Recent Press:
Brian Cobble was featured in a special section on Pastels in the June 2023 issue of American Art Collector magazine
The Dallas Morning News, May 29, 2015
AS IS: rural realism at The Grace Museum in Abilene, including work by Brian Cobble, was a Glasstire top pick for Spring 2017
Education:
1977 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
1977 MFA, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
1975 BFA, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Fellowships:
Dec. 1978-Feb. 1979 MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Dec. 1980-Feb. 1981 MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Brian Cobble: Place and Time, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
2020-2021 Brian Cobble: Believable, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2015 Brian Cobble: Scratching the Surface, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2012 Brian Cobble: Being There, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2010 Brian Cobble: The Edge of Town, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2005 Brian Cobble: Pastels and Charcoals, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2003 Recent Works by Brian Cobble, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2000 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1996 Brian Cobble & Anne Weary: The Refinement of Light and Image, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1993 Robert Peterson and Brian Cobble: Recent Pastels, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1989 Clifford Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1983 Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, Texas
1981 Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, Texas
1979 Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, Texas
1979 Mountain View Community College, Dallas, Texas
1978 Eastfield Community College, Dallas, Texas
Group Exhibitions:
2021 Achievement in Art: The Albritton Collection, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas
2020 On Being Human, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2020 48th Annual Exhibition: Enduring Brilliance!, Pastel Society of America, New York, New York
2019 Bird Show, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2019 Gifts from The Collectors Circle, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2019 Dallas Art Fair, Fasion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2018 Dallas Art Fair, Fasion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2017 Selected Works from Pastel Society of America’s 45th Annual Exhibition, Giffuni Gallery, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio (Franklin & 8th)
2017 45th Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition: Enduring Brilliance, Pastel Society of America, New York, New York
2017 TREES: A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. (Greek Proverb), Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 Dallas Art Fair, Fasion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2017 As Is: Rural Realism, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2016 Selected Works from Pastel Society of America’s 44th Annual Exhibition, Giffuni Gallery, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2016 2nd China (Suzhou) Biennial International Pastel Exhibition, Ming Gallery, Suzhou, China (Beach House, Winter)
2016 44th Annual Exhibition, “Enduring Brilliance,” Pastel Society of America, The Grand Gallery, National Arts Club, New York, New York
2016 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2015 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2014-2015 Selected Works from Pastel Society of America’s 42nd Annual Exhibition, Giffuni Gallery, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2014 60th Anniversary Exhibition: A Celebration of Valley House Artists, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 A Transfer of Spirit: A Selection of Artists Who Studied with Roger Winter, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
2014 Masterful Marks: An Exploration of the Medium of Drawing, group exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 42nd Annual Exhibition, “Enduring Brilliance,” Pastel Society of America, The Grand Gallery, National Arts Club, New York, New York.
2014 Summer Cut, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2013 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2012 John Alexander, David Bates, Brian Cobble, Dan Rizzie, and Lilian Garcia-Roig: Under the Influence (Students of Roger Winter), The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2012 Houston Fine Art Fair, Reliant Center, Houston, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2012 40th Annual Open Juried Pastel Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, New York, New York
2012 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2011-2012 Selected Works from the Pastel Society of America’s 38th Annual Exhibit, Giffuni Gallery, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2011 The Good Earth, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 39th Annual Exhibition for “Pastels Only”, National Arts Club Grand Gallery, Pastel Society of America, New York, New York
2011 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2011 Fresh & Salty (a Valley House Gallery group exhibition), Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2010 38th Annual Pastels Only Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, New York, New York
2010 Shorelines, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2009 37th Annual Pastels Only Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, New York, New York
2009 13th IAPS (International Association of Pastel Societies) Annual Juried Exhibition, Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009 Thank You Fort Worth: An Appreciation from Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2008-2009 Pastel Society of America: Members Show, Flora B. Giffuni Gallery of American Pastel Art, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2008 Twelfth Juried Exhibition: Web Show, International Association of Pastel Societies, www.pastelinternational.com, Falls Church, Virginia
