"The works of Robert Patierno are often striking representations of the chaos of existence. They provide commentary on everyday occurrences in a light that may not be evident within superficial thought. Patierno seeks to identify pockets of reality that may pass by unnoticed or be more interesting when taken out of context, only to portray them in a way that is curious or even alarming to the viewer. The simplicity of the subjects’ actions is overcast by the suspicions that the darkness of the drawings evokes in the viewer, creating an accompaniment of inexplicable fear and a “culture of fear”. Many of the paintings, prints and drawings are centered on universal ideas such as envy, revenge, fear, and love. Patierno’s work has a cyclical nature like that of the world; it has the ability to lead an audience on a journey from one point to the next and back to the beginning again without a pause. Although Patierno works with various media, he is most commonly identified as a master printer, specializing in polychrome relief printing."
 
GFExcerpts from a review by Christina Fainke, Art Critic, Philadelphia

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2008 Invited to participate in MIMB (monumental idea, miniature book) a set of small handmade books that will travel around the world, Spain, Argentina, Finland, and theSCG conference 2009. The books will reside in many significant collections as well
2006 Commissioned to paint McCaskey High School for the first graduating alumni class , Lancaster, Pa.
2006-2008 Invited to the traveling exhibit with Pennsylvania Masters, throughout the east coast. “A traveling exhibition titled Visions of the Susquehanna, featuring more than 2 centuries of images of this important river. The exhibit will present work by prominent American painters including members of the Hudson River School and such contemporary painters as Mark Innerst and George Sorrels. Funded by a generous grant from the Richard C. Von Hess Foundation”.
2006 US State Department, Art in Embassies loan program, The Ambassador to Macedonia, Ambassador Gillian Milovanovic, selected 6 relief prints to hang for 2 to3 years in Skopje, Macedonia, in the US embassy.
2005 The review committee of the Boston Printmakers voted a lifetime membership to the organization
1998-2005 The Frans Masereel Center, Belgium, sent an award certificate that pronounced the graphics completed each year “Valuable”.
2004 Judges Award, Mount Gretna Art show, Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
2006-1997 Appointed to print at the FransMasereel Center for Graphics, Kasterlee, Belgium. Robert has been a guest of the Belgian Government from 1997-2003. His is prints were voted VALUABLE eight times by the review committee from the Royal Museum of Antwerp.
2000 First Prize for works on paper, PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW, REFLECTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA RURAL LIFE
1999 Judge for the Juried Membership Exhibit of the Doshi Gallery for Contemporary Art of the Susquehanna Art Museum
1999 Accepted to the OPEN STUDIOS MID ATLANTIC COMPETITION OF NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, VOL.21
1999 FIRST PRIZE 1st Annual Juried Art Exhibition 1999, IMAGES OF PENNSYLVANIA RURAL LIFE, and a traveling exhibition of Pennsylvania artists at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, the Capitol for inauguration of Governor Ridge
1998 Invited to speak at Loyola College on SATIRE and the Visual Arts
1998 Appointed to the first full professorship at the Penna. School of Art and Design
1997 Invited to speak at Loyola College, Balt. Md. LARGE PAINTING IN PUBLIC PLACES
1997 Consultant for the city of Elizabethtown, PA. mural project
1997 Juror Harrisburg Art Association, member show
1994 Portfolio of prints & drawings published in Yellow Silk magazine, CA
1993 First Prize Virginia Wine label competition for Panino restaurant
1992 Invited to show A RETROSPECTIVE at Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ
1992 awarded a sabbatical PSA&D
1992 Invitation to lecture at Villanova University on Satire & Art
1990 Juror York Art Association Annual Competition
1985 Lecture at Penn State Capitol Campus ("The Artist's Work in Relation to Myth and Symbol in Western Culture")
1984 Third Prize, Lebanon Valley Spring Arts Festival, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
1982-83to 2003 Co-founder of the Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, where he was chair of the Fine Arts Department for ten subsequent years, also, chair and developer of the print department and finally resigning the institution after it became the four year degree granting Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Patierno was the only full professor upon his resignation.
