1986 - 1990 School of Visual Arts, NYC
Solo Exhibitions
2006
"Robert Melee's Poplar", Ingalls & Associates, Miami
2005
"Stage Works and Substitutions",
Sutton Lane Gallery, London
"In Between False Comforts", Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
2003
Robert Melee, Art Statements, Art 34 Basel, Switzerland
2002
You, Me and Her, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
2001
Robert Meleeís Unit, Corcoran Museum, Washington D.C.
2000
Units, Jay Jopling / White Cube, London
Unit, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
1999
Robert Melee Movies, Centre Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami FL
1998
Robert Melee, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
1996
Baloneyism, Bravin Post Lee, NYC
1995
White Room, White Columns, NYC
Museum Exhibitions
2005
"Make It Now: New Sculpture in NY" Sculpture Center, Long Island
City, New York
"Greater New York" P.S.1 Contemporary Art Museum, Long Island City,
New York
2004
Currents 31: Robert Melee, curated by Stefano Basilico, Milwaukee Art Museum,
Milwaukee
Adaptive Behavior, curated by Dan Cameron, Yukie Kamiya and Trevor Smith,
New Museum of
Contemporary Art, NYC
Group Exhibitions
2008
Looking Back, Mireille Mosler, Ltd. New York, NY
Mamma's Boy, Comme il Faut Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2007
The Lath Picture Show, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
Neointegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Warhol and..., Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Artists' Self-Portraits as Porn Stars, Circus of Books, West Hollywood, CA
(curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud)
2005
"Painting the Edge", Gallery
Hyundai (Do Art), Korea
"Summer Group Show", Sutton Lane Gallery, London
"Can I Get A Witness" Curated by Dean Daderko, Longwood Gallery,
Bronx, New York
2003
Mama's Boy, White Columns, New York, NY (curated by Jane Harris)
The Outlaw Series, New York, NY (curated by Lisa Kirk)
Greetings from New York: A Painting Show, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg,
Austria
YOU, Royal Modern Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Lisa Kirk)
The TaDa Show, The Annex, New York, NY
2002
The Longest Winter, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Monitor, Volume 2 Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
Flesh for Fantasy, Javogue & Ingalls Fine Arts, Miami Beach, FL
Family, curated by Jessica Hough, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield,
CT
Wonderland, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Super-Heroes, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva, Switzerland
State of the Gallery, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2001
American Spirituality, Audiello Fine Art, Inc. New York, NY
Skank Plus Ultra, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Exposure: Recent Acquisitions from the Doron Sebbag Art Collection, O.R.S.
Ltd, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Mount Miami, Tel Aviv Artists Studio, Tel Aviv, Israel
Achieving Failure: Gym Culture, collaboration with Meredith Danluck, curated
by Bill Arning, the Thread
Waxing Space, NYC
1999
Group Show, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
Group Show, Cartervous & Time, Whales, UK
1998
Sassy Nuggets, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NYC
Pet Shop, Nicholas Davies & CO, NYC
1997
Gramercy Park Fair, NYC
1996
Doggy Style, curated by Rick Prol, Space, NYC
The Joy of Painting, curated by Alix Lambert, HERE, NYC
Maux Faux, Richard Feldman Fine Arts, NYC
Summer Sow, Richard Anderson Fine Arts, NYC
1993
Dirty Birds, Wooster Gardens, NYC
1992
7 Rooms, 7 Shows, P.S.1 Museum, Long Island City, NYC
Neurotic Art Show, Artist Space, NYC
1991
Home, Home For Contemporary Arts, NYC
1990
Visual Art Gallery, curated by Steve Keister, NYC
Special Projects
2005
"Robert Melee's Talent Show", The Kitchen, New York, NY
2004
K48, issue #5
2003
This is for You, Movement Research at the Judson Church, NYC
2002
Whitney Museum of American Art, Panel discussion on Robert Melee's work for,
Initial Public Offerings
(I.P.O.): New Artists, New Curators, series, NYC
1999
Zing Magazine- Winter Issue 1999, by John Connelly
1998
National Foundation for the Advancements in the Arts, Miami Residency
1997
Zapp Video Magazine, Robert Melee Movies, Issue #9 & 10, Amsterdam
1994-96
Robert Melee Movies, NY Cable, Channel 17, 34
1995
Showtime: Drawings by Robert Melee, Nicholas Davies & Co., NYC
1993
Bomb, Me & Mommy, Winter Issue
1990
Robert Meleeís Mommy, Window Installation, 17th ST., NYC
Catalogues
2005
"Painting the Edge", Gallery Hyundai, Korea
"Make It Now", Sculpture Center, Long Island, NY
2002
"Family", The Adlrich Museum
2001
I am a Camera, The Saatchi Collection, Booth and Clibborn Editions, London
Exposure: Recent Acquisitions from the Doran Sebbag Art Collection, ORS Ltd.,
Tel Aviv Museum of Art,
Tel Aviv Israel
2000
Mount Miami: American Artists in Tel Aviv, Text by Tami Katz-Freiman
1999
Robert Meleeís Home Movies, Miami-Dade Community College, Text by
Goran Tomcic
Bibliography
2007
Lopez-Chahud, Omar. "Robert Melee". Zing, Issue 21
Saltz, Jerry."Non-Specific Objects". Modern Painters. March, p.32-34.
