1948 Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Graduated from Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture, New York, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1977 Bruce Robbins: Ladders, Truman Gallery, New York, New York
1978 Bruce Robbins: Seesaws, Truman Gallery, New York, New York
1979 Bruce Robbins: Pilasters, Truman Gallery, New York, New York
1980 Bruce Robbins, Blum Helman, New York, New York
1981 Bruce Robbins: Recent Work, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, S.t Louis, Missouri
1981 Bruce Robbins: Recent Work, Carol Taylor Galery, Dalas, Texas
1981 Bruce Robbins: Doors, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
1981 Bruce Robbins: Recent Work, Blum Helman Gallery, New York, New York
1982 Bruce Robbins: Recent Work, Carol Taylor Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1983 Bruce Robbins, Neue Arbeiten 1982- 1983, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
1983 Bruce Robbins: Recent Work, John Berggruen Galery, San Francisco, California
1984 Bruce Robbins: New York, Blum Helman Gallery, New York, New York
1984 Bruce Robbins, Arbeiten auf Holz und Papier 1980-1983, M. Knoedler, Zurich, Switzerland
1985 Bruce Robbins, Neue Arbeiten, M. Knoedler, Zurich, Switzerland
1985 Bruce Robbins: Recent Work, Blum Helman Gallery, New York, New York
1985 Bruce Robbins: Recent Work, Galerie M. Knoedler, Zurich, Switzerland
1986 Bruce Robbins: Drawings, Blum Helman Gallery, New York, New York
1987 Bruce Robbins, Recent Work, Hans Strelow Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
1987 Bruce Robbins, Paintings and Sculpture, Turske and Turske Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1987 Bruce Robbins: Recent Work, Blum Helman Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1987 Bruce Robbins: Art from the 70’s, Turske Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988 Bruce Robbins, New Work, Turske and Turske Galery, Zurich, Switzerland
1995 Paintings and Drawings, Yoshii Gallery, New York, New York
1995 An Elephant Crosses the Road, Yoshii Gallery, New York, New York
1999 Bruce Robbins: Recent Work, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, New York
2006 Bruce Robbins: Walls, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York
2009 Walls, Paintings, and Sculptures. Bruce Robbins. Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York
Group EXHIBITIONS
1976 Invitational, Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, North Dakota
1976 This Doesn't Look Like a Work of Art, Parsons-Truman Gallery. New York, New York
1976 Sneed-Hilman Galery, Rackford, Illinois
1978 Drew University Gallery, Madison, New Jersey
1978 Constructions, Organization of Independent Artists, New York, New York
1978 The Reality of Art Truman Gallery, New York, New York
1979 Small is Beautiful, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania
1980 Summer Group Show, Galerie 99, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida
1980 Art of the 70s, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1980 Recent Acquisitions, Stedelik Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1980 Seven Artists, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
1980 Post Puritanism, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources at the Clocktower, New York, New York
1980 Art of the 80’s, Hans Strelow Galery, Düsseldorf, Germany
1981 Group Exhibition: Major Works, Richard Hines Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1981 1981 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
PUBLic COLLECTioNS
Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida
Harwood Foundation Museum, University of New Mexico, Taos, New Mexico
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Museum Liner Appenzel, Switzerland
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University New York, Purchase, New York
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group EXHIBITIONS cont'd
1981 Recent Painting, Blum Helman Gallery, New York, New York
1982 Shoe Boxes, White Columns, New York, New York
1983 1983 National Drawing International, Sarh Spurgeon Fine Arts Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington
1983 International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
1983 The Tremaine Collection: 20th Century Masters, Blum Helman Gallery, New York, New York
1983 Drawings, Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut
1983 Images on Paper Invitational, Art and Architecture Gallery University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
1983 Art of the States: Works from a Santa Barbara Collection, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
1985 Greene Gallery Selects, The Greene Gallery, Coconut Grove, Florida
1986 50th National Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
1986 Armando, Gies, Kirkeby, Robbins and Stamos, Turske Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1986 Abstractions, Hans Strelow Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
1988 Small Size, Turske Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988 Innovations in Sculpture, Aldrich Museum of Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
1989 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Ann Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbor, Florida
1993 Timely and Timeless, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
1994 Landscape Not Landscape, Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida
1995 Drawn on the Museum, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
1996 Considerations of the Figure: Magdalena Abakanowicz and Bruce Robbins, Harn Museum of Art Gainesville, Florida
1996 Scratch, The Thread Waxing Space, New York, New York
2001 Outside In, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, June-December
2003-04 Breathless, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, August 17, 2003-February 15, 2004
2005 Summer Show, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York USA
2005 hoy: Pintura y Escultura, Galeria Marlborough, Madrid, Spain, June 30-September 10
2008, Fundamental Abstraction II, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California, May 22 - July 12
2009 Works on Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York USA, Oct 21 - Dec 31
2011 Works on Paper II, Danese, New York, New York, Jan 7 - Feb 5
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