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Biography - Robert Kushner

Born

1949	Pasadena, CA. Currently lives in New York City.

Education

University of California at San Diego, B.A., Honors

One Person Exhibitions

1975	“Recent Works,” Rasdall Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
1976	“Persian Line Part II,” Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
1977	Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkhill, NY
	“One Size Fits All”, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
	“Paper and Cloth”, Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
1978	“Mere Decoration”,Lunn Gallery, Washington, D.C.
	The Mayor Gallery, London, England
1979	“The Dance, The Kiss”,Gallery Daniel Templon, Paris, France
	Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
1980	Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981	“New Works,” The Mayor Gallery, London, England
	“The Questions, The Answer, Another Question,” Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NY
	Gallery Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
	“Paintings of Some Recent Aquaintances,” Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
	“Dreams and Visions,” Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
	Asher/Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
	Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
	“The Cupid Prints”, Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
1982	“Domestica Exotica”,Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
	Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, West Germa
	“Souvenirs,” Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy
	“Robert Kushner at USC”, University of California at Los Angeles, CA
1983	Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
1984	McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Houston, TX
	“Robert Kushner: Mixed Media on Fabric and Paper,” Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis, MO
	“Robert Kushner: Paintings on Paper”, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
	Galleria Guilia, Rome, Italy
	Lobby Installation, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
	“Flora,” Sea Breeze Gallery, Block Island, RI
	Museum of American Art, NY
1985	“Etchings, Woodblocks and Monoprints”, Crown Point Press, NY
1986	“Etchings, Woodblocks and Monoprints”, Crown Point Press, Oakland, CA
	Kuhlenschmidt‑Simon, Los Angeles, CA
1987	“New Bronze Sculpture”, Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
	“New Etchings”, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA and New York, NY
1987‑88	“Robert Kushner”, A traveling exhibition starting at Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
	Traveled to J.B Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY., and The Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
1988	“Robert Kushner Prints”, D & J Bittker Gallery, Birminghamn, MI
	Iannetti Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
	Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
	“Robert Kushner Prints: A Summary”, Solo Gallery, NY
1990	“Robert Kushner/Recent Paintings”, Michael H. Lord Gallery
	Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
	“Black and White Prints by Robert Kushner”, Crown Point Press, NY
	“Opulence/Subversion”, Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
1991	“Perennial Diary”, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
	“Sentinels I, II, II”, Rockefeller Center, Lobby Instalation, New York
1992	“Robert Kushner: Recent Work”, The Mayor Gallery, London
	“Robert Kushner: IV Seasons”; Midtown Payson Galleries, New York
1993	“Robert Kushner”, The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
	“Flowers”, Gallerie O3, Paris, France
	Blanc Pain, Stepczynski, Geneva, Switzerland
1994	“Works on Paper”, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo NY
1995	“Robert Kushner: Recent Paintings”, David Floria Gallery, Woody Creek, Colorado
	“New Paintings”, David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
1996	“Celestial Banquet”, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Phildelphia, PA
1997	“Robert Kushner: Pomona and Flora”, DC Moore Gallery, New York
	“The Pleasure of it All: Robert Kushner’s Flower Paintings,” Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1998	“Robert Kushner: 25 Years of Making Art”, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit,NJ
1999	“Robert Kushner: Silk Leaves/Paper Flowers” Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, NM
2001	The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
2003	“Robert Kushner – Sliding Doors: Homage to John Cage” DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2004	“Robert Kushner – Opening Doors” DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2005	“Robert Kushner,” Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
2006	“Robert Kushner,” Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
	“Robert Kushner: Winter Bouquets,” Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO
	“Robert Kushner: Red Series,” Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2008	“Robert Kushner,” DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

