Robert Thiele
1941 Born, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1964 B. F. A., Sculpture, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 1966 M. F. A., Painting, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Honors and Awards 2007 Individual Artist Fellowship, State of Florida 1988-89 Individual Artist Fellowship, State of Florida 1981-82 Individual Artist Fellowship, State of Florida
Solo Exhibitions 2010 Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL 2009 Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL 2009 Howard Scott Gallery, New York, New York 2006 Howard Scott Gallery, New York, New York 2004 Kunstlerkries Ortenau, Offenburg, Germany 2004 Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida 2003 Howard Scott Gallery, New York, New York 2002 MIA Gallery, Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, (catalogue) Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida 2001 Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida, (catalogue) 2000 Howard Scott / M-13 Gallery, New York, New York 1997 Howard Scott / M-13 Gallery, New York, New York, (catalogue) 1996 Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida 1995 Howard Scott / M-13 Gallery, New York, New York 1993 Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida 1989 Greene Gallery, Miami, Florida 1988 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1987 Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida, (catalogue) Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor, Florida 1986 Sculpture Space, Miami, Florida 1983 Metropolitan Museum of Art, Coral Gables, Florida The Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida, (catalogue) 1980 Meeting Point Art Center, Miami, Florida 1978 O. K. Harris Gallery, New York, New York 1976 Miami-Dade Community College, South Campus, Miami, Florida 1974 Barry College, Miami, Florida Continuum Gallery, Miami, Florida 1973 Gallery 99, Miami, Florida
Selected Group Exhibitions 2010 New Work Miami 2010, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL 2009 Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami, FL 2008 Casa de Carton, Ingalls and Associates, Miami, FL 2007 Miami Contemporary Artists, Creating A Scene, Freedom Tower, Miami, FL Head to Head, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL Steve Reidell & Robert Thiele, Howard Scott Gallery, NY, NY 2006 Robert Thiele & Judith Page, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL Open Space, Group Show, Miami Florida Big Juicy Paintings, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL Heide Cho Gallery, New York, New York 2005 December 1-5, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL Galerie Tammen & Busch, Berlin, Germany 2003-2 Currents, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida Florida Visual Art Fellowships 25th Anniversary Exhibition, (catalogue); Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, Florida Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida Terrace Gallery, Orlando, Florida Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, Florida The Art Gallery at Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft Myers, Florida Cummer Museum of Art, Jacksonville, Florida 2002 Move, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida Globe>MiamiSouth Florida, Miami Beach, Florida, (catalogue) Florida Painting Spectrum of Expression, Tallahasse 1999 Preview, Howard Scott / M-13 Gallery, New York, New York New Acquisitions, Dream Collection...Part Five, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida 1996 White, Howard Scott / M-13 Gallery, New York, New York 1995 Sculpture in the Landscape, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, (catalogue) 1994 Abstraction, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida, (catalogue) Untitled, University Art Museum, Gainesville, Florida 1993 Project Room, Howard Scott / M-13 Gallery, New York, New York Tangible Abstraction,two person exhibition, M-13 Gallery, New York, New York 1992 Black + White, M-13 Gallery, New York, New York Wallworks, Sculpture Center, New York, New York 1992 – 89 Made in Florida, USF Art Museum, Tampa, Florida; Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida; Brevard Art Center and Museum, Melbourne, Florida; Pensacola Art Museum Pensacola, Florida; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida; Musee Cantini, Marseille, France; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland; Provincaal Museum, Hasselt, Belgium; Centre d’Art en Sante Monica, Barcelona, Spain, (catalogue) 1991 South Florida Invitational, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Art Park at F.I.U., Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 1989 Fellowships: Florida’s Finest, Center for Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida; Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida; Norton Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida; Brevard Art Center and Museum, Melbourne, Florida 1988 41st Biennial of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, (catalogue) Southern