| 1952 | Born in Moscow, Idaho |
| 1958 | Family moved to Seattle, WA |
| 1970-1971 | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
| 1971-1975 | University of Washington, Seattle; BA in Art History, BFA in Painting |
| 1976-1978 | University of Iowa, Iowa City; MFA in Painting |
| 1980-1981 | Artist-in Residence Grant, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM |
| 1981-1982 | Lecturer, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH |
| 1982-1983 | Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA |
| 1983-1986 | Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| 1989-1990 | Visiting Adj. Prof. Hartford Art School, Univ. of Hartford, Hartford, CT |
| 1990-1991 | Assistant Professor, Hartford Art School, Univ. of Hartford, Hartford, CT |
| 1991-1996 | Assistant Prof., School of Visual Arts, University of North Texas, Denton |
| 1997- 2008 | Associate Prof., School of Visual Art, University of North Texas, Denton |
| 2009- | Professor, College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, Denton |
| 2009 | "Robert Jessup,Themes and Stories: A Selection of Paintings from the Last Decade", Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview TX, May 9-June 27 |
| "Creatures: New Paintings by Robert Jessup", Conduit Gallery, Dallas TX, Feb 21 - March 21 | |
| 2008 | "Robert Jessup: New Paintings", Ober Gallery, Kent, CT, June 25 - July 30 |
| "Robert Jessup: New Paintings" McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX, Sept 8-Oct 13 | |
| 2007 | "Falling, Floating", New Paintings by Robert Jessup, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Jan 5-Feb 10 |
| "Robert Jessup", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, April 20th through May 26th | |
| 2005 | "Robert Jessup: New Paintings", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, May 6 - June 10 |
| "Robert Jessup: Paintings", Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, March 5 - April 8 | |
| "Robert Jessup: New Paintings", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 7 - Feb 12 | |
| 2003 | "Robert Jessup and Katy O'Conner", Berman Gallery, Austin, TX, Oct. 30 - Dec. 6. |
| "Robert Jessup: New Paintings", McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX, Sept. 13 - Oct. 18 | |
| "The Rabbitman Drawings", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, May 17- July 5 | |
| "Robert Jessup: Myth and Magic", The Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX May 3-June 22 | |
| "New Paintings", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Feb. 13 - March 15 | |
| 2002 | "Robert Jessup: Prometheus", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, May |
| 2001 | "Robert Jessup: New Paintings", McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX; Sept. 15th - Oct. 20th |
| "Robert Jessup Paintings", Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX, March 3- June 3 | |
| "Robert Jessup", Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, March | |
| "Robert Jessup: New Paintings", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Feb. 8th - March 6th | |
| 2000 | "Robert Jessup Paintings, 1998-2000", Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX; Oct. 13-Jan 3, 2001 |
| "Magic Batter: New Fables by Robert Jessup", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX; Sept. 16th - Oct. 14th | |
| "The Recipe for a Perfect Pie", Joseph Rickards Gallery, New York, NY; Feb. 8- March 18th | |
| 1999 | "Paintings", McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, Sept. 11- October 16 |
| "New Small Paintings", Joseph Rickards Gallery, New York, March 4 - April 3 | |
| "Stories", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Jan. 9 - Feb. 6 | |
| 1998 | "Parables", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Sept. 11- Oct. 6 |
| "A Painter's Path", University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, May 7-July 9 | |
| "New Paintings", Fay Gold Gallery, Feb. 6-March 4 | |
| 1997 | "New Paintings and Drawings", Conduit Gallery, May 7-July 9 |
| 1996 | "A Painter's Path: Paintings and Drawings by Robert Jessup, 1985 - 1995", University of Texas at San Antonio, January - February, 1996. |
| 1995 | "Recent Paintings", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Sept., 1995 |
| "Paintings,1993-1995", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, April 7 - May 13,1995 | |
