
Robyn O’Neil
Born in Omaha, Nebraska
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
2010 Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School, Los Angeles, California
2001 University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Graduate Studies in Fine Art, University Fellowship
2000 Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas
Bachelor of Fine Art with Honors
1997 Kings College, London, England
British Studies, British Art and Architecture
Public Collections
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Microsoft Corporation Art Collection, Redmond, Washington
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Progressive Insurance, Mayfield Village, Ohio
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
The Kemper Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
The Tang Museum, Skidmore, New York
Museum of Art, Road Island School of Design, Providence, RI
The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Robyn O’Neil: Something Vanished Over Paradise, The Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
2017
The Good Herd, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
Robyn O’Neil: Something Vanished Over Paradise, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC
2016
Castle Elementary, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
The Lost Show, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2015
WE, THE MASSES, The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
2014
I BURNED WAVES, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
2013
I WANT BLOOD, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
WE SPOKE MIRAGE, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
2011
HELL. Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
2010
The world has won. A final bow was taken. Des Moines Art Center (catalogue)
Come, all that is quiet. Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas
2009
A World Disrupted, Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles
The Dismantled, Praz-Delavallade, Berlin
On sinking, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago
2007
This is a descending world, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
This is our ending, this is our past., Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2006
As They Fall, Praz-Delvallade Gallery, Paris, France
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas (catalogue)
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (catalogue)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle (catalogue)
2005
My brother holds tight my feeble hand, Clementine Gallery, New York City, New York
Take me gently through your troubled sky, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
2004
And Then They Were Upon Him, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2003
New Work, ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas
Even If It Shall Break Them: The Prelude to a Solid Hope for Something Better, Clementine Gallery, New York City, New York
They Walk, Fall, Continue, and Die, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas (catalogue)
2002
These are Pictures of Boats and Dinosaurs, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Group Exhibitions and Projects
2017
Multiverse: Stories of This World and Beyond. Kemper at the Crossroads, Kansas City, MO
Picture Show of the Mind: A Tribute to the Teachings of Lee Baxter Davis, Meadows Museum, Shreveport, LA
Figurative Futures, 101/Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA
Summer Permanent Collection, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Drawing Conclusions, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
The Great Kansas Sea, Harvester Arts, Wichita, Kansas
Werewolf, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
4 Large Drawings, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2015
Hare & Hound Press + artpace, The Art of Collaboration, San Antonio, TX (catalogue)
Destination Unknown, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
DUCKS, Minotaur, Los Angeles, CA
A Conversation with Matthew Sontheimer and Robyn O’Neil, Gallery 303, Smart Space 4, BYU, Provo, UT
2014
Contemporary Shapeshifting Masculinities, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH
GRAPHICSTUDIO: Uncommon Practice at USF, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
HEAD, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
DUCKS, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
I, Daughter of Kong: Primum Movens, Co-Lab Projects, Austin, TX
Drawn In / Drawn Out, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX
You Are Indeed An Elk, But This is Not The Forest You Were Born To Graze, poems by Kyle McCord, book design (ill.)
2013
Fantastic Fest, Austin, TX, The Shorts
Revisiting the Lizard Cult, The Brandon, Houston, TX
Out of Commerce, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Curator: Eli Jones, Heads of Family, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
ACQUISITIONS, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX
2012
About Face, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The State of Drawing, The Gallery, The University of Texas, Arlington, Arlington, TX
Where My Cones At? Double Break, San Diego, CA & POVEVOLVING, Los Angeles, CA
Emmaus, a novel by Alessandro Baricco. McSweeney’s Books
2011
Chris Hipkiss & Robyn O’Neil, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Streams of consciousness: The Histories, Mythologies, and Ecologies of Water., Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
Plain, Gymnasia Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
Silver: 25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, TX (catalogue)
Wild Kingdom, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Figured Spaces, Schmidt Center Gallery & Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (catalogue)
Impressions: Prints Made in Texas, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, TX
Interferon Psalms, a novel by Luke Davies book design cover. Allen & Unwin
2010
SHUT YOUR EYES IN ORDER TO SEE, Praz-Delavallade, Paris
Private Collections II: Work from four Metroplex private collections, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Meeks, a novel by Julia Holmes book cover design. Small Beer Press
2009
Trouble in Paradise: Examining the Discord between Nature and Society (curated by Julie Sasse), Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (catalogue)
NEW WEATHER (with Diana Al-Hadid and Iva Guerorguieva, curated by David Norr), University of Southern Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL (catalogue)
The Tree, James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai, China
McSweeney’s Quarterly book design, Issue 32.
