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BIOGRAPHY

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Robert Schefman, a native of Detroit, earned a BFA from Michigan State University, and an MFA from
the University of Iowa.


His work is in numerous private and public collections including The Broad Museum of Art, The Mint
Museum of Art, The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Boca Raton Museum of Art, The 19th District Court,
Dearborn; Ford Arts Center, Dearborn; Wayne State University, Detroit; The Cooley Law School,
Lansing; The University of Iowa, and private collections in Detroit, New York City, Boca Raton, San
Francisco, and Los Angeles. His work has been exhibited widely including exhibitions at The
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, The Detroit Institute of Art, The Orlando Museum of Art, The
Ackland Art Museum, The Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Midland Center for The Arts, The Krasl Art
Center, Oakland University, Foley Square/ Federal Plaza, New York City, David Klein Gallery and
Manifest Research Gallery.


Schefman is currently a 2023 Kresge Foundation Fellow in Visual Art. He has been awarded grants
from the Pollack-Krasner Foundation, The Benard Maas Prize, ArtServe Michigan, The Arts foundation
of Michigan, and the University of Iowa. He is Professor Emeritus at the College for Creative Studies
in Detroit, and is represented by the David Klein Gallery in Detroit, MI.

 

BORN:                                  Detroit, Michigan 

SOLO
EXHIBITIONS: 
                          2024           David Klein Gallery, The Garden, Detroit, MI
​                          2019           The Secrets Project, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
                          2015           Steve Linn and Robert Schefman, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
                          2012           Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                          2008           Robert Kidd Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
                          2005           Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
                          2004           Krasl Art Center, Saint Joseph, MI
                                             Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                          2002           Midland Center For The Arts, Midland, MI
                          2001           Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI                        
                          2000           Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
                          1997           Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                          1995           Charach/ Epstien Museum Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
                          1994           Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI         
                          1991           Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                          1984           Aesthetic Arrest, New York, NY
                          1983           Turkish Mission to the United Nations, UN Plaza, New York, NY
                          1982           Sculpture for the Ancient Gates of Troy, Troy, Turkey
                          1979           Art in Public Places, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
                          1976           Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA


SELECTED
EXHIBITIONS :
                         2024.      Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, D'Amor Museum of Art, Springfield, MA

                                        Drawing, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI

                         2023       Contemporary Realism: Four Artists, Four Voices, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI 

                                        Drawn To Collect: Selections From The Farrell-Herrick Collection of Drawings, Flint Institute of Arts, MI

                                        Pictures Worth 1000 Notes: Four Artists Working In Harmony,​ Padzieski Gallery, Dearborn, MI

                                        Expo Chicago​ 2023, with David Klein Gallery

                                        Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL

                                        Get Together, Reyes/Finn Gallery, Detroit, MI

                                        David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
​                         2022       Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC

​                                        Annual Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY

                                        Staged, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
                                        Salon Redux, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI

                                        Group Summer Exhibition, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
​                         2021       Gender, Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit, MI
                                        New Work/New Year, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
                                        Gallery Artists, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham MI
                         2020       Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
                                        Art Miami 2020, David Klein Gallery, (Exhibition online- due to Covid)
                                        Up Next, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
                                        35x35 Art Project, Copelouzos Art Museum, Athens, Greece
                         2019       Salon, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
                                        Spark, Annex Gallery, Highland Park, MI
​                                        Gallery Artists, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                        Faculty Exhibition, Valade Gallery, College For Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
​                         2018        INPA 5: International Painting Annual, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
​                                         Masters of Drawing: Realism to Abstraction, AB Dow Museum, Midland, MI
                                         Gallery Artists, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
​                         2017         Art Miami 2017, David Klein Gallery
​                                         Seattle Art Fair 2017, David Klein Gallery
                                         Group Exhibition, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
                         2016         Pictures Of You, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
                                         Summer Selections, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
​                                          Focus On Faculty: Sabbatical Exhibition, Valade Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
                                          Robert Schefman: A Body of Influence, Grosse Point Art Center, Grosse Point, MI
                                          What We're Made Of: CCS Faculty Exhibition, Valade Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
                         2015          First Show, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
                                           Making Faces, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                         2014         Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                          Group Show, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                         2013         The LA Art Show 2013, Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
                                          Summer View III, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                          Imago Mundi, Luciano Bennetton Foundation Project for the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
                                          The Story Of Creative, See/Me Exhibition Space, Long Island City, NY
                                          Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                          Actual Size Biennial, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, MI
                         2012         Midwest Drawing Invitational, University of St Francis, Ft Wayne, IN
                                          Art Platform LA 2012, Timothy Yarger Fine Art
                                          Narrative Fragments, Quidley & Co. Fine Art, Boston, MA                                          
                                          Sweet Spot, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham MI
                                          Roots, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
                                          Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
                                          Art LA, Timothy Yarger Fine Art
                                          Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                         2011         Scope Miami 2011, Timothy Yarger Fine Art
                                          Carbon And Gold, The Art Gallery, Macomb Community College, Clinton, MI
                                          R Wells Gallery, Binghamton, NY
                                          Actual Size Biennial, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
                                          Deep Thaw, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI              
                                          ArtMRKT SanFrancisco, Timothy Yarger Fine Art
                                          20th Anniversary Show, Janice Charach Gallery, W Bloomfield, MI
                                          Art Chicago 2011, Timothy Yarger Fine Art
                                          Tapped, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
                                          Los Angeles Art Show, Timothy Yarger Fine Art
                                          CCS Faculty Exhibition, Detroit, MI
                         2010         Art Miami 2010, Timothy Yarger Fine Art
                                          Scope Miami 2010, 101/exhibit gallery, Miami, FL
                                          Group Exhibition, 101/exhibit gallery, Miami, FL
                                          Our Town, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                          Past-Present-Future, R Wells Gallery, Binghamton, NY
                                          Ten Years Of Contemporary Art, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester Hills, MI
                                          Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN   Awarded: Best In Show
                                          ArtHamptons, 101/exhibit
                                          Art Under The Influence, Northville Art House, Northville, MI
                                          Art Chicago, Timothy Yarger Gallery
                                          Los Angeles Art Show, Timothy Yarger Gallery
                                         The Facebook Show, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI
                         2009         Bods, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                          Art Miami 2009, Timothy Yarger Gallery
                                          Monochrome, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
                                          The Bra Show, Charach Museum Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
                                          Corpus Maximus, Yarger –Strauss Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
                                          CCS Scholarship Exhibition, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
                                          Group Show, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                         2008         Group Exhibition, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                          Chai Lighting, Charach/Epstein Museum Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
                                          Antigone, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                         2007         Creativity Out of Conflict, MOCAD, Detroit, MI
                                          Actual Size Biennial, The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
                                          Driven: Art From the Motor City, Copper Country  Community Arts Center, Hancock, MI
                         2006         In Response, Charach/Epstein Museum Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
                                          MFA Show, University of Iowa Art Museum, Iowa City, IA
                                          Realism, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                          Faculty Now-CCS at 100, College For Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
                         2005         Group Exhibition, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                         2004         Foundation Faculty, College For Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
                                          Variations on a Violin, Padziewski Gallery, Dearborn, MI
                                          New Realism II, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                          Head Count, College for Creative Studies, traveling exhibition
                         2003         Senses of Reality, Starkweather Art and Cultural Center, Romeo, MI
                                          Foundation Faculty, College For Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
                                          Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                         2002         Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
                                          Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                          Celebrate,Charach/ Epstein Museum, West Bloomfield, MI
                         2001         In Our Midst, Padzieski Gallery, Ford Arts Center, Dearborn, MI
                                          Made in Michigan, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester,MI
                                          Post Card Show, Charach/ Epstein Museum, West Bloomfield, MI       
                         2000         Sex, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit,MI                     
                                          Really Big Show, Charach/ Epstien Museum, West Bloomfield, MI
                                          Exhibition 2000, BBAC, Birmingham, MI
                                          Foundation Faculty, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
                         1999         Body and  Soul , Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester,MI
                                          Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham,MI
                         1998         Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                          National Society of Mural Painters, Art Students League, NYC, NY
                                          BBAC Faculty Show, Birmingham, MI
                                          Governors’ Awards for Art and Culture, ArtServe Michigan, Detroit, MI
                         1997         Michigan Council For The Arts Exhibition Project, Lansing, MI
                                          BBAA 40th Anniversary Show, Birmingham, MI
                                          Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                         1996         Michigan Fine Arts Competition, BBAA, Birmingham, MI
                                          Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham , MI
                                          Eva Cohon Gallery, Chicago, ILL
                         1995         Interventions, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit,MI
                                          Carbonari, Michigan Gallery, Detroit, MI
                         1995         Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham , MI
                                          Romantic Allegory, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
                         1994         Michigan Fine Art Exhibition, BBAA, Birmingham, MI
                                          Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                          Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
                         1993         Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                                          Friends for Focus, Benefit Exhibition, Farmington Hills, MI
                         1992         First Night Exhibition, Birmingham, MI
                                          Figurative/Narrative, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
                                          Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                         1990         Art for Life, Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                         1989         Cantor/Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                         1988         Figurative Painting in the 80's, Ruggiero/Henis Gallery, New York, NY
                         1984         The Dead Blimpie Show, New York, NY
                         1983         Modern Mythology, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, NY
                                         Terminal New York, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn, NY
                         1982         Wards Island, O.I.A., New York, NY
                         1981         Foley Square/Federal Plaza, New York, NY
                         1980         On Wards Island, O.I.A., New York, NY
                                          Sculpture Space at Utica College, Utica, New York, NY

