Dario Robleto Biography

DARIO ROBLETO

Born: 1972
Lives and works in San Antonio, TX

EDUCATION
1997 BFA University of Texas at San Antonio
1996 Yale Summer School of Music and Art
1993-96 University of Texas at El Paso (Fine Arts)
1991-93 University of Texas at San Antonio (Fine Arts)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
Some Longings Survive Death, Inman Annex, Houston, TX

2008
Oh, Those Mirrors with Memory, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
Alloy of Love (10 year survey exhibition), the Frye Museum of Art, Seattle, WA, organized by and travels to the The Francis Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY
Heaven is Being a Memory to Others, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA

2006
Fear and Tenderness In Men, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY
Dario Robleto: Chrysanthemum Anthems, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, travels to the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT and Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN

2004
Southern Bacteria, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Diary of a Resurrectionist, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris (traveled to Frac Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpelier, France)
Eunuch Euthanasia, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita StateUniversity, Wichita, KS

2003
Say Goodbye to Substance, Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York, NY
Roses in the Hospital / Men Are The New Women, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
A Surgeon, A Scalpel And A Soul, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego/Downtown

2002
Deep Down I Don’t Believe In Hymns, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
FIAC, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris

2001
I Thought I Knew Negation Until You Said Goodbye,
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Every Record Everywhere Is Playing Our Song Right Now, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris
Requiem Writer b/w My Magnetic Flaw, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

2000
Factory Girl, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
The Polar Soul, ArtPace, San Antonio, TX
Speaker Hole, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX

1999
Your Cheeks Have Lost Their Luster, Inman Gallery,
Houston, TX
I ♥ Everything Rock n’ Roll (Except the Music), Mint
Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC

1998
Goldie ♥’s Bjork, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX

1997
The World Just Won’t Listen: Collected B Sides, Cactus Bra Gallery, San Antonio, TX
The World Just Won’t Listen: Collected B Sides, Small Projects Room, University of Houston, TX

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
Kurt, Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, WA
Shut Your Eyes in Order to See, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France

2009
15 Year Gallery Artist Group Exhibition, Acme., Los Angeles, CA
Collected Works, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
On the Pleasure of Hating; Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; Hatred alone is immortal, Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, NY
Slash: Paper Under the Knife, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
The Secret Of the Ninth Planet, Queen’s Nails and Photo Epicenter, San Francisco, CA
Salt Peanuts, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

2008
The Marfa Sessions, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX
Strange Bodies: Figurative Works from the Hirshhorn Collection, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Not Quite How I Remember It, The Powerplant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX; travels to DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum, Lincoln, MA
Human/Nature: Artists Responding to a Changing Planet, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA, travels to Berkeley Museum of Art and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Neo-Hoo-Doo: Art for a Forgotten Faith, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX, travels to PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
3 Rooms: Cornelia Parker, Massimo Bartolini, Dario Robleto, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England

2007
The 6th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Soundwaves: The Art of Sampling, MCASD La Jolla, CA
High 5: Emerging Art in America, The CW Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Heaven is Being a Memory to Others, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
America/Americas, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX

2006
Accords Excentriques, Chateau de Chamarande, Chamarande, France
Ahistoric Occasion, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
New, Next, Now, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
In Series: Recent Accessions in Prints & Drawings at the MFAH, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Gospel of Lead: Dario Robleto and Jeremy Blake, ArtHouse, Austin, TX

2005
Color/Pattern/Grid: Selections from the Austin Museum of Art and Austin Collections, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Estranged Objects, Yellow Bird Gallery, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Newburgh, NY
A Thousand Words, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

2004
2004 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Perspectives @ 25: A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Treble, Sculpture-Center, New York, NY (curated by Regine Basha)
San Juan Triennial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Material Possibilities, Griffith Gallery, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
New Work, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

2003
Dust Memories, The Swiss Institute, New York, NY
International Abstraction, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Pop Rocks, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY

2002
Watery, Domestic, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, IL
A Moment’s Notice, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX (curated by Franklin Sirmans)
The Longest Winter, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (brochure)
Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (traveled through 2004)
Recent Accessions: Prints, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Rock My World, California College of Arts and Crafts Institute Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001
A Work in Progress: Selections from the New Museum Collection, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Shelf Life, Gasworks, London, Spike Island, Bristol, England
One Planet Under a Groove: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Recent Editions, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
The Silk Purse Procedure, Arnolfini and Spike Island, Bristol, England
Rapper’s Delight, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The Importance of Being Earnest, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Michael Duncan)
Fresh: The Altoids Curiously Strong Collection 1998-2000, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Armory Show, New York, NY, ACME., Los Angeles, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