There does come a time when laughs become sighs; we put all to rest, we said our goodbyes, Electric Works, San Francisco, CA
Toil and Trouble, CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX
Drawings by, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
Supramundane, AMBACH and RICE, Seattle, WA (catalogue)
Houston Bicentennial, The Joanna, Houston, TX
Drawing In, CADD ARTLAB, Dallas, TX
2008
Dargerism, American Folk Art Museum, New York, New York
Close Encounters: Facing The Future. The American University Museum, Washington, DC.
The Flight of Fake Tears, Inova (Institute of Visual Art), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI
Transfigure, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, KS
Summer Group Show, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, New York
Failure, The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar (The Lab), Lakewood, CO
Close Encounters, American University Museum, Washington D.C.
Something New, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
The Drawing Narrative, Jenny Jaskey Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Drawing Is A Fine Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University
Sheldon Survey : An Invitational, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
The Lizard Cult, Clementine Gallery, New York, New York
Size Matters: Large Drawings from the MFAH Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
New Directions in American Drawing, Columbus Museum, traveling to Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tennessee
Paper Trails: New adventures in drawings, V1Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Drawn To The Edge, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
Don’t Look : Contemporary Drawings from an Alumna’s Collection, Martina Yamin Class of 1958, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College
Phantasmania, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri (catalogue)
Art Forum Berlin, through Praz-Delavallade Gallery, Berlin
2006
The Texas Prize Exhibition, finalist, Arthouse, Austin, Texas (catalogue)
2005
Trials and Terrors, MCA Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Drawing Narrative, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster
Every Picture Tells a Story: The Narrative Impulse in Modern and Contemporary Art, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, New York
2004
The Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (catalogue)
The Drawn Page, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut (catalogue)
It’s a Wonderful Life: Psychodrama in Contemporary Painting, Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio
I Feel Mysterious Today, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida
Young Americans, Hof and Huyser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
drawingsY, Praz-delavallade, Paris, France
Landscape, Rena Bransten, San Francisco, California
Figure Out, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Untold Tales, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, New York
Books and Shelves, Gahlberg Gallery, McAninch Arts Center, Glen Ellyn, Illinois (catalogue)
The Armory Show, Clementine Gallery and Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, New York, New York
2003
Come Forward, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas (catalogue)
Artissima, Inman Gallery, Turin, Italy
The Company We Keep, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
Art Chicago, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Muestra 2 Contemporary Art Fair, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Whim?, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
American Dream, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York City, NY (catalogue)
2002
Art Chicago, Bodybuilder and Sportsman, Chicago, Illinois
Bad Touch, Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois
Drawn II, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS Benefit, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York City, New York (every year from 2002-present)
Summer Drawings, Mixture Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2001
Super Nature, Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
Group Show of Gallery Artists, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Pin-up, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2000
Hi Jinx, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas and University of Texas-Dallas, Richardson, Texas
Small Abstract Paintings and Sculpture, Eugene Binder Gallery, New York, New York
Positexan: the show with the right attitude, Project, Wichita, Kansas, Curator: Michael Odom, ARTFORUM critic
4th Anniversary Show, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Drawn, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1. Creatures, Lago Vista Gallery, Richland College, Richardson, Texas
Don’t Trust Its Softness, University of Texas-Dallas, Richardson, Texas
Some Kind of Wonderful: Part II, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1998
Material Matters, University of Texas-Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Sofa Not Included, Gallery: Untitled, Dallas, Texas
1997
Expo 97, 500X, Dallas, Texas
Grants/Awards/Residencies
2016
Harvester Arts Resident
2013
Nucci Award, Graphicstudio Florida
Featured Short, Chicago Irish Film Festival
2012
Spirit Award, Brooklyn Film Festival
Best Horror, Dallas Video Festival
United States Artists Fellow Nominee
2010
FRAMEWORKS Grant, Irish Film Board, Dublin, Ireland
Still Films Residency – The Irish Film Board and Still Films co-produced an animated short based on my drawings. I was the art director and co-writer of the film.
