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| Exhibitions 2008 Kendall Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI Primary Curated by Sam Blanchard. Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth, ME Betwixt and Between: Color, Line, Texture Curated by Bruce Brown. Center for Maine Contemporary Art at June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME Linear Perspectives Curated by Bruce Brown. Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ Thinking On Paper Curated by Jedediah Morfit. go to website 2007 Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME Fall Faculty Exhibition Real Art Ways, Hartford CT Shadow Show Curated by Elizabeth Keithline and Kristina Newman-Scott. go to website DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA Trainscape Curated by Nicholas Capasso. go to website Boston, MA ArtHouse Curated by Brendan Killian. go to website Broadway Gallery, New York, New York Lovenest Curated by Adam Eckstrom. go to website 2006 Centro Culturale Candiani, Venice, Italy Open SpaceCurated by Lara Facco and Alberto Zanchetta. Cushing-Martin Gallery, Stonehill College, Easton, MA The American Dream Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI RISD Summer Faculty Exhibition Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA Boston Drawing Project go to website Firehouse 13, Providence, RI Open House Exhibition go to website Boston, MA ArtHouse Curated by Brendan Killian. go to website Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI 2006 RISCA Fellowship Exhibition 2005 Green Street Gallery, Boston, MA Robin Mandel: Sculpture go to website Solo exhibition. EMS 2005, Montreal, Quebec, Canada frelia what is frelia? Pixilerations v.2, Providence, RI frelia New media exhibition, part of Providence’s annual FirstWorks art and performance festival. International Computer Music Conference, Barcelona, Spain frelia Collaborative project with composer Ali Momeni: an interactive installation mapping gesture to sound, funded by and presented at ICMC 2005. Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI Still-Moving RKL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY The Thing Is RISD Museum, Providence, RI Graduate Student Exhibition 2005 Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI Selected Graduate Student Work The Space at Alice, Providence, RI Tales of Suspense Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI Graduate Sculpture 2004 Hillel Project Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI Robin Mandel & Laura Kaufman - Sculpture The Space at Alice, Providence, RI Fresh Greens 2003 Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA Homemade 2002 Somerville Museum, Somerville MA See With Your Eyes, Not Your Hands Somerville Arts Council Windows Art Project, Somerville, MA Temporary sculptural installation in Davis Square, Somerville. Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA Boston Drawing Project 2001 Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA 2000 SAC Grantwinners Exhibition Gallery Bershad, Somerville, MA Schematically Inclined Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA 6 Christmas trees, 2 artists, 1 day Collaboration with fellow artist Rachel Rush. 2000 Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA Build Co-curated and exhibited in show about art and the built environment. 1999 Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA Gun Show and Munitions Expo Organized group show of toy gun/sculpture/objects with fellow artist Rachel Rush. Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA anually each May 1999 - 2003 1998 Chapel Gallery, Lacoste, France Selected Summer Work: Drawing and Sculpture 1997 Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, VT Robin Mandel: New Sculpture and Robin Mandel: Recent Work List Gallery, Swarthmore PA Robin Mandel and Deena Suh |
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Awards and Honors
Artist's Residency Anderson Ranch Arts Center 2008 |
| Education Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI 2003 - 2005 Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture. Brown University Providence, RI 2005 Collegiate Teaching Preparation Certificate from the University's Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA Graduated June 1997 B.A. in Art with an emphasis on Sculpture. Supplementary sculpture courses taken at neighboring Haverford College. Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua, NY Summer 1996 Program in School of Fine Art, focusing on Sculpture. Studio Art Centers International Florence, Italy Fall 1995 Harvard University Cambridge, MA Summer 1995 Six-week program in architecture. |
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Press
Metrowest Daily News, Framingham, MA Chris Bergeron, “Fantasies on Track" September 23, 2007 go to online article Boston Phoenix, Boston, MA Greg Cook, "Locomotion Commotion" September 18, 2007 go to online article Boston Globe, Boston, MA "Keeping Track of 'Trainscape' Proves Challenging" September 15, 2007 go to the online article Big, Red, & Shiny, Boston, MA Matthew Nash, "Arthouse @ 73 Spring Park Ave." Issue 61, April 8, 2007 go to the online article Topic Magazine, New York, NY David Haskell, editor, "Ali Momeni and Robin Mandel invent a new instrument" Issue 9, 2006, p.31 Big, Red, & Shiny, Boston, MA Matthew Nash, “Arthouse @ 85 Rockview St." Issue 43, May 14, 2006 go to the online article Art New England, Boston, MA review by Jonathan Fardy Volume 27, Issue 3, April/May 2006 p. 35 Boston Globe, Boston, MA Cate McQuaid, “Gallery Pick” December 22, 2005 Calendar p. 17 Big, Red, & Shiny, Boston, MA Christian Holland, “Robin Mandel @ Green Street Gallery” Issue 33, December 18, 2005 go to the online article Boston Phoenix, Boston, MA Randi Hopkins, Christopher Millis, et al- “The Year in Review” December 29, 2000. Arts p. 8 Boston Phoenix, Boston, MA Randi Hopkins, “Connections: Building art in Somerville and the South End” December 1, 2000. Arts p. 12 Editorial Humor, Somerville, MA Rachel Mello, “BUILDing Somerville” November 28, 2000 p. 16 Boston Globe, Boston, MA David Wildman- “Experiencing the World Around Them” November 12, 2000 CityWeekly p. 9 (w/ photo) Cambridge Chronicle, Cambridge, MA Ken Capobianco- “Exploring the Built World” November 1, 2000 p. 16 Also appeared in Somerville Journal, Somerville, MA November 2, 2000 p. 25 Somerville News, Somerville, MA “Random Arts” November 2000 p. 17 |
| Arts-Related Experience Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Colby College, Waterville, ME Sculpture and Drawing, all levels 2007-2008 academic year Guest Artist/Critic Kendall College of Art and Design 2008 Hampshire College 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2007 Swarthmore College 2002, 2007 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 2007 Rhode Island School of Design 2005, 2006, 2007 Adjunct Faculty College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 3D Fundamentals Fall 2006 Fellowship Grant Panelist Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Providence, RI Invited to jury applications for artist grants in New Media. Fall 2006 Adjunct Faculty Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA Industrial Design Department, Modeling Techniques Fall 2005, Spring 2006 Continuing Education Faculty Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Plywood Furniture Design/Build Studio Fall 2006 Pre-College Foundation Drawing Summer 2006 Sculpture: An Introduction Summer 2006 The Handcrafted Chair Winter 2006, Winter 2007 Instructor Rhode Island School of Design Non-traditional sculpture course for all levels, freshmen through graduate students. Designed and taught in collaboration with colleague Jed Morfit. Winter 2005 Graduate Teaching Assistant Rhode Island School of Design Rapid Prototyping w/ Jasper Speicher Spring 2005 Junior Studio w/ Michael Beresford Fall 2004 Edifice: Materials and Techniques w/ Tucker Houlihan Spring 2004 Fellowships Review Panelist Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA 2000, 2002 Twice invited to jury artists' grant applications. Curator Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA November/December 2000 Co-curated “Build”, an exhibit examining art and the built environment. Furniture Maker Cusack Design, Somerville, MA October 1998 - July 2003 Part-time position, fabricating and installing custom cabinetry and furniture. Teaching Assistant Lacoste School of the Arts, Lacoste, France June - August 1998 Administered and accredited by Bard College. Technical Assistant Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT August - December 1997 |