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Robert Kushner (American, 1949)
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Robert Kushner
Buddleia II 2007
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Robert Kushner
Conservatory Scatter I: Doors 2004
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Robert Kushner
Delphinium Sentinel 2004
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Robert Kushner
Eleven Orange Emperors 2008
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Robert Kushner
Flaming Purissima 2008
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Robert Kushner
Large White Lilac II 2007
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Biography |
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1949 |
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Born, Pasadena, California |
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1971 |
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B.A. Visual Arts, with honors, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla |
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Exhibitions |
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2006 |
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“The Downtown Show, The New York Art Scene, 1974-1984,” Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY |
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2006 |
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The 181st Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY |
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2006 |
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The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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2006 |
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“Ten Plus Ten: Revisiting Pattern and Decoration,” The University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. |
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2006 |
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“Robert Kushner,” Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC |
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2006 |
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“Robert Kushner: Winter Bouquets,” Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO |
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2006 |
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“Robert Kushner: Red Series,” Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
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2005 |
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“Robert Kushner,” Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL |
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2005 |
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“Robert Kushner,” Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA |
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2005 |
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“Art and the Garden: Post-War and Contemporary Paintings of the Garden,” September 22-October 31, 2005, Spanierman Gallery, New York, NY |
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2005 |
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“Artwear: Fashion and Anti-fashion,” Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA |
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2005 |
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“Collage: Signs & Surfaces,” Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY |
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2005 |
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“Multiflorous, A Spring Affair,” Edward Throp Gallery, New York, NY |
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2005 |
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“Blooming: A Summer Garden for the Picking,” Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. |
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2004 |
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“Robert Kushner: Opening Doors,”DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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“Robert Kushner: New BYOBU Paintings,” Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA and Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
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2003 |
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“Robert Kushner - Sliding Doors: Homage to John Cage,” DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY |
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2001 |
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“Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis,” Tate Modern , London, England |
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2001 |
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“Patterns: Between Object and Arabesque,” Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark. Traveled to: Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland |
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2001 |
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The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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1999 |
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“Robert Kushner: Silk Leaves/Paper Flowers,” Bellas Artes, Sante Fe, NM |
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1999 |
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“WILDFlowers,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY |
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1999 |
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“Flowers for the Opening,” Frontstore, Basel, Switzerland |
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1999 |
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“The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-2000,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1998 |
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“Robert Kushner: 25 Years of Making Art,” New Jersey Center For Visual Arts, Summit, NJ |
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1998 |
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“Food” (Curated by Catherine Morris), White Columns, New York, NY |
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1997 |
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“Art/Fashion,” Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York, NY |
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1997 |
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“A Prayer for Peace: Robert Kushner and Hiroshi Senju,” Hiroshima Prefectural Museum, Japan |
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1997 |
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“The Pleasure of it All: Robert Kushner’s Flower Paintings,” Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN |
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1997 |
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“Thirty-Five Years at Crown Point Press: Making Prints, Doing Art,” The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA, Palace of the Legion of Honor |
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1996 |
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“American Art Today: Images from Abroad,” The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL |
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1996 |
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“Celestial Banquet,” The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA |
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1995 |
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“Division of Labor: ‘Women’s Work’ in Contemporary Art,” The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY. Traveled to: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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1995 |
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“Risarcimento: Artisti Contemporanei Per Gli Uffizi,” The Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy |
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1995 |
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“Mille Fleurs: A Cornucopia of New Paintings,” Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY |
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1995 |
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“Robert Kushner Paintings and Monoprints,” Barbara Scott Gallery, Miami Beach, FL |
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1995 |
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“Robert Kushner: Paintings and Drawings,” Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX |
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1994 |
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“Robert Kushner: Works on Paper,” Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
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1994 |
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“Robert Kushner: Works on Paper,” Gallery APA, Nagoya, Japan |
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1994 |
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“Robert Kushner: New Etchings,” Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA |
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1994 |
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“Neo Rimpa: Robert Kushner & Hiroshi Senju,” Gallery Inoue & Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, |
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1994 |
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“Pele’s Garden: Recent Monoprints,” Quartet Editions, New York, NY; Gallerie OZ, Paris, France; Blancpain/Stepczynski Galerie, Geneva, Switzerland (solo) |
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1993 |
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“Robert Kushner, Japanese Ceramics,” Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan. |
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1993 |
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“Robert Kushner,” Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY |
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1993 |
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“Forcing the Spring,” Floria/Brown Gallery, Woody Creek, CO (solo) |
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1993 |
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“Seasons,” Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ (solo) |
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1992 |
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Timothy Brown Fine Art, Aspen, CO (solo) |
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1992 |
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Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark (solo) |
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1992 |
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Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan (solo) |
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1992 |
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“Four Seasons,” Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY (solo) |
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1991 |
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“Perennial Diary,” Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1991 |
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“Seasonal Furbelows: A One Year Installation,” The American Craft Museum, New York, NY (solo) |
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1991 |
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“Leaves,” First Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo) |
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1990 |
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Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL (solo) |
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1990 |
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Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (solo) |
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1990 |
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“Opulent Subversions,” Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1990 |
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Gallery Basque, Fukuoka, Japan. Traveled through 1991 to: American Cultural Centers in Tokyo, Sapporo, Osaka, and Nagoya, Japan (solo) |
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1990 |
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“Black and White Prints,” Crown Point Press, New York, NY (solo) |
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1989 |
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The Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO (solo) |
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1989 |
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Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1989 |
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“Silent Operas,” Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY (solo) |
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1988 |
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“Robert Kushner: Paintings and Sculpture,” Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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1988 |
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Michael Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (solo) |
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1988 |
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D. & J. Bittker Gallery, Birmingham, MI (solo) |
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1988 |
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J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY (solo) |
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1987 |
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“Robert Kushner: New Bronze Sculpture,” Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY |
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1987 |
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Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA (solo) |
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1987 |
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Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (solo) |
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1986 |
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Rugg Road, Boston, MA (solo) |
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1986 |
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Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany (solo) |
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1985 |
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Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1985 |
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Galleria Capricorni, Venice, Italy (solo) |
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1985 |
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Mayor Gallery, London, England (solo) |
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Public Collections:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
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
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Galleria degli Ufizzi, Florence, Italy
Gröninger Museum, Gröningen, the Netherlands
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, CA
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Museum Ludwig, St. Petersburg, Russia
Museum Moderner Kunst - Palais Lichtenstein, Vienna, Austria
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Neue-Galerie-Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, Germany
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
State of Hawaii
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Amsterdam, Holland
The Tate Gallery, London, England
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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