Mariah Robertson Explained

Mariah Robertson (born 1975) is an American artist.^[1] She lives in New York City.^[2]

Robertson has exhibited work internationally including at Saatchi Gallery in London^[3] and MoMA PS1 in Long Island City.^[4] In 2015 she was a co-founded Situations Gallery^[5] in the Lower East Side in New York City.^[6] where she hosted Temporal Situations,^[7] a month-long program of live and time-based events from 2016 to 2017.^[8] Her work appears on the cover of the 2016 Elton John album "Wonderful Crazy Night."^[9] She is represented by M+B Gallery in Los Angeles, and Van Doren Waxter in New York City.^[10] Robertson's work is included in the 2023-2024 exhibition, The Sky’s the Limit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.

Robertson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and spent her childhood in Sacramento, California. She served as curator at Lair of the Minotaur gallery in San Francisco in the 2000s.^[11]

Education

Robertson received her BA in Religious Studies from UC Berkeley, and her MFA from Yale University.^[12]

Exhibitions and performances

2006:

• Please lie down and take a nap with me in my grave, Guild & Greyshkul, New York City

2007:

• Nudes, Still Lives and Landscapes, Guild & Greyshkul, New York City

2009:

• Take Better Pictures, Museum 52, New York, NY
• Guild & Greyshkul, New York City Performance.
• I Am Passions,^[13] Marvelli Gallery,^[14] New York, NY^[15]

2010:

• 'Performance, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL. Curated by Klaus Biesenbach.^[16]
• Solo Presentation,, Berlin
• 50 Artists Photograph the Future, Higher Pictures, New York, NY^[17]

2011:

• MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY. Performance.
• Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK. Solo exhibition.^[18]
• Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, UT. Performance.^[19]
• HOT TROPICAL RAIN JAM Museum 52, New York, NY. Solo Exhibition^[20]

2012:

• Let's Change, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO. Solo exhibition.^[21]
• Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Performance.
• The First Annual Artists’ Halloween Carnival and Parade, Museum of Modern Art, New York City Performance.^[22]
• New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), New York City^[23]

2013:

• Permanent Puberty, American Contemporary, New York, NY. Solo Exhibition.

2014:

• A World of Its Own: Photographic Practices in the Studio, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Group Exhibition^[24]
• What is a Photograph?, International Center of Photography, New York, NY. Group Exhibition^[25]
• Modern Alchemy: Experiments in Photography, The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY. Group Exhibition^[26]
• Paris Photo, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2015:

• Photography Lovers’ Peninsula,^[27] M+B, Los Angeles, CA. Solo Exhibition ^[28]

2016:

• Two-person exhibition with Jennie Jieun Lee, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY. Solo Exhibition.

2017:

• Chaos Power Center, 11R, New York, NY. Solo Exhibition.

2018:

• The Hydra, M+B, Los Angeles, CA. Solo Exhibition^[29]
• Fun Packed Holiday, Lora Reynolds, Austin, TX

2019:

• Mariah Robertson, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN. Solo Exhibition.

2020:

• Summer Selection 2020, Galerie Miranda, Paris, FR. Group Exhibition.^[30]
• Repetition and Difference, Van Doren Waxter, New York City. Solo Exhibition.^[31]

2021:

• Repetition & Difference, M+B, Los Angeles, CA. Solo Exhibition.

Residency

• 2011: Central Utah Art Center^[32]
• 2016, MacDowell Colony^[33]

Collections

Robertson's work is held in the following permanent public collections:

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA^[34]
• Museum of Modern Art, New York City^[35]
• North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC: 1 item (as of June 2018)^[36]
• Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY ^[37]

References

Sources

Web site: Bio, Mariah Robertson . American Contemporary, website . December 5, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120710111739/http://americancontemporary.biz/site.php?page=artists . July 10, 2012 . mdy-all .

