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Special Groups: ARCHIVES: Robert Gniewek: Biography

ROBERT GNIEWEK

BORN	1951 in Detroit, MI
EDUCATION
1979	M. A., Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1973	B.F.A., Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003	Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2001	Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2000	van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1999	David Klein Gallery, Brimingham, MI Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1997	Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1996	David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1994	Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1993-94	O.K. Harris / David Klein, Birmingham, MI
1993	Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1992-93	Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1990-91	Helander Gallery, New York, NY
1989	Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1987	Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1986	Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1984	O.K. Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
1982	Semaphore Gallery, New York, NY
1981	O. K. Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
1979	Lee Hoffman Gallery, Birmingham, MI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004	Winter Guests, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM The New Phhotorealists, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2003	10th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Iperrealisti, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy
2001	8th Annual Realism Invitational, van de Griff Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Near and Far, Perspective and Structure, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2000	7th Annual Realism Invitational: Real Illusions, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM The Photorealists, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
1999-2000	Outward Bound - American Art at the Brink of the 21st Cent., Meridian Center; Venues: Washington D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam; Museum of Fine Arts, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Painting Institute, Shanghai, China; Working People’s Cultural Palace, Beijing, China; Singapore Museum of Art, Singapore; Jakarta Arts Center, Jakarta, Indonesia See the USA: Travel, Tourism and Design in the 20th Cent., National Building Museum, Washington, DC
1999	6th Annual Realism Invitational: Realism Knows No Bounds, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Photorealism, The Next Generation, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1998	Fifth Annual Realism Invitational: Realism Knows No Bounds, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Realism ’98, Amarillo Museum of Fine Arts, Amarillo, TX Photorealism, Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1997-98	The New Photorealists, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1997	Fourth Annual Realism Invitational: Realism Knows No Bounds, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Hot Times, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY Ambient Luminosity, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
1996-97	Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Robert Kidd Gallery,Birmingham, MI
1996	Realism ’96, van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Realism-Photorealism, Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1994	Realism in Our Time, Broden Gallery, Madison, WI
1993	Art Midwest Fellowship Recipients, MCA Gallery, Detroit, MI Photorealism Since 1980, Louis Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1992	Photorealism From Nashville Collections, Cheekwood Fine Arts Center, Nashville, TN New York: City By Day / City by Night, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
1991	Get Real, North Miami Center of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
1990	New York at Night, Helander Gallery, New York, NY
1988	Four Painters, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI
1987	Mainstream America - The Collection of Phil Desind, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1986	Night Visions, O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY MCA Grant Recipients, Pontiac Art Center, MI National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1985	Selected American Realists, Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD Zimmerman-Saturn Gallery, Nashville, TN
1984	New Realism, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1983	O.K. Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ
1982	Four Poetic Viewpoints, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
1979	Urban Landscape, Detroit Artists’ Market, Detroit, MI
1978	Return of Realism, Part 2- Detroit Realists, Meadowbrook Gallery, Rochester, MI
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1989	Michigan Council for the Arts
1988	Arts Midwest - NEA Regional Fellowship
1985	Michigan Council for the Arts
PUBLICATIONS
"Iperealisti," Viviani Arte, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy 2003. pp. 20,118-121 illus.
Meisel, Louis. “Photorealism Since 1980,” Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1993. pp.7,123, 350-51 illus.
McDougal, Littel. “The Language of Literature,” 1997. p.372.
Oates, Joyce Carol. “Das Rendezvous,” Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Germany, 1997; Cover.
Bukowski, Charles. “Ein Profi,” Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Germany, 1997; Cover.
“American Short Stories 1950 to Present.” Penguin Audiobooks LTD., England 1998; Cover.
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2001	Hall, Sheri. "Dearborn Gallery Debuts", The Detroit News, MI. September 11, p. 3-D Chomin, Linda. "Getting Real", The Observer and Eccentric, Birmingham, MI. May 20, pp. CI-2, illus.
2000	Nott, Robert. “Snow on the Road”, The New Mexican, Santa Fe, NM. September 29, p. 22, illus.
1999	Hakanson Colby, joy. “Detroiters Treasure Their Screen Gems”, The Detroit News, MI. November 3, pp. 1-2E, illus. Bulanda, George. “Now Showing”, Hour Detroit Magazine. November, p.50. illus. Provenzano, Frank. Review. “Artful Relevance”, Observer and Eccentric, Birmingham, MI. November, p.50, illus. DiDonna, Liz. Review. Metro Times, Detroit, MI. November 17, p.51, illus.
1997	New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, Wellesley, MA. August, pp. 36, 37, 118 Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review. “Ambient Luminosity”, The Detroit News, MI
1994	Lynch, Kevin. “The Art’s for Real, and Easy for the Eye”, The Capital Times, Madison, WI, April 28, pp.1-E, 3-E, illus.
1993	Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review. “City Lights Inspire Glowing Work from Robert Gniewek”, The Detroit News, MI, December 30, p.4-F, illus. Birmingham Eccentric, Review. December23
1989	Wolff, Millie. Review. Palm Beach Daily News, FL, April 16, p.A-9
1986	Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review. The Detroit News. MI, November Meilgaard, Manon. “Moving Beyond Photo-Realism”, Observer &Eccentric, Birmingham & Rochester, MI, November, p. 6-E illus.
1985	Miro, Marsha. Review. The Detroit Free Press, MI, January 5, p 5-C Abatt, Corinne. “ A Fresh Glimpse of Reality”, Observer & Eccentric, Birmingham & Rochester, MI, January 3, p. 1-D Cullinan, Helen. Butler Institute Review, Cleveland Plain Dealer, OH, July 24, p.F-8
1984	Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review. The Detroit News. MI, December 23 Miro, Marsha. “The Art of Detroit”, The Detroit Free Press, MI, February 28, p. 1-2-C, p. 1-C illus.
1982	Darton, Eric. Review. East Village Eye, NYC, November, p. 24 illus. Miro, Marsha. Review. The Detroit Free Press, MI, July 18, p 8-D
1981	Bush, Donald. Review. Art Voices, July/August, p. 81, p. 82 illus. Miller, Marlan. Review. Phoenix Gazette, AZ, May 16 Cortright, Barbara. Review. Scottsdale Daily Progress, AZ, May 8, p.49 Walton, Kelly. “City Lights”, Scottsdale Daily Progress, (Weekend Magazine), AZ, May 1, pp. 14-15, p. 14 illus.
1979	Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review. The Detroit News. MI, June 10, p. 6-F illus. Hakanson Colby, Joy. Review. The Detroit News. MI, March 11, p.6-K Miro, Marsha. Review. The Detroit Free Press. (Sunday Magazine), MI, May 20, pp. 16-19 illus.
1978	Zucker, Helen. Review. Observer & Eccentric, Birmingham & Rochester, MI, December 18
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
First USA Bank, Willmington, DE
Ameritech, Detroit, MI
Charles Levy Circulating Company, Chicago, IL
American Republic Insurance Company, Des Moines, IA
K Mart Corporation, Troy, MI
Ambassador Bridge Company, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Brown, Wood, Ivey, Mitchell and Petty, New York, NY
Arthur Sherman Associates, New York, NY
Merit Holdings Company, Des Moines, IA
Vinson and Ellsins, Houston, TX