton, TX
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 Artspace 111, Miniatures, Fort Worth, Texas
2017 Ways of Looking, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth
2016 Kimbell Art Museum Red Party Art Auction, Fort Worth
2015 Old Jail Art Center, Permanent Collection exhibition, Albany, Texas
2011 Implied Landscape, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth
2009 Trinity Perspectives: Views of an Urban River, Fort Worth Community
Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Art of the Everyday, UT Dallas, Dallas
2008 Identity Theory, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth
2007 TCAIN Auction, (Featured Artist), FWCAC, Fort Worth, TX
William Campbell Contemporary Art, Season Opening (Upstairs Gallery).
Fort Worth, Texas
2006 Artist Christmas, Camp Fire Association, Winner-Best of Show
AAA, TCAIN Auction, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth
2005 Symbiotic, UNTArtspaceFW, Fort Worth, Texas
Robert McAn, Suspect Definition, REM Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
A Focused Vision, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
2003 Artifice, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
2002 Artist Christmas Auction, benefiting Camp Fire Girls, Fort Worth
Squish, Estevan Arredondo, Robert McAn, Steven Price, R.E.M. Gallery,
San Antonio, Texas
Modern Art Museum Fort Worth Art Auction, Fort Worth, Texas
2001 Black, White and Gray, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
2000 Dot Duvall, Robert McAn, Jo-Ann Mulroy, 414, Fort Worth, Texas
1999 The Beauty Show, The Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
1998 Healing Wings, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
1997 Kate Budd, Dianne Greene, Robert McAn, 500X, Dallas, Texas
Safe as Houses, Robert McAn, Cristophe Neumann, Steven Price, 414 Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
1996 GTE Corporate Headquarters Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, (curator Glenn Nerwin)
1995 Digital Dramas, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
(Touring in 1996 to Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas and
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas) catalog
Gender-Myth and Exploration, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton
a.k.a. Billy, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1994 Paradoxical Scale, Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas
Cultures, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas
Icons of the West, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth
1993 Longview Invitational, Longview Museum of Art, Longview, Texas
curator:Al Harris
Texas Art Celebration, Cullum Center, Houston, Texas
1992 Rewriting History, Robert McAn / Marcos Rosales
500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1991 The Perfect World in Contemporary Art, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, curator:Jim Edwards (catalog)
Directions on the Wall, Robert McAn and Anne Starnes
Dallas Artists Research and Exhibition temporary space, Dallas, Texas
Trance Medial, Mysticism and Technology in Contemporary Art
First Street Alternative Space, Austin, Texas
curators:Murray Camp and Kevin Curry
Selected Bibliography
2011 Fort Worth Hotel, Mandeville, Sylvia, Implied Landscape. December 2011
Robinson, Gail, Design for Living, Fort Worth Star Telegram, December 5, 2011
Robinson, Gail, Indulge Magazine, Fort Worth, November Issue
2008 New American Paintings, No. 78, (book) juror: Andrea Karnes, Modern Art
Museum of Fort Worth
2007 Fialho, Anna, Holiday Gift Guide, American Way Magazine, November 15, 2007
Robinson, Gaile, The Creative Life, Fort Worth Star Telegram, October 21, 2007
Robinson, Gaile, Dreamweavers, Fort Worth Star Telegram, October, 21, 2007
2005 Smith, M. Carmen, UNTArtspaceFW, Journal 1, September, 2005
Heinkel-Wolfe, Peggy, Photography exhibit exposes range of six artists moving
through life, Fort Worth Star Telegram, February 19, 2005
Walworth, Catherine, The art capades, San Antonio Current, May 5, 2005
2003 Tyson, Janet, Reviews Southwest, Fort Worth, Texas, ArtPapers July/August
Heinkel-Wolfe, Peggy, Robert McAn: Artifice, Fort Worth Review, Art
Lies 39, Summer 2003
1998 Tyson, Janet, Dallas Essentials, Blue Light specials, Fort Worth Star Telegram, December 18, 1998
Daniels, Mike, 13-hour holiday show at 500X, Dallas Morning News,
December 18, 1998
Daniels, Mike, 500X marks the spot, Dallas Morning News,
September 18, 1998
1997 Akhtar, Suzanne, Three artists live dangerously with Safe with Houses,
Fort Worth Star Telegram, November 16, 1997
Massey, Annabelle, House Arrest, THE MET, November 19, 1997
Daniels, Michael, Guide Listing, Dallas Morning News, November 7, 1997
Kutner, Janet, Dallas Morning News Weekend Art Guide, Sept. 5, 1997
1996 Whitmer, Susan, See It, THE MET, November 21, 1996.
Grieser, Andy. Young at Art, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Star Time, November 8-14, 1996
Kutner, Janet. 500X Gallery, Dallas Morning News, September 27, 1996.
