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Robert Forman
Fine Arts, United States
 
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Brief Summary

I began making yarn paintings in 1969 while still in High School. I had been fooling around with paint in my parent's basement when one day I incorporated my mother's embroidery thread into a collage.

In college at The Cooper Union I first I kept yarn painting to my self. My professors preferred my drawings to my paintings. My painting professor, Jack Whitten, asked what we did during vacation. I volunteered that I'd spent the vacation working on a project but it wasn't exactly painting. After visiting my studio Jack told me to stick to string and he would consider them paintings.  

 I have received Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,

The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, The New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation. In 1992 I traveled to Mexico as a Fulbright Fellow to meet and talk shop with fellow yarn painters among the Huichol, an indigenous people working in a similar medium.

 
Professional Experience
  Solo Exhibitions  

    Francis M Naumann Gallery, New York, NY  2007

    Remy Toledo Gallery, New York, NY   2004

    Myhelan Cultural Arts Center, Long Valley, NJ   2004

    Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA   2003

    Educational Testing Service Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey 2003

    The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey 2000

    Society of Arts & Crafts of Boston, Boston, MA   2000

    The Bergen Museum of Art, Paramus, New Jersey   1997

    The Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, New York   1995

    AMB Gallery, Hoboken, New Jersey   1989

    Anne Reid Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey   1988

    Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York   1985

    Stevens Institute, Hoboken, New Jersey   1983

    Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York   1980

Selected Group Exhibitions

   Mark Borghi Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY  2012

   Francis M Naumann Gallery, New York, NY  2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. 2011, 2012

   Art/Basil Miami Beach with Francis M. Naumann Fine Art  2008, 2010

   Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York  2011

   Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, In Stitches, Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody 2009

   Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York  2011

   NJSCA Fellowship Exhibit, Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson University 2007     

   Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   2002, 2003, 2004, 2006

   Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey 1998, 2002, 2005. 2008

   The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, New Jersey 1988, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2008

   The Cahoon Museum, Cotuit, MA  2006

   The Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey   2002, 2003

   Edlin Fine Art, New York, New York   2000, 2001    

   The Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C., 1998

   The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York   1996    

   The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey 1995, 1999, 2000

   The Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey 1998, 2005    

   Fulbright Association 50th Anniversary Art Exhibit, Washington DC   1997

   New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J. 1996, 2010

   Allan Stone Gallery, New York, New York 1980, 1984, 1987

   Zenith Gallery, Washington D.C.   1992

   Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York 1982, 1989

   Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, New York 1990

   AT&T Corporate Gallery, Hopewell, New Jersey 1988

   Gallery Henoch, New York, New York   1988

   Johnson & Johnson Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1987

   Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1985, 1986, 1987

   The Parrish Museum, Southampton, New York   1985

   The National Academy of Design, New York, New York 1984

   Walter Moos Gallery, Toronto, Canada 1980

  Grants

    Fulbright Fellowship, Scholar Program   1992

    Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Individual Support Grant   1997

    National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship   1979

    New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Artist Fellowship   1998, 2005

    Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Artist Fellowship   1994

    New Jersey/Hudson County, Artist Fellowship   1985

 

Selected Publications

     The Village Voice Best Of Show by Robert Shuster, February 24, 2010

      Modern Paiters by Jillian Steinhauer, Summer 2010

     ArtNews  April, 2007

     The Village Voice Best Of Show by R.C. Baker, February 8th, 2007  

     ART or something like it! CUNY TV  2007

     New York Space Magazine March 2006

     The Entheogen Review Robert Forman Speaks by Sue Supriano  Winter Solstice 2005

     Fiberarts Design Books Seven Edited by Susan Mowery Kieffer Lark Books 2004

     Art & Antiques Studio Session with Robert Forman by Leslie Alexander   January 2002

     Surface Design Robert Forman:The Journey of Self and Others by Hildreth York 2000

    The New York Times Landscapes by William Zimmer May 14. 2000

    The Star Ledger Common Thread, Rare Vision by Don Bischoff May 12-18. 2000

    Fiberarts Design Books Six Edited by Nancy Orban Lark Books 1999   

    Fiberarts Robert Forman: Narratives in Thread by Carol K Russell Nov/Dec 2000  

    Review Robert Forman Retrospective by Lyle Rexer   October 1997

    Américas   Yarns Cross Cultures   March/April 1995

    Fiberarts   Yarn Painting by Graciela Kartofel   Summer 1995

 

Collections

    The Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.

    The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, New Jersey

    The Jeremy Wiesen Collection, New York, NY

    Robert and Frances Kohlar Collection, Philadelphia, PA

    Lawrence Benenson Collection, New York, NY

    Robert and Diane Moss Collection, New York, NY  

    Peter and Judy Leone Collection, Philadelphia, PA

    Francis M. Naumann Collection, Connecticut

    The White House Collection, Washington D.C.

    The Broad National Bank, Perth Amboy, N.J.

 

Lectures

    Mind States Conference, San Francisco, CA   2005

    The Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ  2005

    Myhelan Cultural Arts Center, Long Valley, NJ  2004

    Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA   2003

    Fulbright Artist Forum, NYU, New York, New York   2000

    Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey   2000

    The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey 1995, 1997, 1999

    The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York   1996

    The Textile Study Group of New York, New York, NY   1999

    Radford University, Radford, Virginia   1997

    Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island   1996

    William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey   1996, 2007

    Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Virginia 1996

    Schnectady Museum, Schenectady, New York   1993

    Centro Huichol, Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, Mexico   1992

 

Education 

     B.F.A. The Cooper Union College of Art, New York, New York 1975

 

 
Awards and Recognition

    Fulbright Fellowship, Scholar Program   1992

    Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Individual Support Grant   1997

    National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship   1979

    New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Artist Fellowship   1998, 2005

    Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Artist Fellowship   1994

    New Jersey/Hudson County, Artist Fellowship   1985

 

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