Faculty: Department of Art & Art History

robbEli Robb

Associate Professor of Art

 

Specialization

Sculpture
Inter-media Art
Digital Video
New Performance Forms

Interests

Video
Photography
Woodworking

Education

MFA Studio Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2003
BA Art Practice, University of California at Berkeley, 1994

Courses Taught

Art 130: Elements of Design
Art 133: Three-Dimensional Foundations
Art 233: Sculpture
Art 237: Performance Art
Art 333: Advanced Sculpture
Art 343: Video Art
Art 481: Senior Seminar
First-Year Studies 189: Public Sculpture in Chicago

Recent Exhibitions

2010 “Evanston and Vicinity Biennial” Group exhibition at the Evanston Art Center in Evanston, IL

2010 “Discard” Group exhibition at Part Time Gallery in Chicago, IL

2009 “Art Department Faculty Exhibition.” Group exhibition at Sonnenschein Gallery in Lake Forest, IL

2009 “Recent Work: Faculty of the Department of Art.” Group exhibition at Sonnenschein Gallery in Lake Forest, IL

2008 “Goatsilk: Killin it with Paul Krik and the Beast of Caricature.” Collaborative video installation in Mount Pleasant, MI

2008 “Production/Reduction.” Solo exhibition at Three Walls Gallery in Chicago, IL

2008 “Echo.” Group exhibition at Sonnenschein Gallery in Lake Forest, IL

2007 “Spongexpunge.” Group exhibition at Colorado State University in Pueblo, CO

2006 “The Polarity Project.” Solo installation at Fraction Workspace in Chicago, IL

Recent Performances, Events, and Interventions

2010 “Write-in, Mayor” Free T-shirts for Chicago area residents to write in their own names as Mayor of Chicago.

2010 “Direct Mail Subvertisements” Cease and desist letter campaign to direct mail advertisers using all recycled junk mail.

2010 “Slow Lawnmowing” series of interventions using scissors to trim suburban lawns in Evanston and Wilmette, IL.

2004-2009 “Target Frames.” Intervention of altered photo frame inserts at Target stores in Chicago and Evanston, IL. 

2007 “My early Muir owl.” Collaborative performance/social event at ,40000 Gallery in Chicago, IL. 

Recent Professional Activities

2011 Public Art Network Preconference for the Americans for the Arts National Convention

2010 Juror for the Deerpath Art League’s “Art Fair on the Square.” 

2010 Conference presentation of “Labor Movement Monuments in Chicago” at College Art Association National Conference

2009-present  Member of Public Art Dialogue, Program Sessions Committee

 2008-present Sculpture Spotter. Art critical weblog on lesser-known works of public sculpture in Chicago, http://sculpturespotter.blogspot.com 

2008 Visiting Artist lecture. “Contemporary Artist’s Family Tree” at DePaul University

2008 Visiting Artist lecture. “Public Sculpture in Chicago’s Loop” for ACM Chicago Arts Program

2008 Project Bamboo. Mellon Foundation Conference to advance arts and humanities research through the development of shared technology services

2007-present Member of College Art Association

Awards

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Visiting Artists Program, Graduate Fellowship in Mixed Media, 2003

University of California, Maybelle Toombs Scholarship for Excellence in Painting, 1994