Robert Villamagna
Assistant Professor of Art
Director, Nutting Gallery
OFFICE :
304-336-8370
[email protected]
EDUCATION:
BS, Franciscan University
MAT, Wright State University
MEMBERSHIPS:
- Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
- Wheeling Arts Commission
COURSES TAUGHT:
- ART 110/ Design I.
- ART 160/ Design II.
- ART 215/ Painting I.
- ART 315/ Painting II.
- ART 415/ Painting III.
- ART 260/ Sculpture I.
- ART 360/ Sculpture II.
- ART 460/ Sculpture III.
- ART 210/ Watercolor I.
- ART 310/ Watercolor II.
- ART 410/ Watercolor III.
- ART 491/ Senior Seminar
- ART 250/ Crafts I.
- ART 350/ Crafts II.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2009-10 Society for Contemporary Craft Gallery at One Mellon Center, Pittsburgh, Nails & Rivets
- 2009 Ohio University Eastern, Jon Gnagy Was My Homeboy
- 2009 Ashland University, Ashland, OH, Idiosyncratic Pastimes
- 2008 Gallery on 43rd St, Pittsburgh, Estano Luchador
- 2008 WV Wesleyan College,The Dump King and Other Fairy Tales
- 2006 West Virginia Tech, People Who Live in Tin Houses
- 2006 Gallery on 43rd St., Pittsburgh, PA, Flash
- 2005-06 Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA,
- 2005 Artworks Around Town, Wheeling, WV
- 2002 Penn Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, I’ve Seen You Naked
- 2001 Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, PA, Searching for Intrepid
- 2000 Sweetwater Center of the Arts, Sewickley, PA
- 1998 Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV
- 1998 Ohio University Eastern, I Wake Up Scared, I Wake Up Strange
- 1997 The Cultural Center, Charleston, WV
- 1997 North Hills Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA
- 1996 West Virginia Northern Community College, Wheeling, WV
- 1992 Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
- 1987 Jewish Community Center, Youngstown, OH
Selected Joint & Group Exhibitions
- 2010 Edwardsville Art Center, IL, Element of Surprise: Artists Who Work in Tin
- 2010 Waynesburg University, PA, Regional Artists: An Invitational
- 2010 Clay Center, Charleston, WV, Juried Exhibition
- 2009-10 Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia Juried Exhibition
- 2009 Carnegie Museum of Art, 99th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition
- 2009 Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Second Nature
- 2009 Erie Art Museum, Spring Exhibition, Erie, PA
- 2008-09 Parkersburg Art Center, WV Arts & Crafts Guild Exhibition
- 2008 Dikerson Gallery, Tamarack, Beckley, WV
- 2008 Andy Warhol Museum, Associated Artists Pittsburgh Exhibition
- 2007-08 Parkersburg Art Center, West Virginia Juried Exhibition,
- 2007-08 Dikerson Gallery, Tamarack, Beckley, WV
- 2007 Westmoreland Co. Community College, PA, Recycled/ Rethought,
- 2007 Stifel Fine Arts Center, Crosscurrents, Wheeling, WV
- 2007 Pittsburgh Center of the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2006 Nutting Gallery, WLSC, Faculty Exhibition
- 2006 Federal Court House, Whg., WV, with Herb Weaver & Tom Grifftih
- 2006 Dairy Barn Arts Center, Ohio +5, Athens, OH
- 2005-06 Cultural Center, West Virginia Juried Exhibition, Charleston, WV
- 2005 Andy Warhol Museum, 95 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition
- 2005 Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV, Crosscurrents
- 2005 Nutting Gallery, WLSC, Faculty Exhibition
- 2005 Four Artists Juxtaposed, opening at Parkersburg Art Center andtraveling to three other WV cities through January 2006
- 2004 Robeson Gallery, Penn State University, Images 2004
- 2004 Nutting Gallery, WLSC, Faculty Exhibition
- 2003-04 West Virginia Juried Exhibition, Cultural Center, Charleston, WV
- 2003 The Appalachian Corridor Exhibition, Clay Center, Charleston, WV
- 2003 Appalachia: A Contemporary Cultural Perspective, KennedyMuseum of Art, Ohio University, Athens, OH
- 2003 Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV, Crosscurrents
- 2003 West Liberty State College, West Liberty, WV, Faculty Exhibition
- 2002 Robeson Gallery, Penn State University, Images 2002
- 2002 West Liberty State College, West Liberty, WV, Faculty Exhibition
- 2002 Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV, Crosscurrents
- 2001-02 Society of Contemporary Craft, One Mellon Center, Pittsburgh, Trickster Rules This World, with James Church
- 2001 Tubac Art Center, Tubac, AZ, The National Collage Society 17th Exhibition
- 2001 Sunshine Museum, Charleston, WV, Up Against the Wall, invitational
- 2001 Dickenson Gallery, Tamarac, Beckley, WV, Altered Visions
- 2001 The Cultural Center, Charleston, WV, West Virginia Juried Exhibition
- 2001 Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, 91st Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibit
- 2001 American Jewish Museum of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, Parallel Analysis, with Harriete Berman
- 2001 West Liberty State College, West Liberty, WV, Windows:Faculty Exhibit
- 2000 Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, 90th Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibit
- 2000 University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition
