Education
| 1987 | Master of Fine Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington |
| 1984 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2012 | "Teenage Donna" Frosch & Portmann, VOLTA8, Basel, Switzerland "DILF!" Platform Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| 2011 | "Beautiful William" Frosch & Portmann, New York, New York "Cover You and Smother You" Froelick Gallery, Portland, Oregon "This Is The Crisis I Knew Had To Come (Brutally Taking It's Toll)" Vignettes, Seattle, Washington |
2010 | "Splendid Isolation" Frosch & Portmann, New York, New York |
| 2009 | "Send Me An Angel" Howard House, Seattle, Washington |
| 2008 | "The Shingle Factory" Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California "Action Painting!" Froelick Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
| 2007 | "Air Supply" Howard House, Seattle, Washington |
| 2006 | "Sluice Gate" Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington |
| 2005 | "A Machine For Living" Froelick Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
| 2004 | "Landmark" Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, New York "Reason" Howard House, Seattle, Washington |
| 2003 | "Abfall" Howard House, Seattle, Washington (catalog) "American Landscapes Reconstructed" Anderson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| 2002 | "New Work" Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, New York "My First Visit to Planet Mars" Froelick Gallery, Portland, Oregon "Introductions" Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, Washington |
| 2001 | "From A Bird's Eye" Poissant Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| 2000 | "Milk and Honey" Howard House, Seattle, Washington "Plans For A Beautiful City" Froelick Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
| 1999 | "Blowing Dust Area" Howard House, Seattle, Washington "New Work" Poissant Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| 1998 | "Tiny Nation" Froelick Gallery, Portland. Oregon "Whistle Stops" Howard House, Seattle, Washington "New Work" Project 416, Seattle, Washington |
| 1996 | "Soft English" Froelick Gallery, Portland, Oregon "Small Paintings" The Spare Room, Salem Oregon |
| 1994 | "Recent Work" Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
| 1993 | "Tender Spots" Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| 1992 | "Blind Dates and Other Strangers" Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
| 1991 | "Wall Mounted Sculpture" Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| 1990 | "Work" Blake Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| 1989 | "A Feast for Bacchus" 911 Contemporary Arts Center, Seattle, Washington "A Preface to Morals" Viking Union Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2013 | "Chamber Music" Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington "Eduardo Calderón: Portraits of 20 Northwest Artists" Museum of Northwest Art, La Connor, Washington |
| 2012 | "A Binder Full Of Collages" Frosch & Portmann, New York, New York |
| 2011 | "Ubiquitous Foundations: Ben Waterman and Robert Yoder" 301 Gallery, Montserrat College, Beverly, Massachusetts "5K Don't Run" NEPO House, Seattle, Washington "The Show Is Over..." Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington "Seattle As Collector" Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington "DUG" Soil Gallery, Seattle, Washington "Palm Springs Pop Up" Froelick Gallery, Palm Springs, California |
| 2010 | "KICKOFF" Frosch & Portmann, New York, New York "The Arc of Picasso" Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington "Collage: A Dialog" Gage Academy of Arts, Seattle, Washington "Schema" Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon "The Louder The Sun" Michael Peck Space, Seattle ,Washington |
| 2009 | "White Noise" The Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana "Finds Refined" Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner Washington |
