Born New York City, 1942
Education Yale School of Art and Architecture, M.F.A., B.F.A., 1969
Queens College, CUNY, B.A., 1965
Solo -Robert Schecter, M55 Art, Long Island City, NY, 2009
Exhibitions -The Painting Center, Project Room, New York, NY 2004
-The Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY 2001
-Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, NY 1983
-De Cordova Museum, Beyond Measurement, Lincoln, MA, 1982
-Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, NY 1982
-Bertha Urdang Gallery, White and Black, New York, NY 1981
-Bertha Urdang Gallery, Systems and Expressions, New York, NY 1980
-Gallery 641, Washington, DC, 1976
-Soho Center for Visual Artists, New York, NY 1975
-Telfair Museum of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, GA, 1972
Selected -Painters who Sculpt / Sculptors who Paint, M55 Art, Chelsea, NY, 2014
Group -Five Sculptors, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York, NY 2011
Exhibitions -Reload, M55 Art, Long Island City, New York, 2008
-Group Exhibition, M55Art, Long Island City, New York, NY 2008
-The Convergence of Art and Poetry, The Museum at F.I.T., NY, NY, 2003
-The Loft Pioneer Show, The Puffin Room, New York, NY1996
-Eventa 360, Pino Molica Gallery, New York, NY1992
-Smart Art, Carpenter Center for the Arts, Harvard University, MA1985
-The Ways of Wood, Sculpture Center, New York, NY1982
-The Destroyed Print, Pratt Manhattan Center, New York, NY 1982
-Artists’ Tribute to Bertha Urdang, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1982
-Ten-Year Survey, Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, NY 1982
-Dark Thoughts, Black Paintings, Pratt Institute Gallery, New York, NY1981
-White and Black, Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, NY1981
-Twenty-four X Twenty-four, Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan, CT1981
-Systems and Expressions, Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, NY1980
-O.I.A. Exhibition, P.S.1, Long Island City, New York, 1978
-Preparatory Notes, Thinking Drawings, New York University, New York, NY, 1977
-Report From Soho, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY1976
-A Change of View, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, 1975
-Contemporary Reflections, 1971-1972, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Ct1972
Teaching -Professor of Fine Arts, Fashion Institute of Technology, and 1972 - 2006
Publications -Robert Schecter, Recent Work, Catalogue, Museum at FIT, 2001
-Smart Art, by Joseph Masheck, 1985
-Upstart, Arts Journal of Barnard and Columbia Colleges,
-“On Robert Schecter,” by Amelia Arenas, 1983
-Arts Magazine, March 1980, by Amy Brook Snider
-Arts Magazine, May 1975, by Joseph Dries
Grants State University of New York, Research Foundation, 1977
State University of New York, Research Foundation, 1975