b. 1968
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and Minnesota
Education
1989 Escuela Salmintina, Salamanca, Spain
1993 BFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017
Glass House (Beautiful City), The Fund for Park Avenue, Park Avenue Malls, New York, NY
2016
Y-House (Pond House), Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, NY
2014
Good Weather, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Defiant Gardens (ongoing project), Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
2012
Chinati Foundation Residency, Marfa, TX
2011
Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Few Landmarks, The Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
QUARRY, Charest-Weinberg, Miami, FL
2009
The Corcoran Museum, Washington, D.C.
2008
Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN
2007
Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
Cohan and Leslie Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York, NY
Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY
2004
Mary Goldman Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Dee/ Glasoe, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
Innovative Approaches, Wellin Museum, Clinton, New York.
2016
Brick x Brick, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN.
Reality of Abstraction, Schelfhaust Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT.
2014
Summer Exhibition, Art Omi, Ghent, NY
2012
Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
New. New York, Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria
Open House, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2011
Defiant Gardens (ongoing project), Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota
No Man is an Island, Governor’s Island, New York, NY
LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), commissioned project, Marfa, TX, James Hendershot Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Legal Tender, Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hi/Bye (Performance), The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Everyday Eden, Public Art Fund, New York The Station, Miami, FL
Highpoint Editions, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
2007
The Photograph as Canvas, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2006
Art in America, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Still, Things Fall From the Sky, California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA
Trials and Terrors, MCA, Chicago, IL
As, On, and About Painting, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Greater New York, P.S.1/ MoMA, New York, NY
Much Madness is Divinest Sense, Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY
2004
I Feel Mysterious Today, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
Dike Blair: Celeste Boursier-Mougenot, Rob Fischer, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Druid: Wood as a Superconductor, Space 101, Brooklyn, NY
Soft Cell, Foxy Productions, Brooklyn, NY
Project Spaces, Artists Space, New York, NY
2002
The Door as Metaphor in Contemporary Art, New Jersey Center for Visual Art, Summit, NJ
13 Minnesota Artists, Minnetonka Art Center, Wayzata, MN
In the Carriage House, Islip Art Center, Islip, NY
2000
In Site, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Mirrored Boat, Macalester College Art Gallery, St. Paul, MN
My Winnebago Travels, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Light/ House, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN
1999
New Work, Conductor’s Hallway Gallery, London, UK
Hiding Places for a Dense City, Art In General, New York, NY
Interval, Sculpture Center, NY
OSB Additions, Bemidji Art Center, Bemidji, MN
Three Suitcases, Art and Idea, Mexico City, Mexico
1998
Sculpture On Site, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
One Hundred Years of Sculpture, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1997
Guarene Arte 97, Fondazione Sandretta Re Rebaudengo per L’Arte, Turin, Italy
Reimaging the Landscape, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Bibliography
2014
“Rob Fischer.” Architectural Record Aug. 2014. Print.
Lindquist, Greg. “Rob Fischer.” Modern Painters Jun. 2014. Print.
Cotter, Holland. “Where Blue-Chip Brands Meet Brassy Outliers.” The New York Times 3 Apr. 2014. Print.
2010
Ellegood, Anne. Hammer Projects: Rob Fischer. Los Angeles, CA: Hammer Museum, 2010. Print.
Williams, Maxwell. “The Sculptural Landmarks of a Continuous Voyage.” Flaunt Magazine Issue 107 2010. Print.
2009
Abbey, Mary. “Rob Fischer at Franklin Art Works.” Minneapolis Star Tribune 15 Oct. 2009. Print.
Nusz, Ruben. “Everything and Nothing, All at Once.” Walker Art Center. 2009. Web.
Schmelzer, Paul. “Rob Fischer.” Artforum Oct. 2009. Web.
2008
Weinberg, Adam and Momin, Shamim M. Whitney Museum at Altria: 25 Years. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Print.
Clarkson, Lamar. “Everyday Eden” ARTnews Magazine Jan. 2008. Print.
“Everyday Eden” Sculpture Magazine Mar. 2008. Print.
2007
Faconti, Dana. Blind Spot Issue 36 2008. Print.
Downey, Anthony. “Rob Fischer” Flash Art Mar/Apr. 2007. Print.
Genocchio, Benjamin. “Beyond Airbrushing.” New York Times 1 Apr. 2007. Print.
Miles, Christopher. “Rob Fischer” ArtForum Mar. 2007. Print.
Wood, Eve. “Rob Fischer” ArtU.S. Mar/Apr. 2007. Print.
Ice cream: Contemporary Art in Culture. London, UK: Phaidon Press, 2007. Print book.
2006
Alemani, Cecelia. “Whitney Museum at Altria” Flash Art Mar/Apr. 2006. Print.
Cochran, Rebecca Dimling. “Amidst the Rubble: The Art of Rob Fischer” Art Paper Sep/Oct. 2006. Print.
2005
Gleuck, Grace. “Rob Fischer.” New York Times 23 Dec. 2005. Print.
Maine, Stephen. “Rob Fischer” Art in America Oct. 2005. Print.
Maine, Stephen. “The Photograph as Canvas” Art on Paper 2005. Print.
Ratner, Megan. “Rob Fischer” Frieze Magazine Issue 92, Jun/Jul/Aug. 2005. Print.
Vogel, Carol. “Inside Art.” New York Times 25 Feb. 2005. Print.
Schwendener, Martha. “Rob Fischer” Artforum 2005. Print.
“Rob Fischer” The New Yorker 21 Mar. 2005. Print.
Sholis, Brian. “Rob Fischer” Artforum 1 Mar. 2005. Print.
“Voice Choices” Village Voice 14 Dec. 2005. Print.
2004
Iles, Chrissie, Momin, Shamim M., and Singer, Debra. Whitney Biennial 2004: Whitney Museum of American Art. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004. Print book.
Volk, Gregory. “Big Brash Borough” Art In America Sep. 2004. Print.
2003
Sansone, Valentina, and Melissa Vo. “Sculpture Forever” Flash Art Summer 2003. Print.
“Rob Fischer” The New Yorker 24 Mar. 2003. Print.
Leffingwell, Edward. “Reviews” Art In America May 2003. Print.
2002
Levin, Kim. “Shortlist” The Village Voice Issue 47 no. 45 6 Nov. 2002. Print.
Amy, Michael. “Robert Fischer at Dee/Glasoe and the Sculpture Center” Sculpture Magazine May 2002. Print.
Kastner, Jeffrey. “Robert Fischer at Dee/Glasoe” Artext Spring 2002. Print.
2001
Levin, Kim. “Voice Choices” The Village Voice 6 Nov. 2001. Print.
Smith, Roberta. “Funky Digs with Lots of Space for Performance-Oriented Hipsters.” New York Times 28 Sep. 2001. Print.
“Reviews” New Yorker 12 Nov. 2001. Print.
2000
Fallon, Michael. “Reviews” Art Papers May/Jun. 2000. Print.
1999
Currah, Mark. “Reviews” Time Out London 15-22 Sep. 1999. Print.
Reid, Calvin. “Robert Fischer at Art in General” Art in America Nov. 1999. Print.
1998
Briggs, Patricia. “Sculpture on Site” Artforum Nov. 1998. Print.
Freese, Joan. Robert Fischer: Artist Fellows Catalogue. Saint Paul, MN: Bush Foundation, 1998. Print book.
1997
Flood, Richard. Guarene Arte 97. Turin, IT: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'arte, 1997. Print book.
Selected collections
Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Corcoran Museum, Washington, D.C.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, NH