Laurel J. Robinson

ljr@canes.gsw.edu | Professor | Fine Arts | Fine Arts Building, Rm. 104 | 931-2210 or 931-2204
 









Education

1974   B.F.A., University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati, Ohio;
   Painting/Drawing/Art History; Summa Cum Laude

1977   M.F.A., University of Cincinnati; Painting

1978-1996   Post-Graduate Work:
   UCLA; Los Angeles, CA: Paleoecology, Physics, Sculpture
   University of Tasmania, Australia: Semiotics
   University of Tel Aviv, Israel: Advanced Hebrew
   Georgia Southwestern College: Math, Sociology, Spanish, Pshycology,
      Romanian Language and History

Professional Experience

1978-Present  Professor(promoted 1995), Georgia Southwestern State University,    Americus,GA
1997-Present  Art Director, Ramah Darom Summer Camp, Clayton, GA
2003-Present  Private painting instructor for Former President Jimmy Carter
2005  Visiting artist, Jewish Youth Organization, Oradea, Romania
2005  Faculty participant in Habitat for Humanity course/trip to Hungary/Romania
2003  Visiting Lecturer, St. Mary's University, Winona Minnesota
2002  Outside reviewer for Senior Critiques, Maryland Institute College of Art,    Baltimore, Maryland
2002  Artist-in Residence, Center for Southern Jewry, Clayton,GA
2001  Visiting Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, Jewish Studies    Department
2001  Visiting Artist, University of Winconsin, Whitewater
1989/1990  Professor, University of Tel-Aviv, Israel
1986  Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania, Austrailia
1986  Visiting Lecturer, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne,    Australia

Selected Exhibitions

2007  Represented by the Rovin Design/Gallery, Greenville, SC
2006  September Exhibition, juried group competition, Second Prize, Alexandria    Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
2006  GSW Faculty Exhibition: Recent Work, James Earl Carter Library Gallery,    Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus,GA
2006  Israel/Palestine: A Home Divided, Group Show, Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries,    Saint Mary's Univeristy of Minnesota, Winona,MN
2003-Present  The Magic Etrog, piece on loan, Hebrew Union College Skirball    Museum, NYU, NYC
2005  Explorations in the Cosmic Jello, solo exhibition, Colony Art Gallery,    Fitzgerald, GA
2004-05  Spertus Prize Juried Exhibition, Eternal Light, finalist, Spertus Museum,    Chicago, IL
2004  Faculty Exhibition, Idea Machines, Georgia Southwestern State University,    Americus, GA
2003  Purim Kit 2000,piece acquired by the Jewish Museum of New York City
2003  Ideas in sacred Time; Earth as Sacred Space, Two-person exhibition, St.    Mary's University Gallery, Winona, Minnesota
2002-2003   Group Invitational Exhibition; Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum, NYU, NYC
2002-03    Spertus Prize Juried Exhibition, finalist, Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
2002   I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff…Recent work by Laurel Robinson, Georgia Southwestern State University gallery, Americus, GA
2002   Summit Gallery Opening Invitational, invited to submit work for opening of a new gallery, Fairhope, Al
2001-02    Encountering the Second Commandment; represented in International juried exhibition: Purim Kit 2000; The American Jewish Museum of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA (traveled to Boca Raton, Fla and Newton, Mass)
2001   Telling Time: To Everything There is a Season; represented in this International juried exhibition with a piece of sculpture: The Magic Etrog; The Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA
2001    The Ubiquitous Bunny: The Rabbit in Christian and Jewish Iconography: A collaborative exhibition by Laurel Robinson and Blake Berg; Georgia Southwestern State University Fine Arts Gallery; Americus, GA
2000   Faculty Retrospective: +20 years of work of Jack Lewis, Ralph Harvey and Laurel Robinson; Georgia Southwestern State University James Earl Carter Library Gallery; Americus, Georgia
2000    Never Let the Truth Stand in the Way of a Good Story; solo exhibition; Georgia Southwestern State University, Fine Arts Gallery; Americus, Georgia
2000   Three Pittsburgh Artists; The Binding, a Work in Progress; The American Jewish Museum at the Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1999    The Box: Tradition, Burden and Beauty; a collaborative performance/modern dance piece; Laurel Robinson and Sharona Rubinstein; performed by Sharona Rubinstein in “Spectrum” a dance concert by The Macon Moving Company; Theater Macon, Macon, Georgia
1999    The Yad Project and Recent Paintings, Annual Faculty Exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, Georgia
1998    The Binding, shown as part of the Annual Faculty Exhibit, Fine Arts Gallery, Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus, Georgia
1997   Pots/Ovens: a performance piece; a collaboration by Laurel Robinson (video/narration/set) and Sharona Rubinstein (choreographer/dancer) performed in the program “On the Threshold” by the Macon Moving Company: Fine Arts Theater, Georgia Southwestern State University; Americus, GA; Theater Macon; Macon, GA
1995-1997   Cambio de Sentido: Versions and Inversions of the Biblical Scroll of Esther: An installation by Laurel Robinson: Monroe Art Guild: Monroe, GA; Brewton-Parker College New Fountain Gallery; Mt. Vernon, GA; Sha’arey Israel Synagogue; Macon, GA; Georgia Southwestern Fine Arts Gallery, Americus, GA
1995    Mapping the Self: Models of Identity in a Postmodernizing State”: Invitational, 11 Georgia Artists; Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
1993-1994   Mappamundi: A Collaborative Installation by Laurel Robinson and Leslie Kneisel: New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown, PA; Carson Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA; Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
1993    Subverting Parsimony; solo exhibition; Gainesville College, Gainesville, GA
1992    Group Miniature Show; Carson Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1990    Questing Everything; one-person exhibition; Georgia State University Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1990    Everything and the Kitchen Sink; one-person exhibition; West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
1989   Recent Work of Laurel Robinson, Carson Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1988   Group Exhibition ; Blue Sky Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1986   Australia Visited, solo exhibition, Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania, Australia
1978- present   Annual Faculty Exhibitions, Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, GA