2000
Thrifting, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY (curated by Kerry Inman)
New Museum Gala Benefit and Art Auction, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Armory Show, ACME., New York, NY

1999
A Girl Like You, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris
Paradise 8, Exit Art, New York, NY
Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY (traveled to Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco)

1998
Ticking, Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX (curated by Mike Henderson)
Trade, Salon 300, Brooklyn, NY
Inside the Loop, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
Millennium Fever, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX

RESIDENCIES
2007
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2001
Spike Island, Bristol, England
2000
ArtPace, San Antonio, TX
1999
The Acadia Summer Arts Program, Acadia, ME

VISITING ARTIST / LECTURER

2009
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
University of Houston, Houston, TX
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
University of California Davis, Davis, CA

2008
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Beloit College, Beloit, WI
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, San Diego, CA

2007
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

2006
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
University of North Carolina @ Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2005
Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI
University of Texas, Austin, TX
School of the Visual Arts, New York, NY
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

2004
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
School of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX

2003
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
ArtHouse, Austin, TX

2002
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles, CA
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA

2001
The Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA


BIBLIOGRAPHY – selected catalogues/brochures

2010
Hainsworth, Stanley. Idea+ology The Designer's Journey: Turning Ideas Into Inspired Designs, Rockport Publishers, Beverly, Massachusetts.

2009
McFadden, David Revere and Stern, Laura. "Slash: Paper Under the Knife", Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, 5 Continents Editions
Hanor, Stephanie, Lucia Sanroman and Lucinda Barnes. Human/Nature: Artists Respond to a Changing Planet; Berkeley Museum of Art and Pacific Film Archive, University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA
Brown, Rebecca and Mary Jane Knecht. Looking Together: Writers on Art, University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA
Markopoulos, Leigh. The Secret of the Ninth Planet, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2008
Whitney Museum of Art at Altria: 25 Years, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, pp. 126-37, 184
Berry, Ian and Dunbar, Elizabeth. “Alloy of Love”, The Francis Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, and the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Cuba, Nan and Robinson, Riley. “Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists”, Trinity University Press, San Antonio, TX
Heartney, Eleanor. Art & Today, Phaidon Press, Inc., New York, NY
Kamps, Toby. The Old Weird America, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, D.A.P., New York, NY
Reckitt, Helena. Not Quite How I Remember It, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Sirmans, Franklin. NeoHooDoo, Art For A Forgotten Faith, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT


2007
Perez-Barreiro, Gabriel. “Oh, Those Mirrors with Memory”, Zona Franca, 6th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
“Commitment”, an interview with Dario Robleto, Fundacao Ibere Camargo, www.iberecamargo.org.br.

2006
Eden, Xandra. “The Benevolent Efforts of Dario Robleto”, Chrysanthemum Anthems, The Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Basha, Regine. From: American Art Since 1900, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX.
Thompson, Nato. “Ahistoric Essay”, A Historic Occasion: Artists Making History, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA.
Basha, Regine. “Durational Aesthetics in Dario Robleto and Jeremy Blake”, The Gospel of Lead, ArtHouse at the Jones Center Contemporary Art for Texas, Austin, Texas.
Duncan, Michael. “Mystery House”, The Gospel Of Lead, Arthouse at The Jones Center, Austin, TX.

2005
Higgins, Shaun O’L and Striegel, Colleen. Press Gallery: The Newspaper in Modern and Postmodern Art, New Media Ventures, Inc., Spokane, WA.

2004
Dunbar, Elizabeth. “Eunuch Euthanasia”, Eunuch Euthanasia, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KA.
Latreille, Emmanuel. “Diary of a Resurrectionist”, Diary of a Resurrectionist, Frac Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpelier, France.
Montgomery, Harper. “Dario Robleto”, from Poly/Graphic San Juan Triennial: Latin America and the Caribbean, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Momin, Shamim M. “Beneath the Remains: What Magic in Myth?” 2004 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY.
Herbert, Lynn. From: Perspectives @ 25: A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston, Contemporary Art Museum Houston, TX.
Moreno, Gean. “An Aching Beyond Words”, Roses in the Hospital / Men are the New Women, published by Inman Gallery, Houston, TX.
Momin, Shamim M. “(Re) Making the World”, Say Goodbye to Substance, Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York, NY.

