Art Preparator and Exhibition Installations - Houston, TX
Houston, Texas Area
- Current
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- Preparator/Art Installer at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
- Past
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- Preparator/Art Installer at Houston Center for Photography
- Preparator/Art Installer at Houston Grand Opera
- Preparator/Art Installer - Rice University Art Gallery at Rice University
- Stage Electrician at Alley Theatre
- Preparator/Art Installer at Houston Center for Photography
- Interim Contractor Manager at Backstage Presence
- Stage Hand at Backstage Presence
- Preparator/Art Installer at Lawndale Art Center
- Set Carpenter at Tojo, LLC
- Electrician, Cruiseship Installation at Mike Riotto Design, LLC
- Preparator/Art Installer at Sandler-Hudson Gallery
- Preparator/Art Installer at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
- Stagehand, Electrician, Carpenter, Spotlight Operator at Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech
- Preparator/Art Installer at Musem of Design Atlanta
- Preparator/Art Installation at Robert Kimberly, Fine Arts Installation
- Stage Hand, Stage Electrician at Rhino Staging and Event Solutions
- Stage Electrician, Assistant Stage Manager at UNLV Performing Arts Center
- Preparator/Art Installer at Guggenheim Museum
- Head Preparator at Las Vegas Art Museum
- Preparator, Interim Building Manager, Stage Electrician at New Orleans Contemporary Art Center
- Electrician, Carpenter, Stagehand at Tulane Summer Lyric Theater
- Preparator/Art Installer at Marguerite Oestreicher Fine Arts
- Preparator/Art Installer at New Orleans Museum of Art
- Education
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- Hartwick College
- Connections
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- Museums and Institutions
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Robert Kimberly’s Summary
I take genuine pleasure in helping artists, institutions and patrons of art by bringing to life the visions of artists and aiding in exhibitions, personal installations and theatrical performances.
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
-- Aristotle
Robert Kimberly’s Specialties:
art installation and handling, general carpentry, stage carpentry, genie lift operator, stage and convention rigging, crate building
Robert Kimberly’s Experience
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Preparator/Art Installer
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
(Fine Art industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
July 2009:
• "Challenge VII: dysFUNctional Unknitting: Challenging Textile Traditions "
August 2008:
• "Warren MacKenzie: Legacy of an American Potter"
and "Inspired: Students of Warren MacKenzie"
Uncrating and ceramics installation
May 2008:
• "Craft in America"
Uncrating and condition reporting. -
Preparator/Art Installer
Houston Center for Photography
(Museums and Institutions industry)
February 2009 — July 2009 (6 months)
July 2009
• 27th Anniversary Membership Exhibition - Assorted Artist
Wall and floor-mounted photography & flat-screen TV installation.
May 2009
• "Infected Landscape" - Works by Shai Kremer
• "On Joy, On Sorrow" - 2009 Fellowship Exhibition - Prince V. Thomas
• 2009 Fellowship Exhibition - Natan Dvir Shelter
• PictureThis!
Photography & multi-projector and audio installation.
April 2009
• "Human Nature" - Photographs by Benjamin Drummond & Sara Joy Steele, Lucas Foglia, Mary Daniel Hobson, Pablo Lopez, Paula McCartney, Travis Roozee, Larry Schwarm, Jay Tyrrell, Lou Vest, and Robert Voit.
• "Human Nature - Collaborations VI: Food" - students from Houston area high schools with prominent photography programs.
Photography & flat-screen TV installation.
February 2009
• "Beauty Feels No Pain" - Images by O. Rufus Lovett and Leah DeVun
• "Unite and Untie" - Photographs by Nina Berman, Chris Sims, Toby Morris, Mark Bagge and Benjamin Lowy
Photography & flat-screen TV installation.
HCP 2008 installation dates in listing below. -
Preparator/Art Installer
Houston Grand Opera
(Non-Profit; Performing Arts industry)
April 2009 — April 2009 (1 month)
• "A Tribute to Maria Callas" - Installation of traveling exhibition from The Hellenic Parliament Foundation in collaboration with The Hellenic Foundation for Culture.
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Preparator/Art Installer - Rice University Art Gallery
Rice University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
May 2008 — March 2009 (11 months)
March 2009
• Henrique Olivera - "Tapumes"
Fabrication & installation of plywood sculptural components, artist assistance.
October, November 2008:
• Michael Salter - "Too Much"
Fabrication of styrofoam robot, artist assistance & deinstallation.
September 2008:
• Aurora Robson - "The Great Indoors"
Installation of plastic components on gallery floor & suspended sculptures, fabrication, artist assistance and deinstallation.
