b. 1962, Long Island, New York

Lives and works in Southampton, New York

Harms’ painterly abstractions come out of the tradition of abstract expressionism. His work is based on a strong relationship to place. Harms lives in Southampton, Long Island, on the edge of a pond. His secluded, window-filled studio overlooks the water. “At the end of the day, the light just bounces off the pond and into this space. It’s like I’m living on a boat!” Harms’ thin, evanescent surfaces are suffused with this shimmering East End light.

Harms attended The School of Visual Arts in New York City and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. He is the recipient of awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and the National Arts Club, and his work is in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guild Hall Museum, and The Parrish Art Museum.

EDUCATION

1984   Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York

1984   Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015   Paintings, steven harvey fine art projects, New York, NY

The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY

2011   The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY

2010   Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2009   The Drawing Room, East Hampton, New York

2008   Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2007   Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York

2005   Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2001   Marcel Sticoske Gallery, San Francisco, California

2000   Paintings, David Beitzel Gallery, New York

1999   Watercolors, David Beitzel Gallery, New York

1998   David Beitzel Gallery, New York

1997   Jaffe Baker Blau Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida

1995   Rebecca Ibel Gallery (Allez les Filles), Columbus, Ohio

1995    David Beitzel Gallery, Project Room, New York

1994   David Beitzel Gallery, Project Room, New York

1993   Klarfeld-Perry Gallery, New York

1992   Klarfeld-Perry Gallery, New York

1990   Benton Gallery, Southampton, New York

1989   Susan Schreiber Gallery, New York

1989   Galerie Sonorite, Osaka, Japan

1988   Schreiber Cutler, Inc., New York

1987   East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016   Inscape- The Inner Nature of Things, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY

2015   Salon du Dessin, Lennon, Weinberg, New York, NY

2014   New Additions to the Permanent Collection, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY

2010   Pastorale, 80WSE, NYU Steinhardt School, New York

2009   Group show, Rebecca Ibel, Columbus, OH

2009   Works by Robert Harms, Laurie Lambrecht, Diane Mayo, Pat Pickett,  Timothy Woodman and Almond Zigmund, The Drawing      Room, East Hampton, NY

New Work by Robert Harms, Christine Hiebert, Jane Wilson, The Drawing Room, East Hampton, New York

2008   Splash, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

             The Annual Hamptons Show, curated by Klaus Kertess, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, New York

2006   Landscaping, Lohin Geduld Gallery, New York

2005   Water Currents, Kouros Gallery, New York

             People Places Things, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York

2004   North Fork/South Fork, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York

2003   Ten Years in Columbus: Part 3, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2002   Summertime, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

  Conversations around a Collection, The Parrish Museum, Southampton, New York

2002   Art Downtown, 48 Wall Street, New York

2001   Summertime 2001, Part 1, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2000   Summer Group Exhibition, David Beitzel Gallery, New York

1999   Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, California

            Summer Group Show, David Beitzel Gallery, New York

1998   The Centennial Open, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York

1997   Summer Group Show, David Beitzel Gallery, New York

1996   Summer 1996, Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

            Marcia Rafelman Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1995   Four from New York, Jaffe Baker Blau, Boca Raton, Florida

            Fabrice Miliani Galerie, Marseilles, France

David Beitzel Gallery, Art Chicago 1995 at Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois

           Painting after Nature, Center for Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida

1994   Sun and Sea: American Watercolors, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York

1993   Painting Invitational, David Beitzel Gallery, New York

            Abstract Reality, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York

1991   Present Tense, The Art Gallery, East Hampton, New York

            Collectors Choice, Vared Gallery, East Hampton, New York

1990   Artists’ Gardens, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey

1989   Small Abstractions, HBO Headquarters, New York

            Life Forces nature in Abstraction, Lintas Worldwide, New York

1988   Cross Currents: Easthampton/Provincetown, Provincetown, Massachusetts

            Painterly Painting, Schreiber Cutler, Inc., New York

           In Bloom, The BMW Gallery, New York

          School of Visual Arts Juried Alumni Exhibition, Leo Castelli Gallery, New              York

