BIOGRAPHY: ROBERT LANGE

To understand all of the implications and ideas of Robert Lange's it is perhaps better to view his work as a foreigner to the art world. Unlike many artists whose work can easily be bottled into a genre or "it reminds me" category, Robert can only be classified by his signature stark lights and darks infused with vivid color.

At 29-years-old, Robert's painted world gives context clues into the history and collective memory of his life. A mathematical prodigy at 10-years of age perhaps accounts for his disciplined brushstrokes and the stylized geometric division of space on his canvases.

Robert studied under rigid traditional teachings at Pinkerton Academy, in Derry New Hampshire, yet found himself learning new perspectives at the world renown art college, Rhode Island School of Design. Robert was awarded a 4-year full merit-based scholarship based upon his outstanding portfolio. Robert spent most of his college career showing in multiple galleries in Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine. He also took part in a project that developed three contemporary urban galleries in Providence.

Robert said, "Painting is a simple medium, all you need are, frames, canvases, paint and brushes, with these minimal means you can achieve a maximum effect."

In 2004, Robert’s move to the traditionalist community of Charleston, SC heightened his desire to create the picturesque. After less than a year in Charleston, with a barely dry signature on his diploma, Robert opened Robert Lange Studios on East Bay Street. The gallery space, like his paintings, is clean, simple, and strangely familiar and inviting.

Robert’s depiction of a heightened suburbia distances his work from the political commitment and social self-importance of most contemporary postmodern painters. Someplace between Charleston’s cobblestone streets and New York’s stark concrete living rooms, is the work of Robert Lange.

EDUCATION:
2004 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2007- 2009 Instructor, Redux Art Institute, Charleston, SC

EXHIBITIONS:
2009 Kulture Klash Group Show, Charleston, SC
2009-2004 Annual Solo Shows Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC
2008 American Heart Association Featured Artist
2008 Figurative Group Show, Wells Gallery, Charleston, SC
2008 Kulture Klash, 10 Storehouse Row Gallery, Charleston, SC
2006 RLS Upstairs, Charleston SC
2004 Charles II Fine Art, Charleston SC
2003 Woods-Gerry, Providence, RI
2003 Carr House Gallery, Providence, RI
2003 Backstage Gallery, Derry, NH          
2002 Red Door Gallery, Providence RI
2002 Backstage Gallery, Derry NH

COLLECTIONS & COLLECTORS:
Merrill Lynch, Charleston, SC
Marc & Kay Menchel, NASD, Vienna, VA
Fogg, Norfolk Southern, Virginia Beach, VA
Michael & Ingrid Appleby, SLK’s Eagle Software Group, Charleston, SC
Barry S. Sternlicht, tarwood Hotels, New York, NY
Dolly & Lou Pardi, Washington Group International, New York, NY
Tony Baker, Charleston Battery, Charleston, SC
Senator Claire McKaskill, Missouri
Kevin Costner, CA

PUBLICATIONS:
Where Magazine, Spring 2006
Domain Magazine, Winter 2006
Carolina Arts, Winter 2005
New American Paintings, Southern Edition 2007
American Art Collector, April 2008 (Cover)
Exhibit C, September 2008 (Cover)