MURAL
AND MOSAIC PROJECTS
2008 "Mosaicos
Milagros," Mexican smalti mosaic completed with ten artists
160 centimeters by 250 centimeters (approximately 44 square feet)
MVM Mosaic Gallery, Cuernavaca, Mexico
2008
Landscape smalti mosaic mural 6.5 feet by 9 feet
The Trust, Tryon & Fourth Streets, Charlotte, North Carolina
2008
"Spirit Floor" A smalti mosaic floor measuring 63 square feet
The
Trust, Tryon & Fourth Streets, Charlotte, North Carolina
2008
An outdoor twelve foot diameter (113 square foot) marble mosaic walk
completed as a memorial to John Lennon
Hard
Rock Park, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
2007 "Creatures
Both Small and Great," a smalti and porcelain mosaic mural
7 feet high by 51 feet wide (357 square feet)
The Ashworth, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
2006 & 2007 Two Italian
glass mosaic murals of Saint Philip and Saint James
(each measuring 9-1/2 feet high by 4 feet wide), a mosaic altar
and a mosaic baptismal font in Iglesia Episcopal San Felipe y Santiago, San Jose, Costa Rica.
2007
Assisted California artist Kim Emerson on a public art mosaic project
Southwest Human Development, Phoenix, Arizona.
2005
“Smoke and Steel,” a 110 feet long outdoor mosaic mural commissioned by
the City of Salisbury, North Carolina. Funded in part by a grant from The
Blanche & Julian Robertson Family Foundation.
2000
& 2001 Assisted with the fresco completed by Benjamin F. Long, IV
at
the Civic Center, Statesville, North Carolina.
1998
Assisted with the fresco completed by Benjamin F. Long, IV
at The Chapel of the Prodigal at Montreat College, Montreat,
North Carolina.
1998 & 1997 Assisted
with the fresco completed by Benjamin F. Long, IV
at
the Transamerica Building, Charlotte, North Carolina
1996
Assisted with the fresco completed by Benjamin F. Long, IV
at
The Law Enforcement Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
SPECIAL
PROJECTS
2007
Managed a mission construction team in Germania, Costa Rica
2005 & 2006 Managed a mission construction team in San Jose, Costa Rica
2005
Designed side chapel at Iglesia Episcopal San Felipe y
Santiago, San Jose, Costa Rica
2005
Juror, “Summer Art Explosion,” Stanly Art Guild
Albemarle, North Carolina
2004
Juror, Angels for Salisbury Project, Salisbury, North Carolina
2003
& 2004 Orchestrated restoration of the Old English Cemetery
Salisbury, North Carolina
BOARDS
AND COMMITTEES
2008
Rowan Arts Council Grassroots Grant Review Panel
Salisbury, North Carolina
2006 & 2007 Branding & Wayfinding Steering Committee, City
of Salisbury
Salisbury, North Carolina
2005 to 2006 Board
of Directors, Waterworks Visual Arts Center
Salisbury, North Carolina
2005 to 2007 Chairman,
Exhibition Committee
Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, North Carolina
2002
to 2006 Master Plan Implementation Committee
Downtown
Salisbury, Inc., Salisbury, North Carolina
2005 & 2006 Vestry,
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Salisbury, North Carolina
2004
& 2005 Stain Glass Restoration Committee
St. Luke's Episcopla Church, Salisbury, North Carolina
2004 Search
Commitee for Executive Director
Waterworks
Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, North Carolina
2003 &
2004 Chairman, Downtown Salisbury Public Art Committee
Downtown Salisbury, Inc., Salisbury, North Carolina
INTERNATIONAL
PAINTING & MOSAIC TRIPS
2008 Cuernavaca,
Mexico
2008 Rome, Italy
2007 San Jose, Costa Rica
2006
San Jose, Costa Rica
2004 La Paz, Bolivia
2002
Paris and Provence, France
2001 Siena, Florence,
and San Gimignano, Italy
2000 Languedoc and Provence, France
1999
Fiesole, Florence, and Siena, Italy
GRANTS AWARDED
2006 Grant awarded by the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-
Mecklenburg,
Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina to attend the
Creative Capital Professional Development Retreat at the
McColl
Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
2006
Grant awarded by the St. Luke's Church Foundation, Inc.of
Salisbury,
North Carolina for the completion of mosaic murals at
Iglesia
Episcopal Todos los Santos, San Jose, Costa Rica
2005
Grant awarded by The Blanche & Julian Robertson Family
Foundation,
Salisbury, North Carolina for the completion of the
mosaic mural "Smoke and Steel" in Salisbury, North Carolina
1993
Regional Emerging Artist Grant awarded by the
North Carolina Arts Council and the Arts & Science Council-
Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Inc.
