Robert Swain (artist)

Robert Swain (born December 7, 1940)[2] is an American artist working in the field of Color Sensation.

[3] Robert Swain was born on December 7, 1940, in Austin, Texas and grew up in Arlington, Virginia.

[4] In 1964 Swain received his BA degree from the American University in Washington, D.C.[4] Living and working in New York City Swain is a longtime member of the "Hunter Color School", along with Doug Ohson, Gabriele Evertz, Vincent Longo, Joanna Pousette-Dart, and Sanford Wurmfeld.

[8] He has given numerous Visiting Artist lectures, served on various Fine Art Juries and participated in many panel discussions, such as the Artist's Panel at The Museum of Modern Art, entitled Tony Smith: Artists’ Responses (1998) and, Seeing Red, Part III: Color as an Experience: A Two- Day Symposium on Contemporary Nonobjective Painting and Color Theory, at the Goethe–Institute Inter Nationes, New York (2003).

[9] In 2010 a major exhibition of his work, entitled Visual Sensations, The Paintings of Robert Swain: 1967 – 2010, was held at the Hunter College / Times Square Gallery, curated by Gabriele Evertz.