2003
Hanor, Stephanie. “CERCA Series: Dario Robleto” A Surgeon, A Scalpel, and A Soul, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CAArt in America

2001
Morsiani, Paola. “Dario Robleto. The difficult art of being a fan”, I Thought I Knew Negation Until You Said Goodbye, The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Roberts, Catsou. “Recommended Procedure: To Make A Silk Purse From A Sow’s Ear”, The Silk Purse Procedure, Arnolfini and Spike Island, Bristol, England
Sirmans, Franklin. “Dario Robleto: On a World Tour” in Speaker Hole/factory Girl/The Polar Soul, published by Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
Bedoya, Roberto. “Flight Recordings”, Speaker Hole, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Brunon, Bernard. “Speaker Hole-Girl Singing In The Wreckage (Edith and Elvis’s Black Box Recorders), Speaker Hole, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Ligon, Glenn. “Improbable Duets”, Speaker Hole, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX

2000
Smith, Todd. For I♥ Everything Rock’n’Roll (except the music), Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC

BIBLIOGRAPHY – selected articles/reviews

2010
Halle, Howard. “Slash: Paper Under the Knife,” Time Out New York, Issue, 746 January 14-20, p. 41.

2009
Britt, Douglas, “Art Highlights in 2009”, Chron.com, December 24, (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/6786529.html).
Rudd, Clarie, “Interview: Douglas Britt: On Art Criticism & Social Climbing”, …might be good, #137,
December 18, (http://www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/index.php/interview/index/137/68).
Britt, Douglas, “A Unique Opportunity”, Houston Chronicle, Zest, November 29, pp. 6, 19.
Breihan, Tom, “Take Cover: Yo la Tengo’s Popular Songs”, Pitchfork, September 2, (http://pitchfork.com/news/36087-take-cover-yo-la-tengos-ipopular-songsi/).
de Lima Greene, Alison, “Oh, Those Mirrors With Memory,” Gulf Coast, Volume 21, Issue 2, Summer/Fall, p. 161.
Selz, Peter. “Creativity to the Rescue: ‘Human/Nature’ at BAM”, The Berkeley Daily Planet, May 28, 2009.
Edelstein, Wendy. “Passion and romance and love”, The Berkeleyan, May, 1.
Britt, Douglas. "de Kooning/Rauschenberg vs. Gonzalez-Torres/Robleto", Arts in Houston, March 3, (http://blogs.chron.com/artsinhouston/2009/03/de_kooningrauschenberg_vs_gonz.html).
Klimek, Chris. “The Eye – Dario Robleto”, The Washington Examiner, February 1.
Smee, Sebastian. “Tweaking History at DeCordova”, The Boston Globe, June 28.
Carroll, Sean. “Critic’s Picks: Salt Peanuts,” March 18.

2008
Marcus, Greil. “Real Life Rock Top Ten,” The Believer, October, p. 41.
Stoaks, Nancy. “Dario Robleto: Frye Art Museum,” Art Lies, No. 59, Fall 2008
Snyder, Hills. “The Old, Weird America”, Art Lies, No. 59, Fall, pp. 108-109.
Graves, Jen. “Best in Shows: The Top Ten Art Exhibitions of 2008,” The Stranger, December 22,2008
Pincus, Robert L. “Have talent, will travel,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, September 14.
Pincus, Robert L..”Nature+Culture=”, The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 17, p. E1, E4
Goddard, Dan. “The Mix Master”, San Antonio Express-News, July 27, p.1, 7H.
Kane, Tim. “Dario Robleto on Exhibit at Tang Museum,” timesunion.com, October 30, 2008
Mueller, Kurt. “Dario Robleto: Inman Gallery, Art Lies, No. 50, Fall 2008, p. 110
Haskell, Caitlin. “Neohoodoo: Art For a Forgotten Faith,” Art Papers, September/October 2008, p.50
Appelo, Tim. “Death-obsessed Robleto Mixes, Matches and Turns Art on its Interactive Head,” www.seattlepi.com, June 5, 2008
Farr, Sheila. “The Alluring Alchemy of Dario Robleto,” The Seattle Times, June 15, 2008
Graves, Jen. “Death: The Remix. Dario Robleto Grinds the Bones of History,” The Stranger, June 5, 2008
Worssam, Nancy. “Frye exhibit is ‘Heaven,’” Queen Anne News/Capitol Hill Times, May 14, 2008
Britt, Douglas. “Portrait of an Artist in Demand,” The Houston Chronicle, May 16, 2008.
Carlin, T.J. “3 Rooms,” Time Out New York, January 24, 2008, p.61

