Born in Houston and raised in the city’s Third Ward district, Robert Hodge studied visual art at the Pratt Institute in New York and the Atlanta College of Art before returning to Houston. Hodge has exhibited his work in numerous national and international institutions; has received grants from Artadia, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Houston Arts Alliance, and The Idea Fund; and has been an artist-in-residence at Artpace and the Joan Mitchell Center. He is currently included in The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, which originated at Baltimore Museum of Art and is travelling to Saint Louis Art Museum, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Cincinnati Art Museum, and Art Gallery of Ontario.
Born in 1979 in Houston, TX
Lives and works in Houston, TX
EDUCATION
2014
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY
2000 - 2003
Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Extended Play (EP); David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
Speakerboxxx; David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
2021
DNA; David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
2019
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back; Houston Museum of African American Culture; Houston, TX
The Low End Theory; David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
2017
Volta 13 Basel, Freight+Volume, Basel, Switzerland
Rhythm For the Suffering, Freight+Volume, New York, NY
Between the Devil and the Deep, Artpace , San Antonio, TX
20ft Tall, Arts+Leisure, New York, NY
2016
Gentrification: The Real Urban Living, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston, TX
2014
Destroy and Rebuild, Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston, TX
Word is Bond, PEVETO Gallery, Houston, TX
2013
A Memory Worth Fighting For, PEVETO Gallery, Houston, TX
Promise You Will Sing About Me, Uptown Gallery Space, Memphis, TN
Living in the Past Is My Future, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX , curated by Vicki Meek
2010
Niko Hapo Bodo, Khon’s, Houston, TX
2008
Black Maybe, 3 Muse Gallery, Houston, TX
Black Maybe, Coma Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
Sensory Overload, Tipping Point, Houston, TX
2007
Turn off the Radio: Proper Listening, H Gallery, Houston, TX
2006
Grand Light Lodged Between Two Roads, 3 Muse Gallery, Houston, TX
2005
Icon, Premium Goods, Houston, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century; Baltimore Museum of Art; Baltimore, MD (travelling to Saint Louis Art Museum, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Cincinnati Art Museum, and Art Gallery of Ontario)
2020
This is America|Art USA Today, curated by Robbert Roos; Kunsthal KAdE; Amersfoort, NL
2017
Houston vs. Dallas, Blue Orange Gallery, Houston, TX
2016
Friendly Fire, Station Museum, Houston, TX
Politics of Sound, Archive at Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
2014
TBG:Presents, Art League Houston, Houston, TX
Proper Listening, Mestize Gallery, Houston, TX
Orbital Two, Talento Bilingue de Houston-TBH Center, Houston, TX
Hieroglyphics, Houston Community College ArtHub Gallery, Houston, TX
Untitled, Coincide Space, Houston, TX
2013
The Beauty Box, Everything Records Collective, public installation funded by Idea Fund and Houston Arts Alliance
Coming Through the Gap in a Mountain on an Elephant, Texas Southern University Museum, Houston, TX
2012
Anthem, Bastrop House, Houston, TX, curated by Gabriel Martinez
Untitled, New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte NC
eetFunk, M2 Gallery, Houston, TX
Black Panther Carl Hampton Fundraiser, El Dorado Ballroom, Houston, TX
Box 13 Art Space Fundraiser, Box 13 Art Space, Houston, TX
Palais des Beux Arts, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
25th Anniversary Exhibition & Gala, African American Museum of Dallas, Dallas, TX
2011
Untitled, Allen Center/Continental Center Exhibition, Houston, TX
Untitled, Eat Gallery, Houston, TX
2010
