Solo Exhibition
1964-1965
Thenen Gallery, New York, NY.
1968
Robert Swain Paintings, Fischbach Gallery,
New York, NY, September 10-October 3.
1969
Robert Swain-New Paintings, Fischbach Gallery,
New York, NY, October 18-November 6.
1974
Robert Swain, Paintings 1973 - 74, The Everson Art Museum,
Syracuse, NY, April 19 - May 20.
Swain’s work entered The Everson Art Museum permanent collection. Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY, October 5 – October 23.
1975
Texas Gallery, Houston, TX, May 3 – May 31.
1975-1976
Paintings by Robert Swain, The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH, December 5,1975 – January 4, 1976.
Untitled, 84”x84” (1975), enters the permanent collection in 1976. Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.
1980
Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
1981
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.
1988
Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
1989
Robert Swain, New Paintings, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, January 28 - February 22.
2008
Robert Swain, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, March 29 - May 14.
2010
Visual Sensation: The Painting of Robert Swain: 1967 - 2010, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, October 7 - november 1, 2010
2012
Robert Swain: Color Affect, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, May 18 - June 23, 2012
2014
Robert Swain: The Form of Color, Santa Monica Museum of Art, May 17 - August 23, 2014
2015
Color Energy: The Paintings of Robert Swain, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY, May 30 - July 4, 2015
2015
Robert Swain: Color as Prime, 499 Park Avenue/The Lobby Gallery, New York, NY, October 5 - July 17, 2016
Group Exhibitions
1967
Light and Line, Park Place Gallery, New York, NY. Bennington College, Bennington, VT.
1968
The Art of the Real: USA 1948-1968, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, July 3 - September 8, 1968. Exhibition traveled to Grand Palais, Paris, November 14 - December 23, 1968, The Kunsthaus, Zurich, January 19 - February 23, 1969, and The Tate Gallery, London, April 22 - June 1, 1969. Robert Swain/Stylianos Gianakos, Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY.
1969
Thirty-First Biennial Exhibition of American Contemporary Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1 - March 20. Untitled #7, 12’6”x26’ (1968 - 1969) won the Corcoran’s purchase prize and was acquired by the Corcoran Gallery of Art from the Biennial. Barry Flanagan/Robert Swain, Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY, September 27-October 16. Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC.
1970
The George H. Waterman, III Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
1971
The Structure of Color, Curated by Marcia Tucker, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, February 25-April 18. M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY. Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
1972
Fourcade, Droll, Inc., New York, NY. New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, New York, NY, Benefit Exhibition.
1973
Fourcade, Droll, Inc., New York, NY. Eight Contemporary Painters and Sculptors,The Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, NY, June 30 – July 29.
1974
Painting & Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN. Texas Gallery, Houston, TX. Fourcade, Droll, Inc., New York, NY. Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.
1974-1975
Color as Language, Organized by the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art. Exhibition travels throughout Central and South America, including museums: Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota, February 24-March 30; Museo de Arte Moderno de Sao Paulo, April 18 - May 18; Museo de Arte Moderno, Rio de Janeiro,June 12-July 20; Museo de Ballas Artes,Caracas, August 3-September 14; and Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City,October 2-November 23.
1975
Fourteen Abstract Painters, Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, March 25 – May 25. Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY. Contemporary Paintings: A Review of the New York Gallery Season, 1974-1975, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse, New York, College of Visual and Performing Arts. Contemporary American Painting, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
1976
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY. Ten Painters, Georgia State University Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
1977
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY, May 11 - June 4. Art in Public Spaces, Organization of Independent Artists, U.S. Court House, Brooklyn, NY. The Geometry of Color, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY.
1978
Robert Swain/Alan Uglow, Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY, April 5-29.
1979
Generation: Twenty Abstract Painters born in the United States Between 1929 and 1946, Organized by Michael Walls, Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY. From Allan to Zucker, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX.
1980
Geometric Abstractions, Curated by Clifford Singer,OIA Organization of Independent Artists, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY.
