Robert Avon Lees
www.robertavonlees.com ravonlees@earthlink.net
Selected Exhibits
2016-2017 Gallery 89 Steamboat Springs CO
2015 L Street Gallery “San Diego Dreaming” San Diego CA
2014 -2017 A.I.R Haus, Carlsbad, CA, “New Bookworks,Paintings,&Sculpture: Su Lund + Robert Avon Lees”
2014 Linus Gallery, “Spirituality” group exhibit, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Encinitas Public Library, “Further” solo exhibit, Encinitas, CA
2013 Linus Gallery, “Spirituality” Group Juried online exhibit, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Design 2 Share, online exhibit NY, NY
2008-2009 Art Movement, Boulder, CO
2006-2007 Cheryl Tucker Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2006 Robert Avon Lees and Su Lund: Art into Architecture, project on show Santa Fe, NM
2004 Santa Fe Art Institute, SElections 2001-2004 Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 Sweeney Center Spirit In Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 Waxlander Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1999-2001 Telluride Guild Exhibitions, Telluride, Colorado
1998 The Ah Haa School of Art, The Light Show, Telluride, Colorado
1998 The Peaks Resort and Spa, Invisible Worlds: R. Avon Lees, Mt. Village, Colorado
1996 Calhoun Square Gallery, Art Works, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1994 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Benefit Art Auction by Sotheby’s New York,
1994 Portland Art Museum, Art Trek, Portland, Oregon
1993 Irving Street Lofts Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1992-1994 Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1992 Albertson-Peterson Gallery, Winter Park, Florida
1991 Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Small Works, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1991 Park Shore Gallery, Tropicool Fine Art Exhibition Naples, Florida
1991 Artforms Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
1990 Park Shore Gallery, SW Florida, Artscape 1990, Naples, Florida
1990 Joan Hodgell Gallery, Spirit in Canvas and Bronze: Ludwig and Lees Sarasota, Florida
1989 Park Shore Gallery, Artscape 1989, Naples, Florida
1989 Joan Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
1988 Gwydion Gallery, La Jolla, California
1988 CAB Bldg, City Gates Sculpture Proposal Exhibition, San Diego, California
1987 Berkeley Art Center, National Juried Exhibition 87, Berkeley, California
1987 San Diego Art Institute, Midwinter Award Show, San Diego, California
1986 San Diego Museum of Art, Juried Exhibition, San Diego, California
1986 San Diego Art Institute, Midwinter Award Show, San Diego, California
Awards
2016 AOTA Press, publisher, Book Cover award“Spirituality in Occupational Therapy”
1990 Park Shore Gallery Award: Fine Arts Society of Collier County, Artscape 1990 Naples, Florida
1988 Honorable Mention: WSU Veterans Memorial Sculpture Competition, Pullman, WA
1988 Third Place Award Architects Choice: Escondido Transit Center Site Specific
Sculpture Competition, San Diego, California
1987 Finalist: San Diego Harbor Island Sculpture Competition, Selected first runner up for
$100,000 site-specific sculpture
Education
1969-1974 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTABachelor of Landscape Architecture
College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Focus: Site Planning and Environmental Design
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am an interdisciplinary artist whose work includes Landscape Architecture, building, sculpture, painting and mixed media constructions. I focus on integrating fine art, design, and architecture. I work intuitively, creating in an improvisational manner with my materials.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1980-present Artist/Designer/Architect/Builder for R. Avon Lees Designs
Designer and Builder of creative environments, site-specific projects
Landscape projects and Architectural Homes.
1978-1980 Designer/Project Manager/Builder for Ellison Design and Construction
Designed and constructed solar and earth sheltered homes
1974-1978 Landscape/Architectural Design and Construction
Developed all areas from concept through final construction
1970-1973 Art Teacher, Minnesota Public Schools: Project Gain.
Summer sessions. Metal sculpture and welding, grades 6-12.