2008 36th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, Bernhard Gallery, National Arts Club, New York, New York
2008 CADD Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Art Fair, Three Three Three First Avenue, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2007-2008 Pastel Society of America: Members Show, Flora B. Giffuni Gallery of American Pastel Art, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2007 35th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, New York, New York
2007 CADD Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Inaugural Art Fair, Three Three Three First Avenue, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2007 Pastel Society of America, Eastern Shore Art Association, Fairhope, Alabama
2007 The Art Show, Art Dealer’s Association of America, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
2006 Abundant Life, Juried Exhibition, Coalition for Valle Vidal, Taos Country Club, Toas, New Mexico
2006 Art International, The Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California (Valley House Gallery)
2006 34th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, New York, New York, Machine Gun Fun awarded The Herman Margulies Award for Excellence (silver medal)
2006 Summer Show, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2006 McNay Print Fair, The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2006 Works on Paper, art fair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
2005 Valley House Exhibition, Masur Museum, Monroe, Louisiana
2005 Works on Paper, art fair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
2005 Connection to the Collection, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas (South Broadway reproduced on the invitation)
2005 Texas: Grassy Lake, Works by John Alexander, David Bates, and Brian Cobble, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
2004 Award Winners from The Pastel Society of America’s Annual Show, Giffuni Gallery of American Pastels, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2004 37th Annual Arts International Exhibition, International Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas (LIRR and Blue Arrow)
2004 For Pastels Only, 32nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, New York, New York, Departure awarded 2nd prize, Herman Margulies Award for Excellence
2004 Art Chicago, art fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois (Valley House Gallery)
2004 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 The Art Show, art fair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
2003 Works on Paper, art fair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
2003 Pastels Only: The 31st Annual Open Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, Gramercy Park, New York, New York, awarded first prize from Art Spirit Foundation, Dianne B. Bernhard Gold Medal Award
2003 A Celebration of Creativity: Three Centuries of American Masterworks on Paper, The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
2003 The Show, Southwest Juried Exhibition, juried by Susan Rothenberg, Terezita Romo, W. Jackson Rushing III, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 McNay Art Fair, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2002 Art of Albuquerque: 13th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2002 Burning Desires: Acquisitions 1997-2001, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
2002 McNay Art Fair, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2002 The Art Show, Art Dealer’s Association of America, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
2001 USArtists, art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
2001 Texas International Fine Art Fair, NorthPark East, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2001 Roots & Routes, 12th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, juried by Luis Jimenez, Truman Lowe, and Rebecca Solnit, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Awarded Best of Show for El Paso)
2000 USArtists, art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
2000 The Art Show, Art Dealer’s Association of America, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
2000 Dallas International Art & Antique Fair, The Dallas International Pavilion at Victory, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2000 Departureturn, Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, Texas
1999 USArtists, art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
1999 The The Art Show, Art Dealer’s Association of America, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1998 USArtists, art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
1997 Texas Natural Wonders, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1997 In Texas II, Tyler Museum of Art, four person show, Tyler, Texas
1997 The The Art Show, Art Dealer’s Association of America, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1996 USArtists, art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
1996 Works on Paper, art fair, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1995 USArtists, art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
1995 Art of the Garden, The Art Center, Waco, Texas
1995 The Art Show, Art Dealer’s Association of America, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1994 USArtists, art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
1994 The Art Show, Art Dealer’s Association of America, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York (Valley House Gallery)
1994 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1993 USArtists, art fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Valley House Gallery)
1993 Contemporary Survey, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1983 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, group show, New York, New York
Literature:
Michael Granberry, “A perfectionist at pastels,” The Dallas Morning News, Arts Section, December 6, 2020, page 2E. Gonzales Street reproduced.
Anne Hevener, Pure Pastel: Contemporary Works by Today's Top Artists, North Light Books, 2019, pages 74-75, 136. Lexington Evening and Quinceañera Dresses, El Paso reproduced.
“Shade You’ll Never Sit In,” Patron.com, August 17, 2017.
“Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden,” Patron Magazine, advertisement, April/May 2017, page 29. Tree Shadows reproduced.
Forty-Fourth Annual Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, exhibition catalogue, New York, New York, 2016.
Nance McManus, “Program Review,” Pastel Society of New Mexico HIGHlight, September 2016, page 3.
Brian Cobble, “Reaction and Intent: A Shared Voodoo,” Pastelagram, Summer 2016, volume 43, pages 22-25.
Michael Granberry, “Art Notes: Pastel artist’s ‘delicacy of drawing’ on display,” The Dallas Morning News, Arts Section, May 31, 2015, page 8E. Franklin & 8th and San Leonardo Lake reproduced.
Michael Granberry, “Art Notes,” The Dallas Morning News, Arts Section, May 24, 2015, page 9E.
60th Anniversary Catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2014. LVCS reproduced.
A Transfer of Spirit: a selection of artists who studied with Roger Winter, exhibition catalogue, Kirk Hopper Fine Art, September 2014, page 10. San Maniato reproduced.
Exhibition Notes, “In Their Own Words: Three Top Award Winners comment on their pastel paintings in the 40th exhibition,” and “Selected Works from PSA’s 40th Annual Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art,” Pastelagram, Spring 2013, page 18, San Miniato reproduced, page 19.
Judy Deaton, “Brian Cobble: Being There,” Artifacts: The Publication from the The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas, Summer 2012, page 7, LIRR reproduced and Dime Toss reproduced on cover.
Jessica Canterbury, “The Best Advice I Ever Got,” Pastel Journal, October 2012, pages 56-61.
Michael Granberry, “Art Notes: Abilene is a diamond in the rough when it comes to art,” The Dallas Morning News, Arts Section, August 19, 2012, San Miniato reproduced.
Michael Granberry, “Studying a teacher and his protégés,” The Dallas Morning News, Arts Section, page 4E, August 5, 2012, El Paso reproduced.
Brian Cobble, “It’s in the Details,” Pastel Journal, February 2012, pages 40-47.
Kipp, Kathryn, editor, Art Journey America: Landscapes: 89 Painters Perspectives. Cincinattit, Ohio: Northern Light Books, 2011.
Michael Granberry, “2010: The Year in Art,” The Dallas Morning News, page 9E, December 26, 2010.
Frederick Turner, “The Eyes of Texas: Texas Art and Texas Light,” American Arts Quarterly, published by The Newington-Cropsey Cultural Studies Center (Hastings-on-Hudson, New York), Summer 2010, Volume 27, Number 3, pages 27-33, Central Park reproduced.
Michael Granberry, “Arts | Art Notes | Focus on art, not the heat,” The Dallas Morning News, Sunday, June 27, 2010, page 4E, Prom Nite reproduced.
Scoreboard (The Ebby Halliday Family of Companies), Sandra Hughes, Editor, 2nd Qtr 2010, Dallas, Texas, page 5, Nuestra Senora de Lexington reproduced.
“Art | Valley House | ‘The Edge of Town’ by Brian Cobble,” The Dallas Morning News Guide, May 21, 2010, page 35, Prom Nite reproduced.
A+C Magazine, “Weekend Planner from A+C,” A+C Magazine email to subscribers, May 20, 2010.
Brian Cobble, Exhibition Catalogue, Valley House Gallery, essay by Roger Winter, “Brian Cobble: The Poetry of Facts,” 2010.
Brian Cobble, “More Than Just a Landscape,” Pastelagram, Winter/Spring 2009, pages 12-15.
Jane Durrell, “Brian Cobble,” The Pastel Journal, April 2008, pages 26-29.
Jane Albritton, “The Accidental Pastelist,” Southwest Art, June 2006, pages 118-123.
Loraine Crouch, “Brian Cobble: From storefronts in Manhattan to small town streets in the heartland, an artist renders the contemporary landscape in painstaking detail,” The Pastel Journal, April 2006, pages 30-33.
“Pastels and Charcoals,” Southwest Art, May 2005, page 78, Departure reproduced.