2007
Duncan, Michael. “Remixing the Past,” Art in America, November 2007, pp. 202-205
Veras, Eduardo. “A arte de contra a arte”, Journal Zero Hora, 2007, p. 8.
Canning, Susan. “Dario Robleto / D’Amelio Terras”, Sculpture, May 2007, p.73.
Craig, Gerry. “Dario Robleto: The Phantasm of Matter”, Sculpture, March 2007, p. 40-41.
Baker, Courtney. “AHistoric Occasion: Artists Making History”, Art Papers, March / April 2007, p. 68.
Caldwell, Ann. “Battlefield Art”, The Chattanooga Pulse ,September 12.
Chute, James. “MCASD ‘Soundwaves’ a sampler plate of ‘found’ art sampling”, San Diego Union-Tribune, September 16.
Gonzatto,Camila.”Complete Interview”, Fundacao Ibere Camargo, November 2007

2006
Patterson, Tom. “The Year in Visual Arts”, Winston-Salem Journal, Sunday, December 31, 2006.
Richard, Frances. “Dario Robleto,” Artfoum, November 2006 p. 96
Cooley, Lisa. “Dario Robleto,” Artkrush, November 15, 2006, illus.
Richard, Frances. “Dario Robleto,” Artforum, November 2006, p. 296, illus.
“Dario Robleto,” The New Yorker, October 2, 2006
Smith, Roberta. “Dario Robleto: Fear and Tenderness in Men,”
The New York Times, September 29, 2006, p. E33
Kerr, Merrily. “Dario Robleto,” Time Out New York,
September 28, 2006, p.72
Conner, Justin. “Dario Robleto: A Contemporary Mix-Master of Our Time,” Interview, September 2006, p. 106
Gajkowski-Hill, Sarah. “Inman Gallery: Gilad Efrat, Carl Suddath, and Dario Robleto”, Arts Houston. August 2006
Basha, Regine. “Regine Basha Interviews Dario Robleto”, InterReview, Issue 06
Lowther, John. “John Lowther on Dario Robleto”, InterReview, Issue 06
Sternad, Jennifer Flores. “Jennifer Flores Sternad on Dario Robleto”, InterReview, Issue 06
Atwell, Wendy. “Lonely Teardrops”, Glasstire.com, March, 2006.
http://www.glasstire.com/ReviewsDetail.asp?id=233
Douberley, Amanda. “True Believers: The Gospel of Lead”, Glasstire.com, March 2006
http://www.glasstire.com/ReviewsDetail.asp?id=232
Glueck, Grace. “Under a Big Top, a Carnival of Lost Souls and Masquerades”, The New York Times. August 4, 2006, p. B30
Mitchell, John E. “Alchemy and Art”, The North Adams Transcript, July 27, 2006
Johnson, Patricia C. “Wow, how’d they do that?”, Houston Chronicle, July 15, 2006
Kennedy, Randy. “Where there’s a will…”, The New York Times (reprinted in Houston Chronicle), July 9, 2006
Puleo, Risa. “Dario Robleto and Jeremy Blake: The Gospel of Lead”, ArtLies, Spring 2006, pp 100-101
Mitchell, John E. “Ahistoric Occasion walks a thin line in time”, North Adams Transcript, Thursday, June 8, 2006
Gupta, Anjali. “The Gospel Of Lead: Dario Robleto And Jeremy Blake”, Art Papers, May/June, pp. 22-24
Newhall, Edith. “Top 10 Trends: American Gothic”, ART News, February 2006, pp. 112-113
Baum, Kelly, “Sincerely”, Artlies, Winter, pp. 36-41
Goddard, Dan, “Rags, Bones, Guilt, Grief” , San Antonio Express News, February 12, 1j, 7

2005
Ross, Lauren. “Material History: The Handmade Paper Work of Dario Robleto”, Hand Papermaking Magazine, Summer, pp. 3-5
Marie-Christine. “Au Frac de Montpellier, feuilletez le journal de Dario Robleto”, Midi Loisirs, January 14, p. 42
Leray, Anne. “Archéologie fictive d’une histoire américaine marquée par la guerre”, La Marseillaise: L’Herault du jour, January 11, p.6

