Robert Zeller

Robert Zeller is a professional artist and writer. Zeller received a BFA from the Boston Museum School and Tufts University and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. In addition, he continued his study of classical form with private anatomical study with the sculptor Sabin Howard. He also attended the Water Street Atelier with Jacob Collins, completing the program in 2 years.

He is the recipient of two Posey Fellowships in 1998 and 2000, respectively, and won a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2007. In January 2009, he founded the Teaching Studios of Art, an school devoted to teaching tractional techniques to artists of all ages and skill levels. Zeller has exhibited in Los Angeles, Houston, and Paris. In addition, he has had solo shows in NYC at 511 Gallery and Dacia Gallery.

He has studied the figure extensively and his work explores narratives related to the human form. He has been quoted or written about in several national publications regarding Teaching Studios, such as American Artist and Studios magazines. In 2014, he was the subject of a feature profile in Professional Artist Magazine. He has written a book about the Figure for Monacelli Press, called "The Figurative Artist's Handbook" that was released in Ma...

FORMAL:
2001 MFA New York Academy of Art
1993 BFA The Boston Museum School, Tufts University

ADDITIONAL STUDY
1994-96 Pennsylvania Academy of Fin Arts- CE Program classes
2001-03 Water Street Atelier with Jacob Collins

2017 • Booth Gallery "New Baroque:The
Figurative Artist's Handbook" (Upcoming-
November Group Show)

2016 • SPLIA , My Long Island Landmarks
Group Show

2015 • Visiting Artist Lecture, Long Island
University, Brookville, NY
• A Space Within, solo show at Dacia Gallery,
New York, NY

2014 • Protinus, group show at Dacia Gallery, New
York, NY

2013 • Nocturnes, group show at the National Arts
Club, New York, New York
• Unframed, 2 person exhibtion with Kristin
Künc, Oyster Bay Historical Society, New
York, NY
• The Figure, group show at Galerie L'oeil du
Prince, Paris, France


2012 • Put a Bow on It, group show at Kraine
Gallery, New York, NY
• Alumni Show, group show at New York
Academy of Art, New York, NY

2011 • Paint Works, group show at Gowanus
Ballroom, New York, NY
• Teaching Studios of Art Plein Air Competion
at Sagamore Hill,
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