Robert Lazzarini

Robert Lazzarini is an American artist who lives and works in New York. Primarily a sculptor, Robert is best known for making common objects that have been subjected to compound distortions which have the effect of confusing visual and haptic space, or rather complicating the space of pictures and the space of things. Robert also alters the physical spaces in which these objects are seen—the "ground" to the object's "figure"—which adds to the "disorienting" effect that the work exerts on its audience. Offering no ideal point of view, his works compel viewers to walk around to fully experience every angle. Robert's sculptures trace their lineage back to the 1960s, minimalism, and to the introduction of phenomenology into the discourse of art (Source: foliocue.com).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Das Unheimliche, Dittrich Schlechtriem, Berlin, Germany
2013
jamshot, Dittrich Schlechtriem, Berlin, Germany
Robert Lazzarini (damage), Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
2011
Shotgun and Targets, Yautepec Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
FOCUS: Robert Lazzarini, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX
2010
friendly-hostile-friendly, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
guns, knives, brass knuckles, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
guns, knives, brass knuckles, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Robert Lazzarini: guns and knives, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2006
sewer covers, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
drawings, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Robert Lazzarini: Seen/Unseen, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
untitled - Robert Lazzarini works on paper, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
2003
robert lazzarini, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
2000
studio, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
1998
violin, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2005
New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist's Fellowship, Sculpture, New York, NY
2003
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1986
New York Foundation for the Arts, Visual Arts Grant, Brooklyn, NY
1985
New York Foundation for the Arts, Visual Arts Grant, Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
1990
BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Born 1965, New Jersey
Lives and works in New York City, NY