| ROBERT SWEENEY |
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| Born 1948 | |
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EDUCATION
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1972
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Boston University School for the Visual Arts, M.F.A. |
| 1970 | Boston University School for the Visual Arts, B.F.A., magna cum laude |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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| 2019 | William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2015 | William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2010 | Eli March Gallery, Amherst College, MA |
| William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2007 | William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 1984-2007 | Kendall Gallery, Wellfleet, MA (annual) |
| 2006 | William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2004 | William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2002-2004 | Rolly-Michaux Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 2001 | Still Lifes, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 1997 | Rolly-Michaux Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 1995 | Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA |
| 1993 | Rolly-Michaux Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 1992 | Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA |
| 1991 | Rolly-Michaux Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 1989 | Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA |
| Rolly-Michaux Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| 1987 | Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA |
| Rolly-Michaux Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| 1986 | Rolly-Michaux Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 1983 | Western New England College, Springfield, MA |
| Custom House Gallery, Wellfleet, MA (two person) | |
| Holyoke Museum, Holyoke, MA | |
| 1982 | Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| 1978 | Carlton Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1977 | Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston, MA |
| Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA | |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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| 2017 | 2017 Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2016 | Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2011 | Still Lifes, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 1984-2010 | Rolly-Michaux Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 2010 | Still Lifes, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2009 | Still Lifes, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2008 | Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2007 | Still Lifes, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2006 | Still Lifes, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2005 | Still Lifes, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2004 | Still Lifes, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2003 | Faculty Exhibition, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| Rolly-Michaux Gallery, Boston, MA (annually 1984-1990, 1992-1993, 1995-1996, 1998-2003) | |
| 2002 | Five College Faculty Exhibition, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2001 | Gallery 57, Springfield, MA (yearly, 1984-89, 1992, 1993, 199-2001) |
| 1999 | William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 1998 | William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 1996 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
| 1995 | Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA |
| Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 1994 | Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA | |
| 1993 | Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA |
| Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH | |
| Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA | |
| 1992 | Alexander Gallery, New York, NY |
| Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH | |
| Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA | |
| 1991 | Alexander Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1990 | Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA |
| 1989 | Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA |
| 1988 | Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA |
| Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA | |
| 1986 | Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA |
| 1985 | Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| 1984 | Bank of Boston New Collection Exhibition, Springfield, MA |
| 1983 | Wisteriahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA |
| Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT | |
| 1981 | Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| Springfield Museum, Springfield, MA | |
| 1979 | Montserrat School of Visual Arts, Beverly, MA |
| 1978 | University of Massachusetts Gallery, Amherst, MA |
| Symphony Hall, Boston, MA | |
| 1973-1976 | Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 1972 | Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA |
| Brookline Art Association Exhibition, Brookline, MA | |
| The Carter Gallery, Wellfleet, MA | |
| Old Lyme Art Association Exhibit, Old Lyme, CT | |
| 1971 | Essex Art Association Exhibition, Essex, CT |
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SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONORS
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| 2001-2003 | Amherst College Faculty Research Award Program |
| 1999-2001 | Amherst College Faculty Research Award Program |
| 1997-1999 | Amherst College Faculty Research Award Program |
| 1994-1996 | Amherst College Faculty Research Award Program |
| 1994 | William Rutherford Mead Professorship |
| 1990-1992 | Amherst College Faculty Research Award Program |
| 1977 | Crary Fellowship to Italy, Amherst College |
| 1970-1972 | Teaching Fellowships, B.U.S.V.A. |
| 1970 | Tanglewood Scholarship Award, B.U.S.V.A. |
| 1969 | Harold Case Merit Scholarship Award, Boston University |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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| 1972-present | Amherst College, Amherst, MA, Full Professor, 1986-present |
| 1984-1986 | Boston University School for the Visual Arts, Visiting Professor |
| 1970-1971 | Windsor School, Boston, MA, Instructor of Drawing, Painting, Two-dimensional and Three-dimensional Design |
| ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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| 2001-present | Head of Studio Program, Department on Fine Arts, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| 1976-present | Director, Saturday Morning Class for Gifted High School Students at Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| 2002-2003 | Member, Special Committee on Amherst Education, Amherst, MA |
| 1998, 2000-2003 | Co-Founder, Five College Advanced Drawing Seminar |
| 1997-2003 | Chair, Martin Luther King Celebration Committee, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| 1978-1980, 1982-1984 | Chairman, Department of Fine Arts, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 1986-1987, 1990-1995 |
| 1987 | Tenure Committee, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
| 1984, 1985 | Fellowship Selection Committee, Bunting Institute Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA |
| 1983 | Select Visiting Committee for Review of Hamilton College Art Department, Hamilton College, Hamilton, NY |
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PUBLICATIONS
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| Changing Prospects: The View From Mount Holyoke, Cornell University Press, 2002. (Painting reproduced: Oxbow, Dusk, 1990). | |
| The Education of a Painter, Teaching What We Do: Essays by Amherst College Faculty, Amherst, MA, Amherst College Press, 1991. | |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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| Gloria, Russell. History of Landscape in Focus, Sunday Republican, November 23, 1997. | |
| Watson, Bruce. Three Artists, Three Views, Lots of Fruit, Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 7, 1998. | |
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COMMISSIONS
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| 2003-2004 | Portrait of Tom Gerety, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| 2003 | Backlight, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA |
| 2001 | Amherst, Early Spring, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| 1999 | Portrait of Burgess Meredith, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| 1997 | Portrait of Bill Ward, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
| 1987 | The Valley, Holyoke Museum, Holyoke, MA |
| Back Bay, Prudential Insurance Corporation, Boston, MA | |
| 1984 | Railroad Bridge, The Holyoke Museum, Holyoke, MA |
| Springfield, The Bank of Boston, Boston, MA | |
| Canal, The Bank of Boston, Boston, MA | |
| 1983 | View, Western New England College, Springfield, MA |
