Robert Roesch Resume
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PUBLIC COMMISSIONS 
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS  Horsham, Pa. NEW PROJECT
WATERWORK, Reflecting Pool General Instrument Corp,  Horsham PA,'98
ORION: SCIENCE COMPLEX PLAZA AppalachianState University, Boone, NC'98
BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER NYC WATERWALL 1996
GATEWAY PLAZA PROJECT Wichita, Kansas. 1997
LEGENT CORPORATION Computer Assoc. Pittsburgh, PA 1994
SOUTH WALNUT PLAZA Wilmington, DE
SANBORN SQUARE PARK Boca Raton, FL
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Farmingdale, NY
SELECTED CORPORATE AND MUSEUM PURCHASES
BENEFICIAL Wilmington, DE
RCA VICTOR New York, NY
U.S.I.A. Arts America Washington, DC
A R A TOWER Philadelphia, PA
BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL New York, NY
FIDELITY BANK Philadelphia, PA
MARINE MIDLAND BANK Coral Gables, FL
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART  New York, NY
McALLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM  Texas (Horvitz/Roesch collaboration)
GLASMUSEUM EBELTOFT Denmark (Horvitz/Roesch collaboration)
WICHITA MUSEUM OF ART Wichita, KS (drawings for gateway project)
RHONE-POULENC RORER INC. Collegeville, PA
WESTLAKES 3, TRAMMEL CROW, CO. Tredyffrin Township, PA
LYNMARK GROUP Suffern, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:  * INDICATES ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1999 *NERLINO GALLERY Los Angeles, CA
1998 * Sande Webster Gallery, "Formal Issues" Philadelphia December
1997 "Screens" Paley Design Center
1995 "One Of A Kind Artists Books", exhibition traveling through USIA Arts America Program Near East and South America
1994 *KUNSTZAAL MARKTZEVENTIEN Enschede, Holland, June
1994 UNIVERSITY CITY SCIENCE CENTER   lnstallation/Video (DosSantos/Horvitz/Roesch collaboration) Philadelphia, April
1994 UNIQUE BOOKS Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa, March
1992 THE PAINTED BRIDE,   Installation of VANITY  "ALTER"    Philadelphia, Pa.
1992 "VOLUMINATION/BOOK AS ART OBJECT" Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Kansas    
1992   *THEGALLERY AT CONTINENTAL BANK/CENTER SQUARE     Philadelphia,PA.
1992 SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION/SOUND & LIGHT (Horvitz/Roesch collaboration)
1992  ARTISTS CONFRONTING THE INCONCEIVABLE a glass and steel installation (Horvitz/Roesch collaboration)      BEROFSKY GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA.
1992 BOOK AS A CONTAINER Sazama Gallery, Chicago, ILL
1992 NEXUS GALLERY, Sculpture June, July
1992 WINDOW ON BROAD/UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS Philadelphia, PA
1991 BEROFSKY GALLERY Philadelphia, PA. October, 6 artists
1991 DAWSON GALLERY  Rochester, NY
1990 EXHIBIT OF 9 ARTISTS working with the screen format-curated by Marsha Moss: Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA
1990 *NERLI NO GALLERY New York, NY
1990 *SCHMIDT/DEAN GALLERY Philadelphia, PA.
