Rod Penner (b. 1965, Vancouver, Canada) is a Texas-based artist who has spent the past three decades documenting forgotten landscapes in small Texan towns. Working in acrylic, Penner’s subjects vary from desolate Main Streets to imagery of forlorn aluminum-clad ranch houses. Penner’s work has been exhibited internationally and is included in the permanent collections of the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, the Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI, and the Virlane Foundation in New Orleans. Penner studied at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in B.C. and earned his B.A. from Oral Roberts University in 1986.
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Exhibitions
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Previous Exhibitions
Rivaling Reality: 60 Years of Photorealism
at Museum Frieder Burda
28 February — 2 August, 2026
Summer Selections
19 June — 18 July, 2025
Paper Goods
16 November — 21 December, 2024
Election Reflections
A Celebration of American Culture
10 October — 13 November, 2024
scaled-down
7 September — 5 October, 2024
Fall Selections
12 October — 4 November, 2023
Recent Press
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Photorealism: An Interview with Rod E. Penner
Niall Stevenson Art Blog, 10/09/2020
7 Questions for Rod Penner on Capturing the 'Quiet Poetry' of Desolate Texas Landscapes
Artnet News, 08/03/2023