Robyn O'Neil

  

American, Born in Omaha, NE, 1977

  

Lives in Houston, Texas

 

EDUCATION

2001

2000-2001 University of Illinois- Chicago

2000

BFA in Fine Art, Texas A&M University- Commerce

1997

Kings College, London, UK

 

EXHIBITONS

2007 This Is a Descending World, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
  Size Matters: Large-Scale Drawings from the MFAH Collection, Museum of
  Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2006 As They Fall, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France (solo)
  Robyn Oneil, Frey Art Museum, Seattle traveling to Herbert F. Johnson
  Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (solo)
2005 Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (solo)
  Take me gently through your troubled sky., Inman Gallery,
Houston, TX (solo)
  My brother holds tight my feeble hand, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
  Trials and Terrors, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
  Every Picture Tells A Story: The Narrative Impulse in Modern and
Contemporary Art,
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY
  Drawing Narrative, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH
2004 And Then They Were Upon Him, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)

The Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

  drawings…, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
  Young Americans, Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  Landscape, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  The Bambi Effect, Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR
  Untold Tales, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY

2003

"Art Pace", San Antonio, TX.

 

Even If It Shall Break Them: The Prelude to a Solid Hope for Something Better, Clementine Gallery, NYC (solo)

 

Artissima 10 art fair, Inman Gallery, Turin, Italy

 

The Company We Keep, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas (solo)

 

Muestra 2 Contemporary Art Fair, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico

 

Whim?, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas

 

American Dream, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York City, New York

 

Come Forward, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

 

Art Chicago, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2002

Art Chicago, Bodybuilder and Sportsman, Chicago, Illinois

 

Bad Touch, Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois

 

Drawn II, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

 

Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS Benefit, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York City, New York

 

Summer Drawings, Mixture Gallery, Dallas, Texas

 

These are Pictures of Boats and Dinosaurs, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas (solo)

2001

Pin Up, Bodybuilder & Sportsman, Chicago, IL

 

Beret International Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

College Art Association Graduate Student Exhibition,
University of Illinois at Chicago

2000

small abstract paintings and sculpture, Eugene Binder, New York, New York

 

4th Anniversary Show, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas

 

Drawn, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

 

Positexan... the show with the right attitude, Project, Wichita, Kansas

 

Hi Jinx, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington Texas and
University of Texas- Dallas, Richardson, Texas

 

New Pollution, Plush Gallery, Dallas, Texas

 

Creatures, Lago Vista Gallery, Richland College, Richland, Texas

 

Don't Trust Its Softness, University of Texas- Dallas, Richardson, Texas

 

Some Kind of Wonderful: Part II, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas

 

Material Matters, University of Texas- Dallas

 

Sofa Not Included, gallery: untitled, Dallas, Texas

1998

Expo 98, 500X, Dallas, Texas

1997

Expo 97, 550X, Dallas, Texas

   
 

 

 

GRANTS & AWARDS

2003
   

Artadia Grant, Artadia-The Fund for Art and Dialogue, New York City, New York

 

ArtPace Foundation for Contemporary Art , San Antonio, Texas International Artist in Residence

2001
  

College Art Association Graduate Student Exhibition One of two Art and Design Students chosen to represent University of Illinois Chicago in national forum.

 

Sime, Tom. "Trinidad-Tobago artworks sing in Plano".
The Dallas Morning News December 3, 1999: Today Section C.

2000

University Fellowship Recipient Highest Academic honor at University of Illinois Chicago

1999

DeGolyer Grant, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas

1998
   

Mayo Foundation Grant (RegentÕs Scholar and Highest Academic Honor) Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2005 Egan, Maura. "High Art," The New York Times Style, p. 240
2004 "Chicago: Robyn O'Neill," Artforum, Summer
  Stabler, Bert. "Less is More-Sometimes," Chicago Reader, April 16, p. 28.
2003

Trainor, James. "Robyn O'Neill," Tema Celest, September/October, p. 88

 

Daniel, Mike. "Come Forward: Emerging Art in Texas." The Dallas Morning News 21 February 2003: Guide 35.

 

Klaasmeyer, Kelly. "Body Art Ñ Drawing portraits and figures may be becoming fashionable again." Houston Press 24 July 2003: 42.

 

Johnson, Patricia C. "Artadia: Put the money where the art is." Houston Chronicle 27 April 2003: 1B.

 

Kutner, Janet. "Gen-A: DMA hooks up with young artists." The Dallas Morning News 9 March 2003: Arts/Entertainment 6.

 

Relyea, Lane, and Weaver, Suzanne. Come Forward: Emerging Art in Texas. Dallas, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2003. (ill.)

 

Valdez, Sarah. "Gallery: Texas-Based 25-Year old." Paper Magazine June/July 2003: 20 No1.

2002

Klaasmeyer, Kelly. "Hello, My Name is SimonÉAnd I like to do drawring." Houston Press 15 August 2002: 60. (ill.)

 

Sime, Tom. "Dino Diva." The Dallas Morning News 29 May 2002: Today Section 6C. (ill.)

2001

Daniel, Mike. "Quick Sketch-Robyn OÕNeil and Daniel Gordon." The Dallas Morning News 16 November 2001: Guide 56. (ill.)

2000

Slattery, Sean. "Spring Opens with Hi Jinx." Arlington Star-Telegram Artifax. Winter 2000: Artifax 4. (ill.)

1999
   

Daniel, Mike. "A (just) fitting place for art".
The Dallas Morning News December 10, 1999: Guide 10 (ill.).

 

Daniel, Mike. "On the Verge - Promising young artists get precious exposure". The Dallas Morning News July 30, 1999: Guide 50.


  

Massey Helber, Annabelle. "Some Kind of Wonderful: Part II".
The Met 14-21 July 1999: Contents 33.

 

Sime, Tom. "Trinidad-Tobago artworks sing in Plano".
The Dallas Morning News December 3, 1999: Today Section C.