ROBERT STEVEN KOFFLER
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STUDIO: PHILADELPHIA:
Cheltenham, PA
T 215 663-0398
STUDIO: BERKSHIRES:
Washington, MA
T 413 623-0071
aakoffler@gmail.com
robertstevenkoffler.com
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania, MFA, 1962
Boston University, Graduate Studies, Underpainting, 1960
Syracuse University, BFA, Honors, 1959
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Summer, 1959
Temple University, Gratz College University of Perugia, Post Grad
TEACHING
Art Institute of Philadelphia, Senior Faculty, 1981-2014
Kendall School, College of Design, Academic Dean, 1978-79
Moore College of Art, Full Professor, 1965-78
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Critic, Lecturer, 1981-84
Cini Foundation, Venice, Italy Residence, Critic-1963
LECTURER
Bezalel Academy of Fine Arts, Jerusalem
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Goddard College, Vermont
University of Houston
Temple University
Haystact School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
DESIGN
Herman Miller, Inc., Headed Showroom Design Nationally, 1979-80
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, July 2009
Sidetracks Gallery, New Hope, PA, March 2008
Elizabethtown College, PA, Fall 2000
Salon Des Amis Gallery, Malverne, PA, 1999
Art Institute of Philadelphia, Four Decades of Studies, 1999
Goforth Rittenhouse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1992
Alan Stone Gallery, NYC, 1987
Art Institute of Philadelphia, 1986
Villanova University, Retrospective, 1979
Siena Heights College, Adrian, MI, 1979
American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia, PA, 1977
Lehigh University, 1978
St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, 1976
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1970
Portico Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1970
GROUP SHOWS
Anthony Nordoff Gallery, Great Barrington, PA
Salon Des Amis Gallery, Malverne, PA
Alan Stone Gallery, NYC
Art Institute of Philadelphia
Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Princeton Fine Arts Gallery
Pennsylvania Fine Arts Gallery
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
WilliamPenn Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
Saganaw Art Museum
Miriam Perlman Gallery, Chicago, IL & Flint, MI
Brooks Jacks Iolas Gallery, NYC
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Miriam Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Vanderlip Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Nordness Gallery, NYC
Far Gallery, NYC
National Academy of Design, NYC
Museo Des Bellas Artes, Ponce, PR (Three man show)
Galleria 88, Rome, Italy
ACA Gallery, Rome, Italy
PUBLIC AND COLLECTIONS
Smithsonian Institutions, Washington, D.C.
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Ahavis Israel Synagogue, Grand Rapids, MI (Mural)
Grand Rapids Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Hazlett Foundation, MI
Lasalle University, Philadelphia, PA (20 ft mural)
Dupont Collection, Wilmington, DE
Steelcase Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Dietrich Fondation, Philadelphia, PA
Kunkin Steel Corporation, Souderton, PA (38 ft mural)
Pinemere Health Facility, Brodheadsville, PA (85 ft mural)
Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Federal Government Building, Philadelphia, PA
Ben Bernstein Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Elizabethtown College, PA
AWARDS & HONORS
Cheltenham Centre for the Arts: Cope Award
Tau Sigma Delta – National Art/Architecture Honorary Society
International prizewinner, sculpture, Buffalo, NY Arts Festival
Distinguished Leadership/American Biographical Institute
Ford Foundation —Sculpture
Fulbright —Runner Up —Selected as critic, Fundazione Cini, Venice, Italy
Wechsler Foundation Grant: Nepal
Reviewed Internationally
Published, New York Art Review
Extensive Radio and TV Interviews, NYC, Philadelphia
Reader: National Endowment of the Humanities