GALLERY BERSHAD
ROBIN PETER MANDEL
Biography
Exhibitions (* = solo)
Somerville
Museum, Somerville, MA. "Build" November/December 2000
Co-curated and exhibited in show about art and the built environment.
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA. "BEA Spring Symposium" May 2000
Zeitgeist
Gallery, Cambridge, MA. "Gun Show and Munitions Expo" September
1999
Organized group show of toy gun/sculpture/objects with fellow artist Rachel
Rush.
Space 12 Gallery, Boston, MA. July 1999
Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA. May 1999, May 2000
Chapel Gallery, Lacoste, France. "Selected Summer Work: Drawing and Sculpture" July 1998
Red
Mill Gallery, Johnson, VT. "Robin Mandel: New Sculpture"* December
1997
"Robin Mandel: Recent Work"* September 1997
List Gallery, Swarthmore, PA. "Robin Mandel and Deena Suh" April 1997
Awards and Honors
2001 Visual Artists' Fellowship Review Panelist Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA. 2000
Individual Artist's Fellowship Grant Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA. 2000
Artist's
Residency Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. July/August 1997
Awarded a two-month sculpture residency at international artists' colony,
followed by a four-month staff position.
Education
Swarthmore
College, Swarthmore, PA. graduated June 1997
B.A. in Art with an emphasis on sculpture. Supplementary sculpture courses
taken at neighboring Haverford College.
Chautauqua
Institution, Chautauqua, NY. Summer 1996
Program in School of Fine Art, focusing on sculpture.
Studio Art centers International, Florence, Italy. Fall 1995
Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA. Summer 1995
Six-week program in architecture.
Publications
Mello,
Rachel. "BUILDing Somerville", Editorial Humor, Somerville,
MA.
November 28, 2000 p. 16
Wildman, David. "Experiencing the world around them", Boston
Globe, Boston, MA.
November 12, 2000 CityWeekly p. 9 (photo)
Capobianco, Ken. "Exploring the Built World", Cambridge Chronicle,
Cambridge, MA.
November 1, 2000 p. 16
Also
appeared in Somerville Journal, Somerville, MA.
November 2, 2000 p. 25
"Random Arts", Somerville News, Somerville, MA. November 2000 p.17
Arts-related Experience
Curator,
Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA. November/December 2000
Co-curated "Build" an exhibit examining art and the built environment.
Furniture
Maker, Cusack Design, Somerville, MA. October 1998 - present
Part-time position, fabricating and installing custom cabinetry and furniture.
Teaching Assistant, Lacoste School of the Arts, Lacoste, France. June - August 1998
Artist's Statement
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