ROBERT STUART COHEN
Rockville, Maryland
Education:
Pratt Institute, Art School
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, 1961
Teachers College, Columbia University
Master of Arts Degree, 1962
Doctor of Education Degree, 1970
Military Service:
Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Signal Corps
France and Germany, 1962-1964
Professional experience:
Professor, 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, 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
Gallery, Washington County Arts Council, 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
“Spring Fling,” District Arts Gallery, Frederick, MD., 2022
“The 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,
The Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY; 2010,2014
Three Person Show, BlackRock Center for the Arts Germantown, MD; 2012
“Light, Color, Shape” The 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
Juried Traveling Exhibition, Maryland State Arts Council; 1979-80
Juried Traveling Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art; 1978-79
Montgomery County Juried Art Exhibit, Rockville, MD; 1977 (3rd prize), 1979 (2nd prize), 1981, 1983, 1985
Westbroadway Gallery, New York City, NY; 1972-1976
“Drawings in the Collection of Friends of the Corcoran”, The Corcoran Gallery
of Art, Washington, D.C.; 1976
Juried Regional Exhibitions, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; 1967, 1972
Greater Washington Invitational Art Show, Washington, D.C.; 1972, 1973
A full, comprehensive list is available on request.
Recent commissions: University of Maryland Regional Medical Center, collage, 40″X40″
“Gateway,”Wheaton, Md. digitally printed banner, 5’X15′, 2021
“Art is Here,” digitally printed banner, 5’X10′, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, Md; commissioned by the Montgomery County Arts & Humanities Council, 2021.
“Art is Here,” digitally printed banner, 10’X10′, The Dance Center, Takoma Park, Md; commissioned by the Montgomery County Arts & Humanities Council, 2021.