Alice Laputka, “The 32nd Annual Juried Exhibit: From Subtle to Bold, Artwork Not to be Missed, Pastelgram, Winter 2005, pages 3-5, Departure reproduced.
Kentaro Tomio, Editor-in-Chief, “Recent Acquisitions: Highlights from the Permanent Collection,” Preview: The Tyler Museum of Art, August-December 2004, page 14.
50th Anniversary, catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2004, color illustration.
J. Sanders Eaton, “At the National Arts Club, “Pastels Only” Celebrates a Major Medium,” Gallery & Studio, Nov-Dec 2003/Jan 2004, page 27, Hatch Alley reproduced.
Brian Cobble, “A New Beginning,” The Artist’s Magazine, December 2003, pages 57-61.
J. R. Compton, “2003 Short Reviews,” Dallas Arts Revue, found at http://www.dallasartsrevue.com/shows/short-shows-2003/short-shows-2003.shtml in November 2003.
Jon Carver, “Art of Albuquerque 2002 13th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition Presented by 516 Magnifico Artspace,” The Magazine: Santa Fe’s Montly Magazine of the Arts, October 2002, page 49.
“Third Annual Pastel 100 Finalists: Landscape Category,” The Pastel Journal, March-April 2002, page 38, El Paso; Almost Spring, Morgan Beach; and Hernandez Gulf reproduced.
Editors, "The Art of Drawing," Southwest Art, February 200l, pages 102-107, South Broadway reproduced.
Kim Alexander, “One Man’s Landscape: The Work of Brian Cobble,” unpublished essay, Richardson, Texas, September 2000.
Frederick Turner, “Visionary Realism,” American Arts Quarterly, Summer/Fall 2000, page 13.
Mike Daniel, “Gallery Walk,” The Dallas Morning News Guide, September 15, 2000, page 49.
“Exhibitions: In Texas II,” Tyler Museum of Art Review, September - November, 1997.
Janet Kutner, “Valley House Gallery marks 40 years in style,” The Dallas Morning News, November 13, 1994, page 7C.
Wesley Pulkka, “Untouched by change,” The Albuquerque Journal (Venue), November 11, 1994, page E 30.
Awards:
2017 Pastel Society of the Southeast award, Pastel Society of America, New York, New York
2012 Pastel Society of America Founders Award given by The Flora B. Giffuni Foundation for San Miniato, Judge of Awards: Dr. Louis A. Zona, 40th Annual Open Juried Pastel Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, New York, New York
2009 Second Place, 10th Annual Pastel 100 Competition, The Pastel Journal, April 2009
2008 First Place, Twelfth Juried Exhibition: Web Show, International Association of Pastel Societies, www.pastelinternational.com, Falls Church, Virginia
2007 National Arts Club Award for Lexington Alley, 35th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, New York, New York
2007 The Pastel Journal Grand Prize Award for Tchoupitoulas, The Pastel Journal 9th Annual Pastel 100 Competition, Cincinnati, Ohio (with feature to run in The Pastel Journal April 2008 issue)
2006 Named Master Pastelist, 34nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, New York, New York
2006 Second Place, Herman Margulies Award for Excellence, given for Machine Gun Fun, 34nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, New York, New York
2004 Second Place, Herman Margulies Award for Excellence, given for Departure, 32nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition for Pastels Only, Pastel Society of America, New York, New York
2003 First Place, Art Spirit Foundation, Dianne B. Bernhard Gold Medal Award for Hatch Alley, The 31st Annual Open Juried Exhibition for Pastels Only, Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, New York, New York
2001 Best of Show, El Paso in Roots & Routes, juried by Luis Jimenez, Truman Lowe, and Rebecca Solnit, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Public Collections:
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
Exxon Corporation, Irving, Texas
The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
Hallmark, Kansas City, Missouri
Marc R. Stanley, PC, Dallas, Texas
McKenzie & Co., Dallas, Texas
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Scott, Douglass, & McConnico, Austin, Texas
The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
Vinson & Elkins, Austin, Texas