2006
Cotter, Holland, "The World Tour Rolls Into Town, Sprawling but Tidy", The New York Times, March 10
2005
Barliant, Claire. "Robert Melee", ARTFORUM, December 2005
Objekt International, cover + p. 132. issue # 31.
Harris, Jane, "Robert Melee In Between False Comforts", Time Out NY,
Oct.27.Nov.2, p.74
Webster, Peter, "Robert Melee, A Blissfully Impudent Artist Finds Contentment
in New Jersey", New York Home, November-December , pp.48-50
Young, Stephanie "Dark Laughter", Blender Magazine, Fall/ Winter
Genocchio, Benjamin, "Robert Melee Turned His Back on New York and Gladly
Moved To Asbury Park", The New York Times, May 22
Cotter, Holland, "A Different Kind of Never-Never Land", The New York Times,
May 3, E5.
2004
Johnson, Ken, "Adapting and Constructing in a Dizzly Changing World", The
New York Times, Friday, September 24, 2004, E 35
Krenz, Marcel, "Adaptive Behavior", Flash Art, November ¥ December,
2004
Auer, James, "Mommy" will shock and entertain you", Journal Sentinel,
July
2003
Rodriguez,
Liana, Coming Attractions, Loft, Summer 2003
Mack, Gerhard, Messe der Rekorde, Art: das Kunstmagazin, No. 6, June 2003
Art Basel: Robert Melee, Her Curtains, Beaux Arts Magazine, No. 229, June
2003
Robinson, Walter. Basel ABC, artnet.com, June 2003
Marzahn, Alexander and Gerig, Karen N. "Das Reaktionsvermˆgen verbl¸fft
schon vor dem Startschuss" Basler
Zeitung, June 18, 2003
The Aldrich Museum, Tema Celeste, August, 2002
Sims, Carol. The Aldrich Takes on ëFamilyí, Antiques and Arts
Weekly, June 14, 2002
Ocana, Damarys The Longest Winter, The Miami Herald, October 6, 2002
Schwan, Gary. Feel like chilliní? Take a cold, hard look at these exhibits,
The Palm Beach Post, Oct. 6, 2002
Sheffield, Skip. ëThe Longest Winterí exhibit opens at FAU, Boca
Raton News, September, 15, 2002
Saltz, Jerry. Mommie Queerest, The Village Voice, September 25, October 1,
2002
Robert Melee, The New Yorker, September 24, 2002
Cotter, Holland. Robert Melee; You Me and Her, The New York Times, September
20, 2002
Brundage, Brita. Disrobing the Family, Fairfield County Weekly, May 23-29,
2002
Family, Antiques and the Arts Weekly, May 3, 2002
Luft, Scot. University Galleries prepare for ëWinterí season,
Boca Raton Times, August 14, 2002
Tupohy, Laurel. Family, The New-Times, June 7, 2002
Yablonsky, Linda. Painting the Town, Time Out New York, March 7-14, 2002
Smith, Roberta. Brice Delsperger, The New York Times, March 8, 2002
Art and Outrage, CBS News T.V. Special, Fall 2001
O'Sullivan.
Michael. Selections Troubling and Beautiful, Washington Post, June 15, 2001
Binstock, Jonathan. Robert Melee, Fellowship in the Visual Arts brochure,
June 6-July19, 2001
Cotter, Holland. Skank, The New York Times, June 1, 2001
smock walk gallery tour, Smock Magazine, Fall Winter 2000
Harris, Mark, Robert Melee, Art Monthly, Sept. 2000
Currah, Mark, Robert Melee, Time Out London, August 9-16, 2000
Robert Melee, Independent Study, July 30, 2000
Guner, Fisun, Robert Melee, Whatís On in London, July 26, 2000
Cotter, Holland, Marilyn Minter, The New York Times, May 5, 2000
Levin, Kim, Voice Choice, The Village Voice, April 25, 2000
Smith, Roberta, Art in Review, The New York Times, April 21, 2000
Moreno, Gene, Miami Art Review, Art Papers, March - April 2000
Feinstein, Roni, Miami Heats Up, Art in America, December 1999
Moshkovits, Boris, More than Mambo, Flash Art, Nov-Dec 1999
Arning, Bill, Art Review, Time Out, September 17-24, 1998
Brack, Yvette, Art Review, Time Out, July 2310, 1998
Cotter, Holland, Art in Review, The New York Times, July 10, 1998
Levin, Kim, Voice Choice, The Village Voice, Mar 12, 1996
Levin, Kim, Voice Choice, The Village Voice, Mar 21, 1995
Karmel, Pepe, Art in Review, The New York Times Mar 24 1995
Levin, Kim, Voice Choice, The Village Voice, Dec. 22, 1992