2004
Ott, Lise. “Dario Robleto rappelle que l’Histoire n’est pas vaine”, Montpellier Sortir, December 22, p.X9
Gaines, Malik. “Dario Robleto: Southern Bacteria”, Artlies, Fall, p. 101
Owen, Paula. “Conversation with a Resurrectionist: Dario Robleto”, Artlies, Fall, pp.44-45
Camacho, Bea. “The Magic That’s Possible”, Present!, Fall, http://www.presentspace.com/presenttwo/presents/robleto/robleto.htm
Worman, Alex. “Dario Robleto: ACME”, FlashArt, November/December, pp.117,118
Frank, Peter. “Dario Robleto, Rob Voerman”, LA Weekly, October 15.-21, p.150
Cox, Christopher. “Treble: Sculpture Center, New York”, Artforum, September, p. 262
Canning, Sue. “Dispatch Whitney Biennial”, Sculpture Magazine, July-August, pp.78-79
Heartney, Eleanor. “The Well-Tempered Biennial”, Art in America, June/July, pp. 71-77
Abumrad, Jad. “Space”, WNYC Radio Lab, www.wnyc.org, June 25
Dunn, Melissa. “Whitney Biennial 2004”, Flash Art, May-June, pp.63, 80
Rosenberg, Karen. “See Hear”, New York, May 17, p. 87 Goddard, Dan. “Safe and Sound”, San Antonio Express-News, March 28,8J
Rosenberg, Karen. “Biennial Favorites”, New York, March 1-8, p.41
Goddard, Dan. “S.A. artist joins Biennial show”, San Antonio Express-News, Jan.18, 1J
Nesbett, Peter, “Dario Robleto: First Impressions”, Art on Paper, Jan-Feb, pp. 34-35
Shull, Chris. “Art of Protest”, Wichita Eagle, January 18, 1E
Griffin, Tim. “Out of the Past”, Artforum, January, pp.57-59
Martin, Philip. “Back To The Lab, Into The Groove”, Ten by Ten, Vol. 2, Num. 3, pp. 36-39
Golden, Thelma. “Best of 2003”, Artforum, December, pp.126-127
Macklin, Karen. “Clone Home”, SF Weekly, September 3
Horton, C. Sean. “Dario Robleto: Say Goodbye to Substance”, Artlies, Summer, p. 90.
Reese, Garry. “Dario Robleto: Roses in the Hospital/Men are the New Women”, Artlies, Summer, p.8

2003
Heartney, Eleanor. “Cultivating Creativity: The ArtPace Experiment,” from Dreaming Red: Creating ArtPace, 2003
Johnson, Patricia. “Exhibiting excellence”, Houston Chronicle, December 23, p. 5D
Garcia, Miki. Interview for LatinArt.com, May 01, 2003
Rosenberg, Karen. “Dust Memories”, Frieze, October, pp. 126-127
Kendricks, Neil. “Upon Further Review”, The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 7, p. 43
Chung, Jennifer. “TNT Takes A Fresh Look At Modern Art”,
Fahrenheit San Diego, August 6, p. 28
Smith, Roberta. “A Grand Finale of Group Show Fireworks”, The New York Times, July 18
Mar, Alex. “Gallery-Going”, New York Sun, July 3, p. 16
Janik, Art. “Dust to Dust”, New York Press, July 16-22
Yablonsky, Linda. “Dust Memories”, Time Out New York, June 19-26, p. 60
Schinto, Jeanne. “Our Sin Was in Our Hips”, San Diego Reader, July, 31, p. 77
Newhall, Edith. “Mixmaster”, New York, June 2, p. 92
Rosenberg, Karen, “Vinyl Mania”, Village Voice, May 21 – 27, p.62
Morisani, Paola. interview, Tema Celeste, May/June, pp. 60-63
Holley, Joe. “Conceptual Artist As Mad Scientist”, The New York Times, April 13, p. AR33
“The American Dollar Bill”, Another Magazine, curated by Mark Sanders, Emma Reeves and Neville Wakefield, Spring/Summer, p. 15
Goddard, Dan R. “Robleto piece pays tribute to the Challenger’s crew”, San Antonio Express News
Goddard, Dan R. “S.A. artist’s work draws acclaim in N.Y.”, San Antonio Express News
Devine, John. “In the Trenches,” Houston Press, March 13-19, p. 46
Johnson, Patricia. “Complex, symbolic images stem from ‘Roses’”, Houston Chronicle, February 22, p. 9D

