About Robert Jessup

  • Biography

    Born in Moscow, Idaho, and raised in Seattle, Washington, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979.

    His work has been exhibited extensively since 1981 and is in numerous private and public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the University of Virginia, the University of Texas, the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art.

    He was a Professor Emeritus from the University of North Texas where he taught painting in the College of Visual Arts and Design from 1991 to 2018. His work is represented by the Conduit Gallery in Dallas, Texas.

    In 2019, Jessup and his wife, Faith Scott Jess...

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