Resume / CV

Robert J.W.Arnold (aka Bob) graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from The University of Western Ontario, London, ON in 1972, with a Birks Gold Medal. He studied under Tony Urquhart and Duncan De Kergommeaux.

For 33 years he was a Fine Arts Conservator at Canadian Conservation Institute in Ottawa where he restored paintings and other art objects for many museums and galleries across the country. All the while he continued to paint and develop his style.

In 2007 he retired from the Public Service of Canada. That opened the opportunity to finally work full time at his art. He is now concentrating on creating new art and establishing venues for showing his work publicly. He exhibited regularly at The Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex as a member of the Foyer Gallery Artists Association, with Arteast Ottawa at gallery spaces in the Shenkman Arts Centre and the St. Laurent Complex, and with the Nepean Fine Arts League at galleries in Ben Franklin Place, all in Ottawa up to 2019.

 Exhibition Participation (Group unless otherwise specified)

• February - March 2019, Arteast Ottawa Mosaic exhibition, Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• - January - March 2019, Arteast Ottawa Winter Medley Exhibition, Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre.
• October 2018 - January 2019 Arteast Ottawa Juried Awards 2017 Exhibition, Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• September - November 2018, Arteast Ottawa Annual Juried Awards Exhibition. St. Laurent Complex Gallery
• September 2018. Foyer Gallery Artists Association group exhibition "Exuberance", Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• August - October 2018, Arteast Ottawa More Big Ideas exhibition, Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• June - July 2018, Foyer Gallery Artists Association group show Been There Done That, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• June -July 2018 , Ottawa Art Gallery, Annex
• May - Sept., 2018, Nepean Fine Arts League Annual Awards Exhibition, Ben Franklin Place Gallery
• May - June, 2018, Foyer Gallery Artists Association group show Lush, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Apr. - May, 2018, Foyer Gallery Artists Association focus exhibition Attraction, Foyer Gallery. Nepean Sportsplex
• Feb. - Mar, 2018, Foyer Gallery Artists Association group exhibition Captivation, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Feb. - Apr. 2018, Arteast Ottawa group exhibition, Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Feb. - Mar., 2018, Arteast Ottawa, Mosaic exhibtion, Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Jan. 2018, Foyer Gallery Artists Association group exhibition Northern Exposure, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Jan. - Apr. 2018, Nepean Fine Arts Gallery, Group Exhibition, Ben Franklin Place
• Nov. 2017 - Feb. 2018, Arteast Ottawa Promenade Gallery Exhibition, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Oct. 2017, Shepherds of Good Hope, Artspeaks Event, Ottawa City Hall Gallery
• Sept. 1017 - Jan. 2018, Nepean Fine Arts League Group Exhibition, Centrepoint Gallery, Ben Franklin Place
• Sept. - Nov. 2017, Arteast Ottawa Award Winners 2016 Exhibition, Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Sept. - Nov. 2017, Arteast Ottawa Annual Juried Awards Exhibition, St. Laurent Complex Gallery
• Sept. 2017, Foyer Gallery Artists Association focus show Reflections, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Aug. - Sept. 2017, Foyer Gallery Artists Association focus show New Vistas, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• July 2017, Foyer Gallery Artists' Association group exhibition Canada Naturally - Landscapes by Local Artists", Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• June - July, 2017, Foyer Gallery Artists' Association group exhibition Reverie, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• May - Sept. 2017, Nepean Fine Arts League Annual Awards Exhibition, Ben Franklin Place Gallery
• May 2017, Foyer Gallery Artists Association group exhibition, In Bloom, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Feb. - Mar. 2017, Foyer Gallery Artists Association group exhibition It's Black and White, Foyer Gallery , Nepean Sportsplex
• Jan. - Apr. 2017, Nepean Fine Arts League group exhibition, Ben Franklin Place Gallery
• Jan. - Mar. 2017, Arteast Ottawa group exhibition, Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Jan. 2017, Foyer Gallery Artists Association group exhibition Simplicity, Foyer Gallery , Nepean Sportsplex
• Nov. - Dec. 2016, Centre d'artistes Voix Visuelle, TARA DA-DA 11th International Digital Art Mini-print Exhibition, Ottawa
