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)