Biography/Bibliography
Robert Feintuch
Born 1953 Jersey City, New Jersey
EDUCATION
1974-76
Yale University School of Art, M.F.A.
1970-74
Cooper Union, B.F.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Recent Paintings and Drawings, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles
2020-21
Robert Feintuch: Selected Paintings 2010-2018. Thomas Brambilla Gallery, Bergamo, Italy
2017-18
Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch: Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying. Bates Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine
2017
3 Paintings, 3 Drawings, Sidecar at Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York
Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch: Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City
2015
Miller Yezerski Gallery, Boston
2014
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
2012
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin
2011
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
2010
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
2006
CRG Gallery, New York
2004
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
2002
CRG Gallery, New York, (catalogue)
2001
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, (catalogue)
1999
Heat, CRG Gallery, New York
1996
The Middle Ages, CRG Gallery, New York
1994
Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica
Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy, (catalogue)
1993
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York
1992
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York
1989
Galerie Alfred Kren, Cologne, Germany
1988
fiction/nonfiction, New York
1985
Madeleine Carter Fine Arts, Boston
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Torn Curtain, buongiorno, buonasera, Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy
2023
Who Are They? Who Am I? Portraits of Artists and Artist Self-Portraits from the Permanent Collection, Bates Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine
2020-21
This is America*, The UK Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky
Contemporary Curated, Again, Thomas Brambilla at Forte dei Marmi, Italy
2019
The Ileana Sonnabend Collection, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Canada
Flat Out: Drawings, 2000-2019, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City
2018
The Ileana Sonnabend Collection, Ca’ Pesaro Galleria Internationale d’arte Moderna, Venice
Without Theme. Paper, Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy
2016
The Ileana Sonnabend Collection, Ca’ Pesaro Galleria Internationale d’arte Moderna, Venice
The Sonnabend Collection: Half A Century of European & American Art, Part 1, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
2015
Heaven and Earth, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachussetts
SELF: Portarits of Artists in their Absence, National Academy Museum, New York
Directors’ Cut: Selections from the Maine Art Museum Trail, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
The Guston Effect, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston
Intimacy in Discourse: Reasonable-Sized Paintings, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City
2014
From Rauschenberg to Jeff Koons, Ca’ Pesaro Galleria Internationale d’arte Moderna, Venice
Unrealism Part 1, Fredericks & Freiser Gallery, New York
Beyond the Classical: Imagining the Ideal Across Time, National Academy Museum, New York
Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
2013
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Dedalus Foundation, Industry City, and The BrooklynRail, Brooklyn, New York, (catalogue)
The Sonnabend Collection, Ca’ Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna, Venice
2012
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
2011
Ileana Sonnabend. An Italian Portrait, Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice
Naked, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
2010
Uncovered, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barthelemy
At the Edge: Subversive Ideas and New Forms, Portsmouth Museum of Fine Art, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2009
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Lover, On Stellar Rays, New York
2008
American Drawings, Norwood Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
2006
Sweets and Beauties, Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York
2005
Tilton Gallery, New York
2004
Some of Their Parts, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
2003
Me, Myself and I, CRG Gallery, New York
2002
CRG Gallery, New York
2001
I Love NY Art Benefit, CRG Gallery, New York
Reflection, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2000
Nude + Narrative, P.P.O.W., New York
1999
Figuration, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany, (traveling to the Rupertinum, Salzburg, and Museum für moderne zeitgenössische Kunst, Bolzano, Italy, (catalogue)
Making Change, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco
1998
Shake, PS 122, New York
1997
Frankensteinian, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
1996
