Susan Robb Explained

Susan Robb is an American visual artist based in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Life

Susan Robb is a west-coast based interdisciplinary artist who examines the interrelatedness between people and place. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally including exhibitions at the Henry Art Gallery, the Berkley Art Museum, and Blindside Gallery in Melbourne, Australia. Robb was born in Connecticut[1] and attended Syracuse University in New York where she received a BFA in Photography and a BA in Art History. She earned her MFA in photography at the University of Washington in Seattle. She played in the music projects Incredible Force of Junior and Goatmax1.[2]

Artistic practice

According to her Creative Capital profile, Susan Robb's work is an "ongoing investigation of people, place and the search for utopia."[3] Drawing on her own travel experiences, the utopian thought at play in intentional communities, and the hands-on ethos of DIY subcultures, she depicts the kaleidoscopic relationship we have with our surroundings. Works such as Sleeper Cell Training Camp, The Long Walk, and Scent of the Trails require spontaneous involvement from her audience and in return deliver a reordering of the expected relationships to each other and their surroundings. She combines poetic applications of technology (from muscle wire circuitry to methane digesters), an interrogation and manipulation of materials (giant black plastic bags to cultured crystals), and a re-purposing of forms and sites (bike parking-as-social hub; hiking trail-as-game space).[4]

Projects

Robb has undertaken several long-form project involving travel and site-specific exploration including

Selected bibliography

Awards and major grants

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ayers. Robert. Susan Robb: connecting people and the wilderness. The Seattle Times. 11 August 2013 . 6 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Susan Robb. These Streets: A Rock 'n' Roll Story. 31 January 2013 . 6 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Investing in Artists who Shape the Future . Creative Capital . 2016-10-14.
  4. Web site: Artist Profile. Artist Trust. 2016-09-06. 2016-10-14.
  5. Web site: ABOUT WILD TIMES PROJECT. WildTimesProject.com. 2014-06-20. 2016-10-14.
  6. Web site: Skype Sklpt Studio On Vimeo. Vimeo.com. 2012-11-15. 2016-10-14.
  7. Web site: Campbell. Jennifer. Being There - Visual Art. The Stranger. 2016-10-14.
  8. Web site: The Long Walk homepage. Thelongwalkseattle.com. 2016-10-14.
  9. Web site: Investing in Artists who Shape the Future . Creative Capital . 2016-10-14.