UPCOMING:
- Solo Exhibition, Czong Institute of Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum, July 2025, Gimpo-si, South Korea
- Group Exhibition, Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, Oregon, May 2025
- Studio Visit Magazine, vol. 53, Sarah Montross, Sr. Curator at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Juror
- Featured Artist, Shift Work: Queer Artists in Tectonic Times, Multnomah Art Center, Group Show Featured Artist, April 2025
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Solo and Group Shows
2025
- Juror’s Choice Award, Artist of the Year Competition, The Circle Foundation
- Art on Loop Seoul, The Holy Art Gallery
- The Language of Abstraction, Conversations with Artists
- Featured Artist 2025, The Circle Foundation
- Modern Renaissance Magazine, Winter Issue
- Landscapes of the Mind, Palm Gallery, Studio City, CA
- The Language of Abstraction, Conversations with Artists
2024
- Art San Diego, November 2024, Circle Foundation booth
- 2024 Peninsula Art League Open Juried Show, Cathy Kimball, Juror
- Pacific States Biennial North American Printmaking Exhibition, Hilo, Hawai’i, Laura Berman, Juror
- EuropArtFair, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Circle Foundation, September 6-8, 2024
- Lake Oswego’s ArtSpace Gallery Juried Exhibition, Sue Taylor, Juror
- Artistonish Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 49
- 2024 International Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ, Hunter O’Hanian, Juror
- I Want You to See Me, LGBTQIA2+ Oregonian Artists, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg, OR, curated by June T. Sanders
- Expressions West, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
- Abstract Zone 2024 and The Biafarin Awards, Biafarin
- Harmony and Diversity, HMVC Gallery
2023
- Boston Printmakers 2023 North American Print Biennial, Elizabeth M Rudy, Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints at Harvard Art Museums, Juror
- Abstract is Abstract, HMVC Gallery, New York
- What a Relief!, Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
2018
- Solo Exhibition: Faces in My Head, Paintings by Robert Sumner; Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR
- Big Ink II, Large Format Woodcuts, Bend Art Center, Bend, OR
2012
- Robert Sumner and Cynthia Spencer, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR
2010
- Robert Sumner and Shannon Weber, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR
- New Zealand Print Exchange Exhibit, Print Arts Northwest, Portland, OR
- PrintArts Northwest 10 Year Anniversary Traveling Exhibition
2009
- New Members’ Show, Print Arts Northwest, Portland, OR
2006
- Group Invitational, Crockett Art Gallery, Crockett, CA
2005
- The Venus Project, Robert Sumner, Adirondack Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
2000
- Spring New Millennium Group Invitational, Lindenberg Gallery, Chelsea, NYC.
1999
- Third Annual National Juried Exhibition, Nexus Gallery, NYC. Andrea Zakin, Teacher at the School of Visual Arts, Consultant to the New York State Council on the Arts, former Education Director at the Guggenheim Museum, Juror.
- ’99 New Jersey Center For Visual Arts International Juried Show, Lisa Dennison, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Juror.
- 1999 National Juried Competition, Phoenix Gallery, NYC. Lisa Dennison, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Juror.
- Tenth National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists, Inc., NYC. Susan Harris, Curator of the Whitney Museum of Art, Juror.
- Images 1999 Juried Fine Arts Exhibit, State College, PA. Douglas G. Schultz, Director of Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, NY, Juror.
- Abstraction Distraction 1999, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA.
- Annual National Small Works Competition, Leftbank Gallery, Salt Lake City. Peter Barney, LA Art Center, curator. Kent Rigby, Whitney King, John Alan Nyberg, jurors.
- Dimensions 1999, 34th Annual National Juried Art Competition, The Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC. Sandra J. Reed, Juror.
1998
- Wood Memorial Juried Competition, South Windsor, CT, Susan Cross, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Juror
- Pleiades Gallery 16th Annual Juried Competition, Soho, NYC, Ivan Karp, Director of OK Harris Gallery, Juror
- NoBIAS National Juried Competition, North Bennington, VT, Elizabeth Levine, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Juror.
- Art Institute and Gallery, Salisbury, MD. Dr. David Scott, juror, previous director of the Corcoran Gallery, and former director of The National Museum of Art.
Education
Masters of Business Administration, Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis, 2002
Bachelors, Arts Administration, Old Dominion University, 2000