1969	“Clouds,” Fahrenheit 451 Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1970	“Hanging Sculpture, “San Diego Jewish Community Center, San Diego, CA
1971	“Costumes for Moving Bodies,” Art Gallery, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA
	“Materials,” Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1972	Twelve from Town,” Thayer Academy, Braintree, MA
	“Food in Art,” Boston Visual Artist’s Union, Quincy, MA
1973	“Vegetables and Flowers Week,” Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NY
1975	“Artists Make Toys,” The Clocktower, NY
	The Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
	“Tie and Pie Boutique,” Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
1976	“Non‑Collectible Art from the Collection of Holly and Horace Solomon,” Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY;
	St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY; Williams College, Williamstown, MA
1977	“Patterning and Decoration,” The Museum of the American
	Foundation for the Arts, Miami, FL (catalogue)
	“Art on Paper,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
	“Patterning and Decoration,” Gallery Alexandra Monett, Brussels, Belgium “Projects of the 70’s,” Institute for Art and Urban Resources at P.S. 1, Long Island City, Queens, NY
	“Pattern Painting” Institute for Art and Urban Resources
	P.S 1, Long Island City, NY
	“La Nuova Foglio Editrice” Galleria Comm. d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (catalogue)
1978	“Amerikanska Bilder,” Galerie Leger, Malmo, Sweden
	“Arabesque,” Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
	“Collectors’ Choice” Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
	“Pattern on Paper,” Gladstone/Villani Inc. NY
	“Gold/Silver,” Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
	“New Art for the New Year,” Museum of Modern Art Lending Service, Museum of Modern Art, NY
	“Pattern and Decoration,” Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX
	“Patterning Painting,” Palais des Beaux‑Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1979	“Patterns +” Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
	“Green Magic” Robeson Center Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
	“The Stage Show,” Spring Penthouse Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, NY
	Galerie Haberman, Cologne, West Germany
	“Patterning and Decoration on Paper,” The Mayor Gallery, London,England
	“First Exhibition,” Toni Birkhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
	“Clothing Constructions,” LAICA, Los Angeles, CA
	“Patterns,” Albright‑Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
	“New Directions/New Editions,” Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NY
	“Young Americans of the 60’s and 70’s,” Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Aspen, CO
	“Material Pleasures: The Fabric Workshop at the ICA,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
	“The Decorative Impulse,” The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Mandeville Art Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA; Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN;
	Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
	“Pattern Painting/Decoration Art,” Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck Austria; Galerie Modern Art, Vienna, Austria
1980	Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO
	“Tendences Actuelles de la Peinture Americaine,” Daniel Templon,Paris, France
	“Dekor,” Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, West Germany;
	Amerika Haus, Berlin, West Germany; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England
	“New York Pattern Show,” Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
	“Les Nouveaux Fauves‑Die Neuen Wilden,” Neue Galerie/Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, West Germany (catalogue)
	“American Painting Show,” XIII Olympic Winter Games, Lake Placid, NY (catalogue)
	Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO
	“Decorative Fabricators,” Virginia Museum Institute of Contemporary Art, Richmond, VA (catalogue)
	“Drawings: The Pluralist Decade,” Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; Kunstforeningen Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; Henie Onstad Museum, Onstad, Norway; Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain; Gublenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
	“Window Installation,” John Wanamaker’s Department Store, Philadelphia, PA,(presented by ICA)
	“From Performances: Costumes and Other Works,” The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
	“Pattern,” Galerie d’Art Contemporain des Musees de Nice, France
	“Nuova Immagine,” XVI Triennale, Regione Lombardia, Milan, Italy (catalogue)
	“Around Picasso,” Museum of Modern Art, Penthouse Exhibition, NY
	“The Pluralist Decade,” ICA Philadelphia, PA
	“Venice Biennale,” Venice, Italy (catalogue)
	“Fabric into Art,” Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, S.U.N.Y.
	College at Old Westbury, NY (catalogue)
	“Aspects of Printmaking in the Seventies,” Meyer Fine Arts Gallery, S.U.N.Y., Plattsburg, NY
	“Decoration,” San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA “Drawings,” Leo Castelli Gallery, NY
	“Watercolors,” P.S 1, Institute for Urban Resources, Inc., NY
1981	“Usable Art,” Meyers Fine Art Gallery, S.U.N.Y., Plattsburg, NY; Queens Museum, Queens, NY; Brainerd Art Gallery, State University College, Potsdam, NY; Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA (catalogue)
	“Whitney Biennial,” The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY (catalogue)
	“Out of New York,” The Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY (catalogue)
	“A Feast for the Eyes: Contemporary Representations of Food,” The Hecksher Museum, Huntington, NY
	“The Decorative Image,” McIntosh/Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC.
	“Alternatives in Retropect: An Historical Overview
	1969‑1975,” The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
	“Paintings By…,” Otis/Parsons Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
	“New Work in Black and White,” Museum of Modern Art; Art Lending Service, NY
	“Selections from Holly Solomon Editions,” Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
	Holly Solomon Gallery, NY (Summer Show)
	“The Pattern Principle,” Ohio University, Lancaster, OH
	“Artist and Printer: Printmaking as a Collective Process,” Pratt Graphics Center, Pratt Institute, NY (catalogue)
	“Aspects of Post‑Modernism: Decorative and Narrative Art,” The Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ (catalogue)
	“Five on Fabric,” Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
1982	“Gold,” General Electric Company Headquarters, Fairfield, CT; organized by The Museum of Modern Art Lending Service, NY
	“New Work in Black and White,” Dancer, Fitzgerald & Sample, Inc.,NY
	“Artist and Printer: Printmaking as a Collaborative Process,” Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
	“New American Graphics,” organized by the Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, traveling 1982‑84 (catalogue)
	“Visions in Disbelief: The Fourth Biennale of Sydney,” Sydney, Australia (catalogue)
