ARTISTS
ROBYN O'NEIL
American, Born in Omaha, NE, 1977
Lives in Houston, Texas
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EDUCATION
2000-01 University of Illinois- Chicago
2000 B.F.A. in Fine Art, Texas A&M University- Commerce
1997 Kings College, London, UK
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SOLO EXHIBITONS
2009
Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA (upcoming)
Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago, IL (upcoming)
2007
This Is a Descending World, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY
This is our ending, this is our past., Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2006
As They Fall, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Robyn O'Neil, Frey Art Museum, Seattle traveling to Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
2005
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Take me gently through your troubled sky., Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
My brother holds tight my feeble hand, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY
2004
And Then They Were Upon Him, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2003
Even If It Shall Break Them: The Prelude to a Solid Hope for Something Better, Clementine Gallery, NYC
The Company We Keep, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
2002
These are Pictures of Boats and Dinosaurs, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger, American Folk Art Museum, New York
The Flight of Fake Tears, Inova (Institute of Visual Art), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI
The Drawing Narrative, Jenny Jaskey, Philadelphia, PA
Close Encounters: Facing The Future, The American University Museum, Washington, D.C.
Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord between Nature and Society, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, NY
Transfigure, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, KS
2007
Size Matters: Large-Scale Drawings from the MFAH Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
New Directions in American Drawing, Columbus Museum, traveling to Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tennessee
Paper Trails: New adventures in drawings, V1Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Lizard Cult, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY
Drawn to the Edge, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
Phantasmania, Kemper Art Museum, Kansas City, KS
2005
Trials and Terrors, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Every Picture Tells A Story: The Narrative Impulse in Modern and Contemporary
Art, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY
Drawing Narrative, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH
2004
The Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
drawings…, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Young Americans, Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Landscape, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Bambi Effect, Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR
Untold Tales, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Art Pace, San Antonio, TX.
Artissima 10 art fair, Inman Gallery, Turin, Italy
Muestra 2 Contemporary Art Fair, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Whim?, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
American Dream, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York City, New York
Come Forward, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Art Chicago, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2002
Art Chicago, Bodybuilder and Sportsman, Chicago, Illinois
Bad Touch, Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois
Drawn II, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS Benefit, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York City, New York
Summer Drawings, Mixture Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2001
Pin Up, Bodybuilder & Sportsman, Chicago, IL
2000
small abstract paintings and sculpture, Eugene Binder, New York, New York
4th Anniversary Show, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Drawn, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Positexan... the show with the right attitude, Project, Wichita, Kansas
Hi Jinx, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington Texas and University of Texas- Dallas, Richardson, Texas
New Pollution, Plush Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Creatures, Lago Vista Gallery, Richland College, Richland, Texas
Don't Trust Its Softness, University of Texas- Dallas, Richardson, Texas
Some Kind of Wonderful: Part II, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Material Matters, University of Texas-Dallas
Sofa Not Included, gallery: untitled, Dallas, Texas
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SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, USA
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, USA
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, USA
Microsoft Corporation Art Collection, Redmond, Washington, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA
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GRANTS & AWARDS
2003
Artadia Grant, Artadia-The Fund for Art and Dialogue, New York City, New York
ArtPace Foundation for Contemporary Art , San Antonio, Texas International Artist in Residence
2001
College Art Association Graduate Student Exhibition One of two Art and Design Students chosen to represent University of Illinois Chicago in national forum.
Sime, Tom. "Trinidad-Tobago artworks sing in Plano".
The Dallas Morning News December 3, 1999: Today Section C.
2000
University Fellowship Recipient Highest Academic honor at University of Illinois Chicago
1999
DeGolyer Grant, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
1998
Mayo Foundation Grant (Regent's Scholar and Highest Academic Honor) Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2005
Egan, Maura. "High Art," The New York Times Style, p. 240
2004
"Chicago: Robyn O'Neill," Artforum, Summer
Stabler, Bert. "Less is More-Sometimes," Chicago Reader, April 16, p. 28.
2003
Trainor, James. "Robyn O'Neill," Tema Celest, September/October, p. 88
Daniel, Mike. "Come Forward: Emerging Art in Texas." The Dallas Morning News 21 February 2003: Guide 35.
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. "Body Art Ñ Drawing portraits and figures may be becoming fashionable again." Houston Press 24 July 2003: 42.
Johnson, Patricia C. "Artadia: Put the money where the art is." Houston Chronicle 27 April 2003: 1B.
Kutner, Janet. "Gen-A: DMA hooks up with young artists." The Dallas Morning News 9 March 2003: Arts/Entertainment 6.
Relyea, Lane, and Weaver, Suzanne. Come Forward: Emerging Art in Texas. Dallas, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2003. (ill.)
Valdez, Sarah. "Gallery: Texas-Based 25-Year old." Paper Magazine June/July 2003: 20 No1.
2002
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. "Hello, My Name is SimonÉAnd I like to do drawring." Houston Press 15 August 2002: 60. (ill.)
Sime, Tom. "Dino Diva." The Dallas Morning News 29 May 2002: Today Section 6C. (ill.)
2001
Daniel, Mike. "Quick Sketch-Robyn OÕNeil and Daniel Gordon." The Dallas Morning News 16 November 2001: Guide 56. (ill.)
2000
Slattery, Sean. "Spring Opens with Hi Jinx." Arlington Star-Telegram Artifax. Winter 2000: Artifax 4. (ill.)
1999
Daniel, Mike. "A (just) fitting place for art".
The Dallas Morning News December 10, 1999: Guide 10 (ill.).
Daniel, Mike. "On the Verge - Promising young artists get precious exposure". The Dallas Morning News July 30, 1999: Guide 50.
Massey Helber, Annabelle. "Some Kind of Wonderful: Part II".
The Met 14-21 July 1999: Contents 33.
Sime, Tom. "Trinidad-Tobago artworks sing in Plano".
The Dallas Morning News December 3, 1999: Today Section