1987   The New Generation, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York

1985   Earth, Sky, Water, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, New York

1984   Visual Arts Gallery, New York

1983   National Arts Club, New York

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

1988   Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

1984   Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine

1983   National Arts Club, Award of Distinction, New York

1982   Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement, School of Visual Arts, New York

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2015   Myles, Eileen, Eleven Favorites, The Paris Review, Fall 2015

2010   Kertess, Klaus. Pastorale (catalogue essay accompanying exhibition at 80WSE, New York)

2009   Landes, Jennifer. Robert Harms’s ‘Swashbuckling Days’, East Hampton Star

            Ernst, Eric. Artist’s Work Is a Study of Light, The Southampton Press, June 18, 2009

Landes, Jennifer. Opinion, Robert Harms Today, East Hampton Star, June 11, 2009

Genocchio, Benjamin. The Glimmer of East End Light, The New York Times, June 7, 2009

2007   Landes, Jennifer. Opinion, East Hampton Star, April 19, pp C1-2

2006   Mularkey, Maureen. Reinventing Landscape Painting, The New York Sun, June 29

2005   Mayr, Bill. Painter’s work blends abstract with reality. The Columbus Dispatch/Weekender, November 3, p. 15

2004   Longwell, Alicia. East End Art now, Catalogue Essay

Johnson, Ken. The New York Times, August 6, pp. E29-32

Long, Robert. Opinion, East Hampton Star, August 19, p. C5

2001   Long, Robert. Parrish Winners: Sloan to Harms, East Hampton Star, December 27, p. lll-1, p. lll-3

Fryer-Kohles. Jeanne, Summer Assortment Makes Fine Bouquet for Gallery, The Columbus Dispatch, July 8, p. F5

2000   Katz, Vincent. Opinion: Harms SoHo Show, East Hampton Star, November 16, p. lll-1 and P.lll-3

             Gallery Views/SoHo: Robert Harms, Abstract Art Online

Colacello, Bob and Becker, Jonathan. Studios by the Sea, Vanity Fair, August, pp. 138-154

1999   Ellis, Seeborn & Sykes. The Writer’s Vision, At Home with Art, Clarkson Potter Publishers, New York, 185-188

1998   Johnson, Ken. Art in Review, The New York Times, November 13, p. E41

Hogrefe, Jeffery. The New York Observer, September 14

Slivka, Rose. From the Studio, the Centennial Open at Parrish Art Museum, East Hampton Star, April 2

1997   Braff, Phyllis. Young Artists Finding Island Fuels Creative Juices, The New York Times, December 7

1996   Southgate, Patsy. Robert Harms: In the Abstract Tradition, East Hampton Star, July 4

Henry, Gerrit. Art in America, exhibition review, January, pp. 105-06

Moody, Tom. Artforum, exhibition review, January, p. 86

1995   Szabo, Julia. Regarding Henry, New York Magazine, January 16, pp. 42-47

1994   Hogrefe Jeffrey, Geldzahler Memories: A Jester with Vision, The New York Observer, vol. 8, #30, August 8

1992   Gerber, Robert. Where Henry Hangs his Hat, House and Garden, July

Hirsch, Faye. Cover Magazine, exhibition review, March

Brock, Hovey. ArtNews, exhibition review, April

Spring, Justin. Artforum, exhibition review, April

Geldzahler, Henry. catalogue essay, Klarfeld Perry

1991   Braff, Phyllis. The New York Times, June 16

1990   Braff, Phyllis. The New York Times, September 9

Henry, Gerrit. ArtNews, exhibition review, April

Cyphers, Peggy. Arts Magazine, exhibition review, April

1989   Slivka, Rose. From the Studio, East Hampton Star, December

Myles, Eileen. Art in America, exhibition review, June

Slivka, Rose. From the Studio, East Hampton Star, May

1987   Long, Robert. Harms’ Rustic Lyricism, Southampton Press, May 14

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Guild Museum, East Hampton, NY

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Parrish Museum, Southampton, New York