| 1994 | "Drawings and Studies", Littlejohn/Sternau Gallery, New York, NY, Oct. 4-29, 1994. |
| "Recent Drawings", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, April 29 - May 16, 1994. | |
| 1993 | "The New Work", 1993, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 22 - Nov. 18 |
| "The New Work 1992-1993", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, April 2 - May 8 | |
| 1991 | "Songs of a Wanderer", Gimpel/Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York, NY, Nov.5 - Dec. 31 |
| "Family Portraits and Other Stories", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, June 21 - July 19 | |
| 1990 | Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| "Landscape Songs and Stories", Carlo Lamagna Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1989 | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA |
| Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, I | |
| "The Sea Trilogy", Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1988 | "Musicians", Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY |
| "A View Towards Summer Space", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| "Paintings 1981-1987", University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI | |
| 1987 | "The Four Seasons", Ruth Siegel Gallery, Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY |
| Janet Steinberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1986 | Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 1985 | Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY |
| "The Robert Dornbush Commission and Related Works", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta | |
| 1984 | Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London, England |
| Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, NY | |
| 1983 | Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| 1982 | Leslie Levy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ |
| Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, NY | |
| 1981 | Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM |
| 1978 | University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
| 2009 | "Back in Red", McMurtrey Gallery, Houston ,TX , Dec. 5 - Dec. 23 |
| "Couples Who Create", Denton Visual Arts Center, Denton , TX, Sept 20 - Oct 20, (catalogue) | |
| 2008 | "What is My Line: Group Drawing Exhibition", McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX, Dec. 6 - Jan. 10 |
| "Small Works Group Exhibition", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX Nov. 22 - Dec. 24 | |
| "Gallery Selections", Ober Gallery, Kent, CT, Dec. 15, 2007 - March 2, 2008 | |
| 2007 | "Now and Then:12 Pairings of Early and Contemporary Texas Artists", Texas State University, San Marcos, Aug 22 - Sept. 20 |
| "Beyond the Gift of Time: Current Work by Former Fellows of the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, Roswell Museum and Art Center,Roswell, NM, May 19 - Jan 13, 2008, (catalogue) | |
| 2004 | "Texas Paint Part One: More True Stories", Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, Sept. 4 - Dec. 18 |
| Group Show of Gallery Artists, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, August | |
| Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, May - July. | |
| 2002 | Chicago Art Fair, Fay Gold Gallery, May |
| Palm Beach International Art Fair, Fay Gold Gallery, May | |
| Summer Group Exhibition, Joseph Rickards Gallery, New York, July. | |
| 2001 | Palm Beach International Art Fair, Fay Gold Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL | San Francisco International Art Fair, Fay Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2000 | "Living and Working in Texas", A Rotating Exhibit of Texas Art organized by Marie Park, Park Central VII,VIII, and IX, Dallas, TX |
| "Forbidden", McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX | |
| 1999 | "Six Ways of Seeing", University Art Gallery, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX |
| "Summer Exhibition:Gallery Artists", McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX | |
| "Moody Gardens Aquarium Celebration", Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX | |
| Santa Fe Art Fair, Conduit Gallery Booth, Santa Fe, NM | |
| Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| Joseph Rickards Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1998 | Works on Paper: Gallery Artists, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, July- August |
