Visiting Artist
Tilt-A-Whirl by Renee Robbins, 2014, Acrylic on Canvas, 33 x 33 in.
Bio:
Renee Robbins is a Chicago-based visual artist who focuses on depicting micro to macro relationships. She has exhibited widely, including exhibitions at Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL; Firecat Projects, Chicago, IL; Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL; Adventureland Gallery, Chicago, IL; and Ann Tower Gallery, Lexington, KY. Her work has also been presented in exhibitions at the Alden B Dow Museum of Science and Art, Midland, MI; South Bend Art Museum, South Bend, IN; Alexandria Museum, Alexandria, LA; and the Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI. The Chicago Gallery News featured her work as a ‘Young Chicago Artist’ to watch. The forms in her paintings have been classified by a diatom taxonomist in an artist feature on the US Diatoms database at the University of Colorado. Robbins received her MFA from Michigan State University and a BFA from the University of Kentucky.
Workshop: April 20, 2016
in Von Ohlen Hall, room 201, Sugar Grove Campus
Our workshops are open to all current Waubonsee students (registration required).
Lecture: April 20, 2016
in Bodie Hall, room 107, Sugar Grove Campus
All our lectures are free and open to the general public.
For more information about the visiting artist lectures and workshops at Waubonsee Community College, contact Cecilia Vargas, Art Coordinator, at (630) 466–2964.
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Art Department:
WCCArtDepartment@waubonsee.edu
Art Coordinator:
Cecilia Vargas, Von Ohlen Hall, Room 209
(630) 466-2964
cvargas@waubonsee.edu
Art Lab Assistant:
Esther Espino, Von Ohlen Hall, Room 240
(630) 466-5742
eespino@waubonsee.edu
