About Robert

Robert Meyer is a sculptor whose work is inspired by the organic forms, textures and patterns found in nature. With a background in graphic design and a passion for experimenting with materials, he creates pieces that evoke a sense of balance and connection to the natural world. Through monumental outdoor pieces or intimate studio creations, his art seeks to inspire a deeper connection to the textures and forms that surround us. He works across a range of mediums, blending traditional techniques with contemporary approaches to create sculptures that are both grounded and innovative.

Robert received a BFA from the University of Colorado and an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology, where he also studied woodworking at the School of American Craftsmen. He also spent three months studying carving marble at Studio Sem in Pietrasanta, Italy.

Upon returning from Italy, he was awarded several commissions for Quinnipiac University. His sculptures have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in New York, Connecticut and beyond, with pieces held in collections like the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY, and various private and institutional collections across the Northeast. Meyer has been juried into prestigious art organizations like the Silvermine Guild of Artists in New Canaan, CT, and the Sculptors Guild in New York City.

“All of Meyer’s works... set up a dialogue between parts and wholes, masses and volumes, surfaces and their scars. …These are works of graphic purity and tactile richness at the same time. …As much as his work “discovers” affinities to nature, to architecture, to symbol, and to narrative, its most persuasive attribute is its capacity for touch.”
—Patricia Rossoff, Sculpture Magazine

Selected Highlights

No. 14 wins Juror’s Choice Award in Equinox: Passage from Dark to Light. 2024. This exhibition, by the New England Sculptors Association, was judged by Laisun Keane, owner of LaiSun Keane Gallery in the SoWa Art District in Boston, MA.

Selected for Mixmaster. 2024. Juried exhibition judged by Susan Eley, owner and director of Susan Eley Fine Art in New York City. Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

Feature article and Cover in Ink Publications January 2024 issue.

Selected for Mixmaster 2023, Juried exhibition judged by Elizabeth Thompson Kirkpatrick, Director of Anita Rogers Gallery, New York City, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

Selected for Mixmaster 2022, Juried exhibition judged by Kyle Harris of Peter Blum Gallery, New York City, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

Juror’s Award for Sculpture, Connecticut Academy of Arts 110th Annual Exhibition, 2021, Juried Exhibition judged by Dominic Molon is the Richarad Brown Baker, Curator of Contemporary Art at the RISD Museum, Providence, RI

Juror’s Award for Best Abstract Art, Inside Out, 2020, Juried Exhibition judged by Melanie Carr of Melanie Carr Gallery, Essex, CT, Old Lyme Artist Association, Old Lyme, CT

Two person show with painter Susan Tremaine: Form Function + Space, 2020, Handwright Gallery, New Canaan, CT

2 Forms w/Sphere no.5 Acquired by The Sculpture Grounds, Old Lyme Connecticut, 2008

Commission for Quinnipiac University, 2008

Commission for Quinnipiac University, 2004

Solo exhibit at Greene Gallery, Guilford, CT, 2003

Solo exhibit at Enterprise Corporate Park, Shelton, CT, 2003

Commission for Quinnipiac University, 2002

Studied at Studio Sem, Pietrasanta, Italy, 1999

Commission for Quinnipiac University, 1999

Collections



Museums

Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

Corporate/Institutional

Alegna Corporation, Shelton, CT

Gannett Co., Inc., Arlington, VA

McGregor Links Foundation, Falls Church, VA 
Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT

R. D. Scinto, Inc., Shelton, CT

Sculpture Grounds, Old Lyme, CT

“Meyer’s evocative sculpture is both powerful and poetic. His sensitivity to materials and his dramatic contrast of formal elements are but a few of the visual delights found in his work.”

—Grant Holcomb, Mary W. and Donald R. Clark Director, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester

Commissions

2006 Quinnipiac University
Service Award



2004 Quinnipiac University

Service Award Plaque



2003 Quinnipiac University

President’s Medallion Case



1999 Quinnipiac University

Ceremonial Mace and Pedestal

Juried Professional Memberships



New England Sculptors Association

Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT
The Artists Collective of Westport, Westport, CT

The Sculptors Guild, New York City, NY