GRANTS:
                         2023           Kresge Artist Fellowship, Kresge Foundation

                         2004           Benard L. Maas Prize, Benard L. Maas Foundation, Detroit, MI
                         2001           Artists In The Schools Grant, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, MI
                         1999           ArtServe Michigan, Creative Artist Grant, State of MI
                         1996           Arts Foundation of Michigan, Detroit, MI
                         1995           Pollack-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
                         1979           Sculpture Space Inc., Utica, New York
                         1976           Graduate Senate Research Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

COLLECTIONS

         Eli and Edyth Broad Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
         Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
         Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
         Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
         Copelouzos Art Museum, Athens, Greece
         Ford Performing Arts Center, Dearborn, MI
         Blaw Knox Corporation, Matoon, IL
         Dow Automotive Corporate Offices, Midland MI
         Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, MI
        19th District Court, Dearborn, MI            
         Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
         The Rattlesnake Club, Detroit, MI
         University of Iowa, Sculpture for Campus, Iowa City, IA
         Ennis Francis Housing Complex, Harlem, NY
         Cooley Law School, Lansing, MI

DANCE/ THEATER SETS

                         1996      “Torch Song Trilogy”, Jet Theater, W. Bloomfield, MI
                         1985      “The Dark Ride”, Kinematic Dance Company, St. Marks Dancespace, NY, NY
                         1984      “Trapped in Queens”, Bebe Miller and Company, Dance Theater Workshop, NY, NY
                         1983      “Kinematic Dance Company”, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY
                         1982      “Home Movies”, Kinematic Dance Company, P.S. 122, New York, NY
                           

