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Biography
Robin Arnold has received numerous awards for her creative work, including a Residency Fellowship at the Millay Colony for the Arts and a Ford Foundation Grant. Her work has been exhibited nationally, at such venues as the Axel Raben Gallery and Steinbaum Krauss Gallery in New York City, the New York State Museum in Albany, Wake Forest University, and Cornell University.

Selected reviews include The New York Times, Detroit Free Press, Albany Times Union, Art New England, and Direct Art magazine. Robin Arnold holds an MFA from Michigan State University. She is a Professor in Painting and Drawing at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

Contact:  

Statement:  Known Unknowns

My recent paintings encompass environmental and socio/political concerns. A matrix of diagrams and data from across disciplines denotes my respect for the massive potential available for solving world problems - and frustration with systems that direct attention elsewhere. In my work I follow imagined paths to resolution, weaving layers of fragments from controlled methodologies with patterns and rhythms from nature.

CV

Selected Exhibitions
2023
Group Exhibition, Below Grand, New York NY
 
Plain Sight, org. by Daniel Loxton, S.A.B. Gallery, New Paltz NY
 
Joy, Unison Arts, New Paltz NY
 
Renascence, Limner Gallery, Hudson NY
2022
Chancellor’s Gallery Exhibition, H. Carl McCall Building, Albany NY
2021
Collective Consciousness: New Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty, Curator: Karlyn Benson. Chandler Gallery, Dorsky Museum, New Paltz
 
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY
 
Neoteric Abstract, Limner Gallery, Hudson NY
2020
Welcome to the Future, Second St. Studios, Troy NY
 
Earth Works: Art in Ecological Context, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie NY
 
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY
 
Postcards From the Edge, Bortolami, New York NY
 
Neoteric Abstract, Limner Gallery, Hudson NY
2019
Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, the Hyde Collection, Glens Falls NY
 
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Memorial Arts Center, Auburn NY
 
Greetings From Montclair, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair NJ
2018
smallWORKS 2 1/2, Garrison Art Center, Garrison NY
 
Transitions, ArtBar Gallery, Kingston NY
2017
Decomposition, Heron Marsh Gallery, Paul Smith’s College, Saranac Lake NY
 
Intimately Unfamiliar, Samuel Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, Curated by Michael Asbill
2016
Small Works, Garrison Art Center, Garrison NY
 
MHR-80, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY Curated by Michael Oatman
 
Postcards From the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., NY NY
 
Let’s Keep in Touch, Howard County Arts Center, Ellicott City, MD
2015
National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Cain Memorial Gallery Del Mar College, Corpus Christi TX
2014
Botany/808’s (Solo), Collar Works Gallery, Troy
 
Mixing it Up, ARTBAR Gallery, Kingston NY
2013
Grace, Kreft Arts Center, Concordia University, Ann Arbor MI
 
Fields of Vision, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz
 
Blanche Ames National Art Exhibition, Ames Mansion, North Easton MA
 
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, curated by Dan Cameron
2012
The BIG BAD, Nave Gallery, Boston MA
 
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Arts Center, Auburn NY
 
5 x 5 (x5), Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria VA
 
Animalier, Graceful Arts Gallery, Northwest Oklahoma State University, Alva OK
2011
Viewpoints, Aljira Contemporary Arts Center, Newark NJ
 
Pursuant Pharaohs, Collarworks Gallery, Troy NY
 
Small Matters of Great Importance, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack NY
2010
Chimera (Solo), Hanes Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem NC
 
Marks that Matter, Muroff Kotler Gallery, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge NY
2009
Wild Things, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, Solomons MD
 
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Arts Center, Auburn NY
2008
Recent Work (Solo), Lake George Arts Project, Lake George NY
 
Small Wonders, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
 
Man & Machine, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City MD
 
Small Works, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo NY
2007
Group Exhibition, Albany Center Galleries, Albany NY
 
Small Works, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo NY
2006
Long Story Short (Solo), HVCC Teaching Gallery, Troy NY
 
Madison National, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison GA
2005
A Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Phoenicia NY
 
