Bob Worthy

NOTICE: Here is a link to my new YouTube video documenting a photo shoot with a nude male model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-RpY2lEnq0

Currently selling my (mostly male) figurative artwork on my eBay auction site under the seller name: theartnetwork. http://www.bobworthy.com/collect

Four nude pieces of my art, two females and two males, were selected by the juror for inclusion in "Books and Words", a regional juried exhibition at The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts: An affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 813 Sophia Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401. The exhibit runs through the end of February 2013; http://www.fccava.org

"Chris", a mixed media collage, was awarded 3rd place after being selected by the juror for inclusion in the "October Regional Art Exhibition" at The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts: 813 Sophia Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401. The exhibit runs through the end of October 2012; http://www.fccava.org

"Dragonfly Waltz" a one-person exhibit by Bob Worthy at The Purcell Gallery, The Louisa Arts Center, Louisa, VA 23093.  The exhibit runs from July 27-September 21, 2012. Reception & Opening: July 27th 2012, 7-9 pm. http://louisaarts.org

Two oil paintings from my “Antibody Warrior” series are included in the "Heliotrope Bouquet" exhibit at The Cade Fine Arts Center Gallery at Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD. The exhibit runs through August 13, 2012.

I served as guest curator for the December '11/January '12 exhibit "Celebrating Young Artists -Invitational Art Show" at the Louisa Arts Center in Louisa, VA: http://louisaarts.org

I recently finished art work for an exhibit that opens next month.  Exposure Unlimited, a group of artists that I helped co-found, is having its 25th Anniversary exhibit at two venues in April: FCCA: http://www.fccava.org and the P Rose Gallery: http://www.prosegallery.com    Our exhibit is titled “Then and Now” with the “Now” work at FCCA and the “Then” work displayed with a timeline of our group’s history at P Rose.   Please join us to celebrate this milestone exhibit on First Friday; April Fool’s Day!

"Felix" was awarded honorable mention after being selected by the juror, Kyra Swanson: Assistant Curator/Registrar UMW Galleries, for inclusion in the "February Regional Art Exhibition" at The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts: An affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 813 Sophia Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401. The exhibit runs through the end of February 2011; http://www.fccava.org 
“Felix by Bob Worthy is remarkable in the use of materials, imagery, and design- playing texture and line off of one another.” Kyra Swanson

I served as the juror for the September 3-26, 2010 exhibit "Square City" at the PONSHOP Studio and Gallery in old town Fredericksburg, VA: http://www.ponshopstudio.com  First Friday opening reception and juror's talk September 3, 2010.

A mixed media photo transfer of a male nude is included in "MASTERWORKS-150 YEARS OF SENSUAL PHOTOGRAPHY" at Photosensualis Gallery, 15 Rock City Road Woodstock, NY 12498.  The exhibit runs from May 29 thru August 15, 2010; http://www.photosensualis.com/photosens … /Home.html 

Two mixed media photo collages of female nudes were selected by the juror for inclusion in the "April Regional Art Exhibition" at The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts: An affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 813 Sophia Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401. The exhibit runs through April 30, 2010; http://www.fccava.org

"Lubec I" was awarded 3rd place after being selected by the juror for inclusion in the "February Regional Art Exhibition" at The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts: An affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 813 Sophia Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401. The exhibit runs through the end of February 2010; http://www.fccava.org

"Dragonfly Waltz 3" was selected by the judge for inclusion in "Layers", a national juried exhibition at The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts: An affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 813 Sophia Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401. The exhibit runs through the end of September 2009; http://www.fccava.org   

Two mixed media photo collages were selected by the juror for inclusion in the "February Regional Art Exhibition" at The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts: An affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 813 Sophia Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401. The exhibit runs through February 28, 2009; http://www.fccava.org

I was curator for the December '08/January '09 exhibit "Young at Art" at the Louisa Fine Arts Center in Louisa, VA: http://louisaarts.org

"Sleepy Hollow I" and "Sleepy Hollow II", two mixed media photo collages, were included in an invitiaional exhibit titled "Off-Campus" at the Louisa Fine Arts Center in Louisa, VA: http://louisaarts.org during the months of October and November 2008. 

Tonight, 10.03.08, at the opening reception for the "Regional Art Exhibition" the juror awarded me an honorable mention for my entries: "Landscape I" and "Landscape II" 

Two mixed media photo collages "Landscape I" and "Landscape II" were selected by the juror for inclusion in the "Regional Art Exhibition" a juried exhibition at The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts: An affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 813 Sophia Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401. The exhibit runs through November 1, 2008; http://www.fccava.org

I was curator for the December '07/January '08 exhibit "Inside-Outside" at the Louisa Fine Arts Center in Louisa, VA: http://louisaarts.org/ArtCenterEntry-inside-outside.pdf

"Warmth" was selected by the judge for inclusion in "The Human Form", a national juried exhibition at The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts: An affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 813 Sophia Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401. The exhibit runs through the end of May 2007; http://www.fccava.org   

"Looking Backward" a one-person exhibit by Bob Worthy at The Wounded Bookshop, Fredericksburg, VA The exhibit runs from September 1-30, 2006. First Friday Reception: September 1st, 6-10 pm. The public is welcome! http://www.woundedbookshop.com

From a review of the "looking Backward" exhibit:
"Worthy's depictions of us at our most vulnerable, nude, are timeless. They often incorporate nature themes a nude woman resting on a wild jumble of rocks, for instance. And while there's nothing pornographic about it, there is a simple beauty to both the subject and her setting that defines passion better than the most graphic modern concept of sensuality."   Read the entire review here: http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006 … tml?page=1

"Woodland Walk" was selected by the judge for an honorable mention award in Local Artists Exhibition, a juried show at The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts: An affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 813 Sophia Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401. The exhibit runs from July 2-August 28, 2006; http://www.fccava.org   

Bob Worthy holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University where he is now an adjunct professor. Mr. Worthy is represented on E-MOCA, the first on-line Museum of Contemporary Fine Arts and The P. Rose Gallery.  He exhibits his award winning artwork throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Recent invitational and group exhibits include; the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Elizabeth Roberts Gallery, both in Washington, DC, the Richmond County Museum, Belmont Museum, the Fredericksburg Area Museum, the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts and District West Fine Arts in Virginia and Gallery 31 North and the Hunterdon Museum in Clinton, New Jersey. His work can be found in private and public collections in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Finland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal and the UK and was recently purchased by the city of Winchester, Virginia.  In October of 2000, Worthy was recognized at the Fredericksburg, Virginia Regional Arts Awards, as an individual artist, for outstanding achievements and contributions to the cultural life of the greater Fredericksburg region. He also received a Certificate of Recognition from the Virginia Governor's Awards for the Arts during the same month.