| 1996 | Summer Exhibition: Gallery Artists, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, August, 1996 |
| Summer Group Exhibition, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, July, 1996 | |
| 1995 | "New American Paintings: An Exhibition of the Winners' Works from the Open Studios First Western Competition", Selected by Charlotta Kotlik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y., (51 artists selected from 612 entries), The Open Studios Press, Needham, MA, December, 1995. |
| "Envisioned and Re-envisioned", Robischon Gallery, Denver. CO,July,1995. | |
| 1994 | Summer Group Exhibition: Gallery Artists, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, July -August, |
| "Looking West/Glancing East: New Texas Art", Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX, May 7 - June 19, 1994 | |
| "The Exquisite Corpse", exhibition of collaborative art organized by D.A.R.E., exhibited at McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX., Oct. - Nov., 1994. (Collaboration with Marilyn Jolley and Linda Warren.) | |
| Dallas Fine Arts Exposition, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, May, 1994 | |
| 1993 | F.I.A.C. (International Contemporary Art Exhibition), Fay Gold Gallery, Paris, France, Oct. 9-17, 1993 |
| Art Texas, Conduit Gallery, Dallas Convention Center, May, 1993 | |
| 1992 | "Mother and Child", Museum of Art and Sciences, Macon, GA, November 20, 1992 to January 10, 1993 |
| Recent Work by Thad Duhigg, Roberto Munguia, Robert Jessup and Terri Thornton, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas, July 31 to September 5, 1992 | |
| Summer Group Show, Little John-Sternau Gallery, New York, NY, June to July, 1992 | |
| 1990 | "Organic Abstraction", The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO |
| "Fantastic Voyages", Staller Center for the Arts, State University of New York at Stony Brook | |
| "Voyages of the Modern Imagination", William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum.Rockland,ME. | |
| "Landscape/Mindscape", Carlo Lamagna Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1989 | "Collector's Choice", Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL |
| "New Work - New York", Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL | |
| 1988 | Jean Michele Basquiat and Robert Jessup, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| "The Unnatural Landscape", Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| "Classical Myth and Imagery in Contemporary Art", The Queens Museum, Queens, NY | |
| 1987 | "Three New York Painters", Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX |
| "Review/Preview", Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY | |
| New Work-New York, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL | |
| 1986 | "Square and...", Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY |
| "Drawing", Gallery Two Nine One, Atlanta, GA | |
| New Works on Paper, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| "Soley Fish", Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC | |
| "Summer, '86: A Changing Exhibition", Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY | |
| "Painting and Sculpture Today", Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN. | |
| "Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape", Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, | |
| 1985 | "Harvest", Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY |
| Faculty Exhibition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY New Figurative Painting: Harsh Images on Canvas, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC | |
| Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| "Four Painters From New York", Janet Steinberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| "Cross Over: Artists in Two Media", Bennington College, Bennington, VT | |
| "Contemporary Works on Paper", Frumkin & Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 1984 | "24 x 24 x 24", Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY |
| "Salvo", Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Faculty Exhibition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | |
| 1983 | Faculty Exhibition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| 30th Arts Festival of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA | |
| 1982 | "Bolton, Heimdal, Jessup", The Gallery at the Ohio Foundation On The Arts, Columbus, OH |
| "Ten Variations on a Theme", Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, NY | |
1981 |
"Newcomers II", Hill's Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
"Introductions: Part One", Jackson Street Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| Public | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX | |
| The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY | |
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The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA |
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Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, The University of Texas, Austin |
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The Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville |
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Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico |
Corporate |
Chemical Bank, New York |
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HCA, Nashville, TN |
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Pacific Bell, San Francisco, CA |
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Reich and Tang, Inc., New York |
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University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Dallas, TX |
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United Bank of Denver, Denver, CO |
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Taco Bell Corporation, Irvine, CA |
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AT&T, Chicago, IL |
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Coca-Cola U.S.A. , Atlanta, GA |
| Harwood Center, Dallas, TX |
Private | Mr. Donald B. Anderson & Ms. Sally Midgette, Roswell, NM |
| Mr. James Baker, London, UK |
| Mr. Richard Brown Baker, New York |
| Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cannold, Rye, NT |
| Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dornbush |
| Mr. Thomas Grant and Mr. John Ferguson, Dallas |
| Mr. and Mrs. David Franklin, Dallas |
| Dr. Theodore Goldstein, Los Angeles, CA |
| Mr. and Mrs. Graham Gund, Cambridge, MA |
| Mr. Mark Kaner, Los Angeles, CA |
| Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Keeney, Dallas, TX |
| Mr. Ford Lacy & Ms. CeCe Smith, Dallas |
| The Maslow Collection, Wiles-Barre, PA |
| Mr. and Mrs. Rick Rome, Dallas |
| Mr. and Mrs. Jerone Siegel, Mamaroneck, NY |
| Mr. Dennis Sisco & Alexine Lesko, Ridgefield, CT |
| Ms. Lindsley Swenson, Dallas |
| Ms. Sarina Tang & Maxwell Enoch, New York |
| 2004 | ..................."Scene in Dallas", Modern Luxury Dallas, June, 2004 |
| Carter, Steve. "Every Picture Tells a Story", Dallas Home Design, October, pp 56-63 | |
| Daniel, Mike. "20th Anniversary Exhibition at Conduit", Dallas Morning News, Guide p 51, June 11 | |
| Daniel, Mike. "Texas Paint at Arlington Museum of Art", Dallas Morning News, Guide p 34, Oct. 8 | |
| Hursh, Matt. "Almost Legal: Conduit Gallery Gets Older and Better", The Dallas Observer, June 5 | |
| Kammen, Michael. A Time For Every Purpose: The Four Season in American Culture, The University of North Carolina Press, 2004,(Discussion of Robert Jessup's Four Seasons paintings on pp 18, 249-251) | |
| Mitchell, Charles D. "Wall to Wall Party", Dallas Morning News, June 28, p 10 E | |
| 2003 | ................... "A large series of narrative drawings by Robert Jessup", Dallas Morning News, Guide, p 53, May 16 |
| 2002 | .................... "Conduit Gallery move to Design District", KEY Magazine, May 2002, p 27. |
| ..................... "Robert Jessup", Out on the Town: picks of the month, D Magazine, May 2002, pp 49-50 | |
| Daniel, Mike. "After blast, it's on with the show", Dallas Morning News, May 11, p 12c | |
| Mitchell, Charles D. "More space enriches Conduit works", Dallas Morning News, May 29, p 12c | |
| 2001 | .............................. "Robert Jessup paintings, 1998-2000", The Art Museum of Southeast Texas Spring Newsletter, spring, 2001 |
| Anspon, Catherine. "Navigating the Art Zone", Paper City, Houston, Sept. 2002 | |
| Blanchard, Rebecca. "Art Museum unveils two new and eclectic exhibitions", Beaumont Journal, March 1-7, 2001, p 4 | |