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Next Wave Festival (site: Brooklyn Museum), Brooklyn, New York, MINE, (Performance conceived and co-directed by Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch, in collaboration with Sara Rudner, Jennifer Tipton and William Matthews)
Frankenstein, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal (catalogue)
Robert Feintuch, Frances Stark, Bernard Voïta, CRG Gallery, New York
Robert Feintuch and Tomas Clusellas, One Great Jones, New York
Faculty Exhibition, The Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine
Scratch, Threadwaxing Space, New York, (catalogue)
1995
Robert Feintuch, John O’Reilly, Rona Pondick, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
Madeleines, Apex Art, New York
Not, Not, E.S. Vandam, New York
1994
Take Me To God, Jose Freire Gallery, New York
Basically Silver: 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York
Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York
Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective, The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor and Boston College Museum, (catalogue)
Studio Barnabo, Venice
1993
Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition of Drawings, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
I Love You More Than My Own Death: A Melodrama in Parts by Pedro Almodovar, Venice Biennale, “Slittamenti”, Venice, Italy
The Brushstroke: Painting in the 90’s, Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, California
The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York
Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy
I am the Enunciator, Thread Waxing Space, New York
1992
Nothing New, Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy, (catalogue)
Psycho, KunstHall New York, (catalogue)
Quotations, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art and The Dayton Art Institute Museum of Contemporary Art (catalogue)
Sense and Sensibility, Solo Gallery, New York
Body and Soul, Philippe Staib Gallery, New York
1991
Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York
Rope, Galeria Fernando Alcolea, Barcelona, Spain
Zeichnungen: Thom Barth, Stephen Ellis, Robert Feintuch, Al Taylor, Galerie Alfred Kren, Cologne
1990
Mark Depman, Robert Feintuch, Joe Scanlan, Nicole Klagsburn Gallery, New York
Spellbound, Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles
Collaborations, (collaborative work with Rona Pondick), Greenberg Wilson Gallery, New York
Body, Once Removed, Emily Sorkin Gallery, New York
1989
fiction/nonfiction, New York
1988
Maine Museums Collect, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine
1987
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
fiction/nonfiction, New York
Inaugural Exhibition, Olin Art Museum, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
1986
The Inspiration Comes from Nature, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
New Year Invitational, Gallery Schlesinger-Boisante, New York
Invitational, John Davis Gallery, Akron, Ohio
Inner Images, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine
1984
Organic Abstractions, H.F. Manes Gallery, New York
Drawing Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Maine
1983
Selected Drawings, Jersey City Museum, New Jersey, (catalogue)
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2008
Guggenheim Fellowship
2003
Leube Foundation, Residency Fellowship, Gartenau, Austria
2000
Leube Foundation, Residency Fellowship, Gartenau, Austria
1999
Bogliasco Foundation, Residency Fellowship, Bogliasco, Italy
1996
Rockefeller Foundation, Residency Fellowship, Bellagio, Italy
1977
National Endowment for the Arts, Artists’ Fellowship
1974
Sarah Hewitt Memorial Prize for Painting
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Click on bold links to view articles/essays)
2022
Fiz, Alberto. “Artissima: Alla ricerca del nuovo.” Arte, N.591, November, 2022. (with illustration).
The Brooklyn Rail, “On the Spot with Robert Feintuch.” interviewed by Rona Pondick. May 7, 2022. Web.
2021
Brambilla, Thomas. "Robert Feintuch: Studio Visit." Bespoke, January 18, 2021, (with illustrations).
Godetzky, Albert. “Between a Laugh and a Yelp: Robert Feintuch Interviewed by Albert Godetzky.” Bomb Magazine, April 19, 2021. Web. (with illustrations).
2020
Brambilla, Thomas. “Robert Feintuch.” (exhibition catalogue) Bergamo, Italy, Thomas Brambilla Gallery, (with illustrations).
Drake, Peter. “Artist Talk: Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch.” Youtube, uploaded by New York Academy of Art, February 8, 2021. Web.
Meier, Lucie and Luke. “Human/Mother Nature.” A Magazine Curated By, No. 21, 2020, p. 63 (with illustration).
Wiener, Daniel. “One Question/One Answer.” Romanov Grave, December 13, 2020. (with illustrations).
2019
Homem, Antonio. “The Sonnabend Collection.” (exhibition catalogue) Saskatoon, Canada: Remai Modern, 2019. p. 179, pp. 208-211 (with illustrations).
2018
Bui, Phong. “Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch in Conversation with Phong Bui.” December 13, 2017. Web. January 9, 2018. (with illustrations). The Brooklyn Rail
Chow, Veronica. "The Myth of Our Heads, Hands, and Feet." Harper's Bazaar Hong Kong, March 2018, pp. 38-41 (with illustrations).
