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Education and Training
1980-1990
Assistant to Willem de Kooning, East Hampton, New York

1973-1975
Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland

1968-1969
Cypress College, Cypress, California

2010
Perfect Stranger (one-man show) San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, California

2007
The Time Is Now,  One Painter One Sculptor, Hernandez Contemporary, Scottsdale, Arizona

2006
 123 Townsend Street Commissioned Painting, San Francisco, California

2001
 Commissioned Bronze Sculpture, Summerwood Winery, Paso Robles, California
 Commissioned Painting, San Luis Obispo, California
Commissioned Bronze Sculpture, Germany

2000
 Gallery Artists, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York
 Relocated To Paso Robles, California

1999
    Commissioned Portrait Of The Princess Of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein
    Gallery Artists, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York
    Commissioned Sculpture Work, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts
    Commissioned Portraiture, New York, Boston, Massachusetts, Germany

1998
    Gallery Artists, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York
    Commissioned Sculpture, New York
    Studio Lecture, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York

1997
    Gallery Artist, Winter Show, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York
    Theme Exhibit, Art-Expo '97, Jacob Javitts Center, New York
    Recent Additions To The Permanent Collection Show, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York
    Deceptive Presence, Gallery Stendhal, New York
    Paintings, Pastels, Drawings (Solo Show), Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York
    Gallery Artist, Winter Show, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York
    Commissioned Sculpture, New York, Portraiture, Germany

1996
    Heckscher Museum, Heckscher Museum Award, Huntington, New York
    Pastel Society Of America, Regional Exhibition, Jo Anne Chappel Gallery, San Francisco, California
    Pastels And Works On Paper, Heckscher Museum of Art at Bryant Library, Roslyn, New York
    Group Show, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York

1995
    Group Show, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York
    Group Show, Windsor Gallery, Windsor, Vermont
    Benefit Show, Southampton Ballet Co., Bridgehampton Community Center, Bridgehampton, New York
    The Countess Portrait, Switzerland

1994
    Female Nudes (solo show), Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York
    Group Show, Bruce R. Lewin Gallery, New York
    Commissioned Portraiture Work, New York

1993
    Commissioned Sculpture And Portraiture Work, New York

1992
    Group Show, Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York
    Solo Show Of Recent Paintings, Clark & Co. Gallery, Washington D.C.
    Group Show, "The Love Show", Clark & Co. Gallery, Washington D.C.
    Group Show, Windsor Gallery, Windsor, Vermont
    Benefit Auction, Hampton Day School, Bridgehampton, New York
    Commissioned Sculpture and Portraiture Work, New York

1991
    Bird House Show, Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York
    Strange, The Artist, Maryland Center For The Arts, Curator Lee Fleming, Maryland
    Bird Houses As Sculpture, Southampton, New York
    Recent Paintings, Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York
    Commissioned Sculpture Work, New York

1990
    Group Show, Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York
    Group Show, Martha Lincoln Gallery, Vero Beach, Florida
    Group Show, Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York
    Last year as studio assistant to William de Kooning

1989
    One Man Show, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
    Three Solo Exhibitions, Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York
    Group Show, Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York

1988
    Robert Chapman, Peconic Gallery, Suffolk County Community College Eastern Campus, Riverhead, New York
    Group Show, Ingber Gallery, New York
    Five Solo Exhibitions, Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York
    Group Show, Fall Exhibition, Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York
    The Young and The Beautiful, Ingber Gallery, New York

1987
    New Paintings, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
    Second Annual Invitational, Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York
    Five Solo Exhibitions, Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York
   Winter Exhibition, Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York
    Invitational Art Exhibit, Ten New York Artist, Hood College, Maryland

1985
    Hamptons Danceteria Artists of the South Fork, Group Show, George duBose: Curator, Southampton, New York
    Two Painters, Two Man Show, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, New York
    Eleven Painters, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
    Benefit Show, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, New York
    Winter Exhibition, Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York

1984
    Group Show Exhibition, Elaine deKooning, curator, Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York
    46th Annual Guild Hall Artist Members Exhibition, Best Abstract Painting Award, East Hampton, New York

1983
    "Exhibition of Paintings", One Man Show, Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York, New York