| Harwood-Rose, Cindi. "The Art of the City: a Walking Tour of Local Galleries", Inside Houston, Sept. | |
| 2000 | ............................ Two by Two For Aids and Art, catalogue of the exhibition/ auction (reproduction: "Mellon") |
| Benoit, Mary Alice. "New library adds art to its collection", Chicago Tribune, Sept 26, 2000, Section 2,3 | |
| Breidenbach, Tom. "Robert Jessup/Joseph Rickards Gallery", Artforum, May, 2000, p 177-178 | |
| Kutner, Janet. "There's much to see and enjoy in a Jessup painting", Dallas Morning News, October 9, 2000, p. 5c. | |
| McGlaughlin, Amy. "New Des Plaines library gets rave reviews", Des Plaines Daily Herald, Sept. 23, 2000, Suburbs page. | |
| McGlaughlin, Amy. "The Art of Diversity", Des Plaines Daily Herald, July 5, 2000, pg. c11. | |
| Park, Marie. Catalogue of the Exhibition: Living and Working in Texas, pp3 and 10. (reproduction: "Charon's Boat") | |
| Shaw, leslie Ava. "Robert Jessup at Joseph Rickards", The New York Art World, March, 2000 | |
| Wolff, Theodore F. "Robert Jessup": essay for the catalogue Robert Jessup Paintings,1998-2000, the Museum of East Texas and the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, October, 2000 | |
| 1999 | ........................"Robert Jessup", The New York Times, Art Guide, Friday, March 19 |
| ........................."Robert Jessup"s oil 'Small Man With Cat', The New York Times, Arts and Leisure Guide, Sunday, Feb 28. | |
| Akhtar, Suzanne. "Opposites interact", The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Section D, P. 6, Jan. 17, 1999 |
| Daniel, Mike. "Every Picture Tells A Story", The Dallas Morning News, Guide p. 54, Jan. 8, 1999 |
1998
| Akhtar, Suzanne. "Texas' dazzling sunlight, vast spaces prompt abstract painter to 'lighten up'", Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Section D, P. 6, May 31, 1998 |
| Fox, Catherine. "Elusive artists let viewers fill in the blanks", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, P. Q8, Sept. 25, 1998 |
| Mitchell, Charles Dee, "Robert Jessup at UNT Art Gallery", The Dallas Morning News, P. 8c, July 4, 1998 |
| Palmer, Rachel. "Melodic Progression", The Denton Record-Chronicle, EC p. 3, May 7, 1997 |
1997 | Daniel, Mike. "Top Attraction: Robert Jessup at Conduit Gallery", The Dallas Morning News, Guide,P. 52, May 2, 1997 |
1995 | Kutner, Janet. "Top Attraction: Robert Jessup," The Dallas Morning News,Guide p.49, May 5, 1995. |
1993 | Tyson, Janet. "Jessup's Latest Work Suggests Fondness for the Abstract." Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, April 20, 1993. |
1992 | Kutner, Janet. "Top attraction: Recent Works by Thad Duhigg. Roberto Munguia, Robert Jessup, and Terri Thornton," The Dallas Morning News, Guide p. 49, August 28, 1992. |
| Mueller, Megan. "Robert Jessup -- Gimpel/Weitzenhoffer," ArtNews, February 1992, p. 130 |
1990 | "About the Artist:Robert Jessup,"Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia, Vol. 79, No. 11. November, 1990, cover, p. 799. |
| Braff, Phyllis. "Different Kinds of Mental Journeys," The New York Times, October 21, 1990. |
| Paquette, Carole. "Colorful Display Highlights Staller Center Exhibit," The Record, (Long Island, New York), Entertainment Section, September 27, 1990, p. 18; illustration. |
| Teng, Rick. "Big and Small," The Stony Brook Press, Vol. 12, No. 3; Oct. 1, 1990 |
| Wilson, William. Los Angeles Times, June 12, 1990. |
1989 | "At Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Jessup Paintings featured in Richmond," The Coalfield Progress, (Norton), September 21, 1989; illustration. |
| Artner, Allan. "A VEIN OF POETRY: Jessup puts a new twist on regionalist style of the 30's," Chicago Tribune, June 29, 1989, Sec. 5 11A. |
| Latter, Ruth. "Seasons Reflected in Hugh Paintings at Bayly, The Daily Progress, (Charlotteville, VA), September 1989; illustration. |
| Phillips, Jonathan, "Neal, Arbus, Jessup," Artworld, (Glen Head, NY), April 27-May 22, 1989, p. 8. |
| Proctor, Roy. "Virginia Museum showcases a singular vision," The Richmond News Leader, October 7, 1989, p. A-40; illustration. |
1988 | Castle, Frederick Ted. "Robert Jessup at Ruth Siegel and Michael Walls," Art in America, March 1988, pp. 160-161; illustration. |
1987 | Baker, Kenneth. "Jessup's Dream World on Canvas," San Francisco Chronicle, April 14, 1987; illustration. |