1982 Juror, National Drawing Exhibition, Terrance Gallery,
Palenville, NY
1981 Accepted to the Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT.
1980 Honorable Mention, Printmaking, Terrance Gallery National Drawing Exhibition, Palenville, NY
First Prize Graphics, Tremellen National Juried Art Exhibit, Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA
1979-1978 Recipient of two Ford Foundation Grants
1976-1975 Juror, York County Wood Carvers Annual Exhibit, York College of Pennsylvania , York, PA

COLLECTIONS
2006-1999 prints to the collection of Jenny Caers, Chief Collaborator, Frans Masereel Center for Graphics, Kasterlee Belgium
2001 Ten relief prints accepted to the Royal Museum of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
2001 Ten relief were prints accepted to the collection of the Frans Masereel Center for Graphics, Kasteerlee, Belgium.
2000 Nine prints accepted to the Royal Museum of Antwerp, Belgium
2000 Nine prints produced at the Frans masereel Center for Graphics were placed in the museum center collection, Kasterlee, Belgium.
1999 A painting (dyptych) accepted to the Permanent Collection of the Southern Allegehenies Museum, Loretto PA.
1999, seven prints produced at the Frans Masereel Center for Graphics were accepted to the collection of The Royal Museum of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
1999, seven prints were accepted to the Frans Masereel Center for Graphics Museum Collection, Kasterlee, Belgium
1999,Two major paintings commissioned by Buchannon, Ingersol Law Offices for the main lobby.
Jonathan VanDyke, chief curator and operator of the Susquehanna Art Museum,owns several woodblock prints.
Lance Esplund, international art critic, New York, NY. owns one print.
Yorkarts prints/ woodcuts
Erie Art Museum, Erie Pennsylvania, three drawings from the series MEN IN THE WILDERNESS
Lancaster Museum, one intaglio and one painting accepted to the permanent collection
Intaglio Print in the collection of Colorado State University, Fort Collins , CO.
Frans Masereel Centrum Museum, suite of nine prints accepted to the collection,Kasterlee Belgium
The Royal Museum of Antwerp, The Community of Belgium, suite of nine prints accepted to the collection, Antwerp, Belgium
The collection of Susan Dackerman, Asst. Curator of Prints and Drawings, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Balt. MD.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Harrisburg, PA. two large oil paintings
Susquehanna Bancshares, Lititz, PA . one oil painting
Maryland Institute College of Art, Print Department
Millersville University
Pennsylvania School of Art & Design
Silvermine Guild of Artists
Syracuse University Collections, Lowe Gallery/Museum (a suite of production prints used for instruction in viscosity printmaking) including Whistler, Rembrandt, and others, a show entitled "What is a print?"..
Boise Cascade Paper Co. owns a suite of prints produced on experimental paper.
York Academy of Arts (numerous prints and paintings owned by public organizations donated through the School)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 A major exhibition of work at the Washington County Museum Of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland
2009 A major exhibition of paintings, prints, and drawings for the opening of the Mahler Gallery, Raleigh, NC.
2009 An exhibition of drawings at the Lynden Geaaery, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
2008 prints, Red Raven Art Gallery, Lancaster, PA.
2008 prints and drawings, Lancaster Arts Hotel, Lancaster, Pa.
2007 Relief Prints, Gorus Gallery, Venusstraat, Antwerp, Belgium
2006 Relief Prints at Gloucester County College, Sewell, NJ
2005 HoFP gallery, Columbia, South Carolina
2005 Raleigh Contemporary Gallery, North Carolina, Featured Artist March, relief prints
2005 Epreuve d’Artist, graphics, Antwerp, Belgium
2004 White Birch Gallery, Media, Pennsylvania
2003 Glass Growers one man show, Erie, Pennsylvania
2003 Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, Pennsylvania
2001-02 One man exhibition of drawings and graphics at the Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
2001 One Man Exhibition Invitational, Millersville University,blockprints, Millersville, PA.
2000 One man show, Raleigh Contemporary Gallery, Raleigh,NC PSA&D, Lancaster, PA
1995 Fagen Peterson Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ
PSA&D, Lancaster, PA
2000 One man show, HoFP Gallery, Columbia, SC
2000 Harrisburg Art Association
1999 Dickenson College, Carlisle PA. Block Prints, "Remember Me" and images from The Royal Museum of Antwerp, and the Frans Masereel Museum, Kasterlee, Belgium.