1982
    Elaine deKooning and her Inadvertent Collection, Elaine Benson Gallery Bridgehampton, New York

1981
    Three Man Show, Willow Gallery, Potomac, MD
    Two Man Show, Willow Gallery, Potomac, MD

1979
    Lacia Sells Out Fine Arts Exhibition, Los Angeles
    Juried Group Exhibition at Federation of the Arts, Los Angeles, California
    International Juried Painting & Graphic Arts Exhibition, Long Beach, California
    California Exposition: Juried Fine Arts Exhibitions, Third Place Award, Sacramento, California
    27th All City Art Show, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
    UNIT 2 Exhibition: Two Man Show, BRICS Gallery, Los Angeles, California
    Exposition, Two Man Show, BRICS Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1977
    Art & Music Group Show and Concert Pianist, Potomac, MD
1974
    Montgomery College One Man Show, Rockville, MD

1973
    Montgomery College Fine Arts Exhibition, Rockville, MD
    Gallery Voya Group Show, Rockville, MD
    Montgomery County Art Show, Rockville, MD

1969
    Cypress College Fine Arts Exhibition, Cypress, California

Selected Collections
Carter Administration loan request, Executive Office Building, Washington D.C.
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York
Mortgage Bankers Association of America, Washington, D.C.
Republic National Bank, New York
Land Tel Corporation, New York
Ms. Ina Meibach, Time Warner, Warner Music-U.S., New York
Mr. Lyle Gramley, Governor Federal Reserve Board, Potomac, Maryland
Mr. Gerhard Mertens, Marbella, Spain
Mr. Robin Leach, Leach Entertainment Enterprises, Inc., New York
Mr. Peter Cullin, Burbank, California
Ms. Katja Schuler, Zurich, Switzerland
Mr. Stanley Moss, New York
Mrs. Susan Tepper, New York
Count Alexander Delesseps, Switzerland
Mr. Moritz Von Karp, Hamburg, Germany
Mr. Gene Bailen, San Francisco, California
Mr. Wolfgang Ohlmeier, Hamburg, Germany / The Princess of Liechtenstein
Mr. Frank Barsalona, New York
Ms. Doris Larmann, Siemans Corporation, Munich, Germany
Ms. Andrea Freiberger, Hamburg, Germany
Mr. Karl Heinz Paas, Hamburg, Germany
Mr. & Mrs. John Swift, Central Coast, California
Mr. Kenneth Williams, New York
123 Townsend Street Commission, San Francisco, California

Selected Bibliography
Sutter, Lee, Surrendering To The Moment, Feature Article,  The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, California, May 23, 2010
Interview: Robert Chapman, Moving Art Magazine, Holland, 2008
Etling, Leah, Raising The Bar, Feature Article, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, California, March 2008
Targos, Renee, Robert Chapman, Feature Article, Art-Talk, Scottsdale, Arizona, May 2007
Maldonado, Marisa, New Paintings by Robert Chapman, documentary filmed by Last Kid Productions, 2007
Harrison, Helen, Challenges To The Viewer’s Imagination, New York Times, December 1996
DePietro, Anne, Recent Work, Heckscher museum, December 1996
Lovelace, Cary, Different Points Of View, NewsDay, April 1996
Boltson, Arlyne, Show Opens At Heckscher, The Long Islander, April 1996
Goya, Gillian, Robert Chapman, Casa & Decoracao Magazine, Portugal, March 1995
Post The, Chapman At Clark & Co., Washington Post, February 1993
Burns, Stephanie, Cutting Edge Look, The Georgetowner, March 1993
Oda, Ken, Koan Review, Maryland, June 1993
Taylor, John, Architecture, Garden/Design Magazine, May 1993
Thorson, Alice, Strange Allusion, City Paper, Rockville, Maryland, May 1991
Dorsey, John, Chapman's Work Progresses, The Baltimore Sun, January 1989
Slivka, Rose, Alive With Color, East Hampton Star, September 1989
Braff, Phyllis, Local Talent, New York Times, October 1988
Dorsey, John, de Kooning Assistants, The Baltimore Sun, January 1987
Braff, Phyllis, Bold New Trends, New York Times, September 1986
Catalogue, Eleven Painters, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, 1986