National Drawing Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz CA
 
Postcards from the Edge, Robert Miller Gallery, New York NY
 
The Great Municipal Side Show, Albany Center Galleries, Albany NY
2004
Artists in the Studio: 30 Years at the Millay Colony, Albany Intl. Airport Gallery
 
Masquerade: Roles Women Play, Smithtown Arts Council, St. James NY
 
The Figure Now, Westport Arts Center, Westport CT
 
Draw_drawing, Gallery 32, London, England
2003
Lost Worlds: Apocalyptic & Utopian Visions, Axel Raben Gallery, New York NY
2002
Six Approaches, Marist College Gallery, Poughkeepsie NY
 
Factory Direct.2, the Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY
 
Art at Steepletop, the Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
2001
Work/Force (Solo), the Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY
 
Surface, Line & Mark, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester MI
 
Factory Direct.1, the Arts Center for the Capital Region, Troy NY
2000
Asian & American Women Artists, Phoenix Gallery, New York NY
 
New Faith, Albany Center Galleries, Albany NY
 
Art at Steepletop, the Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
1999
Gender Myths (Solo), Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
 
War Bulletin Board, Postmasters Gallery, New York NY
 
A Prismatic Mirror, Phoenix Gallery, New York NY
1998
Lingua Franca (Solo), Humanities Tower, SUNY New Paltz
1996
Personal Visions, An Art Place, Chicago IL
 
Retrospective (Solo), Paintings 1985 -1995, Chandler Gallery, SUNY New Paltz
 
Women in the Visual Arts, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven CT
 
Urban Mythologies, River Contemporary Art, Housatonic MA
1995
Select Paintings & Sculpture, Pleiades Gallery, New York NY
 
Children, Choices, Controversy, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute, Albany NY
1994
Working with Tradition, New York State Museum, Albany NY. Curator: Donald Kuspit
 
Robin Arnold/Henry Woodbury, R.C.C.A. Arts Center, Troy NY
1993
Image and Soul, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago IL
 
National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi TX
 
The Nature of Drawing, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute, Albany NY
 
Robin Arnold/Roger Bisbing, Rome Art Center, Rome NY
1992
Invitational, 500-X Gallery, Dallas TX
 
Heroism, Peconic Gallery, SCCC, Riverhead NY
 
Mohawk-Hudson Regional Exhibition, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady NY
 
Robin Arnold/Roger Bisbing, Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren OH
1991
Painting: Toward the 21st Century, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute, Albany NY
 
National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi TX
1990
20th Annual, Ward Nasse Gallery, New York NY
 
National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown OH
 
National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua NY
 
Arnold/Finn/Eliet, New Visions Gallery, Ithaca NY
1989
Paintings (Solo), Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren OH
 
Drawing: Line or Image, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
 
National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown OH
 
Divergent Views, College of St. Rose Gallery, Albany NY
1988
Everson Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
 
National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, SRJC, Santa Rosa CA
 
Arnold/Kepford/Gray-Be, Berkshire Artisans Gallery, Pittsfield MA
 
Processed Paper, Grove Street Gallery, Worcester MA
 
Changing Views, Mid-Hudson Arts & Science Center, Poughkeepsie NY
 
National Works on Paper Exhibition, Firehouse Gallery, Garden City NY
 
Northeast Open, Grove Street Gallery, Worcester MA
 
National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua NY
1987
Paintings (Solo), Chapman Cultural Center, Cazenovia NY
 
23rd International Juried Show, Academy of the Arts, Easton MD
1986
Everson Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
 
Artists of Central New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Utica NY
 
Arnold/Bailey/Bennett, College Art Gallery, SUNY, New Paltz NY
 
Cycles: Art by New York State Women, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute, Albany NY

Awards and Grants
2020
Research/Creative Project Grant, SUNY New Paltz
2019
Painting Award, Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region
 
The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls NY
2017
Research/Creative Project Grant, SUNY New Paltz
2015
Drawing Award, 49th National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show,
 
