Robin Palanker — Biography



 

EDUCATION
1971-73    B.F.A., California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1968-69    Art History, Boston University, Boston, MA

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2006    Goddesses I Know Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2003    Sleep Won’t Come, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2000    Safety, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
1998    Domesticity, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
1997    Longing and Desire, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
1996    Entrenched Meander, Claudia Carr Gallery, New York, NY
       In Praise of Flight, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
1994    Navigator, Patricia Shea Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992    The Impermanence of Objects, Shea and Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990    Park Piece, Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989    The School of Velocity, Krygier/Landau Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
1986    Piezo Electric Gallery, Venice, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007    Multiple Vantage Points, Southern California Women Artists 1980-2006, 
   Los Angeles  Municipal  Art  Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006    Draw, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2005    The Tree of Life, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
2004    Drawings, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2003    The Sketchbook Show, Pierce College, Los Angeles, CA
2002    Paintings, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2000-01    Representing L.A.: Pictorial Currents in Contemporary Southern California
   Art, curated by Gordon Fuglie, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA;  South
       Texas University, Corpus Christi, TX;  Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (catalog)
2001    Still Life Expressions, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
       Figure 8, Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
1999    Marks and Beyond, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
1997    Reconfigured Painting, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
1996    Drawn Conclusions, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
       City of Vapor Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Santa Monica, CA   
1995    Art Santa Fe, Cynthia Drennon Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
       Romance, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, curated by Irit Krygier
1994    Getting Romantic Again, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
       Selected Works on Paper, Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993    The Space Between, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA
       Daylight Fantasy, The Night’s Dark Side, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
       Appraising the Preternatural, Patricia Shea Gallery, Santa Monica, CA curated by Spaid and Anderson
1991    The Spiritual Landscape, Biota Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
       Why Did the Abstract Expressionist Cross the Road? Bess Cutler Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
       Contemporary Landscapes, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990     The Mark, Security Pacific Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA, curated by Mark Johnstone Prints, Santa Monica
   Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA
       Faces, Marc Richards Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
       F/M, Christopher John Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989    The Traveling Show, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
1988    Masks, Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
1986    Hang 12, Piezo Electric Gallery, Venice, CA, curated by Tom Solomon

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Myers, Holly, Dynamically Capturing the Feminist Sprit, Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2007
Multiple Vantage Points Catalogue, 2007
Ollman, Leah, An Insomniac on Sleeplessness, Los Angeles Times, June 13, 2003
Fuglie, Gordon, Representing L.A., Pictorial Currents in Southern California Art,
   Frye Art Musuem, Seattle, WA, 2001
Carasso, Roberta, Laguna News-Post, October 11, 2001
Shulman, Jennie, Dance Diary, Back Stage, September 4, 1998
Frank, Peter, Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, July 3, 1998
Rogers, Terrence, City of Vapor, American Artist, July 1998
Frank, Peter, Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, October 17, 1997
Woodard, Josef, Los Angeles Times, August 29, 1996
Knaff, Devorah, Romance, Artweek, February 1995
Greene, David, Isn’t it Romantic? Los Angeles Reader, December 23, 1994
Wilson, William, Romance, Los Angeles Times, December 15, 1994
Frank, Peter, Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, March 11, 1994
Pagel, David, Painting in the Photo Age, Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1991
Scarborough, James, The Lay of the Land, Artweek, August 29, 1991
Safire, William, On Language, The New York Times, December 16, 1990
Raczka, Tony, The Dimensions of Drawing, Artweek, December 6, 1990
Curtis, Cathy, Approaching Their Marks, Los Angeles Times, November 22, 1990
Frank, Peter, Pick of the Week, LA Weekly,  July 6, 1990
Nilson, Lisbet, Pas de Deux, Los Angeles Times, June 24, 1990
Kandel, Susan, Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, May 12, 1989
Spiegel, Judith, The Anatomy of Anxiety, Artweek, May 6, 1989
Weschler, Lawrence, Preview, Interview, May 1989
Curtis, Cathy, The Galleries, Los Angeles Times, April 28, 1989

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
Nijinsky Speaks with Leonard Crofoot, Metropolis Theater, Chicago, IL, 2002;  Getty Center, Los Angeles, 2001; 
   U.S. Tour, fall of 2000-02;  Harold Clurman
Theater, New York, NY, 1998;  Glaxa Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 1997-1998 (play)
Flora, Edward Lucie-Smith, Watson-Guptill, New York, 2001
Horse, Lorraine Harrison, Watson-Guptill, New York, 2000
Dog: A Dog's Life in Art and Literature, Iain Zaczek, Watson-Guptill, New York, 2000
Gak with Leonard Crofoot, (co-choreographer), commissioned by the American Repertory Dance Company
   for the 1999 LA County Arts Open House and reworked for Dance Spectrum, 2003
Portraits of Passion, John Williams, Watson-Guptill, New York, 1999
Cat, Andrew Edney, Watson-Guptill, New York, 1998
Zoo, Animals in Art, Edward Lucie-Smith, Watson-Guptill, New York, 1998
Brooklyn Ritual, John McNeil and Kenny Berger, Synergy Music, 1998 (compact disc)
I Don’t Want to Talk About It, Terrence Real, Scribner’s, 1997
Human Ceiling, Diane Ward, Roof Books, 1995
Ribot No. 1, "Amo, Amas, Amat", 1993
Poesia No. 60, "Villa" Biancamaria Frabotta, 1993
Silence All Around Marked, Douglas Messerli, Corner Books, 1992
Lee Sr Falls to the Floor, Lee Hickman, Jahbone Press, 1991
Poetics Journal, No. 9. "The Person," 1991
Villa, Paul Vangelisti, Littoral Books, 1991
Harper's, Never In This World, Mark Richard, July 1990
F/M, Josephine Press, 1990

TEACHING
California State Summer School for the Arts, Cal Arts, 2004
Ryman Arts, University of Southern California, 2003-present
University of LaVerne, LaVerne, CA, 1999-2000
Art Institute of Southern California, 1999
Artist/Teacher, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT, 1997
Graduate Advisor, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 1996-1997

GUEST LECTURES
Santa Monica College, 2004
University of Southern California, Ryman School, 2002
Metropolis Performing Arts Center, Arlington Heights, IL, 2002
California State University, Long Beach, CA, 2001-2002
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 1987-2000
California College of Arts and Crafts, 1998
Santa Monica College, CA, 1997
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Modern and Contemporary Art Council, CA, 1996
University of California at Riverside, 1994
University of California at Los Angeles, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003

AWARDS
California Arts Council Touring and Performing Arts Award for Nijinsky Speaks 2001-
2005