ROBIN
WHITEMAN |
ROBIN WHITEMAN 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.
EDUCATION BFA with high honors from RIT; School for American Crafts, Rochester, New York Summer post graduate ceramics program, Alfred University, Alfred, New York SELECT EXHIBITIONS 2022 Altered, Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Art, curated by Ann Welles, Trumansburg NY 2017 (scheduled) Aqua Art Miami, featured by Exhibit A, Miami FL A Cup of Sugar, Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Binghamton, NY Curious Shadows, Exhibit A, Corning, NY All Manner of Marvels, The 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 Members Exhibition, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY Workhouse National, Workhouse Ceramics, Lorton, Virginia Makers and Mentors, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY *invitational 2014 Alumni Exhibit, Katie Gingrass Gallery. Milwaukee, WI 2012 Members Exhibition, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY Faculty Exhibition, 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 *traveling invitational 2003 Familiars, Morning's canvas, *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 and The Arts Center For the capital Region, Troy, NY 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 RESIDENCIES Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, Maine RIT Ceramics department TEACHING EXPERIENCE Melissa's Living Legacy teen cancer foundation, Rochester, NY Memorial Art Gallery's Creative Workshop, Rochester, NY Genesee Pottery Coop, Rochester, NY Project Unique through the Rochester City School District Young Audiences Boces II BIBLIOGRAPHY Triple Cities Carousel The New York Times The Democrat and Chronicle City Newspaper Lake Effect Magazine The Uncommon Denominator HONORS Members Choice Award at Rochester Contemporary Art Center Arena Award at Rochester Contemporary Art Center Merit Award winner at the Clothesline Arts Festival Commission to co-create tile murals for Golisano Children's Hospital |