	“Aspects of Post‑Modernism,” Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
	“Focus on the Figure: Twenty Years,” The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
	“Art Cars,” P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
	Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY
	“Black and White,” Loaned to Freeport‑McMoran, Museum of Modern Art Art Lending Service, NY
	Group Exhibition, Holly Solomon Gallery
	“Decoration and Representation,” Alberta College of Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	“Subject: Women,” University Art Galleries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
	“Wurrttenbergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, West Germany (catalogue)
	“Shift: LA/NY,” Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach
	“The Masque of Clouds: an opera in three acts and 132 variations,” Collaboration with Tom Johnson, The Kitchen, NY
1983	“Back to the U.S.A.,” Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland
	“The Decorative Image,” Proctor Art Center, Bard College, Annandale‑on‑Hudson, NY
	City University of New York at Bayside (catalogue)
	“New Decorative Works from the Collection of Norma & William Roth,” Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, FL;
	The Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL (catalogue)
	“Made in America: 200 Years of Drawing,” Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
	“Wallworks,” Jamaica Arts Center, Queens, NY
	“Brad David, Robert Kushner, Ned Smyth,” Galerie Swart, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
	“Self‑Portraits,” Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA; Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
	“Evropska & Ameriska ‑ Nova Risba,” Obalne Galerije, Piran; Galerije Loza in Meduza, Koper; Likovni Salon, Celje;Galerija Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb; Cankarjev Dom, Ljub(Yugoslavia)
	“Minimalism to Expressionism,” Whitney Museum of American Art,NY
	“Art Today,” Sibley’s Ward Gallery, Rochester, NY
	“Inaugural Exhibition, Part I: An Historical Overview,” Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
1984	“Etchings and Woodblocks,” Pace Editions (In association with Crown Point Press), NY
	“Artists Call: 50 Artists, 50 Collectors” Leo Castelli Gallery,NY
	“Holly Solomon Editions,” University of West Florida Art Gallery, Pensacola, FL
	“The Decorative Continues,” Pam Adler Gallery, NY
	“Artist in the Theatre,” Hillwood Art Gallery, C.W. Post Campus, Greenvale, NY; Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
	“An International Survey of Recent Paintings and Sculpture,” Museum of Modern Art, NY
	“XLI Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte la Biennale di Venezia, “‘Arte, Ambiente, Scena,” Venice Biennale,Italy
	“Summer Group Exhibition,” Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
	“In the Pink,” Tweed Gallery, Plainfield, NJ
	“Contemporary Figuration,” Art Advisory Service Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, NY
	“Costumes,” Bette Stoler Gallery, NY
	“Pressures of the Hand: Expressionist Impulses in Recent American Art,” Brainerd Art Gallery S.U.N.Y. Potsdam, NY
	“Staged/Stages,” Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Ltd., NY
	“New Aquisitions,” Meyerson Fine Art, North Bayville, NY
	“Pattern and Decoration,” Elizabeth Galasso Fine Art Leasing, Ossining, NY
1985	“Inaugural Exhibition,” Crown Point Press, NY
	“Whitney Biennial,” Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
1986	“Public and Private: American Prints Today”, The Brooklyn Museum, NY
1986‑87	“Figuration”, The American Express Company in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art Lending
	Service, NY
	“Robert Kushner, Bob Nugent, Harriet Leibowitz”, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
	“A Decade of Pattern”, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
	“The Fictional Figure: Twenty Four Artists, Texas and New York”, Caroline Lee Gallery, Houston, TX
1988	“Imprimateur”, Greenville County Museum of Art, SC
	“Six Heads”, Brody’s Gallery, Washington, DC
	“The M. Anwar Kamal Collection of Art”, The Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, FL
	“Black and White”, The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia,PA
	“Serious Play: Experiments in Contemporary Printmaking”, San Jose State University, San Jose, Ca
1989	“A Feast for the Eyes”, Pfizer Inc.
	“Food for Thought”, Lintas: New York
1990	“Works on Paper”, Marsha Mateyka, Washington, D. C.
	Group Exhibition, Bank of America Concourse Gallery, New York
	“Chinese Woodblock Prints from the People’s Republic of China”, Group Print Exhibition, Crown Point Press
	“La Montage, A New Medium”, Liora Manné Gallery, NY
	“Re-Entry Into Painting: 1969-74”,Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
1991	“Contemporary Woodblock Prints From Crown Point Press”, The Leif E. Johnson Memorial Exhibition, Edison Community College, Fort Myers, FL
	“Jonathan Hammer Artists Books”, Shea Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
	Holly Soloman Gallery, New York
1992	“The Midtown Flower Show”, Midtown Payson Galleries, New York
1993	“Daylight Savings”, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
	Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
1995	“Washi: Collaborations in Spirit”, Beckstrand Gallery, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
	“Artist’s Bouquets”, One Champion Plaza, Stamford, CT
1996	“Starting with Flowers”, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
	“American Art Today: Images from Abroad” The Art Museum at Florida International University
1997	“Thirty Five Years at Crown Point Press: Making Prints, Doing Art” The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC and Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA Palace of the Legion of Honor
	“A Prayer for Peace: Robert Kushner and Hiroshi Senju,” Hiroshima Prefectural Museum, Japan
	“Art/Fashion,” Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York, NY
1998	“Food” (Curated by Catherine Morris), White Columns, New York, NY
1999	“The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-2000,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
	“WILDflowers” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah NY
2001	“Patterns: Between Object and Arabesque” Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark. Travelled to Pori Art Museum, Pori Finland
	“Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis” Tate Modern, London England
2005	“Art and the Garden: Post-War and Contemporary Paintings of the Garden,” September 22-October 31, 2005, Spanierman Gallery, New York, NY
	“Blooming: A Summer Garden for the Picking,” Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2006	“The Downtown Show, The New York Art Scene, 1974-1984,” Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
	“Ten Plus Ten: Revisiting Pattern and Decoration,” The University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
2008	“Pattern and Decoration: An Ideal Vision of American Art, 1975-1985”, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY

