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- Born
- 1966
- Bayside, NY
- Education
- 2008
- PhD, New York University, Dept. of Hebrew and Judaic Studies
- 2000
- MA, New York University, Dept. of Religious Studies
- 1998
- MA, Pratt Institute, Dept. of Art History
- MA, Pratt Institute, Dept. of Fine Arts
- 1990
- BA, Pratt Institute, Dept. of Fine Arts
- 1984-1986
- United States Military Academy
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2019
- Efflux, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA;
exhibition catalog
- Instantiations, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
- 2018
- Small Gestures, and the Fullness of Fields, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
- 2017
- Groundwork, Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna, Austria
- Totalizations, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 2016
- Cumulus, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Monochrome Paintings, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
- 2014
- Far Closer, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
- 2013
- Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
- Openings, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 2012
- Still Without Cessation, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- It’s Time, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
- 2011
- Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
- Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Rome, Italy
- 2010
- The Number Escapes Me, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 2009
- On and On: Inquiries into Indeterminacy, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
- Workings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Rome and Turin, Italy
- 2008
- Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
- Never. Ever., Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
- 2007
- dematerializations / interstices / permutations, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Activity, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
- 2006
- Innumerable Naught Nary, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- Recent Paintings, Renate Bender Gallery, Munich, Germany
- 2005
- Amassing Color, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
- Marking Time, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2004
- Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 2003
- 435,546 Marks, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
- Two-Person Exhibitions
- 2017
- minimalsensualphysical, with Matt McClune and Jeremy Thomas, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich Germany
- Introductions, Cris Worley Fine Art, Dallas, TX
- 2014
- Object Painting; Painting Object, with Bill Thompson, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
- Group Exhibitions
- 2020
- 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA;
exhibition catalog
- 2019
- Summer Highlights, Cris Worley Fine Art, Dallas, TX
- Weiss, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
- Weiss, Galerie Haas, Ingolstadt, Germany
- 2018
- Room for Play, Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, CT
- Improvisations and Premeditations, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
- Emerging to Established, Krause Gallery, New York
- 2017
- The Spirit of Abstraction, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
- Opening Scene, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- Black & White, QuadrART, Dornbirn, Austria
- 2016
- Big Art/Small Scale, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
- 50 Shades of Red, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
- Gallery Artists, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2015
- Summer Group Show, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
- Hot Spots, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
- Black and White, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
- Schwarz auf Weiss, Museum Für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
- Mostly Monochrome, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
- 2014
- Pouring it On, The Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- Summer Formal, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
- E Artists, Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Faszination FARBE, Kunsthaus Furstenfeldbruck, Germany
- 2013
- New Year 2013, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
- Living Grey, Mies van der Rohe House, Berlin, Germany
- Excavating Layers, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
- The Nature of Abstraction, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
- 2012
- Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Turin, Italy
- 2011
- .World, Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2010
- Elevazioni e Permutazioni, PaRDeS, Mirano, Italy
- Gesture, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- Monochrome II, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
- 2009
- Pure Paint, Henry Gregg Gallery, Brooklyn, NYCommon Ground: Color, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
- Common Ground: Color, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
- 2008
- Material Color, Hunterdon County Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
- This Just In, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- The Fascination of the Color Red, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
- 2007
- Luxe, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- …das viereckige rot?, Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg, Germany
- Farbe, Galerie Huebner, Hamburg, Germany
- Surface Impressions, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
- 2006
- Blue!, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum Hagen, Germany
- Don’t Touch, Renate Bender Gallery, Munich, Germany
- 2005
- About Paint, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
- Living Gray, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum Hagen, Germany
- Summer Sensation, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
- 2004
- Art Festival for World Peace, Shanghai
- ArtHouse, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
- Die Farbe hat mich II, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum Hagen, Germany
- Gallery Bijutsu Sekai, Tokyo
- Innovate, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- M% Gallery, Cleveland, OH
- Painting as Process: Reevaluating Painting, group exhibition with Gerhard Richter and Robert Ryman, Earl Lu Gallery, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
- 2003
- Seeing Red: an International Exhibition of Nonobjective Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY, curated by Michael Fehr, Director, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum Hagen, Germany
- Tickled Pink, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 2002
- Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Breathing Room, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
- Blobs, Wiggles and Dots, Webs and Crustillations, The Work Space, New York, NY, curated by Lucio Pozzi
- 2001
- Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
- coLABORATORY, Gale Gates et al., Brooklyn, NY
- Items from the Permanent Collection, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
- 2000
- 01.15.00, Gale Gates et al., Brooklyn, NY
- 1999
- Size Matters, Gale Gates et al., Brooklyn, NY
- Group Exhibition, Gale Gates et al., Brooklyn, NY
- 1998
- The Calculus of Transfiguration, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
- Higher Worlds, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
- 1997
- Downtown Arts Annual Group Exhibition, New York, NY. Juried by Fereshteh Daftari, Martin Eisenberg and Charlotta Kotik
- Symposium Finalist, New York. Work selected by Michael Brenson, critiqued by Janet Koplos, Donald Kuspit, Peter Schjeldahl and Simon Watson
- 1993
- Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
- Three Young Future Majors, Alexander Gallery, New York, NY
- Museum Collections
- The Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany.
- Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon.
- Museum Für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany.
- Bibliography
- “Todd Camplin Weekly: Robert Sagerman and Maysey Craddock,” by Todd Camplin, Modern Dallas, May 4, 2018.
- “Cullum’s Notebook: Drennen and Sagerman Offer Intriguing Mysteries that Reward Deeper Engagement,” by Jerry Cullum, ArtsAtl.com, January 19, 2018.
- Robert Sagerman; Black Diptychon 9,165 2014 + 8,183 2013, monograph, essay by Michael Fehr, foreword by Hans Burchard von Harling, Immenstadt, Germany, 2017.
- “Robert Sagerman @ Brian Gross,” by Larry Gipe, Squarecylinder.com, June 30, 2016.
- Schwarz auf Weiss, exhibition catalog, Museum Für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt,
Germany, 2015.
- “Fairy Queen: Art Miami’s Consistency in Quality Can Rival Art Basel/Miami Beach,” by Joan Boykoff Baron and Reuben M. Baron, Artcritical.com, December 5th, 2014.
- Mainly Grey (Hauptsache Grau), exhibition catalog by Michael Fehr, Mies van der Rohe House, Berlin, Germany, 2013.
- “Robert Sagerman and the Process of Creation,” by Jaap le Poole, Colorobjects.com, December 2, 2012.
- “Interview with Art Miami Director Nick Korniloff,” by Heike Dempster, Miamiartzine.com, November 29, 2013.
- “Robert Sagerman at Marcia Wood Gallery,” by Sara Riff, Burnaway.org, October 15, 2013.
- “Transfer of Meaning: the Momentum of Abstract Painting,” by Claire Lieberman, Art Experience: New York City, Spring, 2012.
- “Robert Sagerman: ‘It’s Time,’” by Matthew Hassell, NY Arts, February, 2012.
- “Robert Sagerman’s ‘It’s Time’ Exhibition Dazzles,” by Mia Macfarlane, Downtown, January 16, 2012.
- “Tactility as Mysticism; Robert Sagerman at Margaret Thatcher Projects,” by Franklin Einspruch, The New York Sun, January 13, 2012.
- “Robert Sagerman’s scrumptious paintings and Claire Lieberman’s piquant sculptures at Marcia Wood Gallery,” by Catherine Fox, ArtCriticATL.com, April 19, 2010.
- “Robert Sagerman,” catalog essay by Michael Amy, Turin, 2009. Material Color, Exhibition catalog, 2009. The Hunterdon County Art Museum, Clinton, NJ.
- “What I Saw at Art Basel: Day 1,” Emma Trelles, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, December 5, 2007.
- “Scratching the ‘Surface’ and teasing your senses,” by Ariella Budick, Newsday, April 2007.
- “Indeterminable Painting: Thoughts on the Work of Robert Sagerman,” catalog essay by Michael Fehr, Munich, 2006.
- Review of the exhibition “Living Gray” by Thomas W. Kuhn, Kunstform International, No. 176, June 2005.
- Living Gray. Exhibition catalogue, 2005. The Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany.
- K-West, April, 2005. Review of the exhibition Living Gray, by Stefanie Stadel.
- SF Weekly, May 25, 2005. Review by Sharon Mizota.
- Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques, by Vicky Perry, 2005
- About Paint, Exhibition catalog, 2005.
- Art Festival for World Peace. Exhibition catalog, 2004. Gallery Bijitsu-Sekai, Tokyo, Japan.
- “Robert Sagerman at Marcia Wood Gallery,” by Cathy Byrd, Art in America, December 2004.
- Cullum, Jerry. “Review,” The Atlanta Journal Constitution, February 1, 2004.
- Fox, Catherine. “Review,” The Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 6, 2004.
- “The Intricate Precision of the Field The Kabbalistic Mysticism of Robert Sagerman,” by Mark Daniel Cohen, NY Arts, September 2003.
- Seeing Red: An International Exhibition of Non-Objective Painting. Exhibition catalog, 2003. The Karl-Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany.
- “Driven to Abstraction,” by Amei Wallach, Art News, November 2003
- “The Epistemological Movement in Late 20th Century Art: The Williamsburg Circle,” by Terrence Lindall, NY Arts Magazine, February 2002.
- “Ultimo indirizzo Brooklyn,” by Enzo Siciliano, La Repubblica, June 14, 1999.
- Publications Authored
- The Serpent Kills or the Serpent Gives Life: the Kabbalist Abraham Abulafia’s Response to Christianity. Boston: Brill, 2011.
- “The Syncretic Esotericism of Egidio da Viterbo and the Development of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling Program.” Acta ad Archaeologiam et Artium Historiam Pertinentia 19 (2005): 37-76.
- “A Kabbalistic Reading of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling.” Acta ad Archaeologiam et Artium Historiam Pertinentia 16 (2002): 93-177.
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