BIO
Robert Miklos has been a visitor and observer of Nantucket Island for over 40 years. He spends most of his weekends and summers at his restored Greek Revival house in the heart of the Historic District. The images he creates in his artwork are intended to capture a fleeting moment in time while connecting to Nantucket’s rich history and legacy.
In addition to the physical beauty of the island, Robert has been influenced by the artists of Nantucket, especially the work of John Austin, members of Nantucket’s Artist Colony, and his own collection of vintage postcards by photographer, Marshall Gardiner. His technique and point of view is informed by a range of American artists including watercolorists Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth, and precisionists Charles Sheeler and Charles Demuth. For his work in collage he takes inspiration from both Robert Rauschenberg and Romare Bearden.
He enjoys working outdoors in watercolor because of its immediacy, intensity and accidental quality. As he re-visits these scenes time and time again he is providing his own interpretation and perspective, recording the contemporary condition of the island.
Robert Miklos is a practicing architect in Boston and founder of designLAB architects.
Involvements
Artist member of the Artist Association of Nantucket since 2013
Exhibits at the AAN Gallery and Online + Nantucket Looms
Four Winds Craft Guild Nantucket + Sylvia's Gallery at Macy’s Warehouse
Participates annually in the AAN Summer Gala Auction, AAN Wet Paint Auction + AAN Plein Air Festival
Contributor to the Christmas Stroll Auction at Quidley & Co. Gallery + NPT Sense Place Auction
Awards + Recognitions
Frank Swift Chase Plein Air Award | 2012, 2013, 2015, 2021
C. Robert Perrin Water Color Award | 2015, 2023
Artist/Patron Juried Show | Water Color Award + Mixed Media Award | 2017
AAN Annual Award for Mixed Media | 2018
AAN En Plein Air Award | 2021
Rockport Art Museum National Juried Show | 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Duxbury Art Association Winter Juried Show | 2020, 2021, 2023
Reflection Juried Show, Edgewater Gallery, VT | 2023
Education
Cleveland Institute of Art | 1975
CIA Annual Award for Artistic Achievement | 2017
Master of Architecture- Harvard University | GSD 1978
Julia Amory Appleton Traveling Fellowship | GSD 1978
Teaching
Design Instructor | Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Design Instructor | Rhode Island School of Design
Design Instructor | Northeastern University | College of Arts, Media + Design
Firm in Residence | Roger Williams University | School of Architecture, Art + Historic Preservation
Design Instructor | Preservation Institute of Nantucket
ON PROCESS
For Robert Miklos the island of Nantucket, as small as it is, has provided unlimited subject matter for interpretation, with many scenes and places still to discover.
This Process section provides a few snapshots into Robert’s process of observation. He begins each work with an idea or methodology for the development of the image, but as the painting progresses it takes on a life of its own. Drawing from his toolbox of techniques, each painting becomes an experiment in its own right, helping to inform a larger body of work and future investigations.
