Roberto Azank
American, born in Argentina
Roberto Azank was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1955; the grandson of an oil canvas artist and the son of a master embroidery designer.
At the age of 14, Roberto won the first prize in painting at his High School; he went on to first study photography and later architecture at the University of Buenos Aires.
In 1979, he moved to the United States where experimentation with various artistic forms and media led to his decision to pursue a career in the arts. As he continued to hone his craft, Azank began painting brightly colored abstract works in acrylics. By the late eighties, his style had evolved from abstract to figurative and he started painting in oils.
In 1994, Azank moved to New York's Catskill Mountains and found in his still life and flowers works the definitive style for which he is known.
Galleries:
- Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida - www.virginiamiller.com
- A Gallery, Palm Desert, California - www.agalleryfineart.com
Important Collections:
- Washington Convention Center, Washington D.C.
- American Express
- Sprint Telecommunications
- Robert Miller, New York
- Bard College, Rhinebeck, NY
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2011 Consulate of Argentina, New York.
2010 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2009 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2008 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2007 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2006 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, California
Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
2005 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, California
The Simmons Gallery, San Francisco, California
Unison Arts Center, “Still Life Retrospective”, New Paltz, NY
2004 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, California
The Simmons Gallery, San Francisco, California
Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2003 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Springs, California
Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco, California
Addison-Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
2002 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco, California
Austerer-Crider Gallery, Palm Springs, California
2001 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco, California
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
2000 Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1999 Brewster Arts Limited, New York City
Addison-Ripley Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Albert Einstein University, New York City
1998 Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Texas
Albert White Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, New York
Albers Fine Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee
1997 Consulate General of Argentina, New York City
Gallery @ 425 Lexington, New York City
1991 Marcos J. Alegria School of Fine Arts, Puerto Rico
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2010 Mason Murer Fine Art / Besharat Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2009 Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
Plus One Gallery, London, England
2008 Plus One Gallery, London, England
Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2007 Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, Connecticut
Plus One Gallery, London, England
Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2006 Mason Murer Fine Art, “Primavera”, Atlanta, Georgia
Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
Plus One Gallery, London, England
2005 London Art Fair, Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London, England
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
Eleonore Austerer Gallery. Palm Desert, California
2004 Plus One Plus Two Galleries, “American Realism”, London, England.
London Art Fair, Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London England.
Plus One Plus Two Galleries, Art London ‘2004, London, England
2003 Vero Beach Museum of Art, “Collector’s Choice”, Vero Beach, Florida
Plus One Plus Two Galleries, Art London ‘2003, London, England
Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
Artspace / Virginia Miller Gallery, “Latin American Invitational”, Miami, Florida
Eleonore Austerer Gallery, “Latin Diversity”, San Francisco, California
Artspace / Virginia Miller Gallery, Arte Americas Miami ‘2003, Miami, Florida
2002 Center of the Earth Gallery, “The New Realism”, Charlotte, North Carolina
Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, “Still Lifes”, Kent, Connecticut
Austerer-Crider Gallery, “Flower Power”, Palm Springs, California
2001 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Springs Intl. Art Fair, California
Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
Artspace / Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, Florida
Lyons-Wier / Packer Gallery, Art Miami ‘2001, Florida
Austerer-Crider Gallery, Palm Springs, California
2000 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Springs Intl. Art Fair, California
Artspace / Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, Florida
Center of the Earth Gallery, “The New Masters”, Charlotte, North Carolina
Brewster Arts Limited, Art Miami ‘2000, Florida
1999 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco, California
Artspace / Viginia Miller Gallery, Miami, Florida
Brewster Arts Limited, “Major Works”, New York City
William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Brewster Arts Limited, Art Miami ‘99, Florida
1998 Ramis Barquet Gallery, Art Miami ‘98, Miami, Florida
Artspace / Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, Florida
Brewster Arts Limited, New York City
Meredith-Kelly Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Elite Fine Art, Miami, Florida
Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, California
DeArte Magick, ‘Disegno e Colore’, (cur. Lee Klein), Easton, PA
Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1997 Ramis Barquet Gallery, Art Miami ‘97, Miami, Florida
N.Y. Arts Magazine 2nd City-Wide Biennial, (cur. Lee Klein), New York City
1993 Art and Mathematics Conference AM 93, SUNY Albany, New York
1992 Gallery @ Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1991 Olympia and York Gallery, (cur. Ludwig Datene), New York City
1990 Galaxy Gallery, ’Duel in the Sun’, Miami Beach, Florida
Publications:
▪Who's Who in American Art (1999-2014)
▪Pulse, Interview by John Nelson. March 31, 2005
▪Woodstock/New Paltz Times, “Moving Stills”, by Mala Hoffman, April 14, 2005
▪Desert Post Weekly, “Buenos Aires artist brightly colors Reality”, by Marc Thomson, February 5, 2004
▪The Miami Herald, “Latin American Art in Coral Gables”, June 29, 2003
▪Palm Springs Life,”Where to see Roberto Azank”, by Steve Biller, August 2003
▪Coral Gables Gazette, “Latin American Masters of Today and Tomorrow”, July 3, 2003.
▪Washington City Paper, Exhibition Review, by Louis Jacobson, March 7, 2003
▪“When the Subject is also an Object (Conversations/Solitaire)”, Essay by Lee Klein, published by Addison-Ripley Gallery, February 2003
▪Old Town Crier, Review by G. Lennox Campello, March 2003
▪San Francisco Business Times, ”Viewing Art with an Eye towards Capital Growth”, by Lizette Wilson, Sept. 27 2002
▪Woodstock-New Paltz Times,”Personally Speaking” by Mala Hoffman, August 22, 2002
▪Chronogram, “On the Cover”, July 2002
▪New York Arts Magazine, by Lee Klein, December 2001
▪San Francisco Examiner, Review, by Anne Lawrence, June 12, 2001.
▪The Desert Sun, Review by Jean McKig, December 2001
▪Washington Post, exhibition review by Michael O'Sullivan, March 26, 1999
▪Wall Street Journal, ‘Inside Art - Trendsetters- Creating the Next Direction’, “Cypherism and the Age of Computation”, New York, August 1999
▪Miami Herald, “Cypherism and the Metaclassical Style of Roberto Azank”
▪Essay by Dr. Ronald Vigo, published by Brewster Arts Ltd., March 1999
▪”Big Names in the Summer” by Armando Bravo, August 1, 1999
▪Coral Gables Gazette, ”Gables Gallery exhibits Latin American Jewels”, July 1999
▪Kansas City Star, ”Still Lifes are Still Effective”, by Robin Trafton, November 26, 1999
▪Night Magazine, “An Appreciation” by Lee Klein, June 1999
▪Easton [Pennsylvania] Irregular - “Disegno e Colore”, by Isadore La Duca, October 1998
▪Kansas City Star, Review, by Alice Thorsen, July 1998
▪New York City Arts Magazine, Review ”Art Miami 98”, by Lee Klein, February 1998
▪New American Paintings, February 1998
▪Waterfront Week, “Objectification” by F. Chapman, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, May 1997.