1999 Susquehanna Art Museum, a show of prints and drawings
1999 Erie Art Museum, a solo show of drawings and paintings,
Men in the Wilderness
1999 YORKARTS, York Pennsylvania, a show of figure imagery, GO FIGURE
1998 Panino Restaurant, self-promoted exhibition
1997 Fagen Peterson Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Graphics from the Masereel Center
1996 Fagen Peterson Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ
One Man Show, Landscapes
Panino - self promoted show
One Man Show, Manassas, VA
Drawings
1994 Fagen Peterson Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
Tangerine Fine Art, Harrisburg, PA
Panino - self promoted show
1993 Fagen Peterson Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Sabbatical show PSA&D, Lancaster, PA
Marion Art, Lancaster, PA
Show with gallery talk
1992 Retrospective, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ.
"The Bounties of the Earth" Marion Art, Lancaster, PA.
1991 "Images of Fertility and Mortality", Fagen Peterson Fine Art, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ.
1990 "Small Still Life," Fagen-Peterson Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ
"Two Artists; Same Tree," Tangerine Gallery, Harrisburg, PA
1989 "Back From PA.," Fagen-Peterson, Scottsdale, AZ
"Summer Landscapes '89," Pennsylvania School of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA
"Remember Me," Photos, Pennsylvania School of Art & Design Gallery, Lancaster, PA
"Landscapes," Tangerine Gallery, Harrisburg, PA
1988 Fagen-Peterson Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
1987 Temple University Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Marion Art, Lancaster, PA
1986 David Mann Gallery, Linglestown, PA
Contemporary Portraits at Pennsylvania State University, Capital Campus, Middletown, PA
1985 Millersville University, Major Works on Canvas, Millersville, PA
Pennsylvania State University, Capital Campus (one-man show of major and minor works with an ensuing lecture on myth and symbol in the work) Middletown, PA
1984 Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT
1983 Dancer's Gallery, Harrisburg, PA
1981 Rosen Graphics, Ltd., Washington DC
Gallery 310, York, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 York College, Artist Trail Group exhibition invitational, York, Pa.
2007 Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington, Holiday Exhibition
2007 Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown Pa., PA.Arts Experience Invitational, Sept.
2007 Red Raven Gallery, Lancaster, Pa., July, highlight artist
2006-2008 An invitational exhibition,(see Awards and Distinctions)Visions of the Susquehanna
2005 December group exhibitions at Raleigh Contemporary Gallery, Davidson Galleries, Lancaster Galleries
2005 Brussels at the Felix de Boeck Museum, a group exhibition
2005 Davidson Galleries, summer relief print exhibition, Seattle Washington
2004 White Birch Gallery, Media, Pennsylvania
2004 National Print Competition, Lancaster Museum, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
2003 Milton Hershey Invitational, Milton Hershey Museum, Hershey, PA.
2002 Frans Masereel Center 25th Aniversary Invitational Exhibition, Kasterlee, Belgium
2002 The Demuth Foundation, Invitational, Images From the Garden. Lancaster Pennsylvania.
2001 WILDLIFE an invitational exhibition at the Albany Museum, Albany, Georgia, organized by International Art Placement, NYC, NY
2001 Yorkarts competition WATERWORKS, works about water, York PA.
2001 Rauch Gallery, Gaston College. Invitational WORKS ON PAPER, BY AND FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.M.HENRY. Works by the likes of Robert Longo, Leonard Baskin, included. Gaston, NC.