External links

• • Mariah Robertson’s Chemical Reactions | ART21 “New York Close Up”
• Mariah Robertson Wears a Yellow Suit to Work | "New York Close Up" | Art21
• West, Tanner, "On View: Mariah Robertson’s Prismatic Photograms Showcase Her Startling Darkroom Ingenuity—See Them Here", Artnet, January 19th, 2018
• “The Look Out”, Art in America, May 18, 2017
• Russeth, Andrew.“Mariah Robertson: Permanent Puberty at American Contemporary”The New York Observer.November 2013.
• Small, Rachel. “Mariah Robertson's Unplanning.”Interview. October 2013.
• Mariah Robertson reading Nomadology : The War Machine by Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari, Printed Matters
• Mariah Robertson’s Bold Photographic Installations Go on Display, Architectural Digest

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-09-13 . Mariah Robertson’s Fantastical Abstractions Flip Photography on Its Head . 2023-10-23 . Vogue . en-US.
2. Web site: Mariah Robertson ART21 New York Close Up. . March 6, 2016.
3. Web site: Out of Focus: Photography. Saatchi. Gallery. www.saatchigallery.com. February 1, 2018.
4. Web site: Greater New York - MoMA. Museum of Modern Art. February 1, 2018.
5. Web site: Jerry the Marble Faun. situations.us. February 1, 2018.
6. Web site: Bruno Ceschel's Best of 2017. December 30, 2017.
7. Web site: 'TEMPORAL SITUATIONS' At 127 Henry Street, New York, NY 10002.. ART HAPS. 2018-06-11.
8. Web site: Looking Back on 2017: Art by - BOMB Magazine. bombmagazine.org. 2018-06-11.
9. News: Ryzik . Melena . Elton John, Still Rocking Out (and Speaking Out) With a Flourish . Music . The New York Times . January 27, 2016.
10. News: Russeth . Andrew . Mariah Robertson Joins Van Doren Waxter . ARTnews . September 7, 2017.
11. News: The art of failure. 2001-04-16. 2018-06-11. en-GB.
12. Traveling Fellowships . Yale School of Art . May 10, 2006 . School of Art . 97, 101.
13. Web site: Rudick . Nicole . Mariah Robertson . ARTFORUM . ARTFORUM.
14. News: Rosenberg . Karen . Art in Review . Art & Design . The New York Times . October 22, 2009.
15. Web site: Maine . Stephen . Mariah Robertson . January 15, 2010 . Art in America.
16. Web site: Art Basel Miami Beach - The Art of Parties, Day Three. Kevin. McGarry. December 3, 2010 .
17. News: Cotter . Holland . '50 Artists Photograph the Future' . The New York Times . May 27, 2010.
18. Web site: Baltic Plus - Mariah Robertson. balticplus.uk.
19. Web site: VIDEO: A Mid-Opening Performance by Mariah Robertson & An Installation View. December 9, 2011.
20. Web site: Riley . Chris . Ryan Trecartin, Willem de Kooning, New York Solo Photo Shows . ARTFORUM.
21. Web site: Brochure . www.grandarts.com .
22. Web site: The First Annual Artists' Halloween Carnival and Parade - MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
23. News: Rosenberg . Karen . Another Fair Makes a Debut, and Aims to Lure the Collectors Already in Town . Art Review . The New York Times . May 4, 2012.
24. News: Smith . Roberta . When a Form Is Given Its Room to Play . Art Review . The New York Times . February 6, 2014.
25. News: Jonnson . Ken . Digital, Analog and Waterlogged . Art Review . The New York Times . January 30, 2014.
26. News: Levere . Jane L. . In Huntington, an Exhibition of Pioneering Photography Through the Ages . Arts . The New York Times . May 2015.
27. Web site: Mariah Robertson's "PHOTOGRAPHY LOVERS' PENINSULA" @ M+B, Los Angeles . JUXTAPOZ.
28. News: Ollman . Leah . Critic's Choice: Mariah Robertson's vigorous tussle with photography . Entertainment & Arts . Los Angeles Times . March 12, 2015.
29. News: Mariah Robertson's Prismatic Photograms Showcase Her Startling Darkroom Ingenuity—See Them Here artnet News. 2018-01-19. artnet News. 2018-06-11. en-US.
30. News: Galerie Miranda exhibits works selected along the themes of nature, calm and the beauty of simple things artdaily.com. 2020-07-02. artdaily.com. 2021-09-29. en-US.
31. Goings On About Town, Mariah Robertson The New Yorker. 2020-10-19. The New Yorker. 2020-10-19. en-US.
32. Web site: Conscious Utah Awesomeness Children: Mariah Robertson. November 30, 2011. Central Utah Art Center. February 1, 2018.
33. Web site: Mariah Robertson - Artist. MacDowell.
34. Web site: Untitled (3). Los Angeles County Museum of Art. March 7, 2016.
35. Web site: Mariah Robertson. The Museum of Modern Art. March 7, 2016.
36. Web site: 2018-06-11. Search View. ncartmuseum.org.
37. Web site: Mariah Robertson | 243. Whitney of American Art.