A new book published by Fine Arts Press with essays by Maria Esther Fernandez, Preston Metcalf, Fabio Magalhaes and Roberto Elisabetsky, edited by Georgina Balkwell and Kara L. de Lambert, featuring 160 pages and 90 color images of new paintings by Bob Nugent in correspondence with two museum exhibitions at Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA and Museum of Contemporary Art, Sorocaba, Brazil in 2021.
The book may be purchased directly from Fine Arts Press, click here.
A 39 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
January 12 - March 2, 2019
Nashville, TN
A 39 Year Retrospective is first and foremost a celebration of art. The Retrospective features and honors fifty represented artists who have been instrumental in making Cumberland Gallery a leading advocate for contemporary art in Nashville and beyond.
RIVER: THE UPPER SACRAMENTO RIVER WATERSHED
October 13 - December 1, 2018
Artist Reception: Saturday, October 13th, 5 - 7 pm
Dunsmuir, CA
Bob Nugent, an internationally acclaimed artist who once taught art at the College of the Siskiyous in Weed, CA from 1973-1981. This solo exhibition represents works on paper and veneer by Bob Nugent.
COLLABORATIONS
August 4 - September 8, 2018
Artist Reception: Saturday August 18th, 6-8pm
Nashville, TN
"Collaborations," a group show featuring ten artists duos who came together and created new work for this occasion. Bob Nugent collaborated with artist, Mark Perlman.
MuBE MUSEUM
AMAZONIA: OS NOVOS VIAJANTES
May 12 - June 29, 2018
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
MuBE Museum (Museu Brasileiro da Escultura e Ecologia) is dedicated to protecting the environment. This group exhibition focuses on the Amazon and features Bob Nugnet's Standard sculptures made of reclaimed trees, milled from the Amazon Basin.
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
IN DIAOGUE WITH THE AMAZON: THE PRINTMAKING OF BOB NUGENT
February 1 - March 31, 2018
Artist Lecture and Reception: February 1, 4:00 - 5:30pm
Shain Library, New London, CT
This year the Linda Lear Center received six portfolios of etchings by the American artist Bob Nugent. Individual plates from these collections will be displayed and the artist will come to campus to speak at the opening of the exhibit and to teach a class to Connecticut College students.
Permanent Collection
Opening: January 2018
Redding, CA
A commission piece, Marmorata 2016, 122 x 150 inches, for The Sheraton Hotel in Redding, California in correspondence with Bob Nugent's solo exhibition at Turtle Bay Exploration Park at Redding, California.
BRAZIL
January 13 - February 13, 2018
Artist Reception: January 13, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Healdsburg, CA
Celebrating 20 Year Anniversary of Erickson Fine Art in Healdsburg with a solo exhibition of Bob Nugent - Brazil The Amazon Basin
ECOS DE INHOTIM
September 23 - November 4, 2017
Artist Reception: September 23, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Nashville, TN
Since its inception in 1980, Cumberland Gallery has shown and handled the work of California artist Bob Nugent. For his seventh solo show here (excluding numerous group exhibits), Nugent presents a diverse breadth of sculpture, new paintings and works on paper and veneer. Ecos de Inhotim is a continuation of the artist’s impressions of Brazil and the Amazon River Basin, an ecosystem which he has explored through mixed media for over thirty years.