364 Pearson Drive
Asheville, NC 28801

Robert Asman is a craftsman, educator, and artist. He has taught at Drexel University, University of the Arts, and presently teaches at the University of Pennsylvania. As an artist he received a BA from Catholic University and an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology. He is and has been actively engaged in making and exhibiting his works in galleries and museums around the world, but primarily in Philadelphia where he maintains his residence and studio.

1975
Rochester Institute of Technology;
Rochester, NY
MFA

1973
Catholic University of America;
Washington DC
BA

1999
Marquis Who’s Who in American Art

1997
PEW Fellowship in the Arts; Works on Paper

1989-1997
Perkins Center for the Arts; Moorestown, New Jersey.
Juried award winner seven times.

1993
Works on Paper, Beaver College Art Gallery; Philadelphia, PA.
Juried exhibition by Neal Benezra; College Pu


Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Isaacs Collection, Malvern, PA
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Paviot Gallery, Paris, France
Proper Collection, Moorestown, NJ
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA rchase Award.

Solo

2000
Cohorting with Nature, Urban Landscapes, Gershman JCC Photography Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Robert Asman, Selected Works, Westchester University, Westchester, PA

1998
Robert Asman, NUS 1990-1996, “1 ' Espace Culturel de la Halle a’ Maree,” Port de Cancale, France

1997
Excavations and Bleeding Silver, Rogues Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1996
Robert Asman, Photographs, Galerie Francoise Paviot, Paris, France
Inaugural solo exhibition supported by French Ministry of Culture.

1995
Janvier Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

1994
Laelia Mitchell Gallery, Boston, MA.

1992
Booktrader Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1989 - 1991
Schmidt/Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Annual solo exhibitions

Group

2006
Wild Weird & Wonderfu, Gallery 1125, Philadelphia, PA

The Variety Show, Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

THE KANDY PROJECT, Traveling Exhibition
Lumeria Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Sol Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Leah MacDonald

BooBies, Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Infinitely Visible, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
In conjunction with “The Big Nothing”.

Anomaly, ADM Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

50% Gray- an ADM Gallery Photo Show, ADM Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Viewpoints: Nine Faculty Photographers, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2002
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Roger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA

2000
Torsos, Robert Asman, LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Wall to Wall Nudes, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1998
Face and Figure, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ

1996
Cologne International Kunstmarkt Arts Festival, Cologne, Germany

Basel International Arts Festival, Basel, Switzerland

1995
Galerie Francoise Paviot, Paris, France

1994
Group Faculty Exhibition, University of the Arts, Haviland Hall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1993- 1994
Fronts and Backs and Bridges, Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Participant in two group theme shows in commercial gallery.

1991
Artists Select Artists, with Ray Metzger, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1990
Photography: 1980's Discovery and Invention, Art 21' 90; Basel, Switzerland
Curator: Joshua Smith