Born in 1949 in Pasadena (California, USA). Lives and works in New York (USA).
Robert Kushner's work has been exhibited extensively in the United States, Europe and Japan since 1975 when one of his paintings was included in the Whitney Biennial. In 1984, Robert Kushner was the subject of one-person exhibitions at both the Whitney Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum, and in 1987, a mid-career summary of his work was organized by the Philadelphia Institute of Contemporary Art.
A monograph on Robert Kushner's three decades of artistic work, entitled Gardens of Earthly Delights, with text by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy and Holland Cotter, was published by Hudson Hills Press in 1997. A compilation of Kushner's recent paintings on Japanese screens as well as canvas, written by Michael Duncan, was published by Pomegranate in 2006.
In 2004, Robert Kushner installed two monumental mosaic murals, 4 Seasons Seasoned, at the 77th Street and Lexington Avenue subway station. In 2010, an 80 foot long marble mosaic, Welcome, was installed at the new Raleigh Durham International Airport in North Carolina.
Robert Kushner's works are in the permanent collections of museums around the world: The Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA), The Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, USA), The National Gallery of Art (London, UK), The Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, USA), Tate Gallery (London, UK), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, USA), The Contemporary Museum (Honolulu, Hawaii), The Denver Art Museum (Denver, USA), Galleria degli Ufizzi (Florence, Italy), J. Paul Getty Trust (Los Angeles, USA), Museum Ludwig (Saint- Petersburg, Russia) et The Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, USA).
Robert Kushner has been represented by Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels, since 2021.