2009
Hunting Art Prize Recipient, Houston, TX (most generous annual art prize in North America)
2008
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, New York City, New York
2005
Arthouse Texas Prize Finalist, Austin, Texas
2003
Artadia Grant, Artadia-The Fund for Art and Dialogue, New York City, New York
ArtPace Foundation for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, Texas,
International Artist in Residence
1999
DeGolyer Grant, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Solo Catalogues
Greene, Alison de Lima (Author). “Robyn O’Neil: 20 Years of Drawings.” Archon Projects, 2017
Herbert, Lynn (Author). “Perspectives 150: Robyn O’Neil.” Contemporary Art Museum Houston, 2006
Hickson, Patricia (Author), Anderson, Brooke Davis (Author), Vicario, Gilbert (Editor). “Robyn O’Neil: The World Has Won. A Final Bow Was Taken.” Des Moines Art Center, 2010
Hoptman, Laura. “Robyn O’Neil.” Artpace San Antonio, 2003
Leclere, Mary. “Robyn O’Neil: Depending on the Weather.” Inman Gallery, 2003
Momin, Shamim M. “Robyn O’Neil.” Clementine Gallery, 2006
Siedell, Daniel. “Robyn O’Neil: This is our ending, this is our past.” Dunn and Brown Contemporary, 2007
Taylor, Beth. “Robyn O’Neil: I Burned Waves.” Susan Inglett Gallery, 2014
Bibliography
2017
Colucci, Emily. “You Want it Darker: Robyn O’Neil at Susan Inglett Gallery.” ArtFCity, Feb 23 (ill.)
2016
Dacheux, Stacy Elaine. “Robyn O’Neil with Stacy Elaine Dacheux.” Coronagraph/Pastelegram Feb (ill.)
Devries, Lindsey Herkommer. “The Great Kansas Sea.” KMUW, Feb 17 (ill.)
Riedl, Matt. “Mural to be Painted at Old Town’s Harvester Arts Will “Validate” Organization.” The Wichita Eagle Oct 7
Riedl, Matt. “Final Friday Gallery Crawl Listings.” The Wichita Eagle Sept 30
Steers, Emily. “Creative Insights: Robyn O’Neil.” Yankee Smartass, Nov 23 (ill.)
2015
Brown, Todd. “WE THE MASSES: Watch the Gorgeous Animated Short Now.” Twitch Film, Jan 8. (ill.)
Cruz, Amada. Hare & Hound Press + ARTPACE, The Art of Collaboration. (ill.)
Sexton, Elaine. “Empty, Raw, New: A Micro Interview with Robyn O’Neil.” Tupelo Quarterly 6 (ill.)
2014
French, Christopher. “Robyn O’Neil”, ArtNews Nov (ill.)
Ad. Prints + Editions. Susan Inglett Gallery ARTFORUM Oct (ill.)
2013
The Unknown, SLICE Issue 13, Fall ‘13/Winter ’14 (ill.)
The Apocalypse, LUCKY PEACH. Winter (ill.)
2012
Staff. “Robyn O’Neil”, MODERN PAINTERS. Feb.
Staff. “Tally Dunn Gallery”, Briggs Freeman/Sotheby’s International Fall (ill.)
2011
Faulds, W. Rod. Figured Spaces: Selections from the John Morrissey Collection Boca Raton: University Galleries Florida Atlantic University (ill.)
Huerta, Benito. Silver: 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Arlington: The Gallery at UTA (ill.)
McCullough, Holly Koons & High, Steven & Wheeler, Lawrence J. Goicolea, Alter Ego: A Decade of Work by Anthony Goicolea North Carolina: North Carolina Museum of Art. (ill.)
Miller, Jill. ARTISTS TO WATCH: Robyn O’Neil, The Art Economist Vol 1, Issue 3, March
Staff. “Robyn O’Neil: HELL,” Time Out New York, 28 October
2010
Anspon, Catherine. TEXAS ARTISTS TODAY. Seattle: Marquand Books, Inc. (ill.)
