Resume


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)