Kushner
Robert Kushner
Biography
1949 Born, Pasadena, California
1971 B.A. Visual Arts, with honors, University of California at San Diego, La
Jolla
Exhibitions
2004 “Robert Kushner: Opening Doors,”DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2003 “Robert Kushner - Sliding Doors: Homage to John Cage,” DC Moore
Gallery, New York, NY
2001 “Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis,” Tate Modern ,
London, England
2001 “Patterns: Between Object and Arabesque,” Kunsthallen Brandts
Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark. Traveled to: Pori Art Museum, Pori,
Finland
2001 The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
1999 “Robert Kushner: Silk Leaves/Paper Flowers,” Bellas Artes, Sante Fe, NM
1999 “WILDFlowers,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
1999 “Flowers for the Opening,” Frontstore, Basel, Switzerland
1999 “The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-2000,” Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York, NY
1998 “Robert Kushner: 25 Years of Making Art,” New Jersey Center For Visual
Arts, Summit, NJ
1998 “Food” (Curated by Catherine Morris), White Columns, New York, NY
1997 “Art/Fashion,” Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York, NY
1997 “A Prayer for Peace: Robert Kushner and Hiroshi Senju,” Hiroshima
Prefectural Museum, Japan
1997 “The Pleasure of it All: Robert Kushner’s Flower Paintings,” Indianapolis
Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1997 “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
1996 “American Art Today: Images from Abroad,” The Art Museum at Florida
International University, Miami, FL
1996 “Celestial Banquet,” The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1995 “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
1995 “Risarcimento: Artisti Contemporanei Per Gli Uffizi,” The Uffizi Gallery,
Florence, Italy
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
Biography
1949 Born, Pasadena, California
1971 B.A. Visual Arts, with honors, University of California at San Diego, La
Jolla
Exhibitions
2004 “Robert Kushner: Opening Doors,”DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2003 “Robert Kushner - Sliding Doors: Homage to John Cage,” DC Moore
Gallery, New York, NY
2001 “Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis,” Tate Modern ,
London, England
2001 “Patterns: Between Object and Arabesque,” Kunsthallen Brandts
Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark. Traveled to: Pori Art Museum, Pori,
Finland
2001 The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
1999 “Robert Kushner: Silk Leaves/Paper Flowers,” Bellas Artes, Sante Fe, NM
1999 “WILDFlowers,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
1999 “Flowers for the Opening,” Frontstore, Basel, Switzerland
1999 “The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-2000,” Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York, NY
1998 “Robert Kushner: 25 Years of Making Art,” New Jersey Center For Visual
Arts, Summit, NJ
1998 “Food” (Curated by Catherine Morris), White Columns, New York, NY
1997 “Art/Fashion,” Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York, NY
1997 “A Prayer for Peace: Robert Kushner and Hiroshi Senju,” Hiroshima
Prefectural Museum, Japan
1997 “The Pleasure of it All: Robert Kushner’s Flower Paintings,” Indianapolis
Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1997 “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
1996 “American Art Today: Images from Abroad,” The Art Museum at Florida
International University, Miami, FL
1996 “Celestial Banquet,” The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1995 “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
1995 “Risarcimento: Artisti Contemporanei Per Gli Uffizi,” The Uffizi Gallery,
Florence, Italy
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
