SHORT BIOGRAPHY: Robert E. Peppers, born in

1949 in McMinnville, Tennessee, is a BFA and MFA graduate of the Ohio University (O.U.) School of Art.

For a number of years he was the Assistant Director,

Black Cultural Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Mr. Peppers is currently a Professor at the School of Art, O.U. He has taught drawing at Penland School of Crafts and painting /collage in the O.U. Art and Art History in Great Britain Program based at University of London, England. He served as a 2007-2008 Visiting Artist-in-Residence at the Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington D.C.

His exhibition history includes showings at S.A.W. Contemporary Artists Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, King's College, London, England, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, and ten U.S. Embassies. His work is included in 2005-2009 “Color: Ten African American Artists “ touring exhibition sponsored by the Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, PA. His “Hush Harbor” Installation was sponsored by City of Miami, Florida, in conjunction with College Language Association 67th Annual National Conference, "Religion and Spirituality in Literature" at the Deluxe Art Gallery Miami, Florida in April of 2007.