| 2008 | "Century 21: Dealer's Choice" The Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, Washington "Speaking Parts: Conversations between Works in the Collection" Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma Washington "Gimme" Cornish College for the Arts, Seattle, Washington "Glue" Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| 2007 | "8th Northwest Biennial" Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, Jurors: David Kiehl and Rock Hushka "Gestalts: Robert Stuart and Robert Yoder" Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia "Elegantly Frugal...Deceptively Simple" Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon "Stand" Gallery IMA, Seattle, Washington, Curator Layne Goldsmith |
| 2006 | "2006 Center on Contemporary Art Annual" Seattle, Washington, Juror: Jennifer Gately "Tandem Press Highlights 1995-2005" Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin "In the Eyes of the Beholder" Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Curator: Sandra Dupret |
| 2005 | "Infrastructure" Studio Voltaire, London, England "Bâtir" Kinsey Gallery, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington |
| 2004 | "Lewis and Clark Territory: Contemporary Artists Revisit Place Race and Memory" Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington. Curator: Rock Hushka. (touring and catalog) "Domicile" Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington "Inaugural Exhibition" Bentley Projects, Phoenix, Arizona |
| 2003 | "International Abstraction" Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington. Curators: Lisa Corrin, Marek Wieczorek, Tara Young "Building Tradition" Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington "The Best Coast" EastBank Commerce Center, Portland, Oregon "Crossroads: New Art from the Northwest" Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington. Curator: Michael Klein "Ulterior Motives: Current Northwest Abstraction" The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon |
| 2002 | "LAVA 2002" Lava Exhibition Space, Seattle, Washington. (catalog) |
| 2001 | "Read All About It!" Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington "New American Talent, The 16th Exhibition" Texas Fine Arts Association, CenterSpace, Austin, Texas. Curator: Anne Umland. (touring and catalog) |
| 2000 | "Pacific Northwest Annual" Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington. Juror: Brian Wallace "Material, Process and Object: Expanding the Practice of Fiber Art" Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. (touring) |
| 1999 | "Geez Louise: Art After Louise Nevelson" The Education Alliance Gallery, New York, New York. Curator: Julie Ryan, Essay: Natasha Sweeten "The End" Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington "Shifting the Familiar" Robishon Gallery, Denver, Colorado "Transcending Limits: Moving Beyond Mainstream and Margin" CenterSpace, Austin, Texas. (catalog) |
| 1998 | "Hands on Color" Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington "Gallery Artists" Poissant Gallery, Houston, Texas "Untitled Group Show #22: Abstraction" Robishon Gallery, Denver, Colorado "Paper" Froelick Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
| 1997 | "New American Talent, The 13th Exhibition" Texas Fine Arts Association, CenterSpace, Austin, Texas. Curator: Robert Storr. (touring and catalog) "Human References: Marks of the Artist" Seattle Center Pavilion, Seattle, Washington. (catalog) "Winter Group Show" Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, California "Pacific Northwest Annual" Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington. Juror: Kathryn Kanjo "David Christensen, Ken Kelly and Robert Yoder" Zeitgeist, Seattle, Washington "The Northwest Annual" Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington. Juror: Alexander Melamid |
| 1996 | "Feast" Equinox Gallery, Seattle, Washington "Pacific Northwest Annual" Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington "Second Sight" Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, Washington |
| 1995 | "Fifteen Years" Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, Oregon "Looking at the Land" Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington. Juror: Juane Quick-To-See Smith "Pacific Northwest Annual" Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington. Juror: Prudence Roberts "The Northwest Annual" Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington "Ex Libris" Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, Washington |
| 1994 | "Newest Work: Gallery Artists" Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Washington |