- 2000 West Liberty State College, West Liberty, WV, Time: Faculty Exhibition
- 1999 The Cultural Center, Charleston, WV, West Virginia Juried Exhibition
- 1999 Kent State University, OH, National Collage Society Exhibition
- 1999 Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV, Casting Creativity: Art and the Steel Industry
- 1999 Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV, joint exhibit with Paul Padget
- 1999 Pump House Center of the Arts, Chilicothe, OH, A Man’s Perspective
- 1998-99 Various West Virginia Cities, West Virginia Juried Exhibition: Traveling Exhibit
- 1998 ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, From Foundation to Ornamentation: The Bra as Art
- 1998 The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA, Toys and Gadgets
- 1997 The Artisan Center, Wheeling, WV, Two of a Kind, joint exhibit with ceramist Kyle Hallam
- 1997 Gallery Chiz, Pittsburgh, PA, Grit and Wit
- Awards
- 2009 Governor’s Award, WV Juried Exhibition, Huntington Museum of Art
- 2009 First Place, Mixed Media, St. Louis Arts Festival
- 2009 Juror’s Award, Central PA Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
- 2008 Award of Excellence, Central PA Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
- 2007 Award of Excellence, WV Juried Exhibition, Parkersburg Art Center, WV
- 2005 Governor’s Award, WV Juried Exhibition, Charleston, WV
- 2005 Fine Arts Award, Central PA Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
- 2005 Juror’s Award, 95th. Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition, Andy Warhol Museum
- 2004 Best in Show, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh
- 2002 Award of Excellence, Crosscurrents, Stifel Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
- 2001 Juror’s Award, AAP 91st Exhibit, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
- 2001 Merit Award, National Collage Society 17th Annual Exhibition, Tubac, AZ
- 2000 Best of Show, A Fair in the Park, Pittsburgh
- 2000 Jurors’ Choice Award, Columbus Arts Festival
- 1999 Merit Award, National Collage Exhibition, Kent State University
- 1999 Award of Distinction, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
- 1999 Best of Show, Cornerstone Project Annual Exhibit, Mound Museum, WV
- 1999 Merit Award, West Virginia Juried Exhibition
- 1998 Best of Show, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh
- 1998 Best of Show, Columbus Arts Festival
- 1998 Best of Show, 52nd Annual Craftsmans Guild Exhibition, Pittsburgh
- 1997 Award of Excellence, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
- 1996 Jurors’ Award, A Fair in the Park, Pittsburgh
- 1996 Best of Show, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
- 1996 Best of Show, North Hills Art Center Regional Exhibit, Pittsburgh
- 1996 The Festival Award, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh
- Related Activities
- 2010, AP Reader/ Visual Arts
- 2009, 2008, 2007 Juror, Scholastic Art Awards, Southwestern PA Region
- 2002-2009, Workshop, The Art of Assemblage, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh
- 2008, 2010, Workshop, Tin Can Collage, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh
- 2007 Workshop, Thinking Outside the Bag, Stretching Creative Boundries, Ohio Watercolor Society, Huron, OH
- 2004 Workshop: The Art of Assemblage, Art Continuum, Cleveland, OH
- 2003 Workshop, Shrines and Totems, SALVO, Pittsburgh
- 2003 Advisory Board Member, West Virginia Governor’s School of the Arts
- 2003 Juror, Central PA Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
- 2003 Juror, A Fair in the Park, Craftsmans’ Guild of Pittsburgh
- 2002 Master Teacher, West Virginia Governor’s School of the Arts
- 2001 Curator, “Who Knew?”,an exhibition of large format drawings by six artists who normally work in other media, Wheeling Artisan Center,WV
- 2001 Master Teacher, West Virginia Governor’s School of the Arts
- 2001 Site Juror, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh
- 2001 Lecture, “How to Nail Things to the Inside of a Box”, Jewish American
- Museum, Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh
- 2000 Juror, Southwestern PA Regional Art Exhibition, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
- 2000 Lecture, “The Art of Assemblage”, AAP Gallery, Pittsburgh
- 2000 Juror, Fairmont State College Student Exhibition, Fairmont, WV
- 2000 Panelist, “The Importance of Juried Exhibitions”, Southern Alleghenies, Museum of Art
- 2000 Juror, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh
- 1999 Juror, Columbus Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
- 2000 Juror, A Fair in the Park, Craftsmans’ Guild of Pittsburgh
- 1999 Juror, Columbus Arts Festival, OH
- 1998 Speaker, West Virginia Arts Assembly, Wheeling, WV
- 1997 Artist in Residence, Tyler County Consolidated high School, WV
- 1996 to present, Assistant Professor of Art, West Liberty University, WV
- Collections:
- Bettye Saar
- Pittsburgh Public Schools
- Elbin Library, West Liberty University
- Franciscan University
- Jefferson Community College (now Gateway Community College)
- Ohio University Eastern
- State of West Virginia
- Waynesburg University
