Robert Bingaman is an artist based in rural Kansas. In 2021, Robert exhibited “The Night Window,” a solo exhibition featuring paintings, photographs, digital-native prints, and writings reflecting upon his experience of the global pandemic. In 2020, Robert’s short film about the first weeks of the pandemic, “Meditation 17”, was featured by PBS Newshour. His work is in several public and private collections across the United States.

 
 
 
 

Education

  • MFA, 2007, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
  • BFA, 2005, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Awards & Honors

  • New American Paintings, Issue 113, The Open Studios Press, 2014
  • Guest Lecturer, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas, 2014
  • Residency Award Recipient, Studios Inc., Kansas City, Missouri (2013-2015)
  • Participating Artist, The Kansas City Collection, Kansas City, Missouri, 2012
  • Editor's Selection, New American Paintings, Issue 101, The Open Studios Press, 2012
  • Editor's Selection, New American Paintings, Issue 90, The Open Studios Press, 2010

Solo Exhibitions

  • "Violet Road", Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri, 2024
  • "The Night Window", Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri, 2021
  • "There in Spirit", Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri, 2020
  • "Memorial", Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri, 2016
  • "Until It's All You See", Studios Inc, Kansas City, Missouri, 2015
  • "Night Pools", Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas, 2014
  • "Successu", University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri, 2012

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • "Decade", Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri, 2023
  • "Something Clear", Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri, 2020
  • "Chlorine (Cl)", All is Fair, Kansas City, Missouri, 2016
  • "New American Paintings: Midwest Edition", Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois, 2015
  • "You People", Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri, 2015
  • "Studios Inc: 2015", Studios Inc, Kansas City, Missouri, 2015
  • "On Behalf of One's Obsessions", Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri, 2014
  • "9", Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri, 2014
  • "Kansas City Flatfile Biennial", H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri, 2014
  • "The Center is a Moving Target", Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2014
  • "Sunday Painter", Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri, 2014
  • "Studios Inc: 2013", Studios Inc, Kansas City, Missouri, 2014
  • "Thanks for the Warning", Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2013
  • "The Urban Suburban", Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas, 2013
  • "Have I been here before?", La Esquina Gallery, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, 2013
  • "Auxiliary Power", University of Kansas, Department of Visual Art, Lawrence, Kansas, 2012
  • "Kansas City Flatfile Biennial", H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri, 2012
  • "Curatorial Studies", Subterranean Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2012
  • "The Frontier", Paragraph Gallery, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, 2012
  • "I AIM TOO HIGH", Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2012
  • "Shallow", Red Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2011
  • Untitled Group Exhibition, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2011
  • "What's Up", Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2011
  • Untitled Group Exhibition, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 2010
  • MFA Thesis Exhibition: "American Nocturnes", Mildred Lane Kemper Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri, 2007

Public Collections

  • The Art of Emprise, Emprise Bank, Wichita, Kansas
  • The University of Kansas School of Business, Lawrence, Kansas
  • Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas

Corporate Collections

  • Hufft, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Inergy, Kansas City, Missouri
  • KPMG, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Lockton, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Messennger + Ibis, Kansas City, Missouri
  • The National Center for Drug Free Sports, Kansas City, Missouri

Selected Bibliography