Robert Cox is currently Lecturer of Art at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He has taught Drawing, Painting, Color Theory and Design at various schools in the South including the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and Young Harris College in north Georgia.

Mr. Cox’s visual work reflects the richness of the Southern Appalachia region. Created primarily from direct observation, the work represents literally thousands of miles hiked and canoed in the remaining old-growth forests, swamps, rivers and mountains of the South. He has participated in over 80 regional and national exhibitions of art, including 10 one-person exhibitions.

Robert Cox received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art from the University of Memphis. He also holds a degree in Studio Art from the University of North Alabama in Florence. In 1999 he was awarded a Fulbright Foreign Scholarship to study the art and culture of Turkey.

For more information contact: Robert-Cox@utc.edu