May 2008:
• Mark Fox "Dust"
Installation of large-scale drawing project, fabrication, artist assistance, deinstallation and preparation of works on paper for long-term storage. -
Stage Electrician
Alley Theatre
(Non-Profit; Performing Arts industry)
November 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 3 months)
December, January 2009
• "Christmas Carol," "Mrs. Warren's Profession"
April 2008:
• "American in Paris"
November 2007:
• "A Christmas Carol" -
Preparator/Art Installer
Houston Center for Photography
(Fine Art industry)
January 2008 — September 2008 (9 months)
September 2008:
• Sage Sohie - "Perfectible Worlds"
• 2008 Fellowship Exhibition - Mike Osborne "On Location: Beijing"
• Learning Curve 2
Installation/deinstallation for hurricane preparation.
August 2008:
• "26th Anniversary Juried Membership Exhibition"
Photography installation.
June 2008:
• "Mary Magsamen and Stephan Hillerbrand present 'Forced Fields'"
• "The Kid Collection: Selected Images from John Cleary"
• "PictureThis!I"
Photo/projected video installation.
April 2008:
• "Scully & Osterman, Collaborations V"
Photo installation.
March 2008:
• "Habitat 7 - Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao"
Photo/flat-screen TV installation.
February 2008:
• "Magnum Photos and Baume & Mercier present Moments in Time: Sixty Years of Classic Photography"
• "Mined in China"
Photo/custom-fabricated video installation.
January 2008:
• "HCP Print Auction"
Photo installation. -
Interim Contractor Manager
Backstage Presence
(Events Services industry)
June 2008 — July 2008 (2 months)
• Facilitated communication between contractors and company managers while full-time Contractor Manager was on tour, surveyed work sites, communicated with clients and reported site visits back to HQ.
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Stage Hand
Backstage Presence
(Events Services industry)
October 2007 — June 2008 (9 months)
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Preparator/Art Installer
Lawndale Art Center
(Museums and Institutions industry)
October 2007 — October 2007 (1 month)
• "Dia de los Muertos"
Installation of seasonal salon-style exhibition. -
Set Carpenter
Tojo, LLC
(Architecture & Planning industry)
May 2007 — June 2007 (2 months)
• Built custom set pieces to showcase high-end home products for Expo Design Center catalogs. This included flat construction, custom tile laying, and cabinetry installation.
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Electrician, Cruiseship Installation
Mike Riotto Design, LLC
(Events Services industry)
February 2007 — April 2007 (3 months)
• “Rhapsody of the Sea”: reconfigured data and power cables for the Broadway Melodies Theatre. Aided in the surveying/drafting of from-scratch stage-plot. Removed aging and unused cables while labeling and installing new cables, rerunning and organizing existing cable runs.
• “Galaxy of the Sea” and “Mercury”: retrofit of on-ship venues, replacing convention lights with LED and moving lights systems. -
Preparator/Art Installer
Sandler-Hudson Gallery
(Fine Art industry)
June 2006 — April 2007 (11 months)
• On-call art installation for Sandler-Hudson fine arts gallery. Collection installation in new offices for Zavata, an Atlanta Fortune 100 company.
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Preparator/Art Installer
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
(Non-Profit; Museums and Institutions industry)
August 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 7 months)
January - February 2007
• "Daniel Bozhkov: A Survey"
• "Demetrius Oliver, Louis Morris: Signs of Life,”
• “Daniel Bozhkov: A Survey"
• "Greta Pratt: Nineteen Lincolns.”
• "Camille Norment: Driftglass and Apparition"
October - December 2006
• Matt Bryans, Demetrius Oliver, Louis Morris -"Signs of Life"
April - June 2006
• Hilary Wilder - “Courting Disaster”
Specialized gallery wall treatment and painting installation.
January - March 2006: “The Paper Sculpture Show”
• Marilee Keys - "Paper Garden" an installation comprised of recycled junk mail.
Rigging and suspended installation responsibilities
• Exquisite Corpse - Collaborative drawings by Melissa Herrington, Benjamin Jones, Alex Kvares, D.E. Johnson, Ruth Laxson, and Kathy Yancey
November 2005 – January 2006
• Cindy Loehr - “Rough Magic and Dark Lullaby”
Rigging and suspended installation responsibilities.