Digital Dramas, published by Texas Fine Arts Association. (catalog)
Gallery Guide, Southwest edition, February 1996/listing regarding Arlington Museum of Art Auction.
1995 Caywood, Mark. Robert McAn: a.k.a. Billy, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Circa, The Texas-Based Journal of Contemporary Art, Center for Research in
Contemporary Art, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, Fall 1995.
Kutner, Janet. Artists explore the issues of human gender, Dallas Morning
News, April 30, 1995.
Wilson, Wade. A Controlled Experiment in Random Art, Fort Worth Star
Telegram, May 7, 1995.
Bass, Shermakaye. Art Review, Dallas Morning News, April 30, 1995.
1994 Johnson, Patricia. Exhibits explore perception, spirituality, Houston
Chronicle, November 25, 1994.
Mitchell, Charles Dee. Art Review Dallas Morning News, February 17, 1994.
Selected Collections
Mr. Brad Alford, Fort Worth, Texas
Sasha and Ed Bass
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Richardson Bass, Fort Worth, Texas
Sonny Burt, Dallas, Texas
Lucy Darden, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Darden
Ed and Pat Ducayet, Dallas, Texas
Vernon Fisher, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Fortson, Fort Worth
Mark Adelos Gorton, Sacremento, California
Gail Granek, Fort Worth, Texas
Cindy and Mike Holt, Fort Worth, Texas
Shel Kasmir, Dallas, Texas
Nancy Lamb, Fort Worth, Texas
Richard Michael and Mike Williams, Arlington, Texas
Susan Morrelle, Fort Worth, Texas
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
PageNet Corporation, Plano, Texas
Ted and Mireille Pillsbury, Fort Worth, Texas
Joachim Pissarro, New Tork, New York
Dana Read, San Antonio, Texas
John Reoch, Dallas, Texas
Edmund Schenecker, San Antonio, Texas
Jack Schoernborn, Dallas, Texas
Helga von Gravenitz, Basel, Switzerland
Barry Whistler, Dallas, Texas
Kimbell and Mitchell Wynne, Fort Worth, Texas
Work Related Experience
1997-present Membership and Special Events Manager, Kimbell Art Museum
1994-1997 Membership Manager, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
1994 Independent Archivist, Charles Cowles, New York, New York
1993-1994 Adjunct Professor of Art, Austin College, Sherman, Texas
1991-1993 Assistant Director, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1991-1994 President, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1989-1991 Assistant Director, University Gallery, University of North Texas
1989-1992 Adjunct Professor of Art, University of North Texas
Professional Lectures
AAM, Upper Level Membership Giving, Houston, Texas, 2011
AMMMC, Atlanta, Georgia, 2003
AMMMC, Membership 202, Denver, Colorado, 2002
Introduction to Odds and Ends Exhibition, University of Texas, Dallas, 1997 AMMMC, Telemarketing 101, Birmingham, Alabama, 1996
Artist Talk, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, 1996
Museum Professions Lecture, University of Texas at Arlington, April, 1996
Loaded and Coded, College Art Association Conference, Washington, D.C.
February 21, 1991 (at request of Miriam Schapiro, New York, N.Y.).
Curated Programs
2006 Show Offs II, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
2003 Show Offs, William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas
1998 New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1997 Duck and Cover, Brad Cushman, Dorothy Duvall, Mark Monroe, University of Texas at Dallas
1996 ODDS AND ENDS, Anitra Blayton, Paolo Canulla, Derrick Saunders, Steve Watson, University of Texas at Dallas
1993 Remastered, 8 Contemporary Texas Artists, Transco Tower, Houston
Terri Cummings, Chris Hogg, Kathy Lovas, Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, Texas
1992 Considering the Evidence:Mike Kennedy and Kathy Lovas
Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, Texas, plus An Evening of Performance:Aaart Guys and the Stu Mulligan Project. Dallas Museum of Art, co-curator Victoria Montelongo.