1989 *NERLINO GALLERY New York, NY
1989 NEXUS GALLERY, OUTRAGEOUS OBJECTS Philadelphia, PA
1988 *ERNST ALEXANDER GALLERY Washington DC
1988 NEW AMERICAN ART MALL GALLERY 1. C. A. London England
1988 COUNTRY STYLES/CITY WAYS EXHIBITION traveling exhibition, U. S.I. A.
1987 LAWRENCE GALLERY, LOST/FOUND- SOUND Rosemont, PA  
1987 FORM AND SPACE- INSTALLATION BY 6 ARTISTS Phila, PA, curated by Judy Stein  
1987 ERNST ALEXANDER GALLERY Washington DC
1987 NEXUS GALLERY, ARTIST BOOKS Philadelphia, PA
1987 MANGEL GALLERY, summer group show  Philadelphia, PA
1987 MERRIL LYNCH INVITATIONAL Princeton, NJ, curated by Jean Athen through Philadelphia Museum of Art
1986 *MANGELGALLERY Philadelphia, PA
1986 J. DARRABY GALLERY Los Angeles, CA
1985 *SEGAL GALLERY New York, NY
1984 *GALLERY CAMINO REAL Boca Raton, FL
1984 *SEGAL GALLERY New York, NY
1983 *BEN MANGEL GALLERY Philadelphia, PA
1983 *LOUISE HIMELFARB GALLERY Southampton, NY
1983 *KORNBLUTH GALLERY Fairlawn, NJ
1983 *ARDT AT ARON BERMAN GALLERY New York, NY
1983 BEAVER COLLEGE, MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE curated by Marsha Moss
1983 RUBINER GALLERY Royal Oak, MI
1982 *LOUISE HIMELFARB GALLERY Southampton, NY
1982 FIREHOUSE GALLERY, SCULPTURE AND DRAWING Garden City, NJ
1982 FINE ARTS GALLERY, DRAWINGS by THREE DIMENSIONAL ARTISTS Southampton, NY, curated by Yochi Higa
1982 THOMAS GREENLY GALLERY, ART AND DESIGN INVITATIONAL Long Island, NY
1981 *FONTANA GALLERY Philadelphia, PA
1981 LOUISE HIMELFARB GALLERY Southampton, NY
1981 GALLERY CAMINO REAL, ART IN THE GARDEN Boca Raton, FL
1981 DENNISON BUILDING, MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE    Long Island, NY
1980 *PHILADELPHIA ART ALLIANCE Philadelphia, PA
1980 LOUISE HIMELFARB GALLERY Southampton, NY
1980 FEDERAL BUILDING Philadelphia, PA
1979 LOUISE HIMELFARB GALLERY Southampton, NY
1979 FIREHOUSE GALLERY Long Island, NY
1979 FONTANA GALLERY Philadelphia, PA
1978 *LOUISE HIMELFARB GALLERY Southampton, NY
1978 HECKSHER MUSEUM, NEW DIRECTIONS IN SCULPTURE Huntington, NY
1978 WISTARIAHURST MUSEUM Mt. Holyoke, MA
1978 ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY Buffalo, NY
1976 *THOMAS GREENLY GALLERY, SCULPTURE IN TRANSITION Long Island, NY
1975 *CHANNEL GALLERY     Long Island, NY
1974 *CHUCK LEVITAN: WORKS OF ART New York, NY
1974 ALBRIGHT -KNOX ART GALLERY Buffalo, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
4/1997 "In the StudioWith:Robert Roesch and Suzanne Horvitz",(interview with visuals), Robin Rice, Seven Arts Magazine, page 34-36
8/17/96 R.Holman, "Fanfare for a Gateway", The Wichita Eagle
6/17/96 "Unicos en su genero", (interview with visuals), E/Teidgrafo, Guayaquil, Ecuador
10/29/95 R.Holman, "MAIN STREET ARTWORK A MODEL OF INCLUSION", The Wichita Eagle
8/95 Rhonda Holman, "DRESSING UP THE ENTRYWAY", The Wichita Eagle
8/95 Rhonda Holman, "GETTING ON WITH THE GATEWAY", The Wichita Eagle
6/94 "Kunstcentrum, Marktzeventien", (review),-Turbankia, Enshede Holland
6/15/94 "Amerikaans kunstenaars in Markt 17 geven te denken", (review with visual) by Arno Kramer, Twentse Courant, Enshede Holland
4/94 "INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION", (review with visual) by Burton Wasserman, Art Matters, April 1994
10/92 Hoffberg, Judith, "Tender Tearful Spaces", review of bookwork, Umbrelia Magazine, Volume 15, Oct.1992
6/92 Rice, Robin, "GLASS HOUSE, The Second Wall of Tears" Philadelphia City Paper, June 26, 1992
10/91 "PERSONAL GODS" by Robin Rice, Philadelphia City Paper, Oct. 25,1991
1/90 "From 9 artists, mixed works on screens" (review with visual) by Edward J. Sozanski, Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 1, 1990
4/89 "NEW STRUCTURES" (catalogue) NERLINO Gallery, New York, NY
12/89 "OUR GALLERIES" (review with visual) by Edward Sozanski, Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 14, 1989
12/89 "ROESCH'S SCULPTURES ARE DYNAMIC AND DANGEROUS" by Robin Rice, Philadelphia City Papers, December 8-15, 1989
4/89 "ERNST ALEXANDER HOSTS ROBERT ROESCH' (review with visual) by Ed Thompson Washington Art Reporter
4/30/88 "THE MIRACULOUS INTERVENTION OF ART" (review with visual) by J.D. Smith The Times, Washington, D.C.
