Intro

Sculptural Objects Rob Millard-Mendez is a maker of sculptural objects. His work often employs high craft but it is also process-oriented and rich in conceptual depth. Millard-Mendez earned an MFA in sculpture and continues to hone his skills working under the tutelage of some of the world's premiere fine artists and craftspeople.

Recent Projects

On view now!

Indianapolis Art Center

Garbled Guise: Contemporary Wearable Art. Exhibition runs: 03/25/2024 – 05/25/2024

I won an Honorable Mention award with Don’t Turn Around. Thank you IAC for supporting my work.

This wearable sculpture is in an exhibition at the Indianapolis Art Center called *Garbled Guise*! The show runs from 3/25/2024 to 5/25/2024. The title is *Don’t Turn Around*; media: wood, paint, steel, plastic trees; scale: 31”h x 41”w x 32”d.

This is the back view of *Don’t Turn Around*.

This sculpture is also in Garbled Guise. The title is *Apparatus for a Short, Perilous Flight*; media: wood, paint, aluminum, thread, re-purposed prescription bottles; scale: 19”h x 33”w x 18”d.

This is a three-quarter view of *Apparatus for a Short, Perilous Flight*.

*Detail of Apparatus for a Short, Perilous Flight*.

Solo exhibition at Jerry Drown Gallery at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

Rob Millard-Mendez, Story Sticks January 2 – March 3, 2023

*Story Sticks* solo exhibition by Rob Millard-Mendez at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

I won a Merit Award for this piece, *Corvid Surveillance (Huginn and Munin),* at the 61st Mid States Exhibition at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science

This piece, *The Perils of Transparency*, was juried into this year’s Midwest Regional Exhibition in Fort Wayne, Indiana

This is a recent piece, Sacrificial Zone Mask. It is currently on view at the Evansville Museum of Art, Science and History in Evansville, Indiana. It is in the Mid-States Art Exhibition, which is a competitive, regional, biennial exhibition. I live…

This is a recent piece, Sacrificial Zone Mask. I live in southern Indiana, a region with a large number of coal plants and poor air quality. This mask sculpture incorporates architectural and machine forms that derive from the coal industry. The structure at the top of the piece is based on a mammoth mining machine, the Bagger 288. The media in the work are wood, paint, coal, steel and string.

I have been influenced over the last few years by the work of George Lopez. The honesty and economy of his forms make his sculptures memorable and powerful. Building Bridges: Constructing a Movement (pictured above), was inspired by the Women's Marc…

I am honored that Indiana State University acquired this piece for their permanent collection.

My work was highlighted for a month in an invitational exhibition hosted by NYC Phoenix Art in Chelsea: http://www.phoenix-gallery.com/rob-millard-mendez.html