Biografie von Robert ROHM (1934)

Birth place: Cincinnati, OH

Addresses: Birmingham, MI; Brooklyn, NY, 1962; Wakefield, RI, 1970-73

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Pratt Inst. (B.ID., 1956); Cranbrook Acad. Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (M.F.A., 1960)

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1960 (prize); Anti-illusion: Procedures/Materials, 1969 & Sculpture Ann., 1962-1973, WMAA; 955,000, Vancouver Art Mus., BC, 1970; solo exhib, O.K. Harris, Works of Art, NYC, 1970 & 1971; US Sect., Triennial, New Delhi, India, 1971. Awards: Guggenheim Found. fel., 1964; Cassandra Found. Award, 1967.

Work: MoMA; Kunsthalle, Zurich, Switz.; Finch Col. Mus., NY; Columbus Gal. Fine Art, OH; Allen Art Mus., Oberlin Col., OH

Comments: Teaching: instr. sculpture, Columbus Col. Art & Design, 1956-59; instr. sculpture, Pratt Inst., 1960-65; assoc. prof. sculpture, Univ. RI, 1965-, res. grant-in-aid, 1965, 1966 & 1969.

Sources: WW73; Ralph Pomeroy, An interview with Robert Rohm," Artforum (Apr. 1970) & "Robert Rohm," Arts Can. (Apr. 1970); Kenneth Baker, "The Way Works of Art Behave," Christian Sci. Monitor, (Dec. 14, 1970); Falk, Exh. Record Series. "