Exhibition History

Solo Exhibitions

1964-1965
Thenen Gallery, New York, NY.

1968
Robert Swain Paintings, Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY,
September 10-October 3.

1969
Robert Swain-New Paintings, Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY,
October 18-November 6.

1974
Robert Swain, Paintings 1973-74, The Everson Art
Museum, Syracuse, NY, April 19-May 20.
Swain’s work entered The Everson Art Museum
permanent collection.
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY, October 5 –
October 23.

1975
Texas Gallery, Houston, TX, May 3 – May 31.

1975-1976
Paintings by Robert Swain, The Columbus
Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH, December 5,
1975 – January 4, 1976.
Untitled, 84”x84” (1975), enters the permanent
collection in 1976.
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.

1976
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.

1978
Robert Swain: Two Installations of Recent Work,
Lockwood-Mathews, Mansion Museum, Norwalk, CT
and Darien Library, Darien, CT, September 10-
October 13.
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.

1980
Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.

1981
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.

1988
Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.

1989
Robert Swain, New Paintings, Nina Freudenheim Gallery,
Buffalo, NY, January 28-February 22.

2008
Robert Swain, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY,
March 29-May 14.

Group Exhibitions

1967
Light and Line, Park Place Gallery, New York, NY.
Bennington College, Bennington, VT.

1968
The Art of the Real: USA 1948-1968, The Museum of Modern Art,
New York, NY, July 3-September 8, 1968. Exhibition traveled to
Grand Palais, Paris, November 14-December 23, 1968, The Kunsthaus,
Zurich, January 19-February 23, 1969, and The Tate Gallery, London,
April 22-June 1, 1969.
Robert Swain/Stylianos Gianakos, Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY.

1969
Thirty-First Biennial Exhibition of American Contemporary Painting,
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1-March 20.
Untitled #7, 12’6”x26’ (1968-1969) won the Corcoran’s purchase
prize and was acquired by the Corcoran Gallery of Art from the Biennial.
Barry Flanagan/Robert Swain, Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY,
September 27-October 16.
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North
Carolina, Greensboro, NC.

1970
The George H. Waterman, III Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island
School of Design, Providence, RI.

1971
The Structure of Color, Curated by Marcia Tucker, The Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York, NY, February 25-April 18.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY.
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY.

1972
Fourcade, Droll, Inc., New York, NY.
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, New York,
NY, Benefit Exhibition

1973
Fourcade, Droll, Inc., New York, NY.
Eight Contemporary Painters and Sculptors,
The Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, NY,
June 30 – July 29.

1974
Painting & Sculpture Today, Indianapolis
Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN.
Texas Gallery, Houston, TX.
Fourcade, Droll, Inc., New York, NY.
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.

1974-1975
Color as Language, Organized by the
International Council of the Museum of
Modern Art. Exhibition travels throughout
Central and South America, including
museums: Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota,
February 24-March 30; Museo de Arte
Moderno de Sao Paulo, April 18-May18;
Museo de Arte Moderno, Rio de Janeiro,
June 12-July 20; Museo de Ballas Artes,
Caracas, August 3-September 14; and
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City,
October 2-November 23.

1975
Fourteen Abstract Painters, Frederick S.
Wright Art Gallery, University of California,
Los Angeles, CA, March 25 – May 25.
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.
Contemporary Paintings: A Review of the
New York Gallery Season, 1974-1975, Lowe
Art Gallery, Syracuse, New York, College of Visual and Performing Arts.
Contemporary American Painting, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
1976
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.
Ten Painters, Georgia State University Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

1977
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY, May 11-June 4.
Art in Public Spaces, Organization of Independent Artists, U.S. Court House, Brooklyn, NY
The Geometry of Color, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY.

1978
Robert Swain/Alan Uglow, Susan Caldwell Gallery,
New York, NY, April 5-29.

1979
Generation: Twenty Abstract Painters born in the
United States Between 1929 and 1946, Organized
by Michael Walls, Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.
From Allan to Zucker, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX.

1980
Geometric Abstractions, Curated by Clifford Singer,
OIA Organization of Independent Artists, Brooklyn
Law School, Brooklyn, NY.

1981
Gala Art Benefit for The Lighthouse, The New York
Association for the Blind, 75th Anniversary, Susan
Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY, March 12.
Ciba-Geigy Collects: Aspects of Abstraction,
Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX,
September 8- October 24.
Criss-Cross at Yellowstone Art Center, Yellowstone
Art Center, Billings, MO.

1981-1982
Works for Winter, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY.
8 New York Artists, Art Sources, Inc., Jacksonville, FL.

1982
Given and Promised: 36 Painters: New Acquisitions from
1/26 – 3/14/82, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
NY. For Tony’s Jane (1979) enters The Metropolitan Museum
of Art’s permanent collection.
Made in New York, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY.

1982-1983
Creative Artists Public Service Program, Painting Recipients
Exhibitions: Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY.
Brainerd Art Gallery, State University College, Potsdam, NY.

1984
Jeffrey Hoffeld & Company, Inc., New York, NY.

1985
Repetitions: A Postmodern Dynamic, organized by Maurice Berger,
Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY.
Ten Gallery Artists, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY.

1986
Art from the City University of New York: Approaches to
Abstraction, organized by Sanford Wurmfeld, Shanghai, China.

1988
The Geometry of Color, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY.

1989
A Debate on Abstraction: The Persistence of Painting, Curated by
Vincent Longo, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter
College, New York, NY, February 1 – March 10.
Autumn on West Broadway, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY.

1990
Grids, Curated by Ellen Carey, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery,
New York, NY,
September 15 – October 13.

1993
MFA Faculty Artists, 1981-1993, Curated by Susan
Edwards, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY,
February 28 – March 30.

1993-1994
Centennial Greetings, Denver Art Museum, Denver CO,
February 6 – January 16.

1996
Hunter College Faculty Exhibition, Hunter College
Art Gallery, New York, NY, February 28 – March 30.

1997
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers Benefit, New York, NY.
Coalition for the Homeless Benefit, New York, NY.

1998
45th Biennial Exhibition, The Corcoran Collects 1907-1998,
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 17 –
September 28.

2000
The Faculty Show, Curated by Tracy L. Adler and Sanford
Wurmfeld, The Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New
York, NY.

2002
Sparks Selects, Sparks Gallery, Denver, CO.
Faculty Small Works, Hunter College, New York, NY, April 4 – May 11.

2003
Seeing Red, Part II: Contemporary Nonobjective Painting,
Curated by Gabriele Evertz and Michael Fehr, The Times
Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY.
Participates in panel discussion Seeing Red, Part III: Color
as an Experience, A Two-Day Symposium on Contemporary
Nonobjective Painting and Color Theory, at the Goethe–
Institut Inter Nationes, New York, NY, March 14 - 15.
Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT.
Painted Parameters, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY.

2004
Works on Paper by Painting Faculty, Glasgow School of Art,
The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College Art
Department, New York, NY.

2005
Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, The Times Square
Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY, February 16 – April 16.

2007
The Optical Edge, guest curated by Robert C. Morgan, Ph.D.,
Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY.

2008-2009
Op Art Revisited, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY, February
2008 – January 2009.

2009
Core of Substance, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY, September 12 – October 17.