Christopher Robbins (artist) explained

Christopher Robbins
Birth Place:Georgia
Nationality:American
Website:http://www.christopher-robbins.com

Christopher Robbins is an American artist that focuses his art practice in the realm of public art and social sculpture. Robbins works internationally, using physical and conversational processes to create interactions between strangers in order to build community and problem-solve.

Education

Robbins received a BA from The University of Virginia and attended Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Pratt for his Masters.

Career

Robbins has also worked at RISD, as well as a volunteer for the Peace Corps in Benin and West Africa. He currently teaches at The State University of New York at Purchase as a Professor in the Visual Arts Conservatory.[1]

Exhibitions

Christopher Robbins has exhibited at Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center,[2] [3] the Queens Museum of Art, Eyebeam Art and Technology Center,[4] [5] CCS Bard,[6] the Dumbo Arts Festival,[7] chashama 20 West 53rd Street,[8] and LAND/ART New Mexico.[9]

The Ghana Think Tank, which Robbins co-founded in 2006, has exhibited at the Venice Biennale of Architecture,[10] ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art,[11] [12] New Museum Festival of Ideas,[13] [14] FACT - the Foundation for Arts and Creative Technology,[15] Museum Arte Util,[16] the Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture,[17] [18] the Art Museum of the Americas,[19] [20] [21] and the National Museum of Wales.[22]

Organizations

As part of his art practice, Robbins has founded several organizations:

In 2006, he co-founded the Ghana Think Tank, a growing network of think tanks from Ghana, Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, Iran, Afghanistan, Serbia and the US prison system, who work to solve problems in the “developed” world.[23] While initially developed as an art project, the Ghana ThinkTank has begun to have influence outside the art world as well.[24] [25]

In 2010, he founded WPA 2010 as a response to the US Government’s failure in the face of the 2008 economic crisis.[26] WPA 2010 was a functional but illegitimate Work Projects Administration, in which US citizens took over the US Government’s WPA brand to pay unemployed people to complete public works projects.[27]

Awards

Robbins has been awarded residencies/ fellowships from MacDowell Colony,[28] Skowhegan,[29] Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Crafts and Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

He has received grants/awards from the Puffin Foundation, CEC Arts Link,[30] and the New York State Council on the Arts.

