Colette Robbins was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA from Parsons, the New School for Design. Colette shows her work both nationally and internationally. Recently her work has been featured in shows at Deitch Projects, NY, Lesley Heller Work Space, NY, RH Gallery, NY, Art Star, NY, Yautepec, Mexico City, Mexico, Sloan Fine Art, NY, 92 Y Tribeca, NY, and The Guild Gallery, NY. She is an affiliate of Parlour, a nomadic exhibitions project that holds one-night art salons in living rooms throughout five boroughs of NYC and abroad. Colette has been awarded grants for residencies such as The Cill Rialaig Project in Ireland, and the Vermont Studio Center. She now lives and works in Queens, New York.
Contact: colettemrobbins@gmail.com
Education
MFA, 2007, Parsons, the New School for Design, NYC
BFA, 2003, Maryland Institute College of Art, Cum Laude, Baltimore, MD
2002, Center for Art and Culture at the Institute for American Universities,
Aix En Provence, France
Selected Exhibitions
2012
(Forthcoming) Dissensus Reality, curated by Leslie Rosa, Workshop, Venice, Italy
(Forthcoming) On the Edge of Time, curated by Anneliis Beadnell and Stuart Morrison at P.P.O.W. Gallery, NY
2011
The Living Room, curated by Keri Oldham and Colette Robbins, Field Projects, NY, NY
Collapse, curated by Micah Ganske, RH Gallery, NY
Liminal Step, Curated by Emet Sosna, Art Connects, NY
What Works organized by ArtStar, NY, NY
A dessert in the Ocean, A View from Cill Rialaig, Leslie Heller Workspace, NY
Fe sad, Curated by Michael Meadors, Kleio Projects, Ny, NY
Discrete Power, organized by Vizkult, Judson Memorial Church, NY
Single Fare, Organized by Jean Pierre Roy, Michael Kagen, and Alix Sloan, Sloan Fine Art, NY
Hybrid Life Forms, curated by Jiyon Lee-Lodge, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Parlour #19, Curated by Leslie Rosa and Ciara Gilmarten,Sienna, Italy
Fools Gold Farm, Organized by Fools Gold Arts and RH Gallery, RH Gallery, NY
See You In September, Curated by Leslie Rosa and Ciara Gilmarten, Parlour #18,NYC
Structures Within An Intervention, Intervention#5 "All of the Above", Curated by Leslie Rosa,
Ciara Gilmarten,and Meenakshi Thirukode
Fragments, Curated by Meenakshi Thirukode,Parlour #17, NYC
Nice to Meet You, Sloan Fine Art, NY,NY
Single Fare, Organized by Jean Pierre Roy and Michael Kagen, Brooklyn, NY
Two’s Company Curated by Leslie Rosa and Ciara Gilmarten, Parlour #13, NYC
2009
Inferno, Curated by Leslie Rosa, Yaupetec, Mexico City, Mexico
Two Person: Colette Robbins and Dean Goelz, Organized by Like the Spice,92 Y, NY
Forevor Summer, Curated by Scott Malbaurn, Platfom Space at Denise Bibro Gallery,NY
First Friday Silent Auction, Like the Spice, Brooklyn, NY
Watery Grave, Curated by Leslie Rosa and Ciara Gilmarten, Parlour #6, NYC
2008
Conceptual Figures, Deitch Projects, NYC
Some Friends of Mine, Fort Gondo, St. Louis, MO
2008-05 Oranges on Toothpicks, The Bobble Head Collective, the Art Parade Deitch Projects,
2007 MFA Thesis Show, Caelum Gallery, Organized by Brian Sholis, NYC
2007 Slow Dance, Curated by Marilyn Rosenberg, Heidi Cho Gallery, NYC
2006 Triple Exposure, Platform Gallery, Manitoba, Canada
2006/07 Drawing Show, Curated by Thomas Butter, MFA Gallery Space, NYC
2003 Buff Group Show, Buff Space, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Group Exhibition, Center for Art and Culture, Aix En Provence,France
Awards/Residencies
2010 Cill Rialaig Project, Ireland
2008 The Vermont Studio Center
2006/07 LCU Housing Grant, Parsons, The New School for Design
2005 Graduate Dean’s Scholarship Parsons, The New School for Design
Visiting Artist/Lecturer
2011 Harvard Art Museum
2011 Lesley Heller Workspace: Artist’s from the Cill Rialaig Residency panel discussion
2010 Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2010 Fordham University, NY
2009 Artist’s Lecture 92 Y Tribeca