DARRYL POTTORF
Biography
1952	born July 16 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
1966	moved to Florida
1970	completed high school
1971-72	attended Edison College, studied art and psychology
1972-73	University of South Florida, received B.A., studied art and art history
1976-78	studied art and architecture in Florence, Italy
1978-81	returned to Florida; Set designer for Theatre Associates, designed stage sets and lighting for 35 theatre productions co-produced several traveling productions in Southwest Florida guest set designer for Edison Community College Theater, Ft. Myers, Florida
1981	assisted Robert Rauschenberg and Gemini G.E.L. in William Borroughs Graphik Projekt American Pewter with Burroughs I-VI, opened art studio in Ft. Myers, Florida
1982	assisted Robert Rauschenberg with Kabal American Zephyr Series and production of Quarter Mile
1983	designed and constructed first home on Sanibel Island; assisted Robert Rauschenberg with production and installation of The First 400 Feet or More than 1/2 a Furlong of the 1/4 Mile or 2 Furlong Piece, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida
1984	guest set designer for the production of Indians, Edison Community College, Ft. Myers, Florida; assisted Robert Rauschenberg on Salvage Series, assisted on Set + Reset, Trisha Brown Dance Co.; apprentices silkscreen production with Larry Wright
1985	silkscreen production for Robert Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (R.O.C.I.), Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico; assisted Robert Rauschenberg on Salvage Series
1986	set designer for Dinny & the Witches, Corbin Theater, Ft. Myers, Florida; art production for R.O.C.I. Venezuela; art production for R.O.C.I. Chile
1987	designed and constructed second home in Ft. Myers, Florida; art production for R.O.C.I. Japan; coordinated first Rauschenberg show at Jamileh Weber gallery, Zurich
1988	traveled to Greece, Zurich and Cuba; art production for R.O.C.I. Cuba; assisted Robert Rauschenberg in Gluts, Urban Bourbon Series, Shiner Series and Galvanic Suite Series
1989	designed Rauschenberg residence, Captiva, Florida; art production for R.O.C.I. USSR, Moscow; art production for R.O.C.I. Berlin, simultaneous exhibitions in East and West Berlin; art production for R.O.C.I. Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur; appointed to management capacity at Untitled Press, Inc.
1990	commence photography; art production for R.O.C.I. USA; assisted Robert Rauschenberg with art production at Saff Tech Arts, Gemini G.E.L. and U.L.A.E.; documentary photography for Rauschenberg; continues managing Untitled Press, Inc.
1991	beginning of Eclipse Series; designes Rodney Schmidt residence, Ft. Myers, Florida; designed Rauschenberg studio complex, Captiva, Florida; documentary photography for Rauschenberg art production and management for Untitled Press, Inc.
1992	continues Eclipse Series; begin Brow Series (lexan photo transfers); designed poster for Art for the Acts 1992, Ft. Myers, Florida; designed Pottorf studio in Captiva, Florida; documentary photography for Rauschenberg art production and management for Untitled Press, Inc.; assisted Robert Rauschenberg with art production with Saff Tech Arts, Gemini G.E.L. and U.L.A.E.; 3 limited editions of Pottorfs Saff Tech Arts
Selected Exhibitions:
1982	Artist's Cooperative, Ft. Myers, Florida, USA Pottorf & Vitkotski, New Paintings and Drawings, Ft. Myers, Florida
1986	Pottorf: New Paintings, Edison College Art Gallery, Ft. Myers, Florida
1988	Groupshow, Edison College Art Gallery, Ft. Myers, Florida
1988-95	Arts for Act, Barbara Mann Performing Arts Center, Ft. Myers, Florida
1990	Pottorf: Eclipse Series, Barbara Mann Performing Arts Center, Ft. Myers, Florida
1992	Pottorf, Yoder, Holt, Contemporary International Museum of Art, Buford, Georgia
1993	Robert Rauschenberg, Darryl Pottorf, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich Art 24'93, Basel, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich Eitharong Gallery, Orlando, Florida
1994	Works on paper, Gallery of fine Art, Edison College, Fort Myers, Florida New Arts Festival, poster design with the David Parson Dance Co. New Works, Gallery of Fine Art, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas Darryl Pottorf: recent Paintings, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich Art 25'94, Basel, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich Art Cologne, Köln, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich
1995	Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Edison College Art Gallery, Ft. Myers, Florida Art 26'95, Basel, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich Art Cologne, Köln, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich
1996	Enlightenment, Alliance of the Arts, Ft. Myers, Florida Darryl Pottorf, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich Art 27'96, Basel, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich Quattro Mani - a collaboration with Robert Rauschenberg, Monastero Mecitarista dell'Isola di San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Venedig
1997	Rauschenberg - Pottorf: Winter Works, Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida Darryl Pottorf at Jamileh Weber, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich Quattro Mani - A collaboration with Robert Rauschenberg, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich Art 28'97, Basel, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich
1998	Art 29'98, Basel, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich Enlightenment, Alliance of the Arts Eckert Fine Art, Naples, Florida
1999	Pottorf - New Works in Color, Eckert Fine Art, Naples, Florida Two by Two for Aids and Art, Christie's, Dallas, Texas Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio Quattro Mani, Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles Quattro Mani, Joni Moissant Weyl, New York A.C.O.R., Gagosian Gallery, New York In Colors - New Paintings, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich 25 Jahre Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich
2000	Chac-Mool, Los Angeles, California Summer Group Show, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich New Works, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich
2001	Foresights, Sandaram Tagore Gallery, New York
2002	New Paintings, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich New Works, Eckert Fine Arts, Naples, Florida Clark Fine Arts, Southhampton, New York
2003	Darryl Pottorf A Perspective and Quattro Mani: The collaborative works of Rauschenberg & Pottorf, Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia Darryl Pottorf 20 Years, Edison College Art Gallery, Ft. Myers, Florida Face of September 11, Featured painting, on loan from the Tom & Lydia West Collection, Evansville Museum, Evansville, Indiana True Colors: Meditations on the American Spirit, National Arts Club, New York NY; Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey New Works, Eckert Fine Arts, Naples, Florida Art For Life: To Benefit Lee Memorial Trauma Center, Lee County Alliance of the Arts Pottorf, Rauschenberg, Rivers, Clark Fine Art
2004	September 11th Remembered, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT New Works, Eckert Fine Arts, Naples, Florida Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
2005	Rauschenberg/Pottorf/Rauschenberg, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette LA; Blue Heron, Indianapolis, Indiana; Telfair Museum, Savannah, Georgia (2006)
2006	A Perspective, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zürich Galerie Terminus, München