Kany, Daniel. "Work by World-class Couple Evokes a Physical Response." Maine Sunday Telegram, March 18, 2018. p. E6 (with illlustrations).
Little, Carl. "Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch: Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying." Art New England. January/February 2018. p. 68 (with illustrations).
2017
Bui, Phong. “Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch in Conversation with Phong Bui.” Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch: Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying. (exhibition catalogue) Lewiston, Maine: Bates Museum of Art, 2017. pp. 66- 87 (with illustrations).
Conte, Deianira. "Robert Feintuch on the Vicissitudes of the Body." D/Railed Magazine, November 13, 2017. (with illustrations).
Hill, Scotti. "Art museum's new exhibitions tackle history, violence and homelessness in 21st-century America." Deseret News. Deseret Digital Media, February 22, 2017. (with illustrations).
Hubley, Doug. "A Couple for 42 Years, Artists Open Their First Duo Exhibition at Bates." Bates News. October 27, 2017.
McQuaid, Cate. "Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch: Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying." The Boston Globe, October 27, 2017.
Mills, Dan. “Introduction.” Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch: Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying. (exhibition catalogue) Lewiston, Maine: Bates Museum of Art, 2017. pp. 7-8.
Myers, Terry R. “Bodies Redoubled.” Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch: Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying. (exhibition catalogue) Lewiston, Maine: Bates Museum of Art, 2017. pp. 12-23 (with illustrations).
Zhou, Kathy. “Bodies in Space: Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch at UMOCA,” Slug Magazine, February 27, 2017.
2016
Cotter, Suzanne. “A Coleçâo Sonnabend: Meio século de arte europeia e americana.” (exhibition catalogue) Porto, Portugal: Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, 2016, pp. 142-143 (with illustration).
2015
Blair, Courtney Willis. “’Unreasonable Sized Paintings’ at SVA Chelsea Gallery,” Forbes, December 23, 2015.
McQuaid, Cate. “Robert Feintuch’s airy conundrums,” The Boston Globe, March 11, 2015, G section, p.13 (with illustration).
McQuaid, Cate. “The week ahead: Robert Feintuch,” The Boston Globe, February, 18, 2015.
Von Klemeperer, Liz. “Curator Phong Bui on Intimacy and Scale in New Dual Show,” Art Report, November 2, 2015.
2014
Bui, Phong and Flam, Jack. “Come Together, Surviving Sandy, Year 1.” (exhibition catalogue) New York, NY: Skira/Dedalus Foundation, 2014, pp.52, 57, 152 (with illustrations).
Bui, Phong. “Robert Feintuch with Phong Bui.” The Brooklyn Rail, June 2014, pp. 58-61 (with illustrations).
DeWoody, Beth Rubin, and Paul Morris. “Look at Me, Portraiture from Manet to the Present. (exhibition catalogue) New York, NY: Leila Heller Gallery, 2014, p.53 (with illustration).
Mcnicholas, Darragh. “Tom and Jerry.” Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1. The Brooklyn Rail and Dedalus Foundation, November 2014 (with illustrations).
Wong, Queenie. “Robert Feintuch: The Hercules and the new work.” Harper’s Bazaar, Hong Kong, May 2014, pp. 50-53 (with illustrations).
2013
Chow, Veronica. “New York Art Story.” Harper’s Bazaar, Hong Kong, December 2013, pp. 84-85 (with illustration).
2012
Ruthe, Ingeborg. “Men in Underwear, The American Painter Robert Feintuch at the Akira Ikeda Gallery.” Berliner Zeitung, Number 86, Thursday, April 12, 2012, (with illustration).
2011
Armstrong, Richard. “Ileana Sonnabend, An Italian Portrait.” Venice, Italy; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2011, p. 9.
Codognato, Mario. “Ileana Sonnabend, An Italian Portrait.” The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, Italy, 2011, pp. 92-93 (with illustration).
Coggins, David. “Voice of Reason: The Robert Feintuch Interview.” The Huffington Post, April 6, 2011, (with illustrations).
Dzhakova, Madezdha, “The Choice, 42 Art Historians-43 Works,.” (exhibition catalogue) Sofia City Art Gallery, Bulgaria, p. 16, 2011.