Performances

1971	“Costumes for Moving Bodies”, Mandeville Art Gallery, University of California at San Diego, CA
1972	“An Evening of Theater and Dance”, Parker 470 Gallery, Boston, MA
	“Costumes Constructed and Eaten”, Jack Glenn Gallery, Corona Del Mar, CA: University of California, San Diego, CA
	“Robert Kushner and Friends Eat Their Clothes”, Acme Productions, NY
1973	“The Orange County Book”,(collaboration with Ed Friedman) Acme Productions, NY
	“Hors d’Oeuvres Costumes” , Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
	“Demonstrations from the Wonderful World of Food”, St. Mark’s Church, NY
	“Masque of Clouds”, The Kitchen, NY
	“The Masque of Monuments: Rocks and Water”, 98 Greene Street, NY
1974	“Food Fashion Show”, Art‑Rite, NY
1975	“The Persian Line”, The Kitchen, NY
	“The New York Hat Line” The Clocktower, NY
1976	“Persian Line Part II”, Holly Solomon Gallery, NY;
	Berliner Festwochen, Berlin, West Germany
1977	“That Kushner Look‑‑ One Size Fits All”, Mandeville Art Gallery, University of California at San Diego, CA; California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA; 541 Broadway, NY; Galleria Communale di Art Moderna, Bologna, Italy; Fourmiere III, Zurich, Switzerland; Philadelphia College of Art, PA
	“The New York Hat Line”, Thorpe Intermedia Center, Sparkhill, NY
	“Layers”, Gallery Alexandra Monett, Brussels, Belgium
1978	“Layers”, Holly Solomon Gallery, NY; Oesterreicher Kunstverein Vienna, Austria; Forum Stadtpark, Gratz, Austria; Mandeville Art Gallery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA; University of California, Irvine, CA; I.D.E.A, Santa Monica, CA
	“The New York Hat Line”, The Museum of Modern Art, NY
	“That Kushner Look: One Size Fits All”, Soho TV, NY
1979	“Hat Party”, Holly Solomon Gallery, NY
	“Sentimental Fables” LAICA, Los Angeles, CA
1980	“Sentimental Fables”, IMAC, Bayville, NY
	“Hats for Tea”, Presented by the Institute of Contemporary Art in the window of John Wannamaker’s Department Store, Philadelphia, PA
1987	“For 25 Years: Crown Point Press”, Museum of Modern Art, NY
1988	“Imprimatur”, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC. Traveled to North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

Special Project

1991	SENTINELS I, II, III for the lobby of Rockefeller Center, New York, NY

Selected Public Collections

	Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
	The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
	The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
	California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
	The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
	The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
	Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
	The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
	The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
	Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
	Museum Moderner Kunst – Palais Lichtenstein, Vienna, Austria
	The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
	Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY