1965 – 1969 University of Colorado School of Architecture, Boulder
1969 – 1972 BA in Fine Art, University of Colorado, Boulder
1972 Rome, Italy
1972 – 1977 San Francisco, California
1977 – 1982 Los Angeles, California
1982 – 2014 Fairfield, Iowa
2015 - 2020 Las Vegas, Nevada
2021 - Santa Fe, New Mexico
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Robert Hoerlein Studio, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
“the Bob and Tim Show: Maximal Intentions" with Timothy Nero,
June, small works, paintings, drawings.
2016 Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
"yes but this", April/May, paintings.
2012 ICON Gallery, Fairfield, IA,
March, paintings.
2012 Unity Gallery, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa,
“New Work”, March, paintings.
2010 Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM,
“Nothing is forever or even close”, January, paintings.
2006 Mills Gallery, Central College, Pella, Iowa,
“How much can a picture be.”, October, paintings.
2005 ICON Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
February - March, paintings.
2002 Gallery 51 East, Fairfield, Iowa
February, paintings and installation.
2000 Prairie Moon Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa
May, paintings.
1986 Institute for Creative Arts, Fairfield, Iowa
May, paintings, drawings, and sculpture.
1977 Steuart Street Gallery, San Francisco
October, paintings.
1976 Lawson Gallery, San Francisco
February and March, paintings and drawings.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Fragments”, juried by David Olivant, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, January, painting.
2023 “Shape/Form/Structure” (an online show), juried by Elizabeth Rooklidge, Site Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY,
August, painting.
2023 “Small Works”, juried by David Olivant, Jennifer Van, and Stephanie Jacinto, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe,
NM, October, paintings.
2023 “Gallery Artists”, G2 Gallery Santa Fe, NM, October - ongoing, paintings.
2023 “ Taos Abstract Artist Collective Fall Exhibition:, Stables Gallery at Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM,
October, painting.
2022 “TAAC Inaugural Exhibition”, The Stables Gallery, Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM, September,
painting.
2022 “Spring Group Show”, G2 Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, April-June, paintings/drawings.
2017 "Gallery Artists", Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, December, studies/drawings.
2015 "Winter Group", Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, December, paintings.
2015 "Gallery Artists", Moberg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, July, paintings.
2014 "Works on Paper", Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa,
September, paintings.
2014 "Whimsy", ICON Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa, curated by Ken Dubin,
May, paintings.
2013 “64 Arts”, National Juried Exhibition, juried by April Gornik,
Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, Illinois, September, paintings.
2012 "10th Anniversary Show", Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa,
July, painting.
2012 "Featured Artist", Teeple Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa,
March, paintings.
2010 "Iowa Invitational", ICON Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa, curated by Bill Teeple,
December, painting.
2010 "Visiting Artists", Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa,
June, paintings.
2009 "Diverse Propositions", Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM,
December, paintings.
2009 "Annual Large Works Show", ICON Gallery, Fairfield,
Iowa, December, paintings.
2009 “The Garden Party”, The Art Center at Highland Park, Highland Park,
Illinois, July, paintings.
2007 "Large Works", ICON Gallery, Fairfield,
Iowa, December, painting.
2007 "Grand Re-Opening", ICON Gallery, Fairfield,
Iowa, April-May, painting.
2006 “Visible/Invisible”, Sinclair Galleries, Coe College,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, February, paintings.
2006 “Visible/Invisible”, ICON Gallery, Fairfield,
Iowa, April-May, paintings.
2004 ICON Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa,
September, paintings.
2003 Gallery 51 East, Fairfield, Iowa, “Bill’s Soup 1”,
February, paintings.
2001 Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, “32nd Annual National
Juried Exhibition”, February – March, painting.
2001 Gallery 51 East, Fairfield, Iowa,
November, paintings.
2001 “Is It Happening?”, Gallery 51 East, Fairfield, Iowa, February. An installation of objects
from Hoerlein studio including a recreation of the entire west wall of studio.
1997 Des Moines Art Center, “Iowa Artists 1997”, curated by Louis Grachos,
May – June, drawings.
1989 Des Moines Art Center, “Iowa Artists 1989”,
June – July, paintings.
1988 Scott Hanson Gallery, New York, NY,
July – August, paintings.
1988 Des Moines Art Center, “Iowa Artists 1988”, curated by Cornelia H. Butler,
July – September, painting.
1987 The Drawing Center, New York, NY, “Selections 39”,
October, drawings.
COLLABORATIVE WORKS – EARTHWORK AND SCULPTURE
1990 "Drawing on a dry lakebed", Alvord Desert, Oregon, 1475 feet square.
A collaboration with Bill Witherspoon, Anthony Lawlor, Jim Ansley, and Miles
Witherspoon.
1992 “Fourteen Astronomical Instruments”, installation at the site of the Vedic
Observatory, Fairfield, Iowa. A collaboration with Michael Peter Cain,
Mark Paul Petrick, Anthony Lawlor, and Tim Fitz-Randolph.
AWARDS
1988 Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines Iowa,
Edmundsen Award – Best of Show in Any
Medium, “Iowa Artists 1988”, July – September.
1987 National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the
Arts, honorarium, November.
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Wellmark Corporation (World Headquarters), Des Moines, Iowa.
Barclay Investment Group, Fairfield, IA.
Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA.
AMFAC Corporation, Minneapolis, MN.
Canyon Hotel Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA.
Del Webb Corporation, Las Vegas, NV.
Guild Investment Management, Malibu, CA.
North Star Oil Corporation, New York, NY.
Old National Bank, Centralia, IL.
First National Bank, Fairfield, Iowa.