2001 York Arts Small Works Invitational, York, PA.
2000 Work was selected from and by the Frans Masereel Center, Belgium, for exhibition "AUTOURDE FRANS MASEREEL" in La Locle, Switzerland.
2000 Work done at the Frans Masereel Center was selected for exhibition in Gordes (Provence)France in the following places(1)Aumonerie St. Jacques(2)Chapelle des Penitents Blancs(3)Espace des Arts
2000 Blue Mountain Gallery Painting Invitational.New York,NY.
2000 Gettysburg College Figurative Show, Gettysburg, PA.
2000 PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW; REFLECTIONS OF RURAL PENNSYLVANIA , Harrisburg, PA.
1999 Witaker Center for Art and Science, Harrisburg, PA.
1999 Annual Spring Competition at the Erie Art Museum
1999 IMAGES OF PENNSYLVANIA RURAL LIFE, a traveling exhibition of Pennsylvania artists
1/9/14 Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, Main Lobby, Harrisburg ; 1/14/99, Commonwealth Main Capitol, East Rotunda, Harrisburg; 2/18/99 to 3/12/99, Dixon University Center, Richard's Hall, Harrisburg, Pa.
1998 The Lancaster Museum, Permanent Collections Show
1998 Susquehanna Museum Satire Invitational Comedy and Caricature:The Art of Satire featuring works by Daumier, Hogarth, Grosz, Levine, Grooms, and Warhol
1998 Raleigh Contemporary, Raleigh, NC. Graphics Invitational
1998 Exhibition of Graphics, Frans Masereel Centrum/Museum, Kasterlee,Belgium
1995 & '94 Shows at Retro Aron & Medici Galleries
1990 Faculty Show, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1990 to Present Faculty Shows, PSA&D, Lancaster, PA
& small group shows of work at commercial galleries
1990 Maryland Printmakers in Action, Mayor's Office, Baltimore, MD
Introductions, Fagen-Peterson Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
Print Invitational, Tangerine Gallery, Harrisburg, PA
Print Invitational, Knight-Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1989 Maryland Printmakers Invitational, Eastern Shore, Salisbury, MD
Millersville University Faculty Show, Sykes Gallery, Millersville, PA
Millersville University Adjunct Show, Sykes Gallery, Millersville, PA
Maryland Institute Faculty Show, MICA, Baltimore, MD
PSA&D Faculty Show, Pennsylvania School of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA
Group Show, Fagen Peterson Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
Print Invitational, Tangerine Gallery, Harrisburg, PA
Community Gallery, Lancaster, PA
1988 Faculty Show, Pennsylvania School of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA
Faculty Show, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Faculty Show, Millersville University, Sykes Gallery, Millersville, PA
1987 20 Years in Print, Lowe Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Philadelphia Print Club International Competition, Philadelphia, PA
Group Show, Marion Art, Lancaster, PA
Group Show, Tangerine Gallery, Harrisburg, PA
The Miniature, Marion Art, Lancaster, PA
Print Invitational, Tangerine Gallery, Harrisburg, PA
1986 Group Show, Tangerine Gallery, Harrisburg, PA
Group Show, Marion Art, Lancaster, PA
1985 Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
1981-1985 Community Cooperative Annual Invitational, Royalton, CT
1981-1985 Temple Beth Israel Annual, York, PA
1984 York College of PA, Invitational, York, PA
1983 5x7, Rosen Graphics, Ltd. Group Show, Washington DC
1981 Terrance Gallery National Drawing Competition, Terrance Gallery, Palenville, NY
New Member Show, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT
1980 Tremellen Gallery National Exhibition, Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA
"What Is A Print," Syracuse University Collections Print Show, Lowe Gallery, Syracuse, NY featuring work by Whistler, Rembrandt
Daedal Fine Art Print Invitational, Falston, MD
MFA Candidate Show, Lowe Gallery, Syracuse University, NY
St. John's College Print Invitational, Minneapolis, MN

*Many regional, faculty, and minor exhibitions have not been mentioned.

PRESS RELEASES
September 2009 - Robert Patierno, More Than Meets the Eye - Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA