robin rossi
Art is an experiment in self-revelation
Art is a necessary balance in my life. Creating art helps me equate emotion
to logic, complacency to action, and conclusion to consequence.
I love to work in collage and assemblage because I physically get my fingers and hands in the mix of it. My hands are my tools as I’m driven to create multiple textures and layers in my work. I am ever on the lookout for found objects that catch my eye and stimulate my imagination.
I am also a printmaker working for the most part in monotype. This is the printmaker’s version of “collage.” The process involves layering inks, papers, and fairly flat objects on specialty paper and running it through a printing press multiple times. This process presses the inks and objects into the paper thus creating a unique effect, which cannot be duplicated with any other method.
My themes for the last few years have been “years gone by;” “nostalgia;” and my interpretation of the future which, of course, is influenced by my past experiences. I also enjoy working with the collective effect we have on each other in the world we live in, our community, country, globe and universe.
Selected Group Exhibitions
48th Annual Juried Art Show, Fairfield City Gallery, Fairfield, CA 2011
Quilts of a Different Matter, Lawler House Gallery 2010
45tth Annual Juried Art Show, Fairfield City Gallery, Fairfield, CA 2008
Hot Off The Press, Suisun Valley – Vallejo, CA 2008
Boxes & Portals, Fairfield, CA 2007
ArtExplosion, Fairfield, CA 2007 - 2010
Negatives, Fairfield City Gallery, Fairfield, CA 2007
Thin Line, Vacaville Art Gallery, Vacaville, CA 2006
29th Annual Juried Art Show, Art League Gallery, Vacaville, CA 2006
Paper, Stone, Scissors, Fairfield City Gallery, Fairfield, CA 2005
Dimensions, Vacaville Art League, Vacaville, CA 2005
Scratching the Surface, Vacaville Art League, Vacaville, CA 2005
Collaborative Exhibitions
Beyond The Frame, Vacaville Art Gallery, Vacaville, CA 2010
BTF Solano County Women’s History Month Luncheon, Suisun
Dear World Project, Burlington, VT 2009
eARTh Art, Tsao GalleryDavis Art Center, Davis, CA 2009
eARTh Art, Fairfield City Gallery, Fairfield, CA 2008
Mother In Any Language, Center For Creative Arts, Fairfield, CA 2008
Maps & Messages: An Artful Journey, D. Herger Gallery, Suisun, CA 2007
Visual Harmony, Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield, CA 2006
Summer Oh Six, Advocates for the Arts, Suisun Valley, CA 2006
Maps & Messages: An Artful Journey, Fairfield City Gallery, Fairfield, CA
Grants & Awards
2006 Unpuzzling the Tangram, Fairfield, Vallejo, Napa, CA 2005 & 2006
2005 Spontaneous Impressions, Advocates for the Arts, Suisun Valley, CA
Cultural Grants Award Program, Second Tier Grant, Recipient (ArtDivas) City of Fairfield, CA 2005,2008
Affiliations
ArtDivas: Collage Collective, Member
Fairfield Visual Arts Association, Exhibiting Member
Vacaville Art League, Exhibiting Member
Arts Benicia, Member
Education
Solano Community College, 1993-Current
College of San Mateo, 1977
San Francisco Community College, 1976
University of California, Davis, 1967
Art is a necessary balance in my life. Creating art helps me equate emotion
to logic, complacency to action, and conclusion to consequence.
I love to work in collage and assemblage because I physically get my fingers and hands in the mix of it. My hands are my tools as I’m driven to create multiple textures and layers in my work. I am ever on the lookout for found objects that catch my eye and stimulate my imagination.
I am also a printmaker working for the most part in monotype. This is the printmaker’s version of “collage.” The process involves layering inks, papers, and fairly flat objects on specialty paper and running it through a printing press multiple times. This process presses the inks and objects into the paper thus creating a unique effect, which cannot be duplicated with any other method.
My themes for the last few years have been “years gone by;” “nostalgia;” and my interpretation of the future which, of course, is influenced by my past experiences. I also enjoy working with the collective effect we have on each other in the world we live in, our community, country, globe and universe.
Selected Group Exhibitions
48th Annual Juried Art Show, Fairfield City Gallery, Fairfield, CA 2011
Quilts of a Different Matter, Lawler House Gallery 2010
45tth Annual Juried Art Show, Fairfield City Gallery, Fairfield, CA 2008
Hot Off The Press, Suisun Valley – Vallejo, CA 2008
Boxes & Portals, Fairfield, CA 2007
ArtExplosion, Fairfield, CA 2007 - 2010
Negatives, Fairfield City Gallery, Fairfield, CA 2007
Thin Line, Vacaville Art Gallery, Vacaville, CA 2006
29th Annual Juried Art Show, Art League Gallery, Vacaville, CA 2006
Paper, Stone, Scissors, Fairfield City Gallery, Fairfield, CA 2005
Dimensions, Vacaville Art League, Vacaville, CA 2005
Scratching the Surface, Vacaville Art League, Vacaville, CA 2005
Collaborative Exhibitions
Beyond The Frame, Vacaville Art Gallery, Vacaville, CA 2010
BTF Solano County Women’s History Month Luncheon, Suisun
Dear World Project, Burlington, VT 2009
eARTh Art, Tsao GalleryDavis Art Center, Davis, CA 2009
eARTh Art, Fairfield City Gallery, Fairfield, CA 2008
Mother In Any Language, Center For Creative Arts, Fairfield, CA 2008
Maps & Messages: An Artful Journey, D. Herger Gallery, Suisun, CA 2007
Visual Harmony, Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield, CA 2006
Summer Oh Six, Advocates for the Arts, Suisun Valley, CA 2006
Maps & Messages: An Artful Journey, Fairfield City Gallery, Fairfield, CA
Grants & Awards
2006 Unpuzzling the Tangram, Fairfield, Vallejo, Napa, CA 2005 & 2006
2005 Spontaneous Impressions, Advocates for the Arts, Suisun Valley, CA
Cultural Grants Award Program, Second Tier Grant, Recipient (ArtDivas) City of Fairfield, CA 2005,2008
Affiliations
ArtDivas: Collage Collective, Member
Fairfield Visual Arts Association, Exhibiting Member
Vacaville Art League, Exhibiting Member
Arts Benicia, Member
Education
Solano Community College, 1993-Current
College of San Mateo, 1977
San Francisco Community College, 1976
University of California, Davis, 1967
[email protected] 707.425.9832 www.artdivasart.com