Cain Memorial Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
2011
Research/Creative Project Grant, SUNY New Paltz
2007
First Place Award, Small Works National, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo NY
2001
Research/Creative Project Grant, State University of New York, New Paltz
1999
Residency Fellowship, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
 
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching , State University of New York, New Paltz
1997
Multi Media Research Grant, SUNY New Paltz
1996
Research/Creative Project Grant, SUNY New Paltz
1992
Drawing Award, Mohawk-Hudson Regional, Schenectady NY
1991
Research/Creative Project Grant, SUNY New Paltz
1988
Drawing Award, National Works on Paper Exhibition, Garden City NY
 
Drawing Award, Processed Paper, Grove Street Gallery, Worcester MA
1987
Merit Award, Painting, ArtQuest ’87, Los Angeles CA
1985
Painting Award, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
1980
Ford Foundation Grant

Selected Bibliography
2020
Heijnen, Emiel & Bremmer, Melissa, Eds. Wicked Arts Assignments, Practising Creativity in Contemporary Arts Education. Valiz Press, Amsterdam
2019
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region 2019. Catalog by The Hyde Collection
2017
Asbill, Michael. Intimately Unfamiliar. Catalogue by the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY
2016
Oatman, Michael. MHR-80, catalog & history of Mohawk/Hudson Regional
2014
The Albany Times Union, “Shaping a Question” (Botany 808’s), April 23
2013
Fields of Vision, catalogue by the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz NY
 
Hudson Valley Times, "Creative Outlook," April 18
2010
Winston–Salem Journal. “Fundamental Medium,” Nov. 28.
2008
The Post Star, Glens Falls NY. “Tinkering with toys,” Jan. 19
2006
Direct Art Magazine, Fall/Winter
2005
Reading Objects, catalog by Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz NY
 
National Drawing Exhibition, catalog by Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz NM
2004
Reading Objects, catalog by Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz NY
2003
Art New England. “New York: Six Approaches,” Feb./March
2002
The New York Times. “Narratives in charcoal & ink,” Dec. 1
 
The Roundatable, WAMC Public Radio, Albany NY, May 31
 
Upstate Edition, WMHT-TV, Albany NY, March 19
 
Oatman, Michael. Factory Direct, catalog byACCR, Troy NY
 
The Albany Times Union. “Factory Freshness,” Jan. 13
2001
The Detroit Free Press. “Charcoal draws out emotions,” Feb. 4
 
The Albany Times Union, “Creative Workshop,” Dec. 2
 
The Schenectady Sunday Gazette. “Art, industry join forces.”
1999
The Woodstock Times, “Forms (or their hint) to the fore,” Feb. 15
 
A Prismatic Mirror, catalog by Asian /American Women Artists Alliance
 
The Kingston Daily Freeman. “Unusual, dynamic show at SUNY,” Feb. 9
1995
The Albany Times Union. “Women’s voices, women’s issues,” May 7
 
The Schenectady Daily Gazette. “Issues, emotions of motherhood,” May 18
1994
Kuspit, Donald. Working with Tradition, catalog by New York State Museum, Albany
1993
The Albany Times Union. “Beyond Sketches,” Nov. 18
 
The Schenectady Daily Gazette. “Rice Gallery displays drawings as separate, important medium,” Dec. 2
1991
The Albany Times Union. “Artists prove painting can survive in the 2000’s,” Jan. 10
1990
The Ithaca Times. “Three New Visions,” June 28
 
The Syracuse Herald American. “Study in contrast,” July 8
 
The Schenectady Daily Gazette. “Rice Gallery exhibitors redefine art,” Dec. 27
1989
Newport This Week, Newport RI. “Drawn to it,” Oct. 19
 
Metroland, Albany NY. “Music to my eyes,” Sept. 28
 
The Albany Times Union. “Divergent Views,” Sept. 29
1987
The Syracuse Herald American. “Writing inner life pulses outward from Robin Arnold’s works,” Oct. 4
1986
Metroland, Albany NY. “In Praise of Bolder Women,” Sept. 25
1985
The Syracuse Herald American. “Hanover hits the jackpot with gambling exhibit,” June 16

