Robert Tynes was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1953. He received a B.A. from Rhodes College, graduating with Honors and Distinction in Art. He earned an M.F.A. in Painting from East Carolina University. Tynes has held over 25 solo exhibitions of his work, including Fay Gold Gallery in Atlanta, The Contemporary Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii; the Roswell Museum & Art Center in New Mexico; and the Greenville Museum of Art in North Carolina. He has also participated in more than 150 group shows. Among the most significant of these were exhibitions at the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio; the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, North Carolina; Allan Stone Gallery, New York; Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York, Hand in Hand Gallery, New York; Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte; and the H & W Bechtler Gallery in Charlotte.
Tynes is also the recipient of several artist-in-residence grants including two from the Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico in 1985 and 1991; and one in 1986, from the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming. In addition, he has completed several large-scale commissions for The Doubletree Hotel in Kansas City, IBM Corporation’s Field Engineering Headquarters in Atlanta, and the city of Charlotte's Convention Center. In addition to teaching, Tynes served as the first Chairman of the Board for the Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center, as well as a member of the Boards of Directors for both the Asheville Area Arts Council and the Black Mountain Center for the Arts.
False Comparison, acrylic and oil on shaped birch panel, 48 x 63 inches
Mistaken Identities Revisited, acrylic and oil on shaped birch panel, 43 x 60 inches
Back Up Plan, acrylic and oil on shaped birch panel, 60 x 60 inches