ADDITIONAL
SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS
2007 Best
Outdoor Space Improvement for "Smoke and Steel" mosaic
North Carolina Main Street
Award, NC Department of Commerce
Raleigh, North Carolina
2006
Historic Preservation Award for mosaic mural "Smoke and Steel"
Historic Salisbury Foundation,
Inc., Salisbury, North Carolina
2006
Public Art Award for mosaic mural "Smoke and Steel"
Salisbury Community Appearance
Commission, Salisbury, NC
2005
Honorarium to lecture at Stanly Arts Guild, Albemarle, North Carolina
2004
Honorarium to lecture at Waterworks Visual Arts Center
Salisbury, North Carolina
2002
Honorable Mention Cash Award, “Spirit of America” National Art
Competition, Tara Materials, Inc., Lawrenceville, Georgia
2002
Honorarium to exhibit at Queens University, Charlotte, North Carolina
2002
Honorarium to exhibit at Pfeiffer University
Misenheimer, North Carolina
1994 Honorarium to exhibit at
Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina
1994
Honorarium to exhibit at "First Night Charlotte '94"
Arts & Science Council-Charlotte/Mecklenburg
Charlotte,
North Carolina
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2004
Woodson & Osborne Galleries, Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC
2003
The Queens Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
2002 Watkins
Gallery, Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
2002
Grace and Cameron West Gallery, Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer, NC
1999
by hand gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
1994 Union
Gallery, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina
1993 Ursa
Major Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
TWO
PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2003
Tyler White Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
2001 Fine
Frame Gallery, Salisbury, North Carolina
1999
The Studio at Kothe Howard, Charlotte, North Carolina
SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Multitasking,
Arts Council galleries, Concord, NC
2010 Bella Figure, Green Goat Gallery, Spencer,
NC
2010 Simple Complexity, Davidson Community College, Lexington, NC
2009
Carolinas Salon des Refuses, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2009 Figuratively
Speaking Invitational, Arts Council Galleries, Concord, NC
2009 Carolina's Got
Art, Atherton Mills, Charlotte, NC
2009 Spring Artfest, Mooresville Artist
Guild, Mooresville, NC (won Best of Show)
2009 Mosaic Salon, Town & Country
Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, CA
2008
The Winter Exhibition, Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art
Greensboro, NC
2008 Contemporary
Mosaic Art International Juried Exhibition
Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2007 Saving
the Places You Love, Long View Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2007 Dimensions
2007 Nat'l Juried Exhibition
AAWS
Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2006 Friends'
Juried Exhibition, United Arts Gallery, Lexingotn, NC
2006
8 x 10 and Other Small Work, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2006
Opening Exhibition, The Collectors Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2005
Reflections of the Divine, Grace Episcopal Church, Lexington, NC
2005
33rd Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists
Fayetteville
Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
2005 Representing Representation,
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2005 The Art of
Solitude, Tyler White Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2004 Winter
Show, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
2003
Body Language, Moring Arts Center, Asheboro, NC
2003
Body Language, The Art Center, Lexington, NC
2003
Grand Opening Exhibition, Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC
2002
Small Works Art Exhibition, The Art Center Gallery, Lexington, NC
2001
Still Lifes, Iocovozzi Fine Art, Savannah, GA
2001
Traditional Painters, CCB Gallery, Durham, NC
2000
Carolina Representationalists, The Queens Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1999
A Visual Harvest, Museum of Art, Dallas, NC
1998
Life Forms in the Human Dimension, Old Fire House Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1998
Figurative Drawings and Prints, Studio at Kothe Howard, Charlotte, NC
1997
Images of Our Past, The Charlotte Museum of History, Charlotte, NC
1996
Presenting, Sawtooth Center for the Visual Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
1996
Paintings and Drawings From Life, Spirit Square Ctr. for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
1995
Freedom of Expression, Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
1994
Flight of Fantasy, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1994
13th Annual Henley Southeastern Spectrum, Sawtooth Center, Winston-Salem,NC
1993
August Invitational, Ursa Major Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1992
Black on White Nat’l Juried Exhibition, Sawtooth Center, Winston-Salem, NC
1991
A Summer of Lithography with Master Printer Heather Hoover,
Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
"Artist
Robert Crum Scores Mural Project at Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach,"
Salisbury Post Time Out, p. 6, February 21, 2008, Salisbury, North Carolina.
"Robert Crum Completes Mural in N. Myrtle Beach," Salisbury Post Time
Out, p. 9, January 3, 2008, Salisbury, North Carolina.
Younger,
Mary Ward, "Preview: April Shower of Events," Metro Magazine,
p. 64, April 2007, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Palmer, Sara,
"Feliz Navidad" and "Agradecidamente celebration de la
diversidad de los ninos de todo el dios," El Pueblo, pp. 1-3,
December
2006, Salisbury, North Carolina.
Edwards, Denisha, "Friends
Juried Exhibition Is on Display," The Dispatch,
pp. 6A &7A, November 23, 2006, Lexington, North Carolina.
Boone,
Jan, "Salisbury-Rowan Holds Natural Appeal for Artists," Rowan
Business, pp. 33 & 34, March/April 2006, Salisbury, North Carolina.
McNally,
Jim, "Depot Street Mural Dedicated," Salisbury Post, pp. 1A & 7A,
October 29, 2005, Salisbury, North
Carolina.
