Background
Reed, Robert James was born in 1938.
Reed, Robert James was born in 1938.
Bachelor of Science, Morgan State College, Baltimore, 1958. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Yale University, 1960. Master of Fine Arts, Yale University, 1962.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Minneapolis College Art and Design, 2001.
Member faculty Skidmore College, Minneapolis College Art and Design, head Foundation Studies Division, 1964. Member painting faculty Yale University, New Haven, since 1969, former head graduate studies in painting/printmaking, now director undergraduate studies in art. Director art division Yale Summer School Music and Art, 1970—1975.
Member faculty summer program Pont-Aven School Contemporary Art, France, 2005.
Group exhibitions, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis Institute Arts, Walker Art Center, Whitney Museum American Art, Yale University Art Gallery, solo exhibitions, Bayly Museum, Virginia, Washburn Gallery, New York, Whitney Museum American Art, Represented in permanent collections, Bayly Museum, Virginia, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Walker Art Center, Whitney Museum American Art, Yale University Art Gallery.