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Education
M.F.A.
2007
Photography
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
B.A.
1999
Sociology/Anthropology and Art History
The College of the Holy Cross
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Drive Safely, Graphic Arts/Fine Arts Gallery, Moberly Area
Community College, Moberly, MO
2011
Life on the Border: The Karen People of Burma, The Wilson
Gallery, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY
Life on the Border: The Karen People of Burma, The Paper
Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
Muslim/American, American/Muslim: Portrait of a Brooklyn Masjid, The Elise B. Rosefsky Memorial Gallery, Binghamton
University, Binghamton, NY
Life on the Border: The Karen People of Burma, Coburn Gallery,
Ashland University, Ashland, OH
Muslim/American, American/Muslim: Portrait of a Brooklyn Masjid, Mezzanine Gallery, St. John's University, Manhattan
Campus, New York, NY
Life on the Border: The Karen People of Burma, Lupke Gallery,
University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN
2010 Life on the Border: The Karen People of Burma, The Christensen Center Art Gallery, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
Drive Safely, Meeting Room Gallery, Acton Memorial Library,
Acton, MA
Life on the Border: The Karen People of Burma, Center for the
Arts, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
Life on the Border: The Karen People of Burma, Thompson
Gallery, Furman University, Greenville, SC
2009
Life on the Border: The Karen People of Burma, The Grace
Institute, New York, NY
2008
Drive Safely, Eye Studio Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Above/Below, Marran Gallery, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2004
The Straphangers, The Pour House Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Straphangers, Grand Cental Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Abandoned, The Guild Room Gallery, Brookline, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Art and Struggle, Graduate Gallery, Ontario College of Art
and Design, Toronto, Canada
Triangulating Urbanism: History, Culture and Decay,
Good Question Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Invitational)
Holy Lives, Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, College of Saint
Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ (Invitational)
2011 9/11 Memorial Exhibition, Jewish Cultural Center of Reading,
Wyomissing, PA
Response and Healing, Freyberger Gallery, Penn State Berks,
Reading, PA
Fair at the Square, Bronx Council on the Arts,
Bronx, NY (Invitational)
2010 Human Rights Arts Festival, Amnesty International
Silver Spring, MD
The Mythical State of Jefferson, Schneider Museum of Art,
Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
Sleeping with Strangers, Salon Ciel, New York, NY
2009
American Race, Truman State University Art Gallery, Truman
State
University, Kirksville, MO
Fight or Flight, 13 Pockets, Chicago, IL
2008 Never Routine: Women in the Course of Their Daily Lives, Grace
Institute, New York, NY
On the Street, Kingston Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA
2007 MFA Graduate Exhibition, University Hall Gallery, The Art
Institute of Boston, Cambridge, MA
2005 Nudes, The Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA.
Identity, The Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Seven Conteporary Photographers, The New York Law School,
New York, NY (Invitational)
The Art Event, The Space, Long Island City,
Queens, NY (Invitational)
The Photo Show, Gallery 402, Organization of Independent
Artists, New York, NY
Chania 2004, The Omma Center for Contemporary Art, Chania,
Crete, Greece
2003
Animal Images, The Anti-Cruelty Society, Chicago, IL.
Small Works, Insight Gallery, Norwich, United Kingdom
2002
Woman Image, Image of Woman, The University of New Haven,
East Haven, CT.
Opening Exhibition, SPACE Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1998
Senior Juried Art Exhibit, The College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester, MA
Collections
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
Furman University, Greenville, SC
The Grace Institute, New York, NY
Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY
Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
The Turnley Documentary Photography Collection, School of Creative
Arts, University of St. Francis, Fort Wanyve, IN
Various Private Collections
Grants/Awards
2010 The Puffin Foundation, Ltd. Artist's Grant
2005 The Puffin Foundation, Ltd. Artist’s Grant
2004 Juror’s Award,
The Photo Show, Gallery 402, Organization of
Independent Artists, New York, NY
1998 Juror’s Award for Photography,
Senior Juried Art Exhibit,
The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Bibliography
Marilyn Fox, 9/11 Memorial Exhibition
Penn State Berks, 2011
Samantha Olivieri, "A Discussion with Robert Gerhardt"
Salon Ciel Blog, April 25, 2011
www.saloncielny.org/2011/04/25/
Anahi Costa, "Robert Gerhardt - Life on the Border: The Karen People of
Burma," ArtSeenVT, December 2, 1010
www.artseenvt.com/robert-gerhardt-life-on-the-border
Amy Rahn, "Robert Gerhardt at Dibden Center at Johnson State College"
Art New England, Vol. 31, Issue 6, November/December 2010, p. 67
Ron Egatz, "Robert Gerhardt, Visual Sociologist"
Sekonic Blog, October 11, 2010
http://sekonic.wordpress.com/2010/10/11
Aaron and Peter Fine, American Race: Contemporary Art Reflecting on
Race in the Year of Lincoln's Bicentennial, Truman State
University, 2010
Damaso Reyes, "Life on the Border: A window on another world,"
New York Amsterdam News, Vol. 100, No. 29,
July 16-July 22, 2009, p. 20
James Spina, "Parting Glance,
" 20/20 Magazine Jobson Publishing, July 2007
Claudia DeMonte, Woman Image, Image of Woman
University of New Haven, 2002
Conferences/Symposia
CAS Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium, 2011
Against Global Indifference: Awaking to Action
Ashland University, Ashland, OH
Talk: Life on the Border: The Karen People of Burma
Making Meaning of 9/11: Local Impacts, Global Implications, 2011
St. John's University, Manhattan Campus, New York, NY
Talk: Muslim/American, American Muslim
Crossing the Boundaries XIX: CONFLICT, 2011
Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
Talk: Muslim/American, American/Muslim
22nd Annual Noble Peace Prize Forum, 2010
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
Panel: The Karen: Varied Perspectives
Amnesty International Human Rights Arts Festival, 2010
Silver Spring, MD
Event: Artist's Talk and Portfolio Review
Visiting Artist Lectures
2012 St. Joseph's Preparatory School, Philadelphia, PA
Good Question Gallery, Augusta, NJ
Moberly Area Community College, Moberly, MO
2011 Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY
Ashland University, Ashland, OH
University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, IN
2010 Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
Salon Ciel, New York, NY
Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
Furman University, Greenville, SC
2007 Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Exhibitions Curated
War and Peace, Melissa Cacciola,
Salon Ciel, New York, NY 2012
Paris 1980, George McClintock,
Salon Ciel, New York, NY 2012
Sans Titre, Edward Stern,
Salon Ciel, New York, NY 2012
40° 42' 51" North / 74° 0' 23" West: Shades of New York City,
Group Photography Exhibition,
Hartley House, New York, NY 2012
Photographs, Mainly of Women, William Juseck,
Salon Ciel, New York, NY, 2011
All the Believers, Jill Brody,
Salon Ciel, New York, NY, 2011
Aggressive Nature, Joseph Grazi,
Gallery Bar, New York, NY, 2011 (co-curator)
The New World, Group Photography Exhibition,
Gallery Bar, New York, NY, 2011 (co-curator)