Dodd, Robert V., Ford, Russell W., and Lawing,
Sr., T.R., 90 Years on
Hawthorne, Jostens, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2005, pp. 1 & 2.
"Salisbury's
New 110-foot Mosaic Mural," Rowan County Explorer, p. 8
Fall/Winter 2005-2006, Salisbury, North
Carolina.
Turner, Cherie L., “Pedacitos de Azulejo,” La Voz, pp. 1 & 3, August
2005, Salisbury,
North Carolina.
Scarvey,
Katie, “Tile by Tile,” Salisbury Post, pp. 1B & 6B, June 26, 2005, Salisbury,
North Carolina.
Lyerly,
Laura, “Robert Crum, Following Dreams,” Yadkin Valley Living Magazine,
p. 16, March-April 2005, East Bend, North Carolina.
“Stanly Arts
Guild to Study Oil Techniques,” The Stanly News & Press, p. 6A, January 2,
2005, Albemarle, North Carolina.
Ford, Emily, “It Starts With the Children,”
Salisbury Post, pp. 1B & 2B, October 30,
2004, Salisbury, North Carolina.
Wineka, Mark, “Crum Contracted for Mosaic,”
Salisbury Post, pp. 1C & 3C, September
25, 2004, Salisbury, North Carolina.
Scarvey, Katie, “East Square: Salisbury’s
New Cultural District,” pp. 1B & 5B, Salisbury
Post, August 8, 2004, Salisbury, North Carolina.
Wineka, Mark, “Mosaic
Mural Design OK’d,” Salisbury Post, pp. 1C & 3C, August 7,
2004, Salisbury, North Carolina.
Wineka, Mark “Setting History Straight…Again,”
Salisbury Post, pp. 1A & 3A, March
19, 2004, Salisbury, North Carolina.
Scarvey, Katie,
“Beauty in the Ordinary,” Salisbury Post, pp. 1B & 2B,
February 8, 2004, Salisbury,
North Carolina.
Doss-Raines, Jill, “Arts United Exhibit
Explores the Human Form,” The
Dispatch, p. 5A, April 3, 2003, Lexington, North Carolina.
Doss-Raines,
Jill, “Passion Drives Salisbury Painter,” The Dispatch, p. 9A,
October 17, 2002,
Lexington, North Carolina.
Brown, Linda Louise, “New Art: The Real and the Invented,” Creative
Loafing, pp. 55 &
56, April 17, 2002, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Higbee,
Dale, “Exhibit Showcases Fine Local Art,” Salisbury Post, p. 4B,
November 20,
2001, Salisbury, North Carolina.
Brown, Linda Louise. "The Arts: Best in Show," Creative
Loafing, pp. 32 & 33, Nov. 18,
2000, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Fortson, Olivia
and Jameson, Tonya. "Night Moves: In Search of the Artistic,"
The Charlotte Observer,
pp. 22E & 23E, November 5, 1999,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
Toppman, Lawrence. "Doing
Them Justice," The Charlotte Observer, p 8F,
January 5, 1997, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Crum, Bob. "The Artists of Elizabeth," The Charlotte
Observer, pp. 1R-4R, October 16,
1994, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Seewright, Sandy. "Look for October Treats
at Friday's Gallery Crawl," Break, p. 22,
September 29, 1993, Charlotte, North Carolina.
SELECTED VIDEOS
"Informe
Once," Channel 11, February 3, 2006, San Jose, Costa Rica.
"The San Mateo Story," Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina,
January 2006, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Alhuas, Nicole, "Historic Salisbury's Cemetery," Channel 6 News, May 7, 2004,
NBC6/WCNC-TV, Charlotte, North Carolina.
SELECTED
CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Brown-Forman,
Louisville, Kentucky
City of Salisbury, Salisbury,
North Carolina
Crawford-Henderson, Inc., Goldsboro, North Carolina
F
& M Financial Center, Salisbury, North Carolina
Hammer,
Cox & Simon, Dubuque, Iowa
Hard Rock Park, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Hospice of the Piedmont, High Point, North Carolina
Iglesia Episcopal
Costarricense, San Jose, Costa Rica
Iglesia Episcopal
San Felipe y Santiago, San Jose, Costa Rica
North Cole Pottery, Sanford, North Carolina
Planning
Department, City of Salisbury, North Carolina
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Salisbury,
North Carolina
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Charlotte, North Carolina
Salisbury Symphony Guild, Salisbury, North Carolina
The Ashworth, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The Cypress, Raleigh, North Carolina
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
British
Association of Modern Mosaic
Oil Painters of America (juried
membership)
Portrait Society of America
The Society of American Mosaic Artists
Tile
Heritage Foundation
GALLERY
REPRESENTATION
The Little Gallery, 16430 Booker T. Washington Hwy., Moneta, VA 24121
The Mahler Fine Art, 228 Fayetteville St., Raleigh, NC 27601
Tyler White Gallery, State Street, Greensboro, NC 27408
EDUCATION
1977 to 1979 Cleveland-Marshall
College of Law, Cleveland State Univ.
Cleveland,
Ohio
1977 Bachelor
of Arts, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
