American, b. 1946

Robert Freeman has been showing nationally for over 20 years, and has been included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the National Center for African American Artists, Boston Public Library, Brown University and DeCordova Museum, among other institutions. In addition to numerous gallery shows, his paintings have been featured in exhibitions at DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA. He earned his BFA and MFA from Boston University.

Known for his vivid and powerful figurative paintings, Robert Freeman has traditionally focused on the interactions between people in his work. In couples and crowds, the characters in his paintings betray their emotions with expressive faces and body language. Skillful, brave use of color and gesture are the trademark of Freeman’s work and make his figures nearly abstract

Education
1981, Boston University, M.F.A.
1971, Boston University, B.F.A.
1997, Boston University, Distinguished Alumni Award

Solo Exhibitions
2010, Norman Parish Gallery, Washington, DC
2008, Golden Light, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
2007, Vineyard Summer, Powell Mandjes Fine Art, Vineyard Haven, MA
2006, Water Marks, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2003, New Encounters, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2001, Portugal, Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1998, Venice, Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1998, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
1997, New Paintings, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1996, Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit, Ml
Boston University Gallery of Art, Boston, MA
1995, Mallorca/Costa Brava, Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1994, South of Rome, Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1992, New Paintings, Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.
North of Rome, Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1990, New Paintings, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1989, New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
Isobel Neal Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988, New Paintings, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA,
1987, Summer in the South of France, Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA,
1986, Aegean Blues: Summer, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA,
Aegean Blues: Winter, Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge,
1984, Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1983, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA,

Group Exhibitions
2009, The Freedom Place Collection, Art Gallery of the University of New England, Portland, ME
2008, Five American Voices, Meridian International Center, Washington, DC
2007, The Freedom Place Collection: Romare Beardon, Benny Andrews, Robert Freeman, Alma
Thomas, and Richard Yarde, Washington, DC
2000, Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1999, Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1999, Boston to Boca, Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1998, Abstraction and the Figure, DeCordova Art Museum, Lincoln, MA
1998, Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1997, FourAfrican American Artists, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
1993, African American Perspectives, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
1990, Artists Foundation Gallery, Boston, MA
Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rl
1989, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
1988, Faculty Exhibition, Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Massachusetts Masters: Afro American Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Collected Visions, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
1986, Boston Collects: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Salon Show, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1985, Crystal Britton Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1984, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1983, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

Public Collections
Brown University, Providence, Rl
Boston College, Boston, MA
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
National Center of Africa American Artists, Roxbury, MA
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Teaching Experiences
1981 - 2006, Artist in Residence, painting instructor, Noble and Greenough, Dedham, MA
1988 - 1994,Lecturer/instructor, Painting & Drawing, Harvard University, Cambridge,MA 1973
1973 - 1981, Art Director, Weston Public Schools, Weston, MA

Related Experiences
1993 - 1996, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Board of Governors
1991 - 1994, Panelist, Bunting Institute Fellows, Cambridge, MA
1988, Panelist, Massachusetts Masters: Afro American Artist, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA
1982, Panelist, Massachusetts State Arts Council for Arts and Humanities
1982, Artist in Residence, Newton Public Schools, Newton, MA