Heinrich, Will. “Diogenes as Collagist: Robert Feintuch at Sonnabend Gallery.” The New York Observer, April 5, 2011, (with illustration).
Laferriere, Catherine. “NAKED.” Artscope Magazine, July/August, 2011, vol. 6, No. 3, p. 12.
McClemont, Doug. “Robert Feintuch at Sonnabend.” Art News, Summer 2011, p. 121, (with illustration).
McQuaid, Cate. “In the Flesh.” The Boston Globe, July 21, 2011, Arts, p. 4, (with illustration).
2007
Harris, Susan, “Robert Feintuch at CRG.” Art in America, January, 2007, pp. 148-9, (with illustration).
2006
MacAdam, Alfred. “Robert Feintuch at CRG.” Art News, November, 2006, p. 188, (with illustration).
2002
Gookin, Kirby. “Hero: Robert Feintuch’s Recent Work.” (exhibition catalogue) (New York: CRG Gallery, 2002) (with illustrations).
Pollack, Barbara. “Working Vacations.” The Village Voice, July 23, 2002, pp. 46-7.
Robinson, Walter. "Weekend Update." ArtNet Magazine, November 22, 2002, (with illustration).
Weiermair, Peter. “Robert Feintuch: Las Artimanas de Los Objectos Transformados en Belleza.” AtlAntica, Numero 32, Primavera 2002, pp. 122-27, (with illustrations).
2001
McQuaid, Cate. “Light Show.” The Boston Globe, Thursday, April 26, 2001, p. D1.
Smith, Roberta. “A Benefit for Lovers of Art and New York.” The New York Times, Thursday, November 1, 2001, p. E3.
Weiermair, Peter. “The Trickery of Objects, Resolved in Beauty.” (exhibition catalogue) (Boston: Howard Yezerski Gallery, 2001), (with illustrations).
2000
Bigi, Daniela. “Figurazione Al Museion Di Bolzano.” Arte e Critica, gennaio/marzo, 2000.
Harris, Jane. “Robert Feintuch at C/R/G.” Art in America, January, 2000, pp. 116-18, (with illustration).
Meneghelli, Luigi. “Figuration.” Flash Art, (Italian edition), no. 220, February – March, 2000.
Scott, Andrea. “Nude and Narrative.” The New Yorker, October 9, 2000, p. 20.
Zweig, Janet, and Princenthal, Nancy, editors. “Robert Feintuch.” Chain, #7 memoir/anti-memoir, summer 2000, (illustrations pp. 47 - 48).
1999
Ebony, David. “David Ebony’s Top Ten: Robert Feintuch at CRG Gallery.” ArtNet Magazine, June 4, 1999, (with illustrations).
Hapkemeyer, Andreas. “In the movie Samson said to Delila.…” Figuration (exhibition catalogue) (Zurich: Edition Oehrli, 1999), (with illustrations).
Maxwell, Douglas F. “Robert Feintuch at CRG Gallery.” Review, May 15, 1999, pp. 20-21.
Perelda. Severino. “A Bolzano Due Importanti Rassegne D’Arte Moderna.” Alto Adige, 9.1.99.
Schiffman, Jean. “Making Change.” Bay Area City Search, December 15, 1999.
“San Francisco’s Small Museums.” Arts Monthly, November 1999, pp. 16-17.
Weiermair, Peter. “Painting after Photography.” Figuration (exhibition catalogue) (Zurich: Edition Oehrli, 1999), (with illustrations).
1998
Ermini, Flavio. editor, Ante Rem, 1998, pp. 127-8, Verona, Italy, (illustrations).
Prisant, Carol. “Room Service.” New York, April 27, 1998, pp. 38-43, (with illustrations).
1997
Koplos, Janet. “Performance: Art on Stage.” Art in America, September, 1997, pp. 51-55, (with illustrations).
Rush, Michael. “New York Galleries: New Spaces/New Faces.” Art New England, April/May, 1997, pp. 30-31, (with illustration).
Shottenkirk, Dena. “body language.” World Art, No. 12, pp. 35-39.
Zimmer, Elizabeth. “It’s Genius! Artists Cheer the Best of the Year.” The Village Voice, January 7, 1997, p. 26.
