Robert Kehlmann lives and works in Berkeley, California. His art has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including: American Craft Museum, New York (1994, 1989, 1987, 1986), Toledo Museum of Art (1993, 1987, 1979), The Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C. (1993, 1978), Hokkaido Museum of Art, Sapporo, Japan (1991, 1982), The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N.Y. (1989, 1987, 1979), Hermitage Museum, Leningrad (1989), Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (1989, 1979), Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne (1989, 1986), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1986), The Oakland Museum (1986, 1974), Tucson Museum of Art, (1983), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (1982), Orangerie, Kassel, Germany (1981), Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany (1979), Victoria and Albert Museum, London (1979), Siebu Museum, Tokyo (1979) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1979).
1963 B.A., Antioch College, Ohio
1966 M.A., University of California, Berkeley
One-man Exhibitions:
1996 Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga: 22 year Retrospective Exhibition (catalog)
1993 Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
1990 Anne O'Brien Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1988 Anne O'Brien Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1986 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, California
1985 Galerie M , Kassel, Germany
Galerie L , Hamburg, Germany
1982 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, California
1978 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, California
1976 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
Public Collections:
Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, California
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco, California
Glass Museum, Centro de Arte Vitro, Monterrey, Mexico
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, West Germany
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
International Alcorcon Museo dei Vidreo, Madrid, Spain
International Glass Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
Lincoln Square Residential Lobby (111 W. 67th St.), New York City
Museum für Zeitgenössische Glasmalerei, Langen, Germany
Museum ofArts and Design, New York
Musèe des Arts Decoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, Switzerland
Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Pilchuck School, Stanwood, Washington
Saint Mary’s College of California
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Süssmuth-Mitarbeiter-StiftungGlas-Museum, Immenhausen, Germany
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Awards:
1994 Honorary Lifetime Membership, Glass Art Society
1978 Art Critic's Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
1977 Craftsmen's Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
Professional Background:
2014 Studio and Research Archives acquired by Rakow Research Library, Corning Museum of Glass
2002 Author, The Inner Light:Sculpture by Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Seattle, University of Washington Press
2002 Guest Curator, The Inner Light: Sculpture by Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Inaugural Exhibition, Museum of Glass, Tacoma Washington.
1996-8 Chairman, Landmarks Preservation Commission, City of Berkeley
1994-5 Honorary Board, James Renwick Alliance, Washington, D.C.
1992 Author, Twentieth Century Stained Glass: A New Definition (dual language text, Kyoto Shoin Ltd., Kyoto, Japan
Board of Directors, Glass Art Society (1989-1992, 1980-1984)
1991 Senior Lecturer, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California
1989 Guest Lecture, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
1988 Guest Lecture, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
1987 Juror, Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Program, Boston
Guest Lecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Guest Lecture, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
1986 Juror, Glass Art National, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California
1985 Summer Workshop Instructor, Miasa Bunka Center, Japan
Artist in Residence, Pilchuck School, Stanwood, Washington
Editor, Glass Art Society Journal (1981-1984)
1983 Juror, New Glass Review 4, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Lecturer/ Workshop Instructor, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
1980 Faculty Member, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California (1978-1980)
Faculty Member, Pilchuck Glass Center, Stanwood, Washington (1978, 1980)