Duncan, Jim. “Robyn O’Neil: Origins of the Universe”, Cityview Apr 15 (ill.)
Hickson, Patricia and Anderson, Brooke. Robyn O’Neil: The World has Won. A Final Bow Was Taken. Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center (ill.)
Morain, Michael. “Arts start strong in 2010”, Des Moines Register Jan 10
Morain, Michael. “Drawings depict impending doom”, Des Moines Register March 6 (ill.)
Murphy, Lauren. “Shutterbugs”, The Irish Times Oct 16 (ill.)
Norr, David. New Weather: Diana Al-Hadid, Iva Gueorguieva, Robyn O’Neil. Tampa: USF Contemporary Art Museum (ill.)
2009
Britt, Douglas. Kingwood artist Robyn O’Neil wins $50,000 Hunting Art Prize, Houston Chronicle May 3. (ill.)
Britt, Douglas. Hunting and gathering, Houston Chronicle May 12, Star Section (ill.)
Britt, Douglas. Robyn O’Neil on Duchamp, goodbyes, and her new ‘slow read’, Houston Chronicle, May 14. (ill.)
Brown, Rebecca and Knecht, Mary Jane. Looking Together, Writers on Art. New York and London: University of Washington Press (ill.)
Brown, Jeffrey. Conversation: Werner Herzog. ART BEAT, The Online NewsHour. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
Cash, Stephanie. Robyn O’Neil is the winner of the $50,000 Hunting Art Prize, Art in America June-July.
King, Shari. Robyn O’Neil Wins 2009 Hunting Art Prize. Rueters.
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. “Toil and Trouble.” Houston Press July 7.
Sasse, Julie. Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord Between Nature and Society Tucson: Tucson Museum of Art (ill.)
Sawyer, Robert. [THE TERROR WITHIN]. Adbusters, July/August (ill.)
Weinberg, Lauren. Robyn O’Neil, TimeOut Chicago Sep 24-30 (ill.)
2008
Davis, Ben. The Insider’s Outsider. Artnet April 28 (ill.)
Green, Tyler. Dargerism and Robyn O’Neil: A Q&A, four parts, Modern Art Notes. ArtsJournal, July 22.
Hugg, Hillery. Interview with Robyn O’Neil, The Believer, New York, December
Johnson, Ken. An Insider Perspective on an Outsider Artist: Dargerism at the American Folk Art Museum. The New York Times, April 18th.
Krainak, Michael J. “Sheldon Survey: An Invitational”. Review, Inc. February
Morrone, Francis. “Darger’s Disciples”, The New York Sun April 17
Rodriguez, Teliza V. RSVP/MONA, Exhibition Catalogue (ill.)
White, Michelle. “Drawing at the End of the World: Robyn O’Neil’s New Adventure.” Art Papers, March/April
2007
Dunbar, Elizabeth. Phantasmania, Kansas City: Kemper Museum of Art (ill.)
Harris, Susan. “Robyn O’Neil at Clementine”, Art in America, November (ill.)
Kanton, Jordan. “Don’t Look.” Contemporary Drawings from an alumna’s Collection (Martina Yamin, Class of 1958. Davis Museum and Cultural Center (ill.)
Kathman, Ryan. “Sheldon Survey.” Omaha City Weekly. November 21-27th Issue.
Momin, Shamim. Robyn O’Neil, Exhibition Catalogue.
Siedell, Dan. Robyn O’Neil, This is our ending, this is our past. Exhibition Catalogue.
Wolgamott, L. Kent. “A Slice of Today’s Art World : Sheldon brings works by nationally recognized artists to Lincoln” The Lincoln Journal Star.
2006
Carberry, Valerie. Scott Fife, Robyn O’Neil, David Schutter, and Scott Wolniak, ARTnews, November 2006.
De Lima Greene, Alison. Robyn O’Neil: Leaving. Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts. Volume 18, Number 2. 2006.
Enriquez, Lucia. Galleries Dwelling in Imagined Worlds. The Seattle Times. June 2
Fauntelroy, Gussie & Ganghelhoff, Bonnie. 21 Under 31. Southwest Art Magazine. September, 2006.
French, Christopher. Robyn O’Neil. Flash Art. Nov/Dec. (ill.)
French, Christopher. Robyn O’Neil. Art Papers. July/August, 2006.
Graves, Jen. Into The Woods: Three Women and a Series of Wild Animals. http://www.thestranger.com
Herbert, Lynn M. Robyn O’Neil. (exhibition catalogue) Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (ill.)
Johnson, Patricia C., For young artist, the end is here. Houston Chronicle 7 Feb. (ill.)
Martinez, Michael. Phoebe: A Journal of Literature and Art, Volume 35, Number 2
Peters, Sue. Robyn O’Neil: American Gothic. http://www.seattleweekly.com
Reel, Tom. Blanton Museum puts School’s Collections in Worthy Building.
Wilson, John. Museum Maestros. The Sunday World-Herald, 8 Oct.
2005
Basha, Regine. Arthouse Texas Prize 2005. Austin: Arthouse. (ill.)
Dailey, Meghan. Portfolio: Contemporary Drawing. Art + Auction. Nov. (ill.)
Dexter, Emma. Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing. London: Phaidon Press. (ill.)
Egan, Maura. High Art B Three Emerging Stars Draw From Fashion. (Chanel) The New York Times Style Magazine. Fall. (ill.)
French, Christopher. Robyn O’Neil, Flash Art. Nov/December
French, Christopher. Robyn O’Neil: ‘Take Me Gently Through Your Troubled Sky’. http://www.glasstire.com
Kwon, Jean. Emerging artists + $30,000 prize=Texas Excess, Houston Chronicle. October 23, p. 14
Ewing, John. Robyn O’Neil: My brother holds tight…ARTL!ES. Summer. (ill.)
Faires, Robert. The Final Four. Austin Chronicle 21 Oct. (ill.)
Hall, Emily. Robyn O’Neil. Artforum September. (ill.)
Harper’s (Curated art inclusion) October. (ill.)
Karotkin, Joyce B. Robyn O’Neil. Tema Celeste. 111 Sept/Oct. (ill.)
Tucker, Annie. Life on Earth - The landscapes of Robyn O’Neil. Juxtapoz. Spring Special. (ill.)
The Progressive Corporation. 2005 Annual Report.
2004
Cohen, Joanne, and Langsam, Julie. It’s a Wonderful Life. Cleveland, OH: SPACES Press (ill.)
Fallon, Roberta. A Pose by Any Other Name. Philadelphia Weekly 19 May.
French, Christopher. How do Texans stack up at the Whitney? Houston Chronicle 2 May.
Goodrich, Terry Lee. Grapevine grad wins. Fort Worth Star Telegram 19 April (ill.)
Hagan, Susan. Ghostland. Philadelphia City Paper 27 June (ill.)
Heartney, Eleanor. The Well-Tempered Biennial. Art in America June/July.
Helber, A.M. Loaded. Dallas Observer 1 April.
Iles, Chrissie, and Momin, Shamim M., and Singer, Debra. Whitney Biennial 2004. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (ill.)
Joselit, David. Apocalypse Not. Artforum May.
Klein, Richard. Aldrich Museum Opens Drawn Page Exhibition. The Ridgefield Press 13 June 20 (ill.)
Kolpas, Norman. Luck of the Draw. Southwest Art September (ill.)
Litt, Steven. Whitney show reflects well on Cleveland’s art scene. The Plain Dealer 6 June.
McNatt, Glenn. Exhibit has something for all. Baltimore Sun 16 March.
Mitchell, Charles Dee. Pupils with vision. The Dallas Morning News 5 May (ill.)
Perree, Rob. Robyn O’Neil. Tijdschrift voor beeldende kunst nr 06. (ill.)
Plagens, Peter, Art’s Star Search, Newsweek, 22 March.
Rothkopf, Scott. Subject Matters. Artforum May.
Rushing III, Jackson W. Robyn O’Neil at Inman Gallery. Art on Paper March/April (ill.)
Schjeldahl, Peter. What’s New: The Whitney Biennial, The New Yorker, 22 March.
Schmidt, Stacey. Curated art section, The Encounters and Two of the Deaths. At Length Spring (ill.)