The Ghana ThinkTank, which he co-founded in 2006, has won awards from Creative Capital,[31] [32] Black Rock Arts Foundation,[33] CEC Arts Link,[30] and Creative Time.[34]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Faculty: Sculpture . Faculty - Sculpture . Purchase.edu . 2014-11-14 . 2014-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141210222417/http://www.purchase.edu/departments/AcademicPrograms/faculty/sculpture.aspx . 2014-12-10 . dead .
  2. Web site: The Tent Show . www.nikolajkunsthal.dk . 2014-12-11. da.
  3. Web site: Two exhibitions Nikolaj Kunsthal - Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center Copenhagen . Undo.net . 2014-12-11.
  4. Web site: WPA 2010 . eyebeam.org . 2014-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141211114401/http://eyebeam.org/projects/wpa-2010 . 2014-12-11 . dead .
  5. Web site: Eyebeam Not An Alternative . Tactical Media Files event : Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus . Tacticalmediafiles.net . 2010-08-07 . 2014-12-11.
  6. Web site: Ccs Bard | Double Session . Bard.edu . 2011-05-01 . 2014-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141211114655/http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/double-session/ . 2014-12-11 . dead .
  7. Web site: Random Number. Random Number.
  8. Web site: John Baca, Christopher Robbins, Chris Mendoza - chashama 20 West 53rd St - ArtCat . Calendar.artcat.com . 2014-12-11.
  9. Web site: The Collector'S Guide: The Evolving Genre Of Land Art In New Mexico . Collectorsguide.com . 2009-07-22 . 2014-12-11.
  10. Web site: Spontaneous Interventions #63 to #77 - Architect Magazine Page 1 of 15 . Architectmagazine.com . 2012-08-14 . 2014-12-11.
  11. Web site: Ghana ThinkTank - The Global Contemporary . Global-contemporary.de . 2011-09-17 . 2014-12-11.
  12. Web site: Ghana ThinkTank, Photo tour. The Global Contemporary . Universes-in-universe.org . 2014-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141211120822/http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/specials/2011/global_contemporary/photo_tour/30_ghana_thinktank . 2014-12-11 . dead .
  13. Web site: The Ghana ThinkTank Mobile Unit :: IDEAS CITY . Newmuseum.org . 2014-12-11.
  14. Web site: Festival of Ideas Features Mobile Art Studio, Interactive Think Tank and More . The Utopianist . 2011-05-09 . 2014-12-11.
  15. Web site: Ghana Think Tank - FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) . FACT . 2014-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140303001326/http://www.fact.co.uk/projects/climate-for-change/ghana-think-tank/ . 2014-03-03 . dead .
  16. Web site: Ghana ThinkTank | Museum of Arte Útil . Museumarteutil.net . 2014-12-11.
  17. Web site: Shenzhen & Hong Kong Biennale - SZHK Biennale . e-architect . 23 December 2011. 2014-12-11.
  18. Web site: Shenzhen's Strada Novissima - News & Stories at STYLEPARK . Stylepark.com . 2011-12-21 . 2014-12-11.
  19. Web site: Ripple Effect: Currents of Socially Engaged Art | AMA | Art Museum of the Americas . Museum.oas.org . 2014-12-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150315151308/http://museum.oas.org/exhibitions/2010s/2012-rippleeffect.html . 2015-03-15 .
  20. Web site: The Ripple Effect: Currents of Socially Engaged Art: Exhibits on . https://web.archive.org/web/20130108065751/http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/exhibits/the-ripple-effect-currents-of-socially-engaged-art,1235696.html#critic-review . dead . 2013-01-08 . Washingtonpost.com . 2014-12-11.
  21. Web site: Art Exhibition | Washington Project for the Arts and AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Announce The Ripple Effect: Currents of Socially Engaged Art . Art Week . 2014-12-11.
  22. Web site: The Ghana Think Tank . Ffotogallery . 2009-12-05 . 2014-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012153/http://www.ffotogallery.org/the-ghana-think-tank . 2015-09-24 . dead .
  23. Web site: Kony This: 'Ghana ThinkTank' Turns the Tables on White Saviors . ColorLines . 2012-03-22 . 2014-12-11.
  24. Web site: Recent Blog Posts > What brands can learn from the Ghana Think Tank . December 11, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140412082820/http://www.millwardbrown.com/Global/Blog/Post/2011-08-31/What-brands-can-learn-from-the-Ghana-Think-Tank.aspx . April 12, 2014 .
  25. Web site: Gangemi . Jeffrey . Thinking Design: Ghana Think Tank - Turning Aid and Innovation on their Heads . Gangemithinkingdesign.blogspot.com . 2010-05-08 . 2014-12-11.
  26. Web site: A DIY, Modern-day WPA Program . Roosevelt Institute . 2010-07-30 . 2014-12-11.
  27. Web site: Taking Matters Into Your Own Hands: Revitalising The WPA With Action Research -. 11 March 2011. PSFK.
  28. Web site: The MacDowell Colony . The MacDowell Colony . 2014-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090526052307/http://www.macdowellcolony.org/artists-indexfellows.php . 2009-05-26 . dead .
  29. Web site: Skowhegan - art registry . Skowheganart.org . 2014-12-11.
  30. Web site: 2011 ArtsLink Projects Awardees . CEC ArtsLink . 2014-12-11.
  31. Web site: CREATIVE CAPITAL ANNOUNCES 2013 GRANTEES IN EMERGING FIELDS, LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS. creative capital. 17 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20130116064015/http://creative-capital.org/news_items/view/449. 16 January 2013. dead.
  32. Web site: Creative Capital Grants Upwards of $4-Million to 46 Projects for 2013 | In the Air: Art News & Gossip | ARTINFO.com . Blogs.artinfo.com . 2013-01-11 . 2014-12-11.
  33. Web site: 2011 Grant Recipients | Black Rock Arts Foundation . Blackrockarts.org . 2014-12-11.
  34. News: Judgment Day in Queens. Joanne. Kaufman. Wall Street Journal. 31 July 2010. www.wsj.com.

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