• Oct. - Nov. 2016, Foyer Gallery Artists Association Focus Exhibition Stories in Images, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Oct. 2016 - Jan. 2017, Arteast Ottawa Award Winners of 2015 Exhibition, Prommenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Sept. - Nov. 2016, Arteast Ottawa Juried Awards Exhibition 2016, St. Laurent Complex
• Sept. 2016 - Jan. 2017, Nepean Fine Arts League Gallery Group Exhibition, Ben Franklin Place
• Sept. 2016, Foyer Gallery Artists Association Group Exhibition Gatherings,Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• June - July 2016, Foyer Gallery Artists Association Group Show Diversions, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• May - Sept. 2016, Nepean Fine Arts League Annual Awards Exhibition, Ben Franklin Place
• Apr.- May, 2016, Foyer Gallery Artists Association Display Case, Nepean Sportsplex
• Mar.-Apr. 2016, Foyer Gallery Artists Association group exhibition, Bold, Bright and Beautiful, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sprotsplex
• Feb.-Mar. 2016, Foyer Gallery Artists Association group exhibition, Into the Light , Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Feb.-Apr. 2016 , Artesat Ottawa group exhibition Winter Medley, Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Art Centre
• Feb.-Mar. 2016, Arteast Ottawa group exhibition Mosaic, Trinity Art Gallery, Shenkman Art Centre
• Jan.-Apr. 2016, Group show, Nepean Fine Arts League Gallery, Ben Franklin Place
• Jan. 2016, Extravagance, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Nov. 2015 - Feb. 2016, Arteast Ottawa Award Winners 2014, Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Nov. - Dec. 2015, 10th International Digital Art Miniprint Exhibition, Le Centre d'artistes Voix Visuelle, Ottawa
• Oct. - Nov. 2015, The Shape of Art, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Sept.- Nov. 2015, Arteast Ottawa, Annual Juried Awards Exhibition, St. Laurent Complex, Ottawa
• Sept.-Nov. 2015, Arteast Ottawa 25 Years of Big Ideas, Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Sept. 2015, From the Camera , Foyer Gallery , Nepean Sportsplex
• May - June 2015, Nepean FA League Annual Juried Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Ben Franklin Place
• Apr. - Aug. 2015, Solo exhibition, Moksha Yoga, Orleans
• Mar-May, 2015, Nepean Fine Arts League, Farewell Exhibition, Walter Baker Sports Centre
• Feb-Mar, 2015, Arteast Ottawa Mosaique Group exhibition, Trintity Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Nov. 09, 2014, Timeraiser Ottawa, Canadian War Museum
• Oct-Nov 2014, Arteast Ottawa, Award Winners 2013 Exhibition, Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Sept-Nov 2014, Arteast Ottawa, Annual Juried Awards Exhibition, St. Laurent Complex, Ottawa
• Sept-Oct 2014, Arts Ottawa East, Selections 2014, Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Sept-Nov 2014, Arteast Ottawa, Group exhibition, North Gloucester Library
• Sept 2014, Snap Shot-Into the Light, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Aug-Sept 2014, Back to Work, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• July-Sept 2014, Arteast Ottawa, Group exhibition, North Gloucester Library
• June - Aug 2014, Arteast Ottawa Promenade Exhibition, Shenkman Arts Centre
• June-July 2014, Break Time, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• June 2014, Artist's Nepean Fine Arts LeaguePick, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• May - June 2014, Members' Night Exhibition, Nepean FA League, Atrium Gallery, Ben Franklin Place, Nepean
• May 2014, Canadian Tulip Festival, Commissioners Park, Dows Lake, Ottawa
• May-June 2014, As We Were, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• April-May 2014, People Places Things, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• April 2014, Dreams of Spring, Foyer Gallery , Nepean Sportsplex
• March 2014, "Walk in the Park NYC" , inkjet on canvas, on display as Viewer's Choice Award from Colour of Cold, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Feb-March 2014: Colour of Cold, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Feb-March 2014: Mosaic - Arteast Ottawa Annual Juried Show, Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Feb-April 2014: Artistic Expressions, Arteast Ottawa Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts centre
• Feb-March 2014: Annual Juried Exhibition 2014, The Cornwall Art Gallery
• Jan 2014: Childs Play, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Dec 2013 ? Jan 2014: Small is Good, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Nov 2013 ? Feb 2014: Arteast Ward Winners 2012 Exhibition, Arteast Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Sept-Nov 2013: Arteast Juried Awards Exhibitiion, St. Laurent Complex, Ottawa