Abstractions, City Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana 1987 Five Sculptors, Ft. Lauderdale, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida In Print Miami, Interamerican Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, (catalogue) 1986 Two Dimensions/Three Dimensions, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida Southeast Sculpture, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, Florida In-Site, 10 South Florida Sculptors, Florida Memorial College; Miami-Dade Community College, New World Center; Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida 1984 Sculptors of Florida, Bacardi Art Gallery, Miami, Florida Deborah Schneider, Robert Thiele, Miami-Dade Community College, North Campus, Miami, Florida, (catalogue) 1983 Four in Florida, North Miami Museum, Miami, Florida Florida Visual Artists Exhibition, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida Sculptor’s Drawings, New York/Florida, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida 1982 Sculptors of Florida, University of Miami; Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, Florida 1980 USA Sculpture, Maryland Art Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, (catalogue) 1979 Other Media, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 1978 National Drawing Invitational, Emporia Kansas State University, Emporia, Kansas Sculpture Park Miami, Miami, Florida 1977 Nine Emerging Miami Artists, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida Hortt Memorial Exhibition, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 1976 Lamagna Gallery, New York, New York Sculptors of Florida, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida 1975 Biennial of American Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, (catalogue) 1974 New Talent, O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, New York 1973 33 Miami Artists, Miami Art Center, Miami, Florida, (catalogue) 1970 Hortt Memorial Exhibition, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Public Collections and Commissions Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida, (site sculpture) City of Miami, Florida Crandon Park Gardens, Miami, Florida, (site sculpture) Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, Florida Florida International University, Miami, Florida, (site sculpture) State of Florida Art in Public Places Commission Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Kent State University, Kent, Ohio Metropolitan Museum of Art, Coral Gables, Florida Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, (site sculpture)
Bibliography Feinstein, Roni. Review: 30 at Dorsch. Art in America. (May 2010):163-4 30: Robert Thiele, 2010 (Dorsch Gallery Press) Clemence/Davidow, Miami Contemporary Artists, 2008 (Schiffer Books) Turner, Elisa, Robert Thiele, review, ARTnews, December 2001 (illustration of installation, Barbara Gillman Gallery, page 146.) Turner, Elisa, globe>miamiMiami Herald, May 27, 2001 (illustrated) Ormond, Mark, Robert Thiele, catalogue essay, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL 2001 Ratcliff, Carter, Robert Thiele, catalogue essay, Howard Scott / M-13 Gallery, New York, New York, 1997 Harper, Paula, Robert Thiele, review, Art in America, June, 1996, (illustration of Untitled 129-157) Kimmelman, Michael, Ambitious Miami Reaches for a Place in the Sun, The New York Times, March 31, 1996 Pau-Llosa, Ricardo, Imaginacion: Canino Que Se Bifurca, Exito, March 20, 1996 (illustration of gallery installation, Fredric Snitzer Gallery) Kohen, Helen, Critic Watched Arts Community Grow, Thrive, The Miami Herald, August 30, 1995 Kohen, Helen, N. Miami’s COCA Stretches It’s Wings, The Miami Herald, April 30, 1995, (illustration of e) Hutchingson, James, Religion and the Natural Sciences: The Range of Engagement, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1992, (illustration of Fountain II) Malloy, Nancy, Black + White, review, ArtNews, Summer, 1992 Rose, Matthew, Black + White, catalogue essay, M-13 Gallery, New York, New York,1992 Jacobs, Joe, Made in Florida, catalogue essay, 1992 Kohen, Helen, Show Lets 15 of Florida’s Best Shine, The Miami Herald, March 31, 1989 Richard, Paul, The Corcoran’s 41st Biennial, The Washington Post, April 5, 1989 Allen, Jane Addams, Biennial Focuses on Southern Gothic, The Washington Times, April 5, 1989 Kohen, Helen, South Florida Artists Leaving Their Imprint on Washington, The Miami Herald, April 23, 1989 Frank, Peter, Robert Thiele, Painting & Sculpture 1975-87, catalogue essay, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida, 1987 Kohen, Helen, Thiele’s Art is Deep, Powerful, The Miami Herald, June 5, 1987 (illustration of Untitled 1987) Pau-Llosa, Ricardo, Deborah Schneider, Robert Thiele, catalogue essay, Miami-Dade Community College, North Campus, Miami, Florida, 1984 Bolge, George, Robert Thiele, catalogue essay, The Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida, 1983 Wolf, Jeanne, Robert Thiele in Portrait, National Educational Television Documentary, 1974