ROB FISCHER
Education
1993 Interdisciplinary Studies Honors Program, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
1989 Escuela Salmintina Salamanca, Spain
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
Arario Gallery, Beijing, China
2007
Max Wigram Gallery, London
Arario Gallery, Beijing
Cohan Leslie, New York, NY
2006
Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York, NY
Cohan Leslie, New York, NY
Accidental/Intentional, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2004
Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Dee/Glasoe, New York, 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
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Everyday Eden, Public Art Fund at Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Rochelle Steiner (commission)
The Photograph as Canvas, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
2006 Art in America, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005 Art Rock, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Greater New York, PS1, Long Island City, NY
Trials and Terrors, Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Dominic Molon, Chicago, IL
Painting on Photography: Photography on Painting, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Selected Artists of the Gallery, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Minets à polis: Rob Fischer, Chris Larson, Dave Rathman, Todd Norsten, Alec Soth, Aaron Spangler, Cohan and Leslie, New York, NY
Still, Things Fall From the Sky, curated by Ciara Ennis and Ken Fandell, California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside, CA
2004 Summer 2004, Cohan Leslie, New York, NY
i feel mysterious today, curated by Dominic Molon, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
Dike Blair, Celeste Boursier-Mougenot, Rob Fischer, Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Biennial 2004, Whitney Museum of American Art, 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
1999 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
1996 Five Jerome Artists, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Bibliography
2007 Bell, Kimberly. “Rob Fischer,” ArtKrush, Issue #50, January 24.
Miles, Chris. “Rob Fischer: Mary Goldman Gallery.” Artforum, Reviews, March, 327-28 (reproduction)
Wood, Eve. ArtUS, March.
2006 Alemani, Cecilia. “Whitney Museum at Altria”, Flash Art, March-April.
Caniglia, Julie. “Making It.”, The Rake, March.
Cochran, Rebecca Dimling. “Amidst the Rubble: The Art of Rob Fischer”, Art Papers, September/October
2005 Baker, R.C. "Rob Fischer", Village Voice, March 9.
Maine, Stephen. “The Photograph as Canvas,” art on paper, September-October.
Ratner, Megan. “Rob Fischer,” frieze, Issue 92.
Schwendener, Martha. “Rob Fischer,” Artforum, Summer.
Sholis, Brian. “Rob Fischer,” artforum.com, March.
Unattributed. Around the Galleries, The New Yorker, March 21.
2004 Iles, Chrissie, Shamim M. Momin, Debra Singer. Whitney Biennial: 2004.
Volk, Gregory. “Big Brash Borough,” Art in America, September.
2003 Leffingwell, Edward. “Rob Fischer,” Art In America, May.
Sansone, Valentina and Melissa Vo, compilers. “Sculpture Forever,” Flash Art, July-Sept.
Unattributed. Around the Galleries, The New Yorker, March 24.
2002 Amy, Michael. “Robert Fischer at Dee/Glasoe and the Sculpture Center”, Sculpture, May.
Kastner, Jeffrey. “Robert Fischer at Dee/Glasoe” Artext, Spring.
Levin, Kim. “Shortlist”, The Village Voice 47, no. 45, November 6.
2001 Levin, Kim. “Voice Choices”, The Village Voice, November 6.
Smith, Roberta. “Funky Digs with Lots of Space for Performance-Oriented Hipsters,” New York Times, September 28.
Unattributed, Around the Galleries, New Yorker, November 12.
2000 Fallon, Michael. “Reviews,” Art Papers, May/June.
1999 Bonami, Francesco. “The End of the Journey: The Public Privacy of Robert Fischer,” essay for brochure, Art In General.
Currah, Mark. “Reviews,” Time Out London, September 15-22.
Howarth, Sophie. “Robert Fischer,” essay for show.
Reid, Calvin. “Robert Fischer at Art in General,” Art in America November.
1998 Briggs, Patricia. “Sculpture on Site,” Artforum, November.
Freese, Joan. “Robert Fischer,” Bush Foundation Artist Fellows catalogue.
1997 Flood, Richard. “Robert Fischer,” essay for catalogue, Guarene Arte 97.
Awards and Honors
1999 Bush Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship, Minneapolis
Residency, Art In General, New York
1996 Minnesota State Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship
1997 Residency, Fondazione Sandretta Re Rebaudengo per L‚ Arte
1995 Jerome Foundation