Bob Bingham
Professor, Art
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Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Bio
Bingham received a BA in Art from Montana State University, Bozeman and a MFA from University of California, Davis. He is currently a professor of the School of Art and a Distinguished Fellow in the STUDIO For Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University. His work has been acknowledged with awards and grants including: NEA, PA Council on the Arts, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Art Matters, Inc., Heinz Endowments, New Forms Regional Arts Grant, and Three Rivers Environmental Award, etc.
Bingham’s art practice incorporates systems of growth utilizing people, live plants, natural materials, found objects and renewable resources to address ecological issues towards a sustainable future. Bingham exhibited in the United States, Italy and Japan including: The ICA, Philadelphia; The Brooklyn Museu
m; The Andy Warhol Museum; Mattress Factory, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Kanagawa Hall Gallery, Yokohama, Japan; Rico Gallery, Santa Monica; Paine Weber Art Galle
ry, NYC. He has exhibited many public installations including: Creative Time’s Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage; Piazza del’ St. Stepheno Rome, Italy and the first Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Biennial, etc.
His art practice evolved from ‘green’ mixed media installations, into the public realm to address and transform urban water, land and agricultural issues; the interconnectednessbetween the natural and built environment. He co-directed an interdisciplinary team effort, The Nine Mile Run Greenway Project that culminated in exhibits at the Wood Street Galleries and the Regina Miller Gallery, CMU, Pittsburgh. This greenway project led to the formation of the Nine Mile Run Watershed Association and the largest urban ecological stream restoration in the United States. Currently he is engaged in another interdisciplinary ‘team project, Living Waters of Larimer to demonstrate a variety of ‘placemaking’ strategies to capture water to benefit the community and to serve as a model of successful ‘Green Infrastructure’ to mitigate storm water issues.