Curator, Juror, and Visiting Artist
2006
Visiting Artist, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY
2005
Juror, Awards, New York State Pastel Society Exhibition, PACE University, New Windsor, NY
 
Juror, Annual Student Exhibition, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY
2002
Guest Artist Lecture, SUNY New Paltz Photography Program
 
Juror, student exhibition at Unison Gallery, New Paltz NY
 
Juror, mural competition for Humanities Tower, SUNY New Paltz
2001
Curator, Objects Painted/Painted Objects, Unison Gallery, New Paltz NY
2000
Juror, Artists’ Residencies, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
 
Visiting Artist, Empire State College, New York NY
1999
Juror, Artists’ Residencies, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
1998
Curator, Ontologies, Unison Gallery, New Paltz NY
 
Juror, Artists’ Residencies, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
1995
Juror, Perspectives, Broadway Gallery, Albany NY
1993
Juror, Inspired by the Human Form, Woodstock Artists’ Association, Woodstock NY
1992
Juror, Artist’s Fellowships, Dutchess County Arts Council, Poughkeepsie NY
1991
Juror, The Vanishing Landscape, Woodstock Artists’ Association, Woodstock NY
1985
Guest Artist Lecture for Student Art Alliance, SUNY New Paltz
1984
Visiting Artist, New York State Summer School for the Arts, SUNY Fredonia

Public Collections, Registries
 
Museum of Modern Art, New York NY, Artist Files Archive
 
The Drawing Center, New York NY, Artists Registry Viewing Program Website
 
Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY, Permanent Collection
 
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock AR, Permanent Collection
 
Pyramid Corporation, Syracuse NY, Public Collection

Education
 
M.F.A, Painting, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI
 
B.F.A., Painting, Memphis State University, Memphis TN

Teaching
 
Current: Professor, Painting/Drawing, State University of New York, New Paltz
 
Previous: Assistant Professor, Drawing, Painting, Art History, Syracuse University
 
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Biography
Robin Arnold has received numerous awards for her creative work, including a Residency Fellowship at the Millay Colony for the Arts and a Ford Foundation Grant. Her work has been exhibited nationally, at such venues as the Axel Raben Gallery and Steinbaum Krauss Gallery in New York City, the New York State Museum in Albany, Wake Forest University, and Cornell University.

Selected reviews include The New York Times, Detroit Free Press, Albany Times Union, Art New England, and Direct Art magazine. Robin Arnold holds an MFA from Michigan State University. She is a Professor in Painting and Drawing at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

Contact:  

Statement:  Known Unknowns

My recent paintings encompass environmental and socio/political concerns. A matrix of diagrams and data from across disciplines denotes my respect for the massive potential available for solving world problems - and frustration with systems that direct attention elsewhere. In my work I follow imagined paths to resolution, weaving layers of fragments from controlled methodologies with patterns and rhythms from nature.

CV

Selected Exhibitions
2023
Group Exhibition, Below Grand, New York NY
 
Plain Sight, org. by Daniel Loxton, S.A.B. Gallery, New Paltz NY
 
Joy, Unison Arts, New Paltz NY
 
Renascence, Limner Gallery, Hudson NY
2022
Chancellor’s Gallery Exhibition, H. Carl McCall Building, Albany NY
2021
Collective Consciousness: New Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty, Curator: Karlyn Benson. Chandler Gallery, Dorsky Museum, New Paltz
 
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY
 
Neoteric Abstract, Limner Gallery, Hudson NY
2020
Welcome to the Future, Second St. Studios, Troy NY
 
Earth Works: Art in Ecological Context, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie NY
 
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY
 
Postcards From the Edge, Bortolami, New York NY
 
Neoteric Abstract, Limner Gallery, Hudson NY
2019
Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, the Hyde Collection, Glens Falls NY
 
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Memorial Arts Center, Auburn NY
 
Greetings From Montclair, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair NJ
2018
smallWORKS 2 1/2, Garrison Art Center, Garrison NY
 
