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ROB FISCHER

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1968, Minneapolis MN
Lives: and works Brooklyn, NY

Education
1993 Interdisciplinary Studies Honors Program, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
1989 Escuela Salmintina Salamanca, Spain

Solo Exhibitions
2005 Cohan and Leslie, NY
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA (upcoming)
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



Group Exhibitions
2005
Trials and Terrors, MCA, Chicago (upcoming)
As, On, and About Painting, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL (upcoming)
Greater New York, PS1/ Museum of Modern Art, NY
Much madness is divinest sense Cohan and Leslie, NY

2004

I Feel Mysterious Today, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, 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







Bibliography
2005
"Rob Fischer", The New Yorker, March 21, 2005
Sholis, Brian. "Rob Fischer". Artforum. March1, 2005
Baker, R.C. "Rob Fischer". Vilalge Voice. March 9, 2005.

2004

Iles, Chrissie, Shamim M. Momin, Debra Singer; Whitney Biennial: 2004.
Volk, Gregory, �Big Brash Borough�,� Art In America, September.

2003

Sansone, Valentina,and Melissa Vo, compilers, "Sculpture Forever," Flash Art, July-Sept.
Unattributed, Reviews, The New Yorker, March 24.
Leffingwell, Edward, Reviews, Art In America, May.

2002

Levin, Kim, "Shortlist," The Village Voice 47, no. 45, November 6.
Amy, Michael, "Robert Fischer at Dee/Glasoe and the Sculpture Center," Sculpture, May.
Kastner, Jeffrey, "Robert Fischer at Dee/Glasoe," Artext, Spring

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, "Reviews," 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.








Grants/Awards
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 Fellowship, Minneapolis

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