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Robert Wilson    (American, 1941)

 Robert Wilson - Great Day In The Morning (Individual Drawing No. 1) (Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.))
Robert Wilson
Great Day In The Morning (Individual Drawing No. 1) 1982
 
 Robert Wilson - Kafka II Chair (Sculptures)
Robert Wilson
Kafka II Chair 1987
 
 Robert Wilson - Snow Owl (Installations) h: 113.7 x w: 61 x d: 22.9 in / h: 288.8 x w: 154.9 x d: 58.2 cm
Robert Wilson
Snow Owl 2006
 
 Robert Wilson - The Civil Wars (Act IV, Epilogue, Individual Drawing No. 15)
Robert Wilson
The Civil Wars (Act IV, Epilogue, Individual Drawing No. 15) 1984
 
 Robert Wilson - VOOM Portraits (Photographs)
Robert Wilson
VOOM Portraits
 
 

Biography
1941 Born: Waco, Texas
1959 - 1962 University of Texas, Austin
1962 Studied Painting with George McNeil, Paris
1965 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, B.F.A.
1966 Apprentice to Paolo Soleri, Arcosanti Community, Arizona
1993 Golden Lion Award in Sculpture, Venice Biennale (Memory/Loss Installation)
2001 National Design Award, Smithsonian Institution, National Design Museum
2001 Andrea Palladio Award, Houston Opera Gala
2002 Award: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
2002 Thomas Jefferson Award, American Institute of Architects, Houston

Exhibitions
2004 Robert Wilson: Chairs and Drawings, Baronian Francey, Bruxells, Belgium
2004 Robert Wilson, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Robert Wilson: Selected Works, exhibition of furniture and design, ACE Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2004 Design‚Art: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
2004 horizont(e) 1984-2004, 20th Anniversary exhibition, Galeria Luis Serpa
2002 Come in - Go Out, Museets sma meddelelser, Roskilde, Denmark (
2002 Theater of Drawing: Early Artworks of Robert Wilson 1969-1976) The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
2002 Never Doubt I Love, La Galerie des Galeries (Galeries Lafayette), Paris, France
2001 14 Stations; Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
2001 Wilson Wahn, Theaterwissenschaftliche Sammlung, Universität zu Köln, Schloss Wahn, Cologne
2001 14 Stations; Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA (12/ 9/01- 10/02)
2001 Wilson Wahn, Theaterwissenschaftliche Sammlung, Universität zu Köln, Schloss Wahn, Cologne, (9/14 – 11/4/01)
2001 Robert Wilson : Russian Madness, Galerie Krinzinger, Salzburg, (Aug. 19 opening).
2001 Robert Wilson's The Poles: A Celebration, Loveland, OH (7/22/01)
2001 Alberto Giacometti inszeniert von Robert Wilson [installation], Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, (6/ 13-6/18/01).
2001 Isamu Noguchi : Sculptural Design, Organized by the Vitra Design Museum in co-operation with the Isamu Noguchi Foundation, Inc. Intitial idea by Alexander von Vegesack; curated by Katarina V. Posch and Jochen Eisenbrand; collaboration by Christian Wassmann; light design by A. J. Weissbard; sound design by Peter Cerone. Design Museum, London, 7/20-11/18/01). Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, (12/8/01-4/21/02). Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, (5/14-8/ 2/02).
2001 Russian Madness [installation], Included work of: Ludmila Bredkhina, Dmitry Bulnigin, Vladimir Duborssavsky, Vadim Fishkin, Vadim Fliagim, Ludmila Gorlova, Dmitry Gutov, Natalia Koudrianzeva, Oleg Kulik, Vladimir Kuprianov, Alexandre Lyachenko, Viacheslav Nizin, Anatoli Osmolovsky, Alexandre Ossachi, Dmitry Prigov, Konstantin Skotnikov, and Alexander Vinogradov. Reales Atarazanas (Valencia Biennial), Valencia, Spain, (6/11-10/20/01).
2001 Robert Wilson, Bernier / Eliades Gallery, Athens, (1/28-2/10/01).
2000 Robert Wilson Z 2: the sleeping room of people who did not know each other, Lusthaus, Vienna, Austria (6/6/00-)
2000 14 Stations, (installation), Passionstheater, Oberammergau, Germany (5/21-10/8/00)
2000 A House for Edwin Denby and Edwin’s Last Day, (installations), Wanås Castle [Wanås Foundation], Knislinge, Sweden (5/27/00-)
2000 Le Tombeau de Suger, (installation), Basilique de Saint-Denis [Festival de Saint-Denis, Changement de temps], Saint-Denis, France (5/31-9/10/00)
2000 Anna's Room, [installation, including performance by Ines Somellera], In Stanze e Segreti, Rotunda della Besana, Milan (4/11-5/7/00)
2000 Robert Wilson: Time and Space, Itochu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (4/21 - 7/8/00)
2000 Memory/Loss, installation revival of work for 1993 Biennale de Venezia). Galeria Krzysztoforoy (Festival Tadeusz Kantor), Cracow, Poland (12/9-12/30/00)
2000 Robert Wilson: Zeichnungen 1971-1996, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich (12/7/00-1/19/01)
2000 Robert Wilson: recent sculpture,”Paula Cooper Gallery, New York (11/29-)
2000 Robert Wilson, Three Installations, Annemarie Verna, Zurich, Switzerland (11/24/00 - 1/27/01)
2000 Anna Didn’t Come Home That Night, (installation), The Danish Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (11/22/00-2/25/01)
2000 Robert Wilson on Video: selected works in theatre, opera, film, video and installation, (screenings organized by Bonnie Marranca), Location One, New York, NY (11/9 - 11/19/00)
2000 Giorgio Armani, Exhibition designed by Robert Wilson; curated by Germano Celant and Harold Koda; lighting by A. J. Weissbard; music by Michael Gelasso, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Musem, New York (10/20/00-1/17/01), Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain (3/24/01-)
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