Transitions, ArtBar Gallery, Kingston NY
2017
Decomposition, Heron Marsh Gallery, Paul Smith’s College, Saranac Lake NY
 
Intimately Unfamiliar, Samuel Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, Curated by Michael Asbill
2016
Small Works, Garrison Art Center, Garrison NY
 
MHR-80, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY Curated by Michael Oatman
 
Postcards From the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., NY NY
 
Let’s Keep in Touch, Howard County Arts Center, Ellicott City, MD
2015
National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Cain Memorial Gallery Del Mar College, Corpus Christi TX
2014
Botany/808’s (Solo), Collar Works Gallery, Troy
 
Mixing it Up, ARTBAR Gallery, Kingston NY
2013
Grace, Kreft Arts Center, Concordia University, Ann Arbor MI
 
Fields of Vision, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York, New Paltz
 
Blanche Ames National Art Exhibition, Ames Mansion, North Easton MA
 
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, curated by Dan Cameron
2012
The BIG BAD, Nave Gallery, Boston MA
 
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Arts Center, Auburn NY
 
5 x 5 (x5), Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria VA
 
Animalier, Graceful Arts Gallery, Northwest Oklahoma State University, Alva OK
2011
Viewpoints, Aljira Contemporary Arts Center, Newark NJ
 
Pursuant Pharaohs, Collarworks Gallery, Troy NY
 
Small Matters of Great Importance, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack NY
2010
Chimera (Solo), Hanes Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem NC
 
Marks that Matter, Muroff Kotler Gallery, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge NY
2009
Wild Things, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, Solomons MD
 
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Arts Center, Auburn NY
2008
Recent Work (Solo), Lake George Arts Project, Lake George NY
 
Small Wonders, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
 
Man & Machine, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City MD
 
Small Works, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo NY
2007
Group Exhibition, Albany Center Galleries, Albany NY
 
Small Works, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo NY
2006
Long Story Short (Solo), HVCC Teaching Gallery, Troy NY
 
Madison National, Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison GA
2005
A Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Phoenicia NY
 
National Drawing Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz CA
 
Postcards from the Edge, Robert Miller Gallery, New York NY
 
The Great Municipal Side Show, Albany Center Galleries, Albany NY
2004
Artists in the Studio: 30 Years at the Millay Colony, Albany Intl. Airport Gallery
 
Masquerade: Roles Women Play, Smithtown Arts Council, St. James NY
 
The Figure Now, Westport Arts Center, Westport CT
 
Draw_drawing, Gallery 32, London, England
2003
Lost Worlds: Apocalyptic & Utopian Visions, Axel Raben Gallery, New York NY
2002
Six Approaches, Marist College Gallery, Poughkeepsie NY
 
Factory Direct.2, the Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY
 
Art at Steepletop, the Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
2001
Work/Force (Solo), the Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy NY
 
Surface, Line & Mark, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester MI
 
Factory Direct.1, the Arts Center for the Capital Region, Troy NY
2000
Asian & American Women Artists, Phoenix Gallery, New York NY
 
New Faith, Albany Center Galleries, Albany NY
 
Art at Steepletop, the Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
1999
Gender Myths (Solo), Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
 
War Bulletin Board, Postmasters Gallery, New York NY
 
A Prismatic Mirror, Phoenix Gallery, New York NY
1998
Lingua Franca (Solo), Humanities Tower, SUNY New Paltz
1996
Personal Visions, An Art Place, Chicago IL
 
Retrospective (Solo), Paintings 1985 -1995, Chandler Gallery, SUNY New Paltz
 
Women in the Visual Arts, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven CT
 
Urban Mythologies, River Contemporary Art, Housatonic MA
1995
Select Paintings & Sculpture, Pleiades Gallery, New York NY
 
Children, Choices, Controversy, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute, Albany NY
1994
Working with Tradition, New York State Museum, Albany NY. Curator: Donald Kuspit
 
Robin Arnold/Henry Woodbury, R.C.C.A. Arts Center, Troy NY
1993
Image and Soul, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago IL
 