EDUCATION                                            

                          2006           University of Iowa,  MFA                       

                          1976           University of Iowa,  MA                        

                          1974           Michigan State University,  BFA  

           
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          Marlene Steele, "Staged at Manifest Gallery", AEQAI, August 28, 2022
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          Jenkins, Mark, “A Portrait Competition That Stretches the Definition of a Likeness”, The Washington Post, May 12, 2022
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           Ronelle Grier, "Looking Ahead, Downtown", Detroit Jewish News, September 24, 2015, pp.66-67
           "Un livre pour apprehender l'oeuvre du verrier Steve Linn", Midi Libre, France, August 12, 2015, p.11
​           Julie Yolles, "Becky Hart Cruises Off to Denver Art Museum", Birmingham Eccentric, August 16, 2015, p.A6
           Miller, Matthew, “A Throttled Wolverine and a 40-year MSU Tradition”, Lansing State Journal, October 24, 2014
           Jenkins, Mike, “It’s All About Illusion”, Muses Magazine, Vol. 26, 2014, pp. 34-37
           “Art Smart”, Associated Newspapers, March 18, 2014
           Elliot, Kevin, “Faces, Robert Schefman”, Downtown Magazine, February 14, 2014, p.32
           Petkus, Shelby, “The End Of An Era At Robert Kidd Gallery”, Between The Lines News, Issue 2231, July 31, 2014
           INPA 7, Manifest Press, 2013
           Allison, Gary, “West Bloomfield Artist Realizes His Imaginings”, The Oakland Press, January 27, 2013
           Meyer, Zlati, “You Tour Wayne State University Sculptures”, Detroit Free Press, June 23, 2013
           Manifest International Painting Annual 3, Manifest Press, 2013
           Imago Mundi, Luciano Benneton Collection, Fabrica Italy, 2013
           Manifest International Drawing Annual 7, Manifest Press, 2013
           American Arts Quarterly, Volume 29, Number 4, Fall 2012,  Cover, and pp. 58-61
          “Narrative Fragments” at Quidley and Company, Newington-Cropsey Cultural Studies Center, www.nccsc.net
          “Exhibition: Midwest Drawing Invitational”, EMU News, art.emich.edu/news, September 27, 2012
          Contemporary Realism Biennial 2012, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 2012
          Art/Features, The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, September 7, 2012,
          Penhollow, Steve, Shock And Awe Value, The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, August 10, 2012
          Realism Celebrated, Fort Wayne News Sentinel, August 9, 2012
          Hodges, Michael, "2 Styles, Similar Effect", The Detroit News, May 31, 2012, pg. 17M
          del Valle, Robert, "A Dangerous Thing...And Beautiful", Stage and Canvas, Real Detroit, May16, 2012
          Scott, Ron, "The Collected Knowledge Of Robert Schefman", ArtHopper.org, May 23,2012
          Art Exhibit Gets To The "Root" Of Things, The Chaldean News, August 30, 2012
          Chessler, Suzanne, “Peering Into A Paperless World”, Detroit Jewish News, May 10, 2012,  cover and pg. 43
          Romaya, Mary, “Expressing Their Roots”, Detroit Jewish News, May 3, 2012, pp. 34-37
          “OBSOLETE!” magazine, Issue 5, February, 2012,  Cover and pg. 2
          Durrel, Jane, "One Singular Citation", /CityBeat, Cincinnati, OH, January 24,2011
          "Manifest Volume Fifty-one", Manifest Press, 2011, cover and pg. 12
          "Robert Schefman", Poets and Artists Magazine, October 2010, pp. 68-73
          "L'arte? E' su Facebook", L'espresso, November 5, 2010
          Swartz, Dan, "Realness Examined: FWMoA Contemporary Realism Biennial", The Fort Wayne Reader, November 8, 2010
          del Valle, Robert, "Decade", Real Detroit, September 22, 2010
          Hodges, Michael, "Art Crawl Dazzles On Canvas, Video", The Detroit News, September 23, 2010
          Carducci, Vince, "10 Years of Contemporary Art @ OUAG", Motown Review of Art, September 20, 2010
          Manifest International Drawing Annual 5, Manifest Press, 2010
          Contemporary Realism Biennial 2010, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 2010, pp.4,95
          del Valle, Robert, "Stage and Canvas", Real Detroit, June 16, 2010
          "Un Architetto Salernitano Alla Cote Di Jef Bourgeau", la Citta, Salerno, Italy, June 12, 2010
          del Valle, Robert, "The Facebook Show, Tell All Your Friends", Metromix, June 17, 2010
          Zen Monster, Volume 1, No.2,  New York Zen Circle, 2010
          Manifest Volume Thirty-Nine, Manifest Press, 2009
          Azzopardi, Chris, “Bods Exhibit Rethinks the Figure”, Between The Lines, October 15, 2009
          “Corpus Maximus”, American Art Collector, Volume 41, May, 2009, pp.166-167
          Manisto, Glen, “Perfect Bodies”, Metro Times, December 17, 2008, p.30
          Cover, American Art Collector, Volume 38, December, 2008
          “Robert Schefman: Religion and Politics”, American Art Collector, December 2008, pp. 130-133 and cover
          “The Savy Collector’s Preview Guide To Upcoming Shows”, American Art Collector, November 2008, p.52
          Nawrrocki, Dennis, Art In Detroit Public Places, Third Edition, Wayne State University Press 2008
          Del Valle, “ Stage and Canvas”, Real Detroit Weekly, February 20, 2008, p.56
          Walt, Irene,  The Healing Work of Art, Detroit Receiving Hospital, 2007, p.58
          Colby, Joy Hakanson, “Critics’ Choice”, The Detroit News, February 17, 2006, p.6F
          Barack, Linda, “Impassioned Curators”, Style Magazine, January, 2006, p. 69
          Gerak, Sally, “Social Lights”, Birmingham Observer & Eccentric, October 16, 2005, p.C2
          Sousanis, Nick, “Robert Schefman @ Meadow Brook Gallery”, The Detroiter.com, September 25, 2005
          Cohen, Keri Guten, “Artworks Carry Diverse Messages”, Detroit Free Press, September 25, 2005 p. 5K
          Hill, Christina, “Bearing It All”, Metro Times, September 28, 2005, p.35
          Stafford, Nicole, “Wistful, Yet Twitchy”, Birmingham Eccentric, September 15, 2005, p. D5-D14
          Konstantin, Lynne, “Painting With Feeling”, Detroit Jewish News, September 8, 2005, pp.42-43
          Cover: “Life of Illusion”, Detroit Jewish News, September 8, 2006
          Metro Times, September 7, 2005, “Arts Issue”, p.34 (photo)
          Cohen, Keri Guten, “Artists Known Locally, Globally”, Detroit Free Press,  August 28, 2005, p.5E
          Freer, Julie, “What’s old is new again”, The Birmingham-Bloomfield Eagle,  August 24, 2005, pp. 34A-36A
          Mazzei, Rebecca, “Healing Work”, Metro Times, August 17, 2005, p. 24
          Colby, Joy Hakanson, “DIA Introduces the art of a 17th century Dutch Master”, The Detroit News, February 17, 2005, pp. 1E-5E
          Cohen, Keri Guten, “View some famous, not-so-famous art”, The Detroit Free Press,  February 6, 2005, p.7E
          Sousanis, Nick, “Robert Schefman at Robert Kidd Gallery”, TheDetroiter.com”,  January 15, 2005
          “The Way WE Live”, The Detroit Free Press, January 18, 2005, p.2D
          Cohen, Keri Guten, “Murano glass, Katz works brighten winter”, The Detroit Free Press,  January 9, 2005, p.5F
          Colby, Joy Hakanson, “ Metro Detroit painter offers new take on Old Masters”, The Detroit News,  December 30,   2004, p.1G
          Metro Times, “Arts Issue”, September 22, 2004, pp. 20 (photo), p. 34
          Wallace, San Dee, “Mixed Media at the Krasl”, The Herald-Palladium, July 22, 2004, pp. 1D-6D
          “Gallery Hopping”, The News Herald, Feb. 21, 2004
          Mandel, Edward, “ Romeo Gallery to Display Work of Six Artists”, The Source,  May 4, 2003, pp. A1-A5
          Colby, Joy Hakanson, “Painting Shows Have Modern Vision Inspired By Old World Masters”, The Detroit News, October 26, 2001, p.5E
          Cohen, Keri Guten, “Galleries”, The Detroit Free Press, October 21, 2001, p.7F
          Rhein, Alice, “Brothers in Arts”, Birmingham Eccentric, October 21, 2001, pp. C1-C2
          Provenzano, Frank, “The Art of Friendship”, The Detroit Free Press, October 4, 2001,  pp. 1C-4C
          Provenzano, Frank, "A View From Robert Land", Birmingham Eccentric,  September 10, 2000
          "The List", The Detroit Free Press, September 13, 2000, p.
          "Art Decade" , Detroit Jewish News, September 8,2000, p.70
          "Controversial Mural Goes on Display", The Detroit News, January 29, 2000, p.1C
          Colby, Joy Hakanson, "Artist will Replace Mural Amid School Controversy", The Detroit News, January 29, 2000, p.1E
          Colby, Joy Hakanson, " U.S. School Violence Prompts School to Remove Mural", The Detroit News, January 21, 2000,p.1
          Provenzano, Frank, " BBAC Showcases Region's Most Influential Artists", Birmingham  Eccentric, January 16, 2000, p.1C              