Thibodeaux, Julie. Artist selected by Whitney. Fort Worth Star Telegram 16 April (ill.)
Thorson, Alice. 2004 Whitney Biennial. Kansas City Star 2 May.
Yood, James. Robyn O’Neil at Bodybuilder and Sportsman. Artforum Summer (ill.)
2003
Daniel, Mike. Come Forward: Emerging Art in Texas. The Dallas Morning News 21 February Guide 35.
Goddard, Dan R. Art: The best of 2003. San Antonio Express-News 28 December.
Goddard, Dan R. O’Neil at ease with drawings. San Antonio Express-News 7 December (ill.)
Kelley, Sylvia. A Creative Collection. The Pride Summer (ill.)
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. Body Art B Drawing portraits and figures may be becoming fashionable again. Houston Press 24 July: 42.
Kutner, Janet. Gen-A: DMA hooks up with young artists. The Dallas Morning News 9 March: Arts/Entertainment 6.
Relyea, Lane, and Weaver, Suzanne. Come Forward: Emerging Art in Texas. Dallas, TX: Texas A&M University Press (ill.)
Trainor, James. Robyn O’Neil at Clementine Gallery, Tema Celeste October (ill.)
Tyson, Janet. Julie Bozzi: Landscapes 1975-2003. GlassTire 23 November.
Valdez, Sarah. Gallery: Texas-Based 25-Year old. Paper Magazine June/July: 20 No 1.
Woolf, Elaine. Drawing Conclusions, San Antonio Current 26 November (ill.)
2002
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. Hello, My Name is Simon and I Like to Do Drawring. Houston Press 15 August: 60. (ill.)
Sime, Tom. Dino Diva The Dallas Morning News 29 May: Today Section 6C. (ill.)
2001
Daniel, Mike. Quick Sketch-Robyn O’Neil and Daniel Gordon. The Dallas Morning News 16 November: Guide 56. (ill.)
2000
Slattery, Sean. Spring Opens with Hi Jinx. Arlington Star-Telegram Artifax. Winter: Artifax 4.(ill.)
1999
Daniel, Mike. A (just) fitting space for art. The Dallas Morning News 10 December: Guide 10. (ill.)
Massey Helber, Annabelle. Some Kind of Wonderful, Part II. The Met 14-21 July:
Contents 33.
Selected Lectures & Appearances
Harvard University
Cornell University
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Rice University
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Des Moines Art Center
Frye Art Museum
PBS The Art Assignment
Kemper Art Museum
Ulrich Museum of Art
University of Southern Florida
California College of the Arts
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Brigham Young University
University of Houston
McSweeney’s The Organist on KCRW
Modern Art Notes with Tyler Green
Dallas Museum of Art
Santa Barbara City College
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston/Tufts University
University of North Texas
Ox-Bow School of Arts Residency
Northern Illinois University
Art Students League of Denver
Publications/Writing Projects
“Francesca Fuchs: Paintings of Paintings at Talley Dunn Gallery”, Glasstire, 2012
“Forward, Iva Gueorguieva”, Ameringer, McEnery, Yohe, 2014
“The War Against Fossils”, USF Contemporary Art Museum, 2014
“Little Pink Lake”, Susan Inglett Gallery, 2014
“The Secret Ally”, Forward to Dan Siedell’s “Who’s Afraid of Modern Art? Essays on Modern Art and Theology in Conversation”, Cascade Books, 2015
“Mr. Belvedere Crisis” and “Purity”, Dark Fucking Wizard, 2015
“Fall in love with me, Hannah Silverman”, NAT. BRUT, No. 5, 2015
“Drawing Air”, NAT. BRUT, No. 6, 2015
Book Cover Design Projects
Baricco, Alessandro. Emmaus. San Francisco: McSweeney’s Books, 2009.
Eggers, Dave (Editor). McSweeney’s Issue 32 (McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern). McSweeney’s, 2009.
Holmes, Julia. Meeks. Small Beer Press, 2010.
McCord, Kyle. Sympathy from the Devil. Boston: Gold Wake Press, 2013.
Siedell, Daniel A. Who’s Afraid of Modern Art?: Essays on Modern Art and Theology in Conversation. Cascade Books, 2015.