National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi TX
 
The Nature of Drawing, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute, Albany NY
 
Robin Arnold/Roger Bisbing, Rome Art Center, Rome NY
1992
Invitational, 500-X Gallery, Dallas TX
 
Heroism, Peconic Gallery, SCCC, Riverhead NY
 
Mohawk-Hudson Regional Exhibition, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady NY
 
Robin Arnold/Roger Bisbing, Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren OH
1991
Painting: Toward the 21st Century, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute, Albany NY
 
National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi TX
1990
20th Annual, Ward Nasse Gallery, New York NY
 
National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown OH
 
National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua NY
 
Arnold/Finn/Eliet, New Visions Gallery, Ithaca NY
1989
Paintings (Solo), Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren OH
 
Drawing: Line or Image, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
 
National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown OH
 
Divergent Views, College of St. Rose Gallery, Albany NY
1988
Everson Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
 
National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, SRJC, Santa Rosa CA
 
Arnold/Kepford/Gray-Be, Berkshire Artisans Gallery, Pittsfield MA
 
Processed Paper, Grove Street Gallery, Worcester MA
 
Changing Views, Mid-Hudson Arts & Science Center, Poughkeepsie NY
 
National Works on Paper Exhibition, Firehouse Gallery, Garden City NY
 
Northeast Open, Grove Street Gallery, Worcester MA
 
National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua NY
1987
Paintings (Solo), Chapman Cultural Center, Cazenovia NY
 
23rd International Juried Show, Academy of the Arts, Easton MD
1986
Everson Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY
 
Artists of Central New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Utica NY
 
Arnold/Bailey/Bennett, College Art Gallery, SUNY, New Paltz NY
 
Cycles: Art by New York State Women, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute, Albany NY

Awards and Grants
2020
Research/Creative Project Grant, SUNY New Paltz
2019
Painting Award, Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region
 
The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls NY
2017
Research/Creative Project Grant, SUNY New Paltz
2015
Drawing Award, 49th National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show,
 
Cain Memorial Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
2011
Research/Creative Project Grant, SUNY New Paltz
2007
First Place Award, Small Works National, Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo NY
2001
Research/Creative Project Grant, State University of New York, New Paltz
1999
Residency Fellowship, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
 
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching , State University of New York, New Paltz
1997
Multi Media Research Grant, SUNY New Paltz
1996
Research/Creative Project Grant, SUNY New Paltz
1992
Drawing Award, Mohawk-Hudson Regional, Schenectady NY
1991
Research/Creative Project Grant, SUNY New Paltz
1988
Drawing Award, National Works on Paper Exhibition, Garden City NY
 
Drawing Award, Processed Paper, Grove Street Gallery, Worcester MA
1987
Merit Award, Painting, ArtQuest ’87, Los Angeles CA
1985
Painting Award, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
1980
Ford Foundation Grant

Selected Bibliography
2020
Heijnen, Emiel & Bremmer, Melissa, Eds. Wicked Arts Assignments, Practising Creativity in Contemporary Arts Education. Valiz Press, Amsterdam
2019
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region 2019. Catalog by The Hyde Collection
2017
Asbill, Michael. Intimately Unfamiliar. Catalogue by the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY
2016
Oatman, Michael. MHR-80, catalog & history of Mohawk/Hudson Regional
2014
The Albany Times Union, “Shaping a Question” (Botany 808’s), April 23
2013
Fields of Vision, catalogue by the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz NY
 
Hudson Valley Times, "Creative Outlook," April 18
2010
Winston–Salem Journal. “Fundamental Medium,” Nov. 28.
2008
The Post Star, Glens Falls NY. “Tinkering with toys,” Jan. 19
2006
Direct Art Magazine, Fall/Winter
2005
Reading Objects, catalog by Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz NY
 
National Drawing Exhibition, catalog by Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz NM
2004
Reading Objects, catalog by Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz NY
2003
Art New England. “New York: Six Approaches,” Feb./March
2002
The New York Times. “Narratives in charcoal & ink,” Dec. 1
 
