Robert Longyear

Longyear has created installations for the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, and Craft Alliance in St. Louis among others. He has been represented by Charon Kransen Arts in the Miami International Art Fair, Art Palm Beach, SOFA Chicago, SOFA New York and SOFA West. He has lectured for the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, at the “Crossroads Convening” at the Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis with artist Theaster Gates, and at SOFA Chicago as the “Emerging Artist” Lecturer. His work was recently the subject of a feature article titled “Hip-Hop Hybrid,” penned by jeweler and independent scholar Bruce Metcalf in the Society of North American Goldsmiths Metalsmith Magazine. In his 11 year career, Longyear's work has been exhibited extensively in more than 50 exhibitions in museums and galleries across the country from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. and abroad from Dublin, Ireland to Munich, Germany.

2012 MFA Studio Art
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL

2000 BFA Metalsmithing
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

2014 “Art Palm Beach” Represented by Charon Kransen Palm Beach, FL

2013 “Aqua Art Miami” Represented by Hoffman LaChance Contemporary Miami, FL

2013 “Shift” Grunwald Gallery Indiana University Bloomington, IN

2013 “Biennial Faculty Exhibition” Craft Alliance St. Louis, MO

2013 “Frieze Art Fair NY” Represented by Charon Kransen Randall’s Island Park, New York, NY

2013 “On the Shoulders of…” Hoffman LaChance Contemporary St. Louis, MO

2013 “Art Palm Beach” Represented by Charon Kransen Palm Beach, FL

2012 “Red Dot Art Fair – Miami Basel” Represented by Charon Kransen Miami, FL

2012 “SOFA Chicago” Represented by Charon Kransen Chicago, IL

2012 “St. Louis Art Fair” Cultural Festivals St. Louis, MO

2012 “SOFA New York” Represented by Charon Kransen New York, NY

2012 “Jewelry Forum” Schmuck 2012 Maximilian’s Forum Munich, Germany

2012 “Suspended” Schmuck 2012 Studio Gabi Green Munich, Germany

2012 “Art Palm Beach” Represented by Charon Kransen Palm Beach, FL

2012 “Transformation 8: Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize” Society for Contemporary Craft Pittsburg, PA

2012 “Third Times A Charm” Society for Contemporary Craft Pittsburg, PA

2011 “La Noche De Brooche” Equinox Gallery San Antoni...