Born in 1981 in Secaucus, New Jersey, USA

Robert Minervini works in painting, installation, sculpture, and site-specific public art. Primarily a painter his work is based on the intersection of nature and culture, drawing from 19th century heroic landscape painting and contemporary urban culture. He received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2009, and his BFA from Tyler School of Art in 2005. He has created public murals with the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program for since 2003 and his work has been exhibited internationally, including a solo show with Eleanor Harwood Gallery, and group exhibitions with Verge Gallery, Manifest Gallery, The Brooklyn Historical Society, the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Root Division, the Luggage Store Gallery, the Pennsylvania State Museum, and the Philadelphia Art Alliance. He has been awarded the Murphy/Cadogan Fellowship by the San Francisco Foundation in 2008, the Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Fellowship by the National Academy of Fine Arts in 2008, and the Carmela Corso Scholarship by Tyler School of Art in 2005. He has been a resident artist at the Headlands Center for the Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center, and is currently an artist in residence with the Root Division Studio Program. His art has published in the book “Mural Art: Large Scale Art from Walls Around the World,” and has been featured in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, SF Gate, Art Matters Magazine, the Providence Phoenix, the Mercury Newspaper, and online in www.artblog.com, www.booooooom.com, and www.artbuisness.com. He currently lives and works in San Francisco.

I've been selected as one of the artists for the San Francisco Arts Commission pilot project Art in Storefronts. These projects will be located all over Chinatown. The project's location is 55 Wentworth Alleyway, and the kick off is June 11th, 2010

view more information here
http://www.sfartscommission.or

and here

http://www.sfartscommission.or

Opening May 15th 2010

Show runs
May 15–July 11

Featuring:
Drew Beckmeyer
Wendy Heldmann
Claire Jackel
Seth Kaufman
David Korty
Robert Minervini
Christopher Pate
Stephanie Pryor
Julia Schwartz
Matt Wedel
Annie Wharton
Eve Wood

click here for more information http://www.c-artmarine.com

Space Odyssey

Southern Exposure's Annual Fundraiser + Art Auction
Saturday, May 8, 2010

VIP Reception: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Main Event: 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Live Auction: 8:30 pm – 9:15 pm
Silent Auction: Lots begin to close at 9:30 pm
Auction Preview Exhibition: *see details below

Location: SoEx, 3030 20th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
http://soex.org/soexauction201

I'll be participating in the 10th Annual Southern Exposure Monster Drawing Rally
Friday, March 5, 2010, 6:00 to 11:00 PM. At the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa St.
(between Potrero & Hampshire & 17th & 18th)

Donation: $10 & up All work will be for sale and proceeds go to SOEX.

http://soex.org/monsterdrawing

Opening Reception this Saturday March 13th, 7-10pm at Pehrspace Gallery in Ecco Park, LA

http://formalgardens.blogspot.