ROBBIN LOU BATES

b. 1989, Tucson, Arizona

Lives & works in Albuquerque, New Mexico

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EDUCATION

2020

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

MFA Studio Art, Painting & Drawing 

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

 

2016

University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin

BA

Cum Laude

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2011

Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona

AFA Visual & Performing Arts

ALA German 

AEGC-A Certification

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EXPERIENCE

2017 - 2023

Adjunct Professor and Instructor of Record

Taught Drawing I, Drawing II, Painting I, and Painting II, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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2019 - 2020

Graduate Studio Building Assistant, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

 

2019​

Selection Committee Graduate Representative, 37th Annual College of Fine Arts McCrae Senior Prize, University of New Mexico​

 

2018 - 2019

Co-Curator, Inpost Artspace with Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020

• Unmade Bed, College of Fine Arts Downtown Studio, Albuquerque, NM

2019

• You'd be Home Now, College of Fine Arts Downtown Studio, Albuquerque, NM

 

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2016

• SENIOR ART EXHIBITION, Foundation Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI

• ANAPHORA, Foundation Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI

 

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

2019

• GAA Graduate Juried Exhibition, Art Annex, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

2016

• Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Foundation Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI

2015

• *Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Foundation Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI

2011

• Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

• University of New Meixco School of Law Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2023

• Art Exhibition, Quirky Books, Albuquerque, NM

• Mindscapes, Artisan, Albuquerque, NM

2020

• From the Heart, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI

2019

• Reunion, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI 

• 2nd Year P&D MFA Group Show, John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 

2017 

• At First Sight, College of Fine Arts Downtown Studio, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

2016

• Big Read Exhibition: True Grit, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Library, Kenosha, WI

• F2: Foundations in the Foundation, Foundation Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI

• Color and Form, Fusion, Kenosha, WI

• “Endangered”, ArtWorks, Kenosha, WI

• Sazzy B’s Exhibition Showcase, Kenosha, WI

2015

• Sazzy B’s Exhibition Showcase, Kenosha, WI

2014

• Telling Tales: RAM Community Art Exhibition, Racine Art Museum/Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI

2013

• Big Read Exhibition: Edgar Allen Poe, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Library, Kenosha, WI

2012

• Creature Comforts: RAM Community Art Exhibition, Racine Art Museum/Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI

 

PUBLICATIONS/PRESS

2024

• New Mexico Wolf Stamp Competition

2020

• Southwest Contemporary, Artist Field Guide, 2020

• Artforum, MFA Spotlight 2020

• Graduation Ceremony Program Cover Art, University of New Mexico, Spring 2020

• Daily Lobo. Online Feature. Monday, May 4, 2020

2019

• Diafano, Volume 1, Issue 2

• Sprung Formal, Issue 13

• **Conceptions Southwest, 2019 Issue

2018

• Daily Lobo. UNM Publication. Thursday, September 6, 2018, Volume 123, Issue 7

2017

• Straylight Literary Arts Magazine, Spring Issue, Volume 11.1

• Palooka Magazine, Issue #8

• Racine Concert Band, Program Cover Art Design 

2016

• Racine Concert Band, Program Cover Art Design

• Straylight Literary Arts Magazine, Spring Issue, Volume 10.1

• Straylight Literary Arts Magazine, Fall Issue, Volume 10.2

 

AWARDS

2024

• Second Place, New Mexico Wolf Stamp Competition

2019

• **Staff Pick Artist Award, Conceptions Southwest, 2019 Issue

2015

• *Grand Prize & Scholarship Award, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 

• VCA Animal Hospital and Referral Center, Albuquerque, NM

• City of Albuquerque Public Art Collection, City Hall, Albuquerque, NM

• University of New Mexico, Parish Memorial Library, Albuquerque, NM