| 1993 | "Botanic: A Flower Show for the Dead of Winter" Sean Elwood Fine Arts, Seattle, Washington |
| 1992 | "Sign of the Cross" Jamison thomas Gallery, Portland, Oregon "The Northwest Annual" Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington "It Figures: The Human Image in Art" Index Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, Washington |
| 1991 | "New Year/New Artists" Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Washington "Gallery Artists" Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, Oregon "Four Alumni Exhibition" Zirkle House Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 1990 | "The Northwest Annual" Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington |
Selected Articles
| 2012 | Cut You Up, Bradley Rubenstein, Culture Catch, May 9, 2012 The Conversation: Robert Yoder and Ian Toms, Amanda Manitach, New American Paintings, May 29, 2012 |
| 2009 | Help! Robert Yoder needs somebody, Jen Graves, The Stranger, August 27, p. 19 |
| 2008 | Hanging his shingle, Timothy Buckwalter, The East Bay Monthly, September Model Magic, DeWitt Cheng, The East Bay Express, September 10-16 |
| 2007 | Robert Yoder cuts the world of pop culture down to size in aptly named "Air Supply", Nate Lippens, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 4 Spatialism today: The explosion that inscribes us, Diane Sippl, Westside Today, May, p. 35 |
| 2004 | Discovery doesn't end, Jen Graves, The News Tribune, February 13, p. E1 |
| 2003 | Yoder's world, free speech and the old school, Emily Hall, The Stranger, May 22 Yoder intriguingly redefines found objects, Sheila Farr, The Seattle Times, April 25, p. 47H Yoder beats odds in art, life, Judy Wagonfeld, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 11, p. WH 22 |
| 2002 | Yoder sculptures debut in Spokane, Julianne Crane, Spokesman Review, April 4, p. D1 |
| 2000 | Review: Art, Karrin Ellertson, The Portland Mercury, September 21, p. 32 Highway signs point way to unique creations, Victoria Josslin, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 28, p.WH 28 |
| 1999 | Robert Yoder at Howard House, Regina Hacket, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 9, p. G6 Sign language, Eric Fredericsen, The Stranger, September 9, p. 37 Stripped bare, Eric Fredericsen, The Stranger, July 29, p. 69 Eclectic art chosen for football/soccer stadium, Regina Hacket Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 31 |
| 1998 | Signs and scraps, Eric Fredericsen, The Stranger, April 9, p. 50 Howard House: Where home is where the art is, Regina Hacket, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 6, p. C1 Art can deliver a cooling effect, Mary Voelz Chandler, The Rocky Mountain News, July 10 Thermo-Dynamics, Michael Paglia, Westword, July 9, p.63 |
| 1996 | Artist turns the ordinary into the extraordinary, Randy Gragg, The Oregonian, July 2, p. C5 |
| 1994 | Take Yoder exhibit at more than face value, Elizabeth McCafferty, The Oregonian, January 5, p. 22 |
| 1991 | Two midsummer gallery shows, Regina Hacket, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 23, p. C3 |
Catalogs and Periodicals
| 2012 | "Sun Worshipers" Sierra Stinson, Magcloud Publishing |
| 2011 | "Against the Tide" Sharon L. Butler, Two Coats of Paint Press, New York, New York "Seattle As Collector" Seattle Art Museum |
| 2010 | "TLTS" Essay by Kris Anderson New American Paintings Pacific Coast Edition #85 Juror: Dominic Molon, Pamela Alper Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL |
| 2007 | "Robert Yoder: Air Supply" Essay by Billy Howard and Sara Callahan |
| 2006 | "Robert Yoder: Sluice Gate" Suzanne Beal, FiberArts, November Rivet, Featured Artist Portfolio, Issue 16, Pp 31-34 |
| 2005 | "Robert Yoder at Froelick Gallery" Prudence Roberts, Artweek, December, Pp.18-19 |
| 2004 | Robert Yoder at Howard House, Matthew Kangas, Art In America, January, Pp. 112-3 |
| 2003 | Abfall, Thread For Art, Seattle, Washington "On the Cover" Margaret Moore, Hemispheres, The Magazine of United Airlines, March, cover and p.10 "Seattle: Courting the Off Modern" Fionn Meade, Fisura, February, Pp. 18-21 |
| 2002 | "The Mountain is Out" Elizabeth Brown and Lisa Corrin, Modern Painters, Autumn"Reviews" Joyce Korotkin, NY Arts Magazine, June, Vol. 7, no. 6 "Short Cut" Dan Webb, LAVA 2002, Pp. 158-161 "On the House: What Makes Your House a Home?" David Colman, Elle Decor, April, p.171 "Robert Yoder" Nate Chinen, digitalcity.com New York, April |
