Robert Markey
P.O. Box 114, Ashfield, MA 01330
(413)625-2062
markeyrobert@yahoo.com
Selected Exhibitions and Productions
2007
Small Works North America , group exhibition, Greenwich CT
Deep, collaborative dance performance, Northampton MA, Providednce RI
Robert Markey - New Paintings, solo exhibition, NCA, Northampton MA
Conceptual Portraiture, group show, Greentrees Gallery, Bernardston MA
Sculpturefest, group show, Woodstock VT
2006
Sculpturefest, group show, Woodstock VT
2005
Sculpturefest, group show, Woodstock VT
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2005, Chesterwood - National Trust Site,
Stockbridge MA
After Hiroshima:Nuclear Imaginaries, group show touring several venues
in the U.K
Impressions from Brazil, Bottle of Bread, Shelburne Falls MA and 39 Main,
Brattleboro VT
2004
Sphere of Pilate, Sculptural installation, Double Edge Theater, Ashfield MA
The Power of Creation, two person exhibition, Wings of Light Gallery, Shelburne Falls MA
Evolution of the Sphere, solo exhibition , Thirty 9 Main, Brattleboro, VT
three ceramic tile mosaic and two painted murals, Casa do Menor, Capim Grosso, Bahia, Brazil
painted mural, AEC-TEA, Capim Grosso, Bahia, Brazil
2003
Personal - Universal, two person exhibition , Soprafina Gallery, Somerville MA
New Exhibitions, group exhibition, Battelle-Harding Gallery, Greenfield, MA
Robert Markey, Jozan Treston, two person exhibition, Gallery A3, Amherst, MA
The Art of the Violin, public art exhibition, Pioneer Valley, MA
Robert Markey - Paintings, solo exhibition, Thirty 9 Main, Brattleboro, VT
2002
God's Greatest Gifts: Fruit and Sex II, solo exhibition, Intimacies, Northampton MA
before/after 911, group exhibition, Gallery A3, Amherst MA
2001
The Sewer Grate, video, written, produced and directed, released Nov. 2001
2000
God's Greatest Gifts: Fruit and Sex, solo exhibition, Intimacies, Northampton MA
Cavalcade of Cod, pubic art exhibition and auction, Boston MA
Cow Parade NYC, pubic art exhibition and auction, New York NY
1999
Robert Markey - Paintings and Sculpture, solo exhibition, The Hart Gallery, Northampton MA
1998
Imagine, video, produced and directed , distributed by Baxley Media Inc.
1997
Witness to Violence and Related Projects, group exhibition, The Artists Foundation @ The Distillery, Boston MA
1996
From Brutality to Hope, video documentary, produced and directed, Premiered on PBS, March 1997
Lines of Descent, group exhibition, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York NY
Super Bowl Scoreboard III, installation and performance, Grand Central Station, New York NY
1995
Witness to Violence, Collaborative Public Art/Performance Piece,presented in 15 locations around the country including Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Houston, and Dallas
1994
Artists Need to be Paid Too, Billboard, Arts Festival of Atlanta, Atlanta GA
Reality Check, group exhibition, Ashuah-Irving Gallery, Boston MA
Behind Closed Doors, group exhibition, Artspace Gallery, Greenfield MA and The Canal Gallery, Holyoke MA
Super Bowl Scoreboard II, collaborative installation and performance, Grand Central Station, New York NY
1993
Outdoor Sculpture 1993, installation, Ward's Island NY
Berkshire Artists / Contrasts, group exhibition, Clark Whitney Gallery, Lenox MA
Super Bowl Scoreboard, installation and performance, Grand Central Station, New York NY
Children of the Earth, installation, Franklin County Artspace, Greenfield MA
1992
Views by Artists of the Columbus Quincentenial, group exhibition, pARTS: an alternative artspace, Minneapolis MN
1991
The Gods are Among Us, solo exhibition, Ashuah-Irving Gallery, Boston MA
Politics and Social Issues of Developing Countries, installation, Hartwick College, Oneonta NY
1990
Tears of Love and Rage, solo exhibition, Fauve Gallery, Amherst MA
Winter Group Show, group exhibition, Ashuah-Irving Gallery, Boston MA
Time of Opening, multi-media performance piece, Franklin County Artspace, Greenfield MA
Censorship and Provocation, group exhibition, Fauve Gallery, Amherst MA
1989
preta, installation, Markem Corporation Gallery, Keene NH
Please Fondle the Idols, solo exhibition, Skera Gallery, Northampton MA
1988
In the Third World, They're Still Dying for our Sins, solo exhibition, Amherst Community Gallery, Amherst MA
Three Stone Sculptors, group exhibition. Salmon Falls Artisans Showroom, Shelburne Falls MA
Videos
The Sewer Grate, written, produced and directed. Released Nov. 2001
Imagine, produced and directed. Released January 1999
From Brutality to Hope, documentary, produced and directed. Premiered on PBS, March 1997
Corporate and NGO Collections
AEC-TEA, Capim Grosso, Bahia, Brazil
Belding Memorial Library, Ashfield MA
Casa do Menor, Capim Grosso, Bahia, Brazil
Data-Mail, Inc., Newington CT
Double Edge Theater, Ashfield MA
Harriet Tubman Center, Minneapolis MN
Peace at Home, Jamaica Plain MA
Schooner Capital LLC, Boston MA
Public Art
The Art of the Violin,public art exhibition and auction, Pioneer Valley, MA 2003
Cavalcade of Cod,public art exhibition and auction, Boston MA 2000
Cow Parade NYC, public art exhibition and auction, New York NY 2000
Witness to Violence, Collaborative Public Art/Performance
presented in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Houston, 1995
Need to be Paid Too, Billboard, Arts Festival of Atlanta, Atlanta GA 1994
Super Bowl Scoreboard, Public Art and Performance, Grand Central Station,
New York NY 1993, 1994, 1996
Outdoor Sculpture 1993, Public Art Installation, WardÕs Island NY 1993
Selected Bibliography
Lisa Lynch, Robert Markey: New Paintings, Art New England, June/July 2007
Thomas Craughwell, Cow Parade New York. Workman Publishing Company, Inc., 2000
McBride, James, War, Battering, and other Sports: the Gulf between American Men and Women. Atlantic Highlands: Humanities Press International, Inc., 1995
Jack Becker, And Other Words of Wisdom. Public Art Review. Volume 6 Number 2 (Spring/Summer 1995)
Lisa Rafter, Witness to Violence: Giving a Face to Women Who Have Survived Battering. Labyrinth. Volume 13 Number 5 (October 1995)
Selected Videography
George McCollough and Maria Elaina Mongelli, Criminal Justice Today: Witness to Violence, DUTV cable 54, Philadelphia, September 1995
Johnnie Braxton, Visions, WPVI tv 6, Philadelphia, November 1995
Awards
Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, 2000
Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, 1999
Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, 1998
Massachusetts Committee on Criminal Justice Project Grant, 1994, 1995
Boston Council on the Arts and Humanities Grant, 1994
Massachusetts Cultural Council Project Grant, 1994
Finalist, Amherst Public Art Project, Amherst MA 1994, 1995
Finalist, Northampton Public Art Project, Northampton MA 1994
Puffin Foundation Grant, 1993
Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, 1993
Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council Grant, 1990
Education
M.S., Computer Science, University of Massachusetts 1982
B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1969
Represented by
Elaine Beckwith Gallery, Jamaica VT
Tappan Z Gallery, Tarytown NY
Hanback Gallery, Lenox MA
Art & Imagination Gallery, Shelburne Falls MA
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