Dare to go Further, Lawndale Art Center. Houston, TX
2009
Amnesia Project 7, Contemporary Museum of East Africa (Go Down Center), Nairobi, Kenya
Paya Paa Now, Paya Paa Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
Awakenings Movement, Watatu Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
Montrose Art Soiree, Sky Bar Building, Houston, TX
Art is Life, Fu Collective+ Gallery, Denver, CO
NeoPopStreetFunk, Nance Street Gallery, Houston, TX
Love Song, The Art Hotel Gallery, Dallas, TX
Black History Tribute, The Art Hotel Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008
Art-Official Intelligence, Texas Southern University Museum, Houston, TX
Selected Works, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
5A City Wide Exhibition, Rice University, Houston, TX
5A City Wide Exhibition, MOCAH, Houston, TX
Otherwise Constricted, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
Stand Tall, Gallery 2111, Houston, TX
Sam Cooke Theory, Artist Front, Houston, TX
Heros Alter Egos, Space125 Gallery, Houston, TX
Some One Else, Bosque Gallery, Houston, TX
Early Bird, Catalina Coffee House, Houston, TX
Houston Collects, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
2007
Museum of Fine Arts 5A City Wide Exhibition, Houston, TX
Active, Midtown Art Center/ Collective, Houston, TX
Our Neighborhood, Midtown Art Center, Houston, TX
Future Present Exhibition Series: 2, Midtown Art Center, Houston, TX
Recent Works, The GRAB, Houston, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Art Homes Tour, Riverside Lofts, Houston, TX
Fables and Myths, H Gallery, Houston, TX
Love Movement, Exhibition Midtown Art Center, Houston, TX
Don’t Sleep Exhibition, Premium Goods, Houston, TX
The Beautiful Struggle, Art Crawl 2007, 3Muse Gallery, Houston, TX
2006
Art Crawl 2006, 3 Muse Gallery, Houston, TX
Venus Flytrap, 3 Muse Gallery, Houston, TX
2005
Freedom Fighters, Premium Goods, Houston, TX
Untitled, Mocha Life, Houston, TX
SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Fauerso, Neil. “Artpace Spring Artist-in-Residence Exhibition,” Glasstire, April 3, 2017
McFadden, Michael. “SHOW UP: Robert Hodge,” Arts and Culture Texas, March 20, 2017
Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “Robert Hodge,” Artforum, November 14, 2016
Anspon, Catherine D. “Soul Man: This Art Phenom Burst Onto the Houston Scene By Listening to His Atlanta Roots (and the Music)," Paper City, November 14, 2016
Elliott, Amber. “Meet ‘Houston’s Most Interesting Men’ Class of 2016,” Houston Chronicle, September 7, 2016
“Robert Hodge: Destroy and Rebuild”, Catalogue, Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston, TX, 2014
Binkovitz, Leah. “24 Hours at a bus stop: It’s art. ‘The Black Guys’ Third Ward nod to the Art Guys,” Houston Chronicle, December 17, 2014
Glentzer, Molly. “Robert Hodge’s ‘Destroy and Rebuild’ confronts European art with hip-hop culture,” Houston Chronicle, October 11, 2014
Schulze, Troy. “Heroes Alter Egos,” Houston Press, Capsule Art Reviews, October 15, 2008
Danna, Monica. “Robert Hodge: Musician/Artist,” The Houstonist, September 28, 2007
Rhodes, Dusti. “Turn Off the Radio,” Houston Press, September 27, 2007
GRANTS, AWARDS, AND JURIES
2015
Idea Fund- Andy Warhol Foundation Recipient, 2 ½ years: The Juneteenth Album
2014
City of Houston, Thanksgiving Parade Float: In memorial to Cleveland Turner AKA: Flower Man
2013
Joan Mitchell Foundation Artist Grant
Houston Arts Alliance Established Artist Grant
Project Row Houses/Nathan Cummings Grant- Funded “Lightin’ Hopkins Bus Stop”
HOST “gimmie the loot” grant- The Beauty Box
2012
Idea Fund Grant / Andy Warhol Foundation Recipient
2009
Houston Art Alliance, Individual Artist Grant Juror
2008
Texas Neighbors Juried Exhibition, Dallas, TX
Houston Arts Alliance, (Emerging) Individual Artist grant
2007
Selected “Best Of Show” in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 5A City Wide Exhibition
The Big Show Lawndale Art Center Juried Exhibition, finalist
The Orange Show Charity Event