1996
Pedersen, Victoria. “Gallery Go Round.” Paper, December, p. 140.
Salpeter, Ellen. “Scratch.” (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Threadwaxing Space, 1996), (with illustration).
Tobias, Tobi. “Lost in Space.” The Village Voice, December 17, 1996.
1995
Bertola, Chiara. “Robert Feintuch at Studio La Citta.” Flash, Italian edition, Anno XXVII, No. 186, Summer, 1994, p. 88.
Bletzo, Francesco. “Feintuch Allo Studio La Citta, Un Americano Che Ama L’Antico.” La Cronaca, Verona, Sunday, May 8, 1994, p. 30, (with illustration).
Ermini, Flavio, editor. Anterem, #51, December, 1995, “Robert Feintuch.” pp. 2, 15,Verona, Italy (illustrations).
Meneghelli, Luigi. “Under and Uber.” (exhibition catalogue) (Verona, Italy: Studio La Citta, 1994), (with illustrations).
Morgan, Robert C. “Individual Issues.” Cover, October, 1994, p. 38.
Princenthal, Nancy. “After Bellini: Robert Feintuch’s Recent Paintings.” (exhibition catalogue) (Verona, Italy: Studio La Citta, 1994), (with illustrations).
—-. “Robert Feintuch.” Segno, May 1994, pp. 12-13, (with illustrations).
Trevisan, Giorgio. “Il Nero Ossessivo Ricopre Il Rinascimento.” L’Arena, Saturday, April 30, 1994, p. 36.
1993
Princenthal, Nancy. “Robert Feintuch.” Titolo, Anno III, No. 11, Winter, 1992-93, pp. 80-83, (with illustrations).
Rubinstein, Raphael Mayer. “Report from Northern Italy, Art in the Maelstrom.”Art in America, June, 1993, pp. 40-47.
1992
Borum, Jennifer P. “Robert Feintuch at Daniel Newburg.” Artforum, Summer, 1992, p. 112, (with illustration).
D’Amato, Brian. “Robert Feintuch at Daniel Newburg.” Flash Art, vol. XXV, May/June, 1992, p. 114, (with illustration).
Hess, Elizabeth. “Voice Choices, Robert Feintuch.” The Village Voice, March 17, 1992, p. 75.
Iannacci, Anthony. “Nothing New, La Positiva Assenza di Originalita Nell’Arte.” Titolo, Anno III, No.9, Summer, 1992, pp. 50-51, (with illustration).
—-. “Niente Di Nuovo.” (exhibition catalogue) (Verona, Italy: Studio La Citta, 1992), (with illustrations).
—-. “Niente Di Nuovo.” Segno, N.115, June, 1992, pp. 26-9, (with illustration).
Kuspit, Donald. “The Underlying Psycho.” (exhibition catalogue) (KunstHall, NY, 1992), (with illustration).
Meneghelli, Luigi. “Nothing New.” Flash Art, (Italian edition), Anno XXV, No 169, Summer 1992, p. 112.
Princenthal, Nancy. “Robert Feintuch at Daniel Newburg.” Art in America, June, 1992, p. 108, (with illustration).
Zimmer, William. “Appropriation: When Borrowing From Earlier Artists is Irresistible.” The New York Times, Sunday, June 14, p. 22.
1990
Kisters, Jurgen. “Henri Michaux and Robert Feintuch.” Kunstforum, January/February 1990, pp. 345-346, (with illustration).
1989
Connor, Maureen. “Robert Feintuch.” Arts Magazine, February 1989, (with illustration).
Kisters, Jurgen. “Kunstler auf Suche.” Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, November 1, 1989, (with illustration).
1987
Cohen, Ronny. “The New Abstraction.” Print Collector’s Newsletter, Vol. XVII, No.1, (with illustration).
1986
Pardee, Hearne. “Inner Images.” Arts Magazine, November 1986, (with illustration).
1984
Isaacson, Philip. “Taking Viewers to the Brink.” Maine Sunday Telegram, March 18, 1984, (with illustration).
1983
Belag, Andrea. “Selected Drawings.” (exhibition catalogue) (The Jersey City Museum, 1983), (with illustration).