Bob Privitt

2161 Ruskin Avenue
Thousand Oaks, California 91360 
(805) 496-3878
bobprivitt@gmail.com
mediasquirt.com/privitt

EDUCATION

1971

M.F.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

1964

M.A., The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma

1962

B.A., Harding College, Searcy, Arkansas

RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2004 to present Professor Emeritus, Pepperdine University
2002 to 2004 

Artist-in-Residence, Pepperdine University

1979 to 2002

Professor of Fine Arts, Pepperdine University

1981-1991 

Director, Pepperdine University Art Gallery

SELECTED  GRANTS AND AWARDS 

2005, 1998, 1996 

Who's Who among America's Teachers, editions 2005, 1998, 1996

1995 

Faculty Member of the Year, Seaver College, Pepperdine University

1992/93

Charles and Harriet Luckman Distinguished Teaching Fellow

1988/89

Scholar-in-Residence, Borchard Foundation, Brittany, France

1974-1979

Artist-in-the-Schools, Carlsbad, New Mexico, various H.E.W. Grants

1978

"City Spirit Summer Arts 1978," New Mexico Arts Commission Grant

1967-1969

Art in the Embassies Program, U. S. Dept of State, Washington, D.C.

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 "Bob Privitt: Assemblage and Sculpture", Vita Art Center, Ventura, California
2017 "Manipulations", Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, California
2016 "In and Out of the Box", Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, California
2014 Tool Room Gallery, Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, California
2014 Conejo Valley Art Museum, Thousand Oaks, California
2013 Buenaventura Art Association, Santa Clara Gallery, Ventura, California
2009 Kwan Fong Gallery, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California
2009 New Media Gallery, Ventura Community College, Ventura, California
2008 SCIART West, Oxnard, California
2007 Buenaventura Art Association, Santa Clara Gallery, Ventura, California
2005 Buenaventura Art Association, Harbor Village Gallery, Ventura, California
2004 Pioneer Gallery, Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, Texas
2004 Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
2003

Fong Art Gallery, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California

2000

Shore Art Gallery, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas

1994

Reynolds Gallery, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California

1991

Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, California

1987

Conejo Valley Art Museum, Thousand Oaks, California

1985

James Turcotte Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1984

Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas

1979,'84,'90

Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

1966

Valerie Matthews Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas

1964

Kendall Art Gallery, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Barnwell Art Center, Shreveport, Louisiana

Lubbock Art Center, Lubbock, Texas

University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas

Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

City of Thousand Oaks, California

Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas

Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California

The Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, California


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