September – October 2005
• "Red Beans and Rice: Asian Artists in the New South" -
Stagehand, Electrician, Carpenter, Spotlight Operator
Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech
(Performing Arts industry)
September 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 5 months)
• The Secret Garden (Atlanta Lyric Theatre)
• Tap Dogs
• Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus
• H.M.S. Pinafore (Atlanta Lyric Theatre)
• The Flying Karamazov Brothers’ “Life: A Guide for the Perplexed”
• Helikon Opera in “Die Fledermaus”
• Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married?”
• Dan Zanes and Friends
• A Peter White Christmas with Rick Braun & Mindi Abair ‘05
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s “Wild and Swingin’ Holiday Party”
• Laurie Anderson’s “The End of the Moon”
• The 5 Browns
• Rockapella
• Earl Klugh
• Jekyll and Hyde (Atlanta Lyric Theatre)
• East Village Opera Company
• Parsons Dance Company
• A Peter White Christmas ’06
• Dance Brazil
• “Divine Intervention.” -
Preparator/Art Installer
Musem of Design Atlanta
(Museums and Institutions industry)
November 2005 — October 2006 (1 year)
• “The HOME House Project: The Future of Affordable Housing & Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset.”
Gallery installation
• “Raymond Loewy: Designs for a Consumer Culture.”
Exhibition designer and head installer.
• Deinstallation of “Design out of Africa.” -
Preparator/Art Installation
Robert Kimberly, Fine Arts Installation
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
May 2002 — August 2005 (3 years 4 months)
• On-call art installation for The City of Las Vegas’s Bridge Gallery, Las Vegas Art Museum: “Chinese Beauty and Elegance: Collecting and Connoisseurship in Scholarly Taste,” and the private collection of Walter Goodman and Patrick Duffy.
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Stage Hand, Stage Electrician
Rhino Staging and Event Solutions
(Events Services industry)
January 2005 — June 2005 (6 months)
• Local lighting crew for Billboard Awards ‘05, George Strait, Cher, and Rod Stewart at the MGM Grand Arena.
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Stage Electrician, Assistant Stage Manager
UNLV Performing Arts Center
(Events Services industry)
December 2003 — January 2004 (2 months)
• Lighting, stagehand, and ASM responsibilities for the Boys Choir of Harlem, Miss Nevada Teen/Miss Nevada USA Pageant, and the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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Preparator/Art Installer
Guggenheim Museum
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)
September 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 5 months)
Installation of the first exhibitions in the Guggenheim Las Vegas (closed Spring '03) and Guggenheim Hermitage Museums (closed Spring '07.)
• Guggenheim Hermitage Museums - “Masterpieces and Master Collectors: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings from the Hermitage and Guggenheim Museums”
• Guggenheim Las Vegas - “Art of the Motorcycle” - focused on unusual installation and exhibition techniques due to the unusual exhibition architecture. Duties included daily maintenance of “Art of the Motorcycle” show and cabinetry fabrication. -
Head Preparator
Las Vegas Art Museum
(Museums and Institutions industry)
May 2001 — September 2001 (5 months)
• Full-time head preparator, with additional registrarial and curatorial duties. Shows included “Rodin: Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection” and “Asian Art Now 2001.” Installation, lighting focus, and construction of exhibition materials. Scheduling of freight, as well as basic facility maintenance.
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Preparator, Interim Building Manager, Stage Electrician
New Orleans Contemporary Art Center
(Museums and Institutions industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years)
• Assisted in the installation of contemporary art programs. Shows included “Dale Chihuly: Installations” and “William Christianberry.” Maintained building appearance and directed cleaning crews. Hung and focused lights for theatrical events.
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Electrician, Carpenter, Stagehand
Tulane Summer Lyric Theater
(Entertainment industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years)
• Assisted in the design and fabrication of set pieces and scenery for ten-week summer seasons. Worked fly-rail and on-stage set changes. Also had lighting and electrical responsibilities.
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Preparator/Art Installer
Marguerite Oestreicher Fine Arts
(Fine Art industry)
June 1997 — November 1997 (6 months)
• Lighting, preparation, installation, and sales of artwork.
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Preparator/Art Installer
New Orleans Museum of Art
(Museums and Institutions industry)
November 1993 — January 1996 (2 years 3 months)
• Installed fine art in the nationally recognized museum. Shows included “Passionate Visions of the American South: Self-Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present,” “Lin Emery: Borrowing the Forces of Nature,” and “Odd Nerdrum.” Painted and prepped galleries prior to show installation, aided in lighting, fabricated shipping crates for artwork leaving museum, and maintained/repaired permanent sculpture installation by Lin Emery.
Robert Kimberly’s Education
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Hartwick College
BA , Art , 1989 — 1993
