ROBERT CASLIN
EDUCATION
1988 BFA, Birmingham Southern College
1995 MFA, University of North Texas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Fantasy Canyon, Carillon Gallery, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas
2016 Sweat Saves Blood, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas
2001 Recent Works In Red and Yellow, Four Walls, Fort Worth, Texas
1998 Dream Luminous Machine, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas
1997 Gravity Is On Your Side, Lewis Art Gallery, Jackson, Mississippi
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2006 Formica Formatted, Dallas Contemporary Art Center, Dallas, Texas
2005 Symbiotic, University of North Texas Art Space, Fort Worth, Texas
The Buddy System, Southside Residency Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 Magdalen Celestino and Rob Caslin, Arts League of Houston, Houston, Texas
2003 Upward, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
2002 Cool: Recent Works by Robert Caslin and Johnny Robertson, R.E.M. Gallery
2001 Hand Job, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Hip, and Still Going, NRH Gallery, North Richland Hills, Texas
2000 Real Space, The Purple Orchid, Dallas, Texas
New Pollution, Plush, Dallas, Texas
The Tao of Painting: Principles in Monochrome, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
1999 Techno, Lawndale Art Center, Houston Texas
Art Handlers, Rachael Harris at Displays Unlimited, Fort Worth, Texas
Some Kind of Wonderful, Part II, Barry Whistler, Dallas Texas
Black, White, Gray Permitted, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
1998 Ted Kincaid: Photographs and Photogravures and Robert Caslin: Recent Paintings, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas Texas
In The House, Dallas Cultural Bath House, Dallas, Texas
A Cool Show: Abstract Painting, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
Pushing The Limits, Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston Texas
Main Street Festival Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
1997 Preservation Hall Exhibition, Preservation Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
Gallery Night Exposition III, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas
1996 First Show, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, Texas
Rob Caslin and Joe Allen: Recent Works, Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas Texas
Texas Realism, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
Satellite of Love, Museum of Agenda and Transgression, Dallas, Texas
1994 Rob Caslin and Art McSweeney: Recent Works, Forest Park Art Space, Fort Worth, Texas
Glancing East, Looking West: A Survey of Contemporary Texas Art, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
Three Alumni, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
1993 Remastered, Transco Towers Gallery, Houston, Texas
1992 Art In The Metroplex, Moody Gallery, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
1991 The Perfect World In Contemporary Art, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
Friends of 500X, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Young Printmakers, Birmingham Art Association, Birmingham, Alabama
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Exhibition Catalogs
2001 Hand Job. Essay by Jeffrey T. Dalton.
2000 The Tao of Painting: Principles in Monochrome. Essays by Marina Zakarian and Dr. Johannes Meinhardt.
1999 Techno. Essay by Randall Garrett.
1998 A Cool Show: Abstract Painting. Essay by Michael Odom.
1996 Texas Realism. Essay by Tony Marino.
1991 The Perfect World In Contemporary Art. Essays by Jim Edwards and Gerald Burns.
Selected Writings About The Artist
2003 Kutner, Janet. “DMA Gives Out … Grants to 8 Texas Artists.” The Dallas Morning News, May 26.
Daniel, Mike. “Upwards, at UD’s Haggerty Gallery.” The Dallas Morning News, February 14.
2001 Robertson, Johnny. "Robert Caslin, Four Walls" Artlies, Summer 2001.
Renoylds, Kelly. "Hand Job: A Survey" Artlies, Summer 2001.
1999 Daniel, Mike. “On The Verge: Promising Young Artists Get Precious Exposure.” The Dallas Morning News,
July 30.
1998 Akhtar, Suzanne. “Abstract Works Achieve An Amazing Depth.” The Fort Worth Star Telegram, February 22.
Daniel, Mike. “Simple Compositions Mask Deep Textures.” The Dallas Morning News, February 27.
Daniel, Mike. “Simply Cool: AMA Exhibition Rediscovers Texas Abstraction.” The Dallas Morning News, August 7.
Rankin, Jennifer. “Sweet Abstraction.” The Arlington Morning News, August 7.
Tyson, Janet. “Cool Rules.” The Fort Worth Star Telegram, August 6.
Tyson, Janet. “Cool In The Abstract.” The Fort Worth Star Telegram, August 13.
Schnellenbach-Bogle, Stacy. “Cool Enough.” Fort Worth Weekly, August 20 - 27.
Massey-Helber, Annabelle. “For Art’s Sake.” The Met, August 27 - September 2.
Rees, Christina. “Driven To Abstraction.” Dallas Observer, August 27 - September 2.
Mitchell, Charles Dee. “Cool Show Keeps Its Distance.” The Dallas Morning News, September 10.
Tyson, Janet. “Ten Artists On The Brink Of The Big Time.” The Fort Worth Star Telegram, October 18.
1995 Kutner, Janet. “Art In Out-Of-The-Way Places”. The Dallas Morning News, September 27.
Tyson, Janet. “New Texas Artists Get Real.” Fort Worth Star Telegram, December 3.
1991 Goddard, Don R. “A Contemporary Look At Texas Art.” The San Antonio Express News, October 6.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
American Airlines
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
AWARDS
2020 The New Normal: An Artist’s Response to COVID-19 Grant, Fort Worth, Texas.
2007 The Artist’s Eye, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
2003 Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas.
2002 New American Paintings, Seventh Western Competition, Jurors: Michael Auping, Chief Curator and Andrea
Karnes, Associate Curator, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
1998 Juror’s Award, Main Street Festival Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Juror: Vernon
Fisher.