I’m in awe of the creative force all around and within us. Can’t think of anything that’s so strikingly omnipresent. Painting gives me the opportunity to directly connect with and deeply enjoy that force.
My abstract paintings are an exploration of energetically uplifting, spontaneous and transcendent compositions, featuring random rhythmic bursts, abundant paint, and most importantly, a request for Divine guidance.
-Robert Standish
Born, lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2024 Robert Standish: Transcendental Terrain, Martin Lawrence, San Francisco, California
2024 Robert Standish: Floriography, New Works on Canvas, Martin Lawrence, Soho, New York
2024 Robert Standish: Energy Orchestration, Martin Lawrence, La Jolla, California
2023 Robert Standish: New Works On Canvas, Martin Lawrence, Soho, New York
2023 Robert Standish: New Works On Canvas, Martin Lawrence, San Francisco, California
2023 Transcendental Tourist, Mark Moore Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
2022 Robert Standish: Rhythmic Abstraction, Martin Lawrence Gallery, Soho, New York
2021 In This Together, Cooper Design Space, Los Angeles, California
2020 Spectrum, MOAH Museum Of Art and History, Lancaster, California
2020 Chaos and Control, Mark Moore Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
2019 Aspect Dawning, Mark Moore Fine Art, Los Angeles, California
2017 Anti-Sporadic, KM Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California
2014 Frequencies, Gallery Brown, Los Angeles, California
2013 Orbs, Palihouse in Association with LACMA, West Hollywood, California
2008 Street/Lights, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Illinois
2004 Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
DUO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Sam Francis and Robert Standish: Colorways, Martin Lawrence Gallery, San Francisco, California
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2024 Breath(e), Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
2024 Latest and Greatest: New Work at Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
2022 Black and White: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
2019 It’s All Black a White: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
2018 Black & White & In Between: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California
LECTURES
2022 Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Art and History, Lancaster
Crocker Museum Of Art
Laguna Art Museum
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum Of Art
JPMorgan Chase
Norwest Venture Partners
Bryant / Stibel
Fredrick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Lewis & Susan Manilow
Larry and Marilyn Fields
Louis K. Meisel
David & Leslee Rogath
Patricia Arquette