Selected Publications

2006    Women’s Torah Project, on-line essay by Laurel Robinson
2004-5    Women’s Torah Project, Review and essay about carved pointer, Kadima, Seattle Washington
2002/2005   Spertus Museum Prize Catalog, photo, description and biography, Spertus Jewish Museum publication, Chicago, Ill
2001    Gaudet, Jamie, “Stirring the Senses, the Work of Laurel Robinson”, Atlanta Jewish Times Special Supplement, color reproductions
2001    Karby, Rosalind, “Spirits of the Wood: Two Unique Artists of Judaica”, Women’s League Outlook Magazine, vol 71,no 2, Winter 2001
2000    Winn, Alice, “Laurel Robinson at the Jewish Community Center, two full page essay with several black and white reproductions and full color cover of the magazine; “Contrast Magazine”, March/April 2000 issue
1996    Wallace, Lance, “Esther’s Day”, “Macon Telegraph”, review and reproduction, March 2, 1996
1995    Cullum, J.W., “Mapping the Self: Models of Identity in a Postmodernizing State”, catalog essay and reproduction
1995    Herring, N., “Mapping the Self” review, “Art Papers”, July/August
1994    Cullum, J.W., “Road Trip Leads to Installation”, Atlanta Journal/Constitution”, review and reproduction Sept. 23, 1994
1994    Shearing, G., “Mappamundi”, “Pittsburgh Tribune-Review”, Sunday Edition, review and reproduction, Jan. 19, 1994
1993    Van Houten, C., “Laurel Robinson and Leslie Kneisel: Mappamundi”, review and reproduction, “Art Papers”, March/April 1994, vol. 18, num. 2

Permenant Collections

Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Ga
Jewish Museum, New York City, NY
List College Collection, Columbia Univesity, NYC

 

 

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