          Provenzano, Frank, "A Figurative Statement", Birmingham Eccentric , October 3, 1999, p.1
          Burnett,Linda, "Movable Feast", Contract Design, March 1999, p.64
          CAM Magazine , “Dearborn 19th District Court”, Vol. 20 No. 5, May 1998
          Colby, Joy Hakanson, “Artist bares his soul”, The Detroit News , April 6, 1998, pg.3B
          Provenzano, Frank. “Remembering the people behind the stories”, Birmingham Eccentric, December 28, 1997, pg.1D
          Colby, Joy Hakanson, “ Exhibits; Robert Schefman”, The Detroit News ,  December 11,1997, 1F
          Guten Cohen, Keri. “Censorship Inspires Work in ‘Rated X’ Exhibition”, Detroit Free Press, November 30, 1997, p.3H
          Provenzano, Frank. “The Naked Truth”, Birmingham Eccentric,  November 16, 1997, p.1D
          Detroit Legal News , Vol.CII No. 205, October 14, 1997, p.1
          “Court Mural Nears Completion” , Dearborn Press , August 28, 1997, p. 18B
          Ilka, Douglas. “ Jury Experience inspires Artist to do Justice to Court’s Walls”, The Detroit News , July 25, 1997, p.1C
          Krodel, Beth. “ Mural Dilema” , The Detroit Free Press , June 4,1997, p.1B   

