Robynn Smith
Two Time Art Party Participant
Stampede: 100 Icelandics
Artist’s Website
www.robynnsmith.com
Artist’s Statement
Stampede: 100 Icelandics
I first sensed the herd. The ground rumbled as the first furry creatures rose up over the hill and spilled over into the valley, manes, tails and forelocks flying. The herd was over one hundred strong, and it took some time for the sheep dog to drive them all into the corral. They moved like flowing water, spilling into each other and becoming the landscape itself.
I’ve been told that Icelandic horses can be a hundred different colors. I’m testing that theory.
About the Artist
Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Grew up in Port Chester, New York.
EDUCATION AND TEACHING
MFA Sculpture/Ceramics, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
MA Painting, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
BFA Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Studio Art Instructor, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, California
Founder: Print Day in May 2007-present
Blue Mouse Studios, Aptos, California
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015 Listhus Gallery, Olafsfjordur, Iceland
Then and Now, Central Booking Gallery, New York, NY2014
2014 Sea to Seed, Bluseed Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY
Redefining the Multiple, Gary Francis Fine Art, Alameda, CA
2013 Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
2013,2011 MichaelAngelo Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2012 Bank Studio Gallery, Landscape Art Research Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia
Geoprints, LARQ Gallery, Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia
Re-Generating Tradition, Galeria Califia in Hora??ovice, Bohemia,
ART: A Bridge Beyond Borders , Cabrillo Gallery, Atptos, CA
and Gallery Ajolote Arte, Contemporaneo, Guadalajara, Mexico
2010 Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
2008 Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2007 Gallery 33 East, Long Beach, CA
2006 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2004 Collapsing Histories, Gallery EF, Tokyo, Japan 2004
2003 Santa Cruz Art League Distinguished Artist Award Exhibition, Santa Cruz, CA
RESIDENCES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2015 Listhus, Olafsfijordur, Iceland – Residency Fellowship
2013 Bluseed Studios, Saranac Lake, NY – Residency Fellowship
2012 Landscape Art Research Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia – Residency Award
2011 Open Studio Print Shop, Toronto, Canada-Residency Award
2009 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO – Visiting Artist Residency
2008 Atelier de L’lle, Val-David, Quebec, Canada – Residency Fellowship
2007 Consciencia, International Art Society of Hawaii, Honolulu
Frans Masereel Center for Graphic Art, Kasterlee, Belgium – Residency
2002,1995 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL – Residency Fellowship
2001 Crater Lake National Park, OR – Residency Fellowship
1998 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA – Residency Fellowship
1994 Villa Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, CA – Residency Fellowship
1992,1990 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT – Residency Fellowship
About the Artist
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