Robert Sulkin’s work was the subject of the traveling exhibition ‘Robert Sulkin, Photographs 1985-1995, sponsored by the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. In 2016, a feature story, “The Experimental Professor” appeared in Black and White Photography Magazine, Vol. 197.
His curriculum vita lists participation in over 200 solo, group, and juried exhibitions. In recent years, he has had exhibitions at Virginia Tech, The Arts Club of Washington, the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, and the William King Museum. In 2014, a portfolio and interview appeared in the national journal Local: A Quarterly of People and Places
In 2009, he was the recipient of a Professional Fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. His work has earlier been exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, the Light Factory, the Chrysler Museum, college galleries throughout Virginia, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM. among others.
In addition, he has received many awards in juried exhibitions throughout the country. Highlights include Best in Show in Photospiva, Joplin, MO 2008 and at the Academy of Fine Arts National Juried Photography Exhibition, Lynchburg,VA in 2013 , second-place awards in the Academy of Fine Arts National Juried Photography Exhibition in both 2011 and 2012 and Photospiva in 2013; and on four occasions Sulkin been one of five selected to receive the Qualex Award at the Photographic Image Biennial at the Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University.
Sulkin is perhaps most recognized for his constructed images and his exploration of the boundary line between fact and fiction. Of his work, Sulkin states “Broadly, my photography deals with the futility of the individual attempting to cope in a technology driven world spinning out of control.”
Robert Sulkin lives in Roanoke, VA and is Professor Emeritus at Hollins University, where he taught photography from 1980 to 2019. He holds a BA in History from UNC Chapel Hill and an MA and MFA in Art from the University of Iowa.
Robert Sulkin’s work was the subject of the traveling exhibition ‘Robert Sulkin, Photographs 1985-1995, sponsored by the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. In 2016, a feature story, “The Experimental Professor” appeared in Black and White Photography Magazine, Vol. 197.
His curriculum vita lists participation in over 200 solo, group, and juried exhibitions. In recent years, he has had exhibitions at Virginia Tech, The Arts Club of Washington, the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, and the William King Museum. In 2014, a portfolio and interview appeared in the national journal Local: A Quarterly of People and Places
In 2009, he was the recipient of a Professional Fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. His work has earlier been exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, the Light Factory, the Chrysler Museum, college galleries throughout Virginia, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM. among others.
In addition, he has received many awards in juried exhibitions throughout the country. Highlights include Best in Show in Photospiva, Joplin, MO 2008 and at the Academy of Fine Arts National Juried Photography Exhibition, Lynchburg,VA in 2013 , second-place awards in the Academy of Fine Arts National Juried Photography Exhibition in both 2011 and 2012 and Photospiva in 2013; and on four occasions Sulkin been one of five selected to receive the Qualex Award at the Photographic Image Biennial at the Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University.
Sulkin is perhaps most recognized for his constructed images and his exploration of the boundary line between fact and fiction. Of his work, Sulkin states “Broadly, my photography deals with the futility of the individual attempting to cope in a technology driven world spinning out of control.”
Robert Sulkin lives in Roanoke, VA and is Professor Emeritus at Hollins University, where he taught photography from 1980 to 2019. He holds a BA in History from UNC Chapel Hill and an MA and MFA in Art from the University of Iowa.
