Robert Bunkin is a figurative painter, art historian and curator. He studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, earned an undergraduate degree from CUNY and an MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Bunkin studied in Florence, Italy between 1986-88. He returned to Italy in 2000 to perfect his fresco technique at the Tintori Laboratory for True Fresco in Vainella (near Prato) on a Parsons School of Design Faculty Leave Grant. He has also spent time studying and teaching in Beijing. Bunkin’s work has been seen in solo and group exhibitions locally, nationally, in Italy and China. He has taught both studio and art history at several NYC colleges, ateliers, museums and universities. From 2011-2017 he was Art Curator at the Staten Island Museum, overseeing its inaugural art exhibitions when it opened at Snug Harbor. He has also curated major exhibitions at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art and at other venues throughout the City.