1981
Gala Art Benefit for The Lighthouse, The New York Association for the Blind, 75th Anniversary, Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY, March 12. Ciba-Geigy Collects: Aspects of Abstraction, Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX, September 8 - October 24. Criss-Cross at Yellowstone Art Center, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MO.
1981-1982
Works for Winter, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY. 8 New York Artists, Art Sources, Inc., Jacksonville, FL.
1982
Given and Promised: 36 Painters: New Acquisitions from 1/26 – 3/14/82, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. For Tony’s Jane (1979) enters The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s permanent collection. Made in New York, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY.
1982-1983
Creative Artists Public Service Program, Painting Recipients Exhibitions: Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY. Brainerd Art Gallery, State University College, Potsdam, NY.
1984
Jeffrey Hoffeld & Company, Inc., New York, NY.
1985
Repetitions: A Postmodern Dynamic, organized by Maurice Berger, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY. Ten Gallery Artists, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
1986
Art from the City University of New York: Approaches to Abstraction, organized by Sanford Wurmfeld, Shanghai, China.
1988
The Geometry of Color, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY.
1989
A Debate on Abstraction: The Persistence of Painting, Curated by Vincent Longo, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY, February 1 – March 10. Autumn on West Broadway, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY.
1990
Grids, Curated by Ellen Carey, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY, September 15 – October 13.
1993
MFA Faculty Artists, 1981-1993, Curated by Susan Edwards, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY, February 28 – March 30.
1993-1994
Centennial Greetings, Denver Art Museum, Denver CO,February 6 – January 16.
1996
Hunter College Faculty Exhibition, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY, February 28 – March 30.
1997
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers Benefit, New York, NY. Coalition for the Homeless Benefit, New York, NY.
1998
45th Biennial Exhibition, The Corcoran Collects 1907-1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 17 – September 28.
2000
The Faculty Show, Curated by Tracy L. Adler and Sanford Wurmfeld, The Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY.
2002
Sparks Selects, Sparks Gallery, Denver, CO. Faculty Small Works, Hunter College, New York, NY, April 4 – May 11.
2003
Seeing Red, Part II: Contemporary Nonobjective Painting, Curated by Gabriele Evertz and Michael Fehr, The Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY. Participates in panel discussion Seeing Red, Part III: Color as an Experience, A Two-Day Symposium on Contemporary Nonobjective Painting and Color Theory, at the Goethe–Institut Inter Nationes, New York, NY, March 14 - 15. Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT. Painted Parameters, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY.
2004
Works on Paper by Painting Faculty, Glasgow School of Art, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College Art Department, New York, NY.
2005
Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, The Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY, February 16 – April 16.
2007
The Optical Edge, guest curated by Robert C. Morgan, Ph.D., Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY.
2008-2009
Op Art Revisited, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY, February 2008 – January 2009.
2009
Core of Substance, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY, September 12 – October 17.
2010
Visual Sensation: The Paintings of Robert Swain: 1967-2010 at Hunter College / Times Square Gallery, curated by Gabriele Evertz, 450 West 41st street, New York 10036, October 7 - November 13.
2014
The Form of Color at Santa Monica Museum of Art, curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Santa Monica, CA 90404, May 14 - August 23.
2015
Color as color at Minus Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, May 30 - July 4, 2015.
2016
Robert Swain Brushstroke Paintings at Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Bufallo, New York 14201, May 21 - June 22.
Color as prime, solo Exhibition at 499 Park Avenue / The Lobby Gallery at 499 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, October 5, 2015 - June 17, 2016.
2017
Color: Theory and Effect, solo Exhibition at David Richard Gallery at 211 East 121 Street, NYC, 10035, December 9 - January 20, 2018.
2018
Radiant Energy, a three person show with Gabriele Evertz and Sanford Wurmfeld at Visual Arts Center of New Jersey at 68 Elm Street,
Summit NJ, February 2 - May 13.
Color Syntax at 375 Hudson / The Lobby Gallery at 375 Hudson, NYC 10014, May 7 - November 9.