The Roundatable, WAMC Public Radio, Albany NY, May 31
 
Upstate Edition, WMHT-TV, Albany NY, March 19
 
Oatman, Michael. Factory Direct, catalog byACCR, Troy NY
 
The Albany Times Union. “Factory Freshness,” Jan. 13
2001
The Detroit Free Press. “Charcoal draws out emotions,” Feb. 4
 
The Albany Times Union, “Creative Workshop,” Dec. 2
 
The Schenectady Sunday Gazette. “Art, industry join forces.”
1999
The Woodstock Times, “Forms (or their hint) to the fore,” Feb. 15
 
A Prismatic Mirror, catalog by Asian /American Women Artists Alliance
 
The Kingston Daily Freeman. “Unusual, dynamic show at SUNY,” Feb. 9
1995
The Albany Times Union. “Women’s voices, women’s issues,” May 7
 
The Schenectady Daily Gazette. “Issues, emotions of motherhood,” May 18
1994
Kuspit, Donald. Working with Tradition, catalog by New York State Museum, Albany
1993
The Albany Times Union. “Beyond Sketches,” Nov. 18
 
The Schenectady Daily Gazette. “Rice Gallery displays drawings as separate, important medium,” Dec. 2
1991
The Albany Times Union. “Artists prove painting can survive in the 2000’s,” Jan. 10
1990
The Ithaca Times. “Three New Visions,” June 28
 
The Syracuse Herald American. “Study in contrast,” July 8
 
The Schenectady Daily Gazette. “Rice Gallery exhibitors redefine art,” Dec. 27
1989
Newport This Week, Newport RI. “Drawn to it,” Oct. 19
 
Metroland, Albany NY. “Music to my eyes,” Sept. 28
 
The Albany Times Union. “Divergent Views,” Sept. 29
1987
The Syracuse Herald American. “Writing inner life pulses outward from Robin Arnold’s works,” Oct. 4
1986
Metroland, Albany NY. “In Praise of Bolder Women,” Sept. 25
1985
The Syracuse Herald American. “Hanover hits the jackpot with gambling exhibit,” June 16

Curator, Juror, and Visiting Artist
2006
Visiting Artist, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY
2005
Juror, Awards, New York State Pastel Society Exhibition, PACE University, New Windsor, NY
 
Juror, Annual Student Exhibition, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY
2002
Guest Artist Lecture, SUNY New Paltz Photography Program
 
Juror, student exhibition at Unison Gallery, New Paltz NY
 
Juror, mural competition for Humanities Tower, SUNY New Paltz
2001
Curator, Objects Painted/Painted Objects, Unison Gallery, New Paltz NY
2000
Juror, Artists’ Residencies, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
 
Visiting Artist, Empire State College, New York NY
1999
Juror, Artists’ Residencies, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
1998
Curator, Ontologies, Unison Gallery, New Paltz NY
 
Juror, Artists’ Residencies, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
1995
Juror, Perspectives, Broadway Gallery, Albany NY
1993
Juror, Inspired by the Human Form, Woodstock Artists’ Association, Woodstock NY
1992
Juror, Artist’s Fellowships, Dutchess County Arts Council, Poughkeepsie NY
1991
Juror, The Vanishing Landscape, Woodstock Artists’ Association, Woodstock NY
1985
Guest Artist Lecture for Student Art Alliance, SUNY New Paltz
1984
Visiting Artist, New York State Summer School for the Arts, SUNY Fredonia

Public Collections, Registries
 
Museum of Modern Art, New York NY, Artist Files Archive
 
The Drawing Center, New York NY, Artists Registry Viewing Program Website
 
Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY, Permanent Collection
 
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock AR, Permanent Collection
 
Pyramid Corporation, Syracuse NY, Public Collection

Education
 
M.F.A, Painting, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI
 
B.F.A., Painting, Memphis State University, Memphis TN

Teaching
 
Current: Professor, Painting/Drawing, State University of New York, New Paltz
 
Previous: Assistant Professor, Drawing, Painting, Art History, Syracuse University
 
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