| Cohn, Terri. "A World of Anxious Dreams," Artweek, (San Francisco), May 2, 1987, p. 8; illustration. |
| Mackin, Jeanne. "Robert Jessup," American Artist, August 1987, pp. 58-63. |
1986 | Ballatore, Sandy. L.A. Weekly, May 8, 1986, p.17. Fox, Catherine. "Jessup upholds traditions of genre", The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution, November 30, 1986, p. 7; illustration. |
| Grimes, Nancy. "New York Reviews: Robert Jessup," ArtNews, October 1986, pp. 140-142; illustration |
| Hubbard, Guy. Art in Action, (San Diego), 1986, p. 41; illustration. |
| Klein, Ellen Lee. "Art Reviews: Robert Jessup," Arts Magazine, Summer, 1986, p. 119; illustration |
| Welzenbach, Michael. "Fish art offers catchy ideas," The Washington Times, August 28, 1986, p. 3B; illustration. |
| Wilson, William. Los Angeles Times, May 2, 1986. |
| Wolff, Theodore F. "How Artists Improve," The Christian Science Monitor, July 2, 1986, p. 30; illustration. |
| Amaki, Amalia. "The ambivalence of time and space," Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA, July 27, 1985, p. 1B; illustration. |
| Avgikos, Jan. "Jessup's work is on display through July," The Atlanta Constitution, July 21, 1985, pp. 3-J; illustration. |
| Baker, Kenneth. "New Paintings in Search of a Purpose," San Francisco Chronicle, May 29, 1985; illustration. |
| Stephenson, Bill. "The Robert Dornbush Commission and Related Works," Art Papers, (Atlanta), September-October 1985, p. 34; illustrations. |
1984
| "Dogged Dreams," Observer Magazine, London, November 4, 1984, p. 10; illustration. |
| "Robert Jessup," The Times, London, November 13, 1984. |
| Klein, Ellen Lee. "Art Reviews: Robert Jessup," Arts Magazine, March, 1984, p. 43. |
| Petzal, Monica. Time Out, London, November 1, 1984. |
1983 | Klein, Ellen Lee. "Art Reviews: Robert Jessup," Arts Magazine, February, 1983, pp. 30-31; illustration. |
1982 | Cortright, Barbara. "The World According to Jessup - messages hide in his paintings," Scottsdale Daily Progress, April 16, 1982, p. 48. |
| Russell, John. "Aspects of the Figure," The New York Times, July 2, 1982, p. C21. |
| Westfall, Stephen. "The Variations On A Theme," Arts Magazine, October, 1982, p. 10. |
1981 | Wilson, Wendy. The Santa Fe Reporter, May 1, 1981; illustration. |
1980 | Vans, Lynn. "New Materials, ideas inspire artist's work," Roswell Daily Record, (Roswell, NM), December 12, 1980. |
1995 | McCarter, William. Robert Jessup: Paintings, 1993 - 1995, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1995. |
| Zevitas, Steven T. New American Paintings: An Exhibition of the Winners' Works from the Open Studios First Western Competition, The Open Studios Press, Needham, MA, December, 1995. |
1991
| McHenry, Deni McIntosh. Organic Abstraction, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City, MO, 1991. |
1990 | Cooper, Rhonda. Fantastic Voyages, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1990. |
1989 | Artists of the '80s: Selected Works from the Maslow Collection, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA,1989. |
| Boyd, Julia W. ROBERT JESSUP Paintings, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, VA, 1989. |
1988 | Matilsky, Barbara C. Classical Myth and Imagery in Contemporary Art, The Queens Museum, April 15 - June 12, 1988, (Exhibition Catalogue); p. 22 (illustrations: cover, p. 22). |
1987 | ROBERT JESSUP The Four Seasons and Drawings in Anticipation of Spring, Ruth Siegel Ltd. and Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY, 1987. |
1986 | Baker, Kenneth. ROBERT JESSUP Paintings and Drawings, 1984-1985, Ruth Siegel Ltd., New York, NY, 1986. |
| Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 1986. |
| Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, 1986 |
1985 | Cornell University Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1985. |
| New Figurative Painting: Harsh Images on Canvas, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC, 1985. |
1984 | Cornell University Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1984. |
| Physician & Patient, Irvington-On-Hudson, NY, April 1984. |
| Physician & Patient, Irvington-On-Hudson, NY, August 1984. |
1983 | 30th Arts Festival of Atlanta 1983, Atlanta, GA, 1983. |
| United Bank of Denver, Denver, CO, October 1983. |
1980 | Roswell Museum and Art Center Quarterly Bulletin, Roswell, NM, 1980. |
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