2002
Pollack, Barbara. “Art Rocks”, ARTnews, December, pp. 98-101
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Dario Robleto: ACME”, ARTnews, Summer, p. 179
Sullivan, James. “How rock ‘n’ roll’s rumbles have shaken the earth”, San Francisco Chronicle, D-1
Caramanica. Jon, “Hip-Hop Don’t Stop”, Village Voice, January 15, p. 57
Joo, Eungie. “Bring That Beat Back”, NYFA, Spring, Vol.18, No.1
Ebony, David. “Art Fairs Energize New York Scene”, Art in America, April, pp. 35-36
Myers, Holly. “For the Record: A Warped History Dedicated to Vinyl”, The Los Angeles Times, February 1
Smith, Roberta. “Out of the Vociferous Planet and in the Orbit of Funk and Hip-Hop”, The New York Times, January 18, p. B44

2001
Salaaam, Kiini Ibura. “Art”, Pop and Politics, December 10 http://www.popandpolitics.com/articles_detail.cfm?articleID=1063
Demby, Eric. “What Planet Are You From?”, Village Voice, November 21-26.
Schwabsky, Barry. “Dario Robleto”, Artforum, September, p. 202
Anspon, Catherine. “Fresh, Smart, and Visionary”, ARTNews, Summer issue, pp. 96 – 102
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. “A Branding New Game”, Art & Auction, July/August, pp. 84 - 90
Johnson, Patricia C. “Spinning Thoughts”, Houston Chronicle, May 25, p. 5D
Sullivan, James. “Hip-Hop Nation Show Has A Rap On Black Culture”, San Francisco Chronicle, May 17, p. D1, D4
Goddard, Dan R. “He’s Probing Rock History”, San Antonio Express News, May 13, p.1H
Silva, Elda. “S.A. Artist’s Tin Curiously Musical”, San Antonio Express News, April 8, p. 8H
Chambers, Christopher. “A Curiously Strong Collection”, Flash Art, March-April, p. 44
Cotter, Holland. “Thrifting”, The New York Times, Friday January 5, p. B39

2000
Goddard, Dan R. “’00, what a year!”, San Antonio Express News, Sunday, December, 31, p. 7H
Goddard, Dan R. “’Soul’ man mixes music, science”, San Antonio Express News, Friday, October 13, p. 4F
Ewing, John. “The Polar Soul”, Artlies, Fall, p. 110
Anspon, Catherine. “10 Year Anniversary Exhibition”, Artlies, Fall, pp. 102-103
Vogel, Carol. “Gift to New Museum”, The New York Times, September, 29, p. B26
Bedoya, Roberto, Bernard Brunon, and Glenn Ligon. Speaker Hole, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio
Tokion Magazine No. 18, Juicy Fruits section, July/August, reproductions
Walker, Hamza. “Song Factory Substrates.” TRANS, pp. 188-193, reproductions
Robbins, Mark. “Mighty Real” in Against Design, exhibition catalog, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Robleto, Dario. “I Love Everything Rock and Roll (except the music)”, Field Guide 1999-2000, publication of the artist’s essay in NAAO journal
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Go Guide, Regional calendar section, p. 28, reproduction, Sunday, January 16

1999
Patterson, Tom. “Spins of a Visual Deejay.” Winston-Salem Journal, December 5
Creative Loafing, 8 Days a Week section, Picks of the Week Going On, December 4, p.18
Johnson, Patricia C. “A sense of loss permeates work of young artists.”, Houston Chronicle, July 29, p. 1D
Duncan, Michael. “Dario Robleto at Blue Star Art Space.” Art in America, April, pp. 151
Cotter, Holland. “Changes Aside, SoHo Is Still Very Much SoHo, The New York Times, February 12
Strohm, Colin. “Paradise 8”, Artzine, Winter

1998
Goddard, Dan. “In The Eye Oh The Beholder.” San Antonio Express News,
July 12, pp.7J.
Sirmans, Franklin. “Letter From San Antonio.” ArtNet.Com Sep. 9

1997
Freeman, David. “Dario Robleto.” Artlies no. 15, pp. 66-67

AWARDS & COMMISSIONS
2009
United States Artists Rasmuson Fellow

2007
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
Tobin Grand Prize for Artistic Excellence, Artistic Foundation of San Antonio, TX

2004
International Association of Art Critics Award– Best show in a commercial gallery nationally

2000
Altoids Tin Canvas Project

1996
Ellen Battel Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Altoids Curiously Strong Collection/New Museum of Contemporary Art,
New York, NY
Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Le Centre d’Art Contemporain, Montpellier, France
Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio Texas
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY







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