Robin McDonnell
Born NYC
Studio in Oakland CA
EDUCATION
1996 M.F.A. University of California, Berkeley
1994 B.F.A. With High Distinction, California College of Arts and Crafts
1982 B.A. Television, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Solid as Breath, Pastine Projects, San Francisco, CA
2010 Affect|Effect, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco,CA
2007 Flux Constant, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2005 Flux Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
TWO and THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Peripheral Vision: A two Person Exhibition of Artworks by Sid Garrison and Robin McDonnell, Pastine Projects, San Francisco, CA
2016 Mirror Ball , Et Al., San Francisco, CA
2011 Robin McDonnell & Allen Moe, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
2010 Art Basil Miami, Brian Gross Fine Arts
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONS
2023 In a Grove, Anglim/Trimble Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 On On and On, C2C projects, San Francisco, CA
2016 Airplane, B. Sakata Garo, Sacramento, CA
2012 Revelations, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Crocker Art Museum Silent Auction, Sacramento, CA
2010 Gesture, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2009 TRANS: Form | Color, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 TRANS:Formal, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Gesture, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2007 7-07 show, B.Sakata Garo Gallery , Sacramento , CA
2006 Gallery Artists, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2002 College of Marin Faculty Show, Marin CA
2001 Wendy Sussman MemorialShow, Worth Ryder Gallery , Berkeley
2000 College of Marin Faculty Show, Marin, CA
1998 FOUR-Painting in the Abstract, The Living Room, S.F, CA
1997 Generations, A.I.R. Gallery , New York, New York
1997 1997 Pro Arts Juried Annual, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
1996 J. Breslin Memorial Exhibition,Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1996 Mapping Mural, Chevron Corporation, Oakland, CA
1996 MFA Exhibition - University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
1995 Group Show - Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1983 West Coast Women’s Video Festival, Curator and Video Installation,S.F., CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
McDaniel, Heather, “Features”, Photos, The Campanil ,Mills College, February 1 2010
Selz, Peter, "TRANS Form | Color," Exhibition Catalogue, November 2009
Roth, David, “7.07”, Artweek, July, August 2007
Baker, Kenneth, “‘Four’ at the Living Room”, Photo , San Francisco Chronicle, April 1998
Quintero, Fernando, “Works by Seven Student Artists ”Berkleyan, May 1996.
Dyrness, Christina, “Alive and Well”, Contra Costa Times, June, 1996
CCAC Annual Catalogue 1994, Photo and interview.
AWARDS
1997 Jurors Prize- Pro Arts Juried Annual
1996 Eisner Prize in the Creative Arts
1995-1996 James Phelan Fellowship
1994 Susan B. Irwin Scholarship in The Visual Arts
TEACHING
2012-2013 Graduate Advisor, University of California , Berkeley
1999-2012 Visiting ArtistPainting Department and Graduate advisor, Mills College
2011 Lecturer, Painting, Stanford University
2006 Graduate Committee, SFAI
1998-2002 Instructor, Painting,Drawing and Sculpture, College of Marin