Biography
Robin Whiteman’s surreal sculptures play with reality. Without the use of molds, she crafts her animal-human hybrids to examine the duality of religion and myth in storytelling.
Robin has worked with clay since the age of eleven. Her sculptures have ranged in size from life sized sculptures to the diminutive porcelain pieces. She has been a resident artist at RIT’s School of American Crafts where she received her degree in ceramics, Maine’s Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, and has taught extensively throughout the greater Rochester area. Her work is shown nationally and collected internationally. Exhibit A first exhibited Whiteman's work in the gallery's 2016 Black and White Biennial. Robin Whiteman lives in the Finger Lakes region of New York with husband, child, and goats.
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Select Shows
2019
Solo Exhibition, Art Space: Amanyangyun, Shanghai, China
Chicago Expo., Tory Folliard Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mythic Menageries, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
The Beautiful and Bizarre: Figurative Ceramics Invitational, Florida Craft Art, St. Petersburg, Fl
As Long As It’s Black, Stoerpunkt, Munich, Germany
PLAY/GROUND, Resource Art, Medina, NY
2018
Aqua Art, Exhibit A, Miami FL
Homeostasis, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham NY *solo
En Masse, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham NY
An Artist’s Affair, The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY
2017
Curious Shadows, Exhibit A, Corning NY *solo
All Manner of Marvels, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY
En Masse, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham NY
Redux, The Clay Center, NY
2016
Children of Illusion, Main Street Arts Center, Clifton Springs, NY
Black and White Biennial, Exhibit A, Corning, NY
2015
Visions and Voices, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
Workhouse Clay National, Workhouse Ceramic Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia *juried
Makers and Mentors, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY *invitational
2014
RIT Alumni Exhibit, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI *juried
Between Heaven and Earth, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2012
Members Exhibit, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
Faculty Exhibit, Lucy Byrne gallery, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2011
Potters of Livingston County, Brody gallery, Suny Geneseo, Geneseo, NY
2010
Partly Tame, Gilded square, Rochester, NY *solo
2009
Masks, Mill Creek Cafe, Honeoye, NY *solo
2004
The Uncommon Denominator, Dyer Art Gallery RIT, Rochester, NY *invitational
2003
Familiars, Morning's canvas, Rochester, NY *solo
50 Artist Play Dolls, XOXO Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ
2002
The Past Decade or So, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD *invitational
2001
New York State Craft Biennial, Tyler Art Gallery, Oswego, NY, andThe Arts Center of the capital Region, Troy, NY *juried
Exhaling Life, Elizabeth Collection, Rochester, NY *solo show
2000
Hot Spells: The Magic of the Ceramic Sculptor, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY *invitational
1999
Contemporary Clay, Gateway and company, Rochester, NY *invitational
1998
Suspension, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY *solo
1997
Home, Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY *invitational
1996
Sacred Lint, Park Avenue Books, Rochester, NY *solo
1995
The Finger Lakes Art Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY *juried
Permanent Collections
The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY
Selected Online Press
http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/anti-gravity-and-grace/Content?oid=2475343#.VQzUcUkv8e0.link
Bibliography
Rochester, Still a Cradle of Invention, The New York Times
The Uncommon Denominator
Lake Effect Magazine
What's New At Clothesline, The Democrat and Chronicle
City's Choice, City Newspaper
Anti-Gravity and Grace, City Newspaper
Awards and Opportunities
Rochester Contemporary Member's Choice Award
Memorial Art Gallery Award
Main Street Arts Award
Arena Contemporary Art Award
Merit award winner at the Clothesline Art Festival
Co-creator of multiple tile murals commissioned by Golisano Children's Hospital
Education
BFA with high honors from School for American Crafts, RIT
Summer post graduate ceramics program, Alfred University
Residencies
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
Rochester Institute of Technology
Robin Whiteman’s surreal sculptures play with reality. Without the use of molds, she crafts her animal-human hybrids to examine the duality of religion and myth in storytelling.
Robin has worked with clay since the age of eleven. Her sculptures have ranged in size from life sized sculptures to the diminutive porcelain pieces. She has been a resident artist at RIT’s School of American Crafts where she received her degree in ceramics, Maine’s Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, and has taught extensively throughout the greater Rochester area. Her work is shown nationally and collected internationally. Exhibit A first exhibited Whiteman's work in the gallery's 2016 Black and White Biennial. Robin Whiteman lives in the Finger Lakes region of New York with husband, child, and goats.
CV
Select Shows
2019
Solo Exhibition, Art Space: Amanyangyun, Shanghai, China
Chicago Expo., Tory Folliard Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mythic Menageries, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
The Beautiful and Bizarre: Figurative Ceramics Invitational, Florida Craft Art, St. Petersburg, Fl
As Long As It’s Black, Stoerpunkt, Munich, Germany
PLAY/GROUND, Resource Art, Medina, NY
2018
Aqua Art, Exhibit A, Miami FL
Homeostasis, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham NY *solo
En Masse, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham NY
An Artist’s Affair, The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY
2017
Curious Shadows, Exhibit A, Corning NY *solo
All Manner of Marvels, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY
En Masse, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham NY
Redux, The Clay Center, NY
2016
Children of Illusion, Main Street Arts Center, Clifton Springs, NY
Black and White Biennial, Exhibit A, Corning, NY
2015
Visions and Voices, Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
Workhouse Clay National, Workhouse Ceramic Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia *juried
Makers and Mentors, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY *invitational
2014
RIT Alumni Exhibit, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI *juried
Between Heaven and Earth, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2012
Members Exhibit, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
Faculty Exhibit, Lucy Byrne gallery, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2011
Potters of Livingston County, Brody gallery, Suny Geneseo, Geneseo, NY
2010
Partly Tame, Gilded square, Rochester, NY *solo
2009
Masks, Mill Creek Cafe, Honeoye, NY *solo
2004
The Uncommon Denominator, Dyer Art Gallery RIT, Rochester, NY *invitational
2003
Familiars, Morning's canvas, Rochester, NY *solo
50 Artist Play Dolls, XOXO Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ
2002
The Past Decade or So, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD *invitational
2001
New York State Craft Biennial, Tyler Art Gallery, Oswego, NY, andThe Arts Center of the capital Region, Troy, NY *juried
Exhaling Life, Elizabeth Collection, Rochester, NY *solo show
2000
Hot Spells: The Magic of the Ceramic Sculptor, Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY *invitational
1999
Contemporary Clay, Gateway and company, Rochester, NY *invitational
1998
Suspension, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY *solo
1997
Home, Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY *invitational
1996
Sacred Lint, Park Avenue Books, Rochester, NY *solo
1995
The Finger Lakes Art Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY *juried
Permanent Collections
The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester NY
Selected Online Press
http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/anti-gravity-and-grace/Content?oid=2475343#.VQzUcUkv8e0.link
Bibliography
Rochester, Still a Cradle of Invention, The New York Times
The Uncommon Denominator
Lake Effect Magazine
What's New At Clothesline, The Democrat and Chronicle
City's Choice, City Newspaper
Anti-Gravity and Grace, City Newspaper
Awards and Opportunities
Rochester Contemporary Member's Choice Award
Memorial Art Gallery Award
Main Street Arts Award
Arena Contemporary Art Award
Merit award winner at the Clothesline Art Festival
Co-creator of multiple tile murals commissioned by Golisano Children's Hospital
Education
BFA with high honors from School for American Crafts, RIT
Summer post graduate ceramics program, Alfred University
Residencies
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
Rochester Institute of Technology