Back in Denton, Robert Jessup exhibits at the Conduit Gallery in Dallas

Jan. 3, 2025 — The Conduit Gallery has announced a solo exhibition of new works by Robert Jessup, a Denton-based artist and retired UNT Professor Emeritus who taught drawing and painting at CVAD from 1991 to 2018.

The exhibition, "Paintings from Robinwood Lane," includes large-scale paintings that will be the 19th solo exhibition of paintings at Conduit Gallery for Jessup since 1993 and marks his first body of work created in his new studio on Robinwood Lane in Denton, Texas.

Exhibition: "Paintings from Robinwood Lane"
Jan. 11–March 1, 2025
Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Opening Reception: Jan. 11, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Conduit Gallery, Main Gallery
1626 C Hi Line Dr., Dallas, Texas 75207

“The residence has changed, the studio is new, and the painting methodology has been largely reinvented. Again. But, the activity of line, the yearning of color — the chase of desire that is painting — remain the defining drivers of the work,” says Jessup.

Born in Moscow, Idaho, and raised in Seattle, Washington, Jessup received his B.F.A. from the University of Washington in 1975 and his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, in 1979. His work has been exhibited extensively since 1981 and is in numerous private and public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the University of Virginia, the University of Texas, the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art.

From 2019 to 2023, Robert Jessup and his wife, artist Faith Scott Jessup, relocated to Whidbey Island, Washington, but now live and work in Denton.

Catch up with the Jessups on Instagram: Robert Jessup  |  Faith Scott Jessup