| 2001 | "Traveling Collector; Art Frontiers" Lisa Loving, Arts & Antiques, June, Vol. 24, no. 6 |
| 2000 | Arcade: A Journal for Architecture and Design in the Northwest, inside end piece, Summer, Vol. 18, no. 4 |
| 1999 | Transcending Limits: Moving Beyond Mainstream and Margin, Texas Fine Arts Association New American Paintings, Book XIX, Vol. 3, no. 7 |
| 1997 | New American Talent, Texas Fine Arts Association Seattle Collects Seattle: A Ten Year Retrospective of the Seattle Arts Program, Seattle Arts Commission |
| 1993 | "Seattle" Matthew Kangas, Sculpture Magazine, November, p.56 |
| 1989 | "Loaded Images: Personal Symbols at Oregon's Marylhurst College" Lois Allen, Artweek, November 30, p12 |
| 1989 | "Have a Seat" Barnett Turk, In These Times, February 22, Vol. 13/14 |
Awards
| 2008 | Artist Trust Fellowship Award, Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington |
| 2006 | Juror Award, 2006 Center on Contemporary Art Annual, Seattle, Washington |
| 2005 | University of Washington School of Art Alumni Award Artist Trust Grant for Artist Project Award, Washington State Arts Commission |
| 2002 | Seattle Collects Purchase Award, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, Washington |
| 2001 | Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant |
| 2000 | Artist Trust Fellowship Award, Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington |
| 1999 | Juror's Merit Award, Transcending Limits: Moving Beyond Mainstream and Margin, CenterSpace, Austin, Texas |
| 1998 | Juror Award, Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington |
| 1997 | Honorable Mention Award, New American Talent, CenterSpace, Austin, Texas |
| 1996 | PONCHO Recognition Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington |
Residencies
| 2011 | CCA Andratx, Andratx, Mallorca, Spain |
| 2009 | Jentel Foundation, Banner, Wyoming |
| 2005 | Espy Foundation, Oysterville, Washington |
| 2004 | Tandem Press, Madison, Wisconsin Paulson Press, Berkeley, California |
| 2000 | Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington |
| 1999 | Centrum, Port Townsend, Washington |
Public and Corporate Collections
Amgen Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Boeing Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Calistoga Ranch, An Auberge Resort, Calistoga, California
CenturyLink Field and Exhibition Center, Seattle, Washington
Citizens Bank Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The City of Portland Public Art Collection, Portland, Oregon
The City of Seattle Public Art Collection, Seattle, Washington
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, Oregon
Hallmark Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Hewlett Packard Corporation, Corvallis, Oregon
Intuit Corporation, Mountain View, California
King County International Airport, Seattle, Washington
Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Neiman Marcus Corporation
Nike Corporation, Bluhouse, Venice, California
Pierce College, Tacoma, Washington
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
The Portland Bureau of General Services, Portland, Oregon
The Regional Justice Center, Kent, Washington
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, SeaTac, Washington
Starwood Hotel Corporation, San Francisco, California and Seattle, Washington
Swedish Health Services, Seattle, Washington
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
The Venetian Resort Hotel, Macao
Vulcan Incorporated, Seattle, Washington
Zymogenetics, Seattle, Washington
Related Experience
| 2010-present | Director, SEASON, Seattle Washington. |
| 2012 | Curator, "This Is Where I Live" featuring work by DW Burnam, James Cicatko and Glenn Rudolph. Affordable Art Fair Emerging Artists Program, Seattle, Washington |
| 2009 | Curator, "Send Me An Angel--Portrait Wall" featuring work by Wolfgang Tillmans, Sue de Beer, Koto Ezawa, and Arne Svensen. Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington Curator, "Dearly, Madly" featuring work by Alika Cooper, Michael Dee, Shaun Kardinal, Julia Oldham and Haim Steinbach. Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington |
| 2007-present | Affiliate Professor, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle Washington. |