Robin Urton Resume

 

EDUCATION

1992 Master of Fine Arts, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Ml.

1989 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006-Current: Professional Artist and Business Owner of an art reproduction company, Dreambird Art, selling prints, cards and pendant jewelry to stores across the United States. Additionally, I do web design work for artists and small creative businesses.

9/2006 -5/2010: Art instructor, Portland Community College (classes: Acrylic Painting, Mixed Media Painting, and Color Theory)

8/1995 -5/2002: Adjunct Professor, San Antonio College, Visual Arts and Technology Dept., San Antonio, TX.

9/1997-5/2002: Art Instructor, Southwest Craft Center, Inter-Media Dept., San Antonio, TX (taught Beginning and Intermediate Painting, and some collage workshops)

8/1994-11/1995: Art Instructor, Judson Montessori School, Upper Elementary and Middle School levels, San Antonio, TX. (Drawing, Painting, Murals, Ceramics)

10/1992-5/1994: Artist in Residence, Painting Program, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.

10/1992-5/1994: Art Instructor, Rifle Education Project, a federally-funded outreach program, teaching 1st and 2nd graders in Silt, NewCastle, and Rifle, CO.

6/1993-8/1993: Teaching Assistant, Painting Program, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, visiting instructors for a series of
2-week workshops. Snowmass Village, CO

6/1992-9/1992: Scenic Designer for Children's Theatre, Camp Sequoia, Rock Hill, NY.

1/1991 -8/1992: Instructor, Cranbrook Institute of Science. Developed curriculum and taught programs integrating science with art. Also taught "Discovery Room" classes.

 

EXHIBITIONS
2012:

East Bay Open Studios at Jack London Square's Market Hall (supported by Pro Arts Gallery), Oakland, CA

2007- 2011:

Ongoing member’s exhibit at Six Days’ Cooperative Art Gallery, NE Alberta St, Portland, OR
and at Love Art! Gallery, 8036 SE 13th Ave, Portland, OR, 97202

2009:
Group Shows:
...Launchpad Gallery, "Love Show", Portland, OR

2008:
Group Shows:
...Launchpad Gallery, “Dreams Show”, Portland, OR
...Gallery Paradiso, “Blue Squared”, Portland, OR

One Person Shows:
...Dava Beads, NE Broadway, Portland, OR
...Bread and Ink, SE Hawthorne St., Portland, OR

2007:
One-Person shows:
...Tin Shed, NE Alberta St.., Portland, OR
...Sound Grounds, SE Belmont Ave., Portland, OR
...Bread and Ink, SE Hawthorne St., Portland, OR
...Flower Temple Designs, SW Columbia St, Portland, OR
...Bella Faccia, Portland, OR
...The Waypost, Portland, OR

2006:
One-Woman Show, GROW Gallery, , Portland, OR
2-Woman Show, Poster Garden, , Portland, OR
Christmas Group Show, Poster Garden, , Portland, OR

2005:
"Floral Fantasies and Other Meanderings", (2) One Woman Shows, Sol Cafe, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico;
and at Caffe Tazza, Kit Carson Road, Taos, NM.

"Reflections and Fantasies", Sweet Grass Cafe, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico.

2004:
"Prayers for a Blue Planet", One Woman show, New Grounds Gallery, The Southside Bean, Taos, New Mexico

"The Spirit of Being: Jeff Juhlin, Kyllan Maney, and Robin Urton", Paulina Miller Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona

2003:
"Art Against War", Bareiss Gallery, El Prado, New Mexico.

"Beloved Woman", invitational show, All Points Gallery, El Prado, New Mexico.

"Beloved World", curated by Christine McCallister, Farnsworth Gallery, Taos, NM.

"Small Works Show", Taos Women Artists, All Points Gallery, El Prado, NM.

2000:
"Sacred Visions: An International Exhibition of Contemporary Visionary Artists". Awarded Honorable Mention. Payerbach, Austria.

1999:
Art 2K PASA- A Millennial Survey of San Antonio Artists. Airport Art Spaces, San Antonio International Airport, TX.

1998:
"Robin Urton: Natural Mysteries", Primary Object Gallery (now Joan Grona Gallery) , Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, TX.
"Personal Narratives", group show, Airport Art Spaces, Terminal 2, San Antonio, TX.
"Alternate Realities: Ann Marshall and Robin Urton", Center For Spirituality and the Arts, University of the Incarnate Word,
San Antonio, TX
"Corpus Christi Foundation Exhibit", juried show, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX.

 

1997:
"Dimensional Dreams", one-person show, Ursaline Exhibition Hall, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, TX.
"Significant Others", Lyons-Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX.

1996:
"3 IndiVisuals: Mignon Harkrader, Robin Urton, and Lloyd Walsh", Visual Arts and Technology Center,
San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX.
"Intimate Interiors", one person show, Harris Gallery, Houston TX.
"New Reality", curated by Allison Lane, Artist's Gallery, Aviart, San Antonio,

1995:
"Female Energy", Martin-Rathburn Gallery, Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, TX.

1994:
"Bucking The Texan Myth: A Contemporary Redefinition of Who We Are", Juried by James Fisher, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, TX.
"The Exquisite Corpse", UTSA Satellite Gallery, Blue Star Complex, San Antonio,

"Artist in Residence Nominee Show", ArtPace, San Antonio, TX.

"Journeys Within and Without", Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Dowe Gallery, Snowmass Village, CO.

1993:
"Roaring Fork Annual", group show of area artists, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO.

"Robin Urton: Paintings and Carvings", one-person show, Alpine Bank, Snowmass Village, CO.

"Garden of Dreams", one-person show, Pitkin County Bank, Aspen, CO.

"Bright, Bold, and Beautiful", three-woman show, Dowe Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.

1992:
MFA Show, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Ml.

1991:
"Time-Pieces", Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Ml.

1989:
"Emerging Visions", BFA Show for UTSA, 110 Broadway, San Antonio, TX.