ROBERT STUART COHEN
14229 Hi Wood Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850-3162
e-mail: rsc@robertstuartcohen.net
web site: robertstuartcohen.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Robert-Stuart-Cohen-683167305089892/
Most Recent Public Art Projects
Gateway to the Mountains, 10’X20’ digital print on vinyl, Thurmont, Maryland. April 2024 Commissioned by the Frederick Arts Council.
“#Art Happens Here” 5’X10’ digital print on vinyl, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown,MD. July 2021. Commissioned by the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD.
“#Art Happens Here” 10’’X10’ digital print on vinyl, Dance Exchange, Takoma Park, MD. July 2021. Commissioned by the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD.
“Celebration” 5’X15’ digital print on vinyl, Wheaton Gateway, Wheaton, MD. June 2021
“Landscape Progressions, 40”X40” collage, University of Maryland Regional Medical Center, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, 2020
Education:
Pratt Institute, Art School Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree,
Teachers College, Columbia University Master of Arts Degree, Doctor of Education Degree,
Military Service:
Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Signal Corps, France and Germany,
Professional experience:
Professor Emeritus, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, 1970-2002; Chairperson of the Art Department, 1985-1989
Freelance artist, designer and photographer, exhibits and design consultant,1965-1980
Museum Curator, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C., 1966-67 and 1970-1975
Instructor, Jersey City State College, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1969-1970; Instructor, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, 1968-1970
Instructor, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, 1965-1967
Exhibits Director, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, 1964-1966
Professional service
Panelist, Evaluation of Independent Artist Award program, Maryland State Arts Council, 2023
Panelist, Arts in the Community Program, Maryland State Arts Council, 2000-2
Member, Public Art Trust Steering Committee–An advisory body to the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, 1997-1999
Founding member, Board of Directors, Rockville Arts Place, 1986-1996
President, Montgomery College Chapter, American Association of University Professors, 1984-1986
Member, Committee D01.57, Artists Paints and Related Materials of the American Society of Testing and Materials, 1978-1982
President, Washington, D.C. Area Chapter, Artists Equity Association,1979-1981
Selected One-person Shows
Athenaeum Gallery Alexandria, Virginia, May-June 2024
Washington County Arts Council Gallery, Hagerstown, MD; January 2020
Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD; April 2018; 2011
Gallery, Manhattan Athletic Club, New York City, NY; October-December 2015; June- August 2014
Light Street Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Dec 2005-Jan 2006
Art Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD,1977, 1982, 1993, 2000, 2002
Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD, 1991, 2000
Plum Gallery, Kensington, MD, September 1981
The Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C., May 1980
Gallery Arts, Inc., Washington, D.C., December 1977
Municipal Art Gallery, Rockville Mansion, Rockville, MD, 1976
Westbroadway Gallery, New York City, NY, 1973, 1974, 1976
Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, MD, 1967, 1970
Selected Group Shows
“Building a Caring Community” Priddy Library, Universities at Shady Grove. Rockville, MD, April 2024
“Shapes and Colors” Online Exhibition and book publication 2023; Artstonish magazine, online and hard copy, January 2023
“Emptiness” Online Exhibition exhibizione.com 2022
“Magix-2022” Online Exhibition exhibizione.com 2022
“Artistic Independence (Abstract)“ Online Exhibition, 2022
Online Exhibition, La Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA. 2022
“Spring Fling” District Arts Gallery, Frederick. MD. 2022
“Power of Patience.” BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD. 2021
National Juried Exhibit, Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD, 2021, 2016, 2015
Annual Exhibitions, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY, 2010, 2014
Three Person Show, BlackRock Center for the Arts Germantown, MD. 2012
“Light, Color, Shape” Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD. 2012
“Child Play,” Art Gallery, Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD. 2010
Regional Juried Exhibit, Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD, 2008, (1st Prize) 2009
“21+21 Member’ Invitational,” Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, MD. 2009
Annual Faculty Exhibitions, Art Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD. 1970-2002, 2012
Montgomery County Art Collection, Bethesda, MD, 1977, 1980, 1981, 2002
Members Juried Shows, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD. 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004
Montgomery County Juried Art Exhibit, Rockville, MD. 1977 1979 (2nd prize), 1981, 1983, 1985
Drawings in the Collection of Friends of the Corcoran”, The Corcoran Gallery of Art,Washington, D.C. 1976
Westbroadway Gallery, New York City, NY, 1972-1976
Maryland State Arts Juried Traveling Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1973
Juried Regional Exhibitions, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD. 1967,1972
Greater Washington Invitational Art Show, Washington, D.C., 1972, 1973
References are available upon request.