ROBERT MERRILL SWEENY

258 West Poplar Street

Charleston, South Carolina 29403

(843) 853-7327

www.robertmerrillsweeny.com

SELECTED BIOGRAPHY

Born:                      1949    Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Education:               1998-  Gibbes Museum School - Master Class with Rhett Thurman

                             2002                     

                             1998   Gibbes Museum School - Workshop with Ed Rice

                             1998   Print Studio South - Monotype Workshop with Ron Pokrasso

                             1971   BFA - Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, RI

Exhibitions:                 2007   Galeria at Sazon, San Miguel de Allende, MX – Solo Show

                                    2007   First Federal People’s Choice Exhibition, Chareston, SC - award

                                    2004   City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Solo Show and Retrospective

                                    2003   Church Studios, Group Show, Charleston, SC     

                                      Fine Art Collector, Group Show, Charleston, SC

                                                First Federal People’s Choice Exhibition, Charleston, SC - purchase award  

                             2002   New Blood, Group Show, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN

                                                Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibition, Charleston, SC

                                                Bascom-Louise Gallery, Group Show, Highlands, NC

                                                Fine Art Collector Gallery, Group Show, Charleston, SC

                                    2001   Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibition, Charleston, SC

                                      Art for You to Look At, group show, Charleston, SC

                                      First Federal People’s Choice Exhibition, Charleston, SC - award

                             2000   Sea Hag Gallery, Group Show, John’s Island, SC              

                                      Brenau University’s Gala 2000, National Invitational Show, Gainesville, GA

Arts for the Parks, National Parks Academy of the Arts group show,

Top 100, Jackson Hole, WY

Realism Today, Group Show, The John Pence Gallery, San Francisco

                                      The Gallery at Starbucks, Solo Exhibition, Charleston, SC

                                                Charleston Artist Guild Members Exhibition, Charleston, SC

                                      First Federal People’s Choice Exhibition, Charleston, SC

                                                Folly Beach Artist Guild Juried Exhibition, Folly Beach, SC - Award

                                                Looking Back - Looking Forward Juried Exhibition, North Charleston, SC

1999   Saul Alexander Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Charleston, SC

            DuBose Heyward Hall, Solo Exhibition, Charleston, SC

                                      First Federal People’s Choice Exhibition, Charleston, SC - Award

                                      Colored Pencil Society of America, 7^th Annual Juried                                                                       International Exhibition, Seattle, WA

                                      The City Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Charleston, SC

                                      Charleston Artist Guild Magnolia Plantation Exhibition,

                                      Charleston, SC - Award

                                      Busutil Art Gallery, Group Show, Charleston, SC

                                      Charleston Artist Guild Signature Exhibition, Charleston, SC

                                              Charleston Artist Guild Members Exhibition, Charleston, SC -Award

                            1998   Busutil Art Gallery, Group Show, Charleston, SC

                                      Busutil Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Charleston, SC

                                      Berkeley Artists Guild Juried Exhibition, Moncks Corner, SC -2 Awards

                                      Lowcountry Arts and Cultural Council Juried Exhibition,

                                      Charleston, SC - Award

                                      Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibition, Charleston, SC - Award

                             1997   Highlands Artists Guild Juried Exhibition, Highlands, NC -Award

Publications:            1999   New American Paintings, Volume 22, 1999

                             2000   American Artist Magazine, Realism Today Issue, October, 2000

Collections:                       First Federal Bank, Permanent Collection

                                                Gibbes Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, Charleston, SC

                                      The Community Foundation, Charleston, SC

                                      The Bascom Louise Gallery, Highlands, NC

                                      Dr. and Mrs. Charles Greer, Charleston, SC

                                      Dr. Nancy Norris, Charleston, SC

Bridget and Ramon Martin-Busutil, Barcelona, Spain

                                      Elizabeth and Roger Gilbert, Darien, CT

                                      Susan Colwell, Awendaw, SC

                                      Rhett Thurman and Ben Chapman, Charleston, SC

                                      Dr, and Mrs. Alan Nussbaum, Charleston, SC

                                      Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Howles, Schenectady, NY

                                      Dr. Jeffrey Frank, Somerset, NJ

                                      Dr. Stanley Hall, Mt. Pleasant, SC

                                        Hume Killian, The Well’s Gallery, Charleston, SC

                                      Enid Idelsohn, Charleston, SC