4/88 "NEW AMERICAN ART" (catalogue) I.C.A.London,England
3/87 "LOST AND FOUND" (review) by Janet Sullivan Turner ArtMatters,NewYork
2/7/86 "ART"(review) by Viotoria Donohoe The Philadelphia Inquirer
3/86 "THE OLD AND THE NEW: JAPANESE AESTHETIC IN AMERICAN ART" (article with visual) by Jessica Daraby, Designers West Magazine
11/85 "SCULPTURE: ONE MORE DIMENSION" (review/visual) Joseph Merkel, Artspeak
4/18/85 "BOCA BOAST NEW ENGLAND TOWN SQUARE" (feature with visual) by Barbara McCabe MiamiHerald
3/84 "ROBERT ROESCH" (review with visual) by S. R. Horvitz New Art Examiner
5/84 "EXHIBITIONS WORTH SEEING" (review) by Grace Glueck The New York Times
9/5/83 "ART GALLERIES" (review) by Helen A. Harrison The New York Times
12/9/83 "ART" (review) by Victoria Donohoe The Philadelphia Inquirer  
3/14/82 "ART GALLERIES" (review) by David L. Shirey The New York Times
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
1998 Cultural Advisor to the U.S. Embassy, Cairo, Egypt, March
1997 Cultural advisor to the U.S. Embassy, Damascus, Syria, April
1996 Ford Foundation Grant through the PA Academy of the Fine Arts
1996 Cultural Specialist grant from U. S. Information Agency for travel 6/96 to Ecuador, 10/96 to Argentina
1993 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts/Grant for Collaboration Horvitz/Roesch/Dos Santos
1992 Cultural Specialist grant from U.S. Information Agency, funded by National Endowment for the Arts for one month travel to Burma
1992 Mid Atlantic States/ Visual ArtsAward/One month Residency to create a book at Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, N.Y.
1989 PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS fellowship grant
1985/88 Sound and video documentation THE FOUNDATION FOR TODAY'S ART funded by National Endowment on the Arts
1985 A work grant for exploration in two dimensions NEXUS GALLERY funded by National Endowment on the Arts 
1977 WISTARIAHURST MUSEUM sculpture award
SOUND WORK: Conceived and developed the MOONHARP, an experimental, three-stringed instrument which transposes visual images into sound.
1994 UNIVERSITY CITY SCIENCE CENTER, Philadelphia, PA/ Performance, Apr. 6  
1992 THE GALLERY AT CONTINENTAL BANK/CENTER SQUARE, Philadelphia, PA May 1-June30
1983 SCULPTURE AT PENNS LANDING Philadelphia, PA
1983 *MOONSCAPES: A SOUND PERFORMANCE, Philadelphia Academy of the Arts Philadelphia, PA
1980 *MOONSCAPES- A COLLECTION OF SOUNDING WORKS Fine Arts Theater Southampton, NY.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
PA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS Philadelphia, PA, currently appointed Instructor of fine arts
Cultural Advisor to the U.S.Embassy/Burma,1/93, Ecuador6/96, Argentina 10/96.
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN New York, NY/ Instructor of design
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Farmingdale, NY/Assistant professor
SOUTHAMPTON COLLEGE OF LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY Southampton NY/Assistant professor
CURATOR: CONCEPT DRAWING EXHIBITION, NEXUS GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA April-May, 1991
FORMAL STUDY:
Pratt Institute Brooklyn, W / School of Fine Arts BFA
State University of New York Farmingdale, NY / School of Art and Design BAA
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