Website: www.robtarbell.com

Instagram: @robtarbell

Over the past 15 years, Rob Tarbell has been recognized for creating and developing unorthodox processes involving the indirect manipulation of the material properties inherent to smoke and porcelain.  His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States, Canada, Korea, China, and England.                                                                                      

Tarbell’s work has been featured in the Huffington Post UK, Daily Mail UK, Installation Magazine, New American Paintings, Studio Visit, 500 Ceramic Sculptures, and Ceramic Sculptures, and the Kultura Zabaikalya in Transbaikalia, Siberia. Awards include, the VMFA Professional Artist Fellowship (’07) and residencies at VCCA Amherst & Auvillar, France, Ragdale Foundation, and the Hermitage Artist Retreat.

Rob Tarbell has taught foundations, fine art, and design at Virginia Commonwealth University, James Madison University, New College of Florida and currently is a Professor at Ringling College of Art and Design.