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Born in Detroit, Michigan, Robin Strayhorn was blessed with a childhood immersed in creativity,
inspired by innovative parents; her profoundly talented artist Mother and superbly gifted Father.
She began drawing as a youngster, developing her creative vocabulary at an early age.
Strayhorn migrated first to New York where she absorbed the city's immense & diverse
cultural landscapes and later settled in Los Angeles, California. While studying Political Science
at UCLA, she continually studied art and cultivated her innate artistic passion & talent.
The Southern California cultural mix introduced Strayhorn to a new world of creative expression
and after graduating from UCLA, she could no longer ignore the impulse to make art her focal point.
Through acrylic, oil, watercolor, printmaking, ceramics and collage, Strayhorn reveals the vitality
of her imagination. Strayhorn's signature is color, vibrant and animated.
A mystic broker of contrasting elements, Strayhorn skillfully mediates the uneasy alliance of
colors of disparate character and challenges the distinction between figurative and the abstract.
She began exhibiting her works in 1992 and commenced her first public art commission in 1997.
Strayhorn's works have been in film and television and are represented in public and private
collections in the USA, and around the globe.
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts Political Science, International Relations
Selected Exhibitions
2007 Seven, (Group Exhibition) 626 Art Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles
2006 The Blending of Cultures, The Consulate General of Mexico, Los Angeles
2006 (Group Exhibition) M.J. Higgins Fine Art, Los Angeles
2006 Black Masters Of The 21st Century, 626 Gallery, Los Angeles
2005 Robin Strayhorn: A Retrospective, Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, Los Angeles
2005 Heritage, Testimony & Spirit, Le Florence Gallery, Los Angeles
2004 Black (ab)Straction: Contemporary African American Abstract Art
Tilford Art Group, Los Angeles
2004 Mirror Images: Reflections of Southern California Printmaking,
Los Angeles World Airport, Los Angeles
2004 Juneteenth Emancipation Group Exhibition, Lombardo Studios
Los Angeles
2003 Shadow & Act, The Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles
2002 JVC Jazz Festival, H & M Gallery, New York City
2002 Kinds of Blue, Jefferson Park Studios, Los Angeles
2001 A Few Things To Say, Design Group, Long Beach
2001 Eye Speak, Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles
2000 National Black Fine Art Exhibit, Mooboo Gallery, New York
1999 California Blend, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
1999 Group Exhibition, Dell Pryor Gallery, Detroit, MI
1997 Art Expo, Jacob Javitz Center, New York City
1997 Bridges: 4 Women in Art, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles
1997 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles
1996 Group Exhibition, University of California, Los Angeles
1996 Group Exhibition, Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles
1996 The Woman's Eye, Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, CA
1996 Out of Print: Monoprints, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1996 Group Exhibition, Jerry Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles
1996 Three Women's Perspectives, P.J. Herring Fine Art, Oakland, CA
1996 Reflections in African American Art, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
1996 Rhapsody in Art, Spelman College Alumnae Association, Beverly Hills
1996 National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
1995 Generations of Women, Third World Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1995 Africans in the Diaspora, California Sate University, Northridge
1995 Rhapsody in Art, Spelman College Alumnae Association, Los Angeles
1994 Four Divas and Europe, Art-N-Barbee, Los Angeles
1994 Out of Print: Monoprints, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1992 Group Exhibition, Art-N-Barbee, Los Angeles
Public Art Commissions
2009 Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Design & Fabrication Mosaic Tile Mural for Ted Watkins Park Flag Pole, Los Angeles
2008 Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Design & Fabrication Tile Mural for Enterprise Park Pool House, Los Angeles
2007 Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Design & Fabrication of Tile Mural for Ted Watkins Park - Pool House Renovations, Los Angeles
2006-07 City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Interior wall mural for Ascot Branch Public Library, Los Angeles, CA
2006-07 Long Beach Transit Public Art Project, Bus Shelter (Artist team Michael Massenburg & Robin Strayhorn), Long Beach, CA
2004 City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Ceramic Tile Mosaic Mural, Hyde Park/Miriam Matthews Branch Public Library, Los Angeles
2003 Vermont/Slauson Economic Development Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Collaboration with John Muir Middle School students ounding the Gigante Shopping Center, Los Angeles
2002 Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Rosa Parks Blue Line Station / Ceramic tile & concrete public seating, (Artist team Robin Strayhorn & Michael Massenburg), Los Angeles
1998 Ceramic Tile Mural, Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA
1998 Terrazzo Floor, Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA
Media
2009 Channel 35, "At Your Library #7", October 2009
2007 LA Times Calendar, The Art of The Train: Six eye-opening reasons to park the car and ride the Metro, March 29, 2007, page E29
2007 Los Angeles Sentinel, The Artistic Pursuits of Visual Artist Robin Strayhorn, February 1, 2007, page B6
2007 Artist Selected for Ted Watkins and Enterprise Parks, Our Weekly, January 18, 2007
2006 House & Garden Magazine, Architecture, June 2006, page 111
2006 The public & private art of Robin Strayhorn, The Arts District Citizen: life, arts & artists in Downtown Los Angeles, August 2006
2006 ArchNewsNow, Good Neighbor: Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch Library by Hodgetts + Fung Design & Architecture, January 31, 2006
2005 All About Jazz, History of Jazz In L.A. Inspires Public Art By Teens, July 27, 2005
2004 LA Times Metro Section, LA Times, December 20, 2004
2002 LA Times Art Review, LA Times, September 18, 2002
2002 LA's Metro stations showcase new works, Artweek, November 2002, Volume 33, Issue 9
2002 MTA Continues Oft-Debated Program With Five New Installations, Los Angeles Downtown News, September 23, 2002
1997 Robin Strayhorn: Emerging Artist poised for Success, Images: The Business Guide to Ethnic Art, May/June 1997
1996 Culver City Star, January 31, 1996, Vol.78 No. 12, page 1
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