SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & HONORS
2024
Galerie Oker, "De Stad", Amsterdam
The Princess Máxima Center, Utrecht, Nederland
2018
Robert 2.0, Nederland
2013
Adagio Galleries, Palm Desert, California
Galerie Oker, Amsterdam
2011
Louk's Atelier & Galerie, Enschede, The Netherlands
2009
Galerie Pfundt, Berlin
Louk's Atelier & Galerie, Enschede, The Netherlands
2008
Galerie Taube, Dezembersalon, Berlin
The Redstone Gallery, Park City, Utah
2007
Galerie Taube, Dezembersalon, Berlin
Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, Idaho
2006
Adagio Galleries, Palm Springs
Galerie Taube, Dezembersalon, Berlin
2005
Adagio Galleries, Palm Springs
2004
Walls Gallery, Amsterdam
2003
Galerie Witlov, Amsterdam
Walls Gallery, Amsterdam
2001
Charivari, Knokke, Belgium
2000
Galerie Hoopman, Amsterdam
1999
Connextions Gallery, Sausalito, California
1998
Marie-Louise Woltering, Amsterdam
De Telegraaf, Amsterdam
Galerie Robert Alofsen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
1997
De Telegraaf, Amsterdam
1996
Galerie Kwartijn, Amsterdam
1995
Zona, Amsterdam
Galerie Lughien, Amsterdam
1994
Fellini, Amsterdam
1993
Houshang’s Gallery, Dallas
1992
de Telloor, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Adagio Galleries, Palm Desert, California
1991
Timir, Amsterdam
Galerie Wimmenum, Egmond aan den Hoef, The Netherlands
1990
Adagio Galleries, Palm Springs
Gemeentearchief Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands
1989
Joan Cawley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Galerie Wimmenum, Egmond aan den Hoef, The Netherlands
1988
El Taller, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Adagio Galleries, Palm Springs
1987
Galerie Wimmenum, Egmond aan den Hoef, The Netherlands
1986
The Art Collector, San Diego
The Gallery, Burlingame, California
Adagio Galleries, Palm Springs
1985
Bau-Xi, Vancouver, British Columbia
Exotica, Laguna Beach, California
Honorable Mention, Mt. San Jacinto juried exhibit, California
1984
Gallery Vander Woude, Palm Springs
Third Award, California Expo, Sacramento
All California juried exhibit, Laguna Beach Museum of Art
Finalist, Judith Selkowitz Competition, New York City
The Gallery, Burlingame, California
Jill Youngblood Gallery, Los Angeles
1983
Newport Harbor Art Museum, "Emerging Artists", California
California Biennial juried exhibit, Riverside Art Museum
Eagle Art Gallery, Palm Desert, California
1982
Honorable Mention, California Expo, Sacramento
Brand II juried exhibit, Brand Library Art Museum, Glendale, California
The Gallery, Burlingame, California
Cannell & Chaffin, Los Angeles
Galerie Elégante, Palm Desert, California
1981
Impressions Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California
First Award, Santa Rosa Art Guild Competition, California
Third Award, San Mateo County Exposition, California
Honorable Mention, California Expo, Sacramento
DeVorzon Gallery, Los Angeles
Tatistcheff & Company, New York City
1980
Hank Baum Gallery, San Francisco
Haggenmaker Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
1979
ADI Gallery, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
1976
Crown Zellerbach Building, San Francisco
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SELECTED REVIEWS
"Robert Parkison’s paintings achieve a rare combination of extreme sensitivity to subject matter, merged with an exacting, calculated objectivity...."
"Parkison began painting after receiving a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. Painting and an innate sense of design had, however, pervaded his childhood....A fifth-generation San Franciscan,
Parkison’s grandmother, a couturière, tremendously influenced him when, after a serious illness, she gave up clothes designing and began to paint. Travel throughout the United States and restless intellect gave impetus to a four-year tenure with San Francisco City College where Parkison studied photography, commercial illustration, fine art, and film making."
"Touring Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Spain in 1978, Parkison landed on the Greek islands where a new world of light and color opened to the artist, changing his life...."
"Not unlike the series of paintings Winslow Homer produced in the Bahamas, Parkison capitalizes on the white of his paper as focal point, around which he builds superimposed colors by layering pigmented washes. Parkison’s greatest achievement lies in making full use of the translucence that is the special beauty of watercoloring...."
-- Excerpts from "Palm Springs Life" - Catherine Hemmerdinger - © 1983
"Now comes Robert Parkison who entered the Art World with considerable attention in the 1980's. With many shows, commissions, and honors since, he hangs in private and corporate collections throughout North America and Europe. His architecturals and florals gained immediate acceptance among a stellar group of particular collectors."
"Where acknowledged Masters have added light, Parkison adds colors building upon paper ‘never being able to go back to a lighter surface’. The requirements of transparency mean no mistakes. His untouched paper is his white (i.e. light). His paintings, once described as "a Sunday Morning", present a clearly recognizable ‘Light from Within’."
-- Excerpts from Christopher Huntington - © 1987
"Zijn bijzondere manier van aquarelleren mag op zijn zachtst gezegd bijzonder genoemd worden. In plaats van de karakteristieke waterverfsfeer is Robert Parkison in zijn werk juist bijzonder precies en bijna fotografisch. Niet de traditionele kaasmarkt, niet de Waagtoren hebben de kunstenaar tot werken uitgenodigd, maar juist de onverwachte hoekjes en plekjes waar je als rechtgeaarde Alkmaarder subiet aan voorbij loopt, maar die je onmiddellijk herkent als ze vastgelegd zijn op de manier waarop Robert Parkison dat gedaan heeft."
"‘Licht en schaduw hebben mijn grote belangstelling’, legt de Amerikaan geduldig uit. ‘Het gaat mij niet om het grote geheel , maar juist om de details. Daarom schilderde ik een paar voordeuren op een vredige zondagmorgen, een fiets die tegen een muur staat, een zonnescherm voor een venster, een bankje in de zon waar je even op zou willen uitrusten. Nederlanders zeggen vaak dat ze zonneschijn tekort komen, maar op mijn schilderijen schijnt altijd de zon. Die lichtwerking is mijn uitgangspunt. Licht en schaduw. Daar is het leven vol mee."
-- Excerpts from "Alkmaarsche Courant" - The Netherlands - © 1990
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Princess Máxima Center, Utrecht, Nederland
Roswell Park, Buffalo, New York
Columbia Pictures, Burbank, California
Lloyd’s Bank, Monterey Park, California
Garratt-Callahan Company, Burlingame, California
Los Angeles Steamship Company, Los Angeles
Gemeentearchief Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands
Marriott Hotel, Burlingame, California
Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, San Francisco
Marriott Mission Valley, San Diego
Glendale Federal Savings, Glendale, California
Nordstrom, San Diego, California
Great American First Savings Bank, San Diego
Nordstrom, San Jose, California
Guarantee Trust, Toronto
Palm Springs Art Museum, California
Home Federal Savings, San Diego
Mrs. William Powell, Palm Springs, California
ING Bank, The Netherlands
Sharpe Grossmont Hospital, San Diego
Kaiser Permanente, San Diego
Wells Fargo Building, San Diego
Baron and Baroness Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza, Lugano, Switzerland
...in addition to hundreds of private art collections throughout North America and Europe
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