Robert Chambers
Installation view of Merkhet, 2001, at Miami Art Museum.Fiberglas, Kevlar, gel coat, nylon fabric,
electrical components, synchronized soundtrack, and light elements.
Installation view of Zen Ray, 2001, at Miami Art Museum.Neon, wood, Plexiglas,
and electrical components, 72 x 144 x 5 inches.
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Miami, 1958
Resides: Miami
Education: New York University (M.A., 1990); University of Miami (B.F.A., 1983)
Solo Exhibitions:
2001
"New Work Miami," Miami Art Museum.
1999
"Skytracker," West Chelsea Arts Building, New York.
1998
"Gretzel," Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, Vermont.
1998
"Mental Magma," La Torre de los Vientos, Mexico City, Mexico.
1998
"Bigma," Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami.
1996
"Zon," Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami.
1991
"Breathing Room," Sculpture Center, New York.
Group Exhibitions:
2001
"Globe<Miami>Island," Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach.
2001
"Popular Mechanics," Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York.
2001
"Danger," Exit Art/The First World, New York.
2001
"Neuberger Museum of Art Biennial Exhibition of Public Art," Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York.
2001
"Inside and Out," Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach.
2001
"The End," Exit Art/The First World, New York.
2000
"Making Art in Miami-Travels in Hyper Reality," Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami.
2000
"Paradise 8," Exit Art/The First World, New York.
2000
"Cambio," Museo del Chopo, Mexico City.
2000
"Cambio," Sandra Gering Gallery, New York.
1996
"Defining the Nineties-Consensus-making in New York, Miami and Los Angeles," Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami.
1996
"Sex Drugs and Explosives," London Artforms Gallery, London.
1996
"The Experimenters," Lombard-Fried Fine Arts, New York.
1996
"Casa Tua e Casa Mia," American Academy in Rome.
1996
"Facing the New Millenium-The Song Remains the Same," Arlington Museum of Art, Texas.
1995
"3D," Staten Island Children's Museum, New York.
1993
"Earthworks," Center of Contempory Art, North Miami.
1992
"Pull of kinetics," Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York.
1992
"Inside an Idea," Hunter College Art Galleries, New York.
1991
"New York Diary," P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York.
1990
"Emerging Sculpture," Sculpture Center, New York.
Selected Bibliography:
2001
Cotter, Holland."Popular Mechanics." The New York Times (June 29).
2001
Wallach, Amei. " In Miami, a Hot Spot of Art, the Temperature's Rising." The New York Times (September 16).
2000
Harper, Paula. "Report From Miami." Art in America (May).
2000
Turner, Elisa. "Levity/Gravity."Art News (November).
1999
Feinstein, Roni. "Report from Miami."Art in America ( May).
1998
Morgan, Anne Barclay. "Paths to Success: Recently Emerged Artists."Sculpture (July-August).
1998
Turner, Elisa. "Robert Chambers." Art News (February).
1997
Morgan, Anne Barclay. "Robert Chambers, Materials, Imagination and Communication." Sculpture (January).
1996
Smith, Roberta. "I Could Do That." The New York Times (April 22).
1992
Kimmelman, Michael. "Six Sculptors, Long Island University."The New York Times (August 19).
1990
Brenson, Michael. "Emerging Sculptors, Sculpture Center."The New York Times (March 13).