• Sept 2013: From the Lens, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Aug-Sept. 2013: The Colour of Ottawa, Foyer gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• July-Aug. 2013: Two-person show with Jessie Parker, Foyer Gallery exterior exhibition, Sports and Spinal Injury Clinic, 1335 Carling Ave. Ottawa
• July-Sept. 2013: Artistic Calling, Arteast Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• July-Aug. 2013: The Heat of Summer, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• June-July 2013, Interpretations, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• May-June 2013: Nepean Fine Arts League Members Night Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Ben Franklin Place, Nepean, Paraskava Clark Award for Innovation and Award of Excellence in Other Media, for In the Casbah, Tangier
• May-June 2013: From the Heart, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• April 2013: Paint Splash, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Feb-March 2013: Life Visions, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Feb-March 2013: Arteast Mosaic juried exhibition, Trinity Art Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Jan. 2013, Brush with Colour, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex
• Nov-Dec 2012: Nepean Fine Arts League Winter Sale, Ukranian Centre, Ottawa
• Oct 2012 ? Jan 2013: Atreast Award Winners 2011, Arteast Promenade Gallery, Shenkman Arts Centre
• Oct -Nov 2012: Action, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa
• Oct-Nov 2012: Art for Everyone 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Cornwall Regional Art Gallery
• Sept?Nov 2012: Arteast Juried Awards Exhibition, St. Laurent Complex, Ottawa, First Prize for Riomaggiore-New Vision 5
• Sept-Oct 2012: Selections 2012, Arts Ottawa East juried show, Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Artts Centre, Ottawa
• Sept 2012: Flash (Festival X), Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa
• Aug-Oct 2012: Third Annual Juried Photo Exhibition, Cornwall Regional Art Gallery
• Aug-Sept 2012: Night Visions, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa
• July 2012: Mid-Summer Visions, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa
• June-July 2012: Heat, Foyer Gallery. Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa
• May 2012: Art at The Plex, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa
• Feb-March 2012: Mix of Emotions, Arteast juried exhibition, Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Art Centre, Ottawa
• Sept-Nov 10 2011: Arteast , Juried Awards Exhibition, St. Laurent Centre, Ottawa (First Place Award for Lady in Window 15 )
• Sept-Oct 23 2011: Figureworks, juried exhibition, Orange Gallery, Ottawa
• May-Sept 2011: Members Juried Art Exhibit, Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, NY,
• May-June, 2011: Arteast Promenade Gallery Exhibition, Shenkman Art Centre, Ottawa
• Oct 2010: Arteast , Juried Awards Exhibition, St. Laurent Centre, Ottawa,
• Feb-March 2010: Arteast juried exhibition, Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Art Centre, Ottawa
• Feb-March 2010: Two-person show, Around and About, with Jessie Parker, through Arteast, Blackburn Hamlet Library, Ottawa,
• Jan-Feb 2010: Arteast Promenade Gallery Exhibition, Shenkman Art Centre, Ottawa
• June 2009: Arteast group exhibition, Shenkman Centre Gala Opening, Ottawa,
• Aug 1991: One-person show, Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex, City of Ottawa,
• 1973: Rodman Hall Juried Exhibition, St. Catherines, Ont
• 1973: South Western Ontario Juried Exhibition, London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ont.,
• 1972: South Western Ontario Juried Exhibition, London Regional Art Gallery, London Ont.,
• 1972: Graduate Student Exhibition, McIntosh Art Gallery, University of Western Ontario,

Memberships Past and Present

Arteast, (Ottawa) Up to 2019

CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation)

Foyer Gallery, (Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa) Up to 2019

Nepean Fine Arts League (Ottawa) Up to 2018

Centre d'artistes Voix Visuelle (Hull PQ) Up to 2016

Frequent Exhibit Locations in Ottawa up to 2019

The Foyer Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 Woodroffe Ave.

Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd.

Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepoint Dr

St. Laurent Complex, 525 Côté St.

Centre d'artistes Voix Visuell, 67 Beechwood Ave, Ottawa

You may contact him at mailto:[email protected]

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