          “Courthouse Mural”, Dearborn Times-Herald, April 30, 1997
          Provenzano, Frank. “ Painter Does Justice at New Courthouse”, Birmingham Eccentric, May 18, 1997 p.1C  
          “Delicious Decor” , Style Magazine , Fall 1996 , p. 107                                                                                                                                 

          Colby, Joy Hakanson. “Michigan Exhibit”, The Detroit News, April 11, 1996 p.7F
          Breidenbach, Cathie. “ Torch Song Trilogy”, Birmingham Eccentric, February 22,1996 p.3B    
          Provenzano, Frank. “ You Can’t Hold a Torch To Robert Schefman”, Detroit Jewish News, February 9, 1996, p.90-91
          Provenzano, Frank. “ An Artful Year” , Detroit Jewish News, December 29, 1995, p.64
          Jacobson, David. “ Cyberia” (photo) , The Detroit News, June 13, 1995, p.3C
          Metro Times, (cover), July 12, 1995
          Pasfield, Veronica. “ Show Stoppers”, Detroit Monthly, February 1995 p.22
          Detroit Free Press , (photo) , January 27, 1995, Weekend Section                  
          Provenzano, Frank. “ An Artist Finds Inspiration In Homer.” Detroit Jewish News, February 10,1995 p. 100-101
          Echlin, Hobey. “ The Year in Review ‘94: Visual Art”, Metro Times, Dec.20,1994 p.20
          Klemic, Mary. “ Paintings Study Real Life Through Myths”, Birmingham Eccentric,  October 20, 1994 p.1D                                  
          Pasfield, Veronica. “ Myth and Beyond” ,Detroit Monthly, October ,1994
          Miro, Marsha. “Juror Makes Michigan Fine Arts Competition a FinePersonal Show “ Detroit Free Press May 1994                           

          Artistic Freedom Under Attack,  Volume 2, 1994.   People for the American Way, p.12
          “Your Voice Against Intolerance.”  People for the American Way Annual Report,1994, p. 21-24.
          “A New Star Has Risen at Somerset.” Detroit Free Press May 21, 1993 p.7D
          Mun, Kwan.  “Sculptor Miffed at Cover-Up of His Nude.”  Oakland Press Jan. 24, 1993.          
          Smith, Tim. “Experts Puzzled by Censorship.” Birmingham Eccentric, Jan.11, 1993, p1A.
          “Artist Angry at Cover-Up.”  Detroit News, Jan.10, 1993, p6C.
          Pasfield, Veronica.  “Motown Lowdown.”  Detroit Monthly Magazine, September, 1991, p22.
          “Art Prices” , 7 Days Magazine , Aug. 17, 1988 , p.64 (featured photo )
          Dunning, Jennifer.  “Dance: Works Performed at P.S. 122.” New York Times , Nov. 19, 1985.
          Anderson, Jack.  “The Dance:  Bebe Miller.”  New York Times Dec. 16, 1984.
          Blanck, Frederick. “He Looks at Life’s Dark Side”. Detroit Free Press , Sept.15,1983, p.1B
          Severo , Richard. “Fordham Sculpture”. New York Times,Sept. 28, 1983
          Marzorati, Gerald.  “Art Picks.” Soho News, Sept.29,1981, p28.
          "An Outdoor Sculpture Safari in the City.”  New York Times Aug. 7, 1981.
          “Vaughan Meader.”  The Washington Post Magazine, Nov. 4, 1979, p30. (photo)

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