Justin Robinson
Painting takes on new life in the multidisciplinary artistic practice of Justin Robinson. An abstract visual vocabulary personifies our attachment to feelings of nostalgia. Through color, shape, and texture, Robinson invites us on his personal journey, excavating youthful memories within his canvases.
He begins with a drawing or an oil stick sketch, formulating a plan before embarking onto the canvas. With acrylics and oils, he takes these blueprints as a foundation for a more intuitive style. He reacts to his environment, his studio, his mental state, and, when applicable, knowledge on a particular subject. What first appears as repetition, an endless combination of gestural brushstrokes exposes the constantly evolving refinement of Robinson's style as his control and precision take form. An intentionality and simultaneous experimentation with color and shape unearth his desired tone.
Justin Robinson is a multidisciplinary artist born in New York City currently living and working in Brooklyn. For Robinson, his artistic practice has been an evolution. He studied Studio Art with an emphasis in photography at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY, and went on to become an art handler at Sotheby’s. Unearthing a love for artists such as de Kooning and Basquiat, he worked to develop a signature style incorporating color and abstraction. Today, his practice intersects painting with mixed media and collage in a ceaseless experimental evolution of his practice.
Robinson has been featured in exhibitions at institutions across the United States including at Hartwick College, Sotheby’s New York, My Gallery NYC in Brooklyn, Revelation Gallery in New York City, 1650 Gallery in Los Angeles, Non-Fiction Gallery in Savannah, Black Box Gallery in Portland, and SE Center for Photography in Greenville, South Carolina. He was the recipient of the Juror’s Purchase Award from McNeese State University and has work featured in the university’s collection as well as at his alma mater Hartwick College.
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Paintings of Drawings and Paintings
Justin Robinson 9 Feb - 24 Mar 2024 SohoHailing from New York, artist Justin Robinson has created a career translating the act of remembrance into paintings that echo with an infectious sense of nostalgia. Bright colors and amalgamated...Read more -
In Plain Sight
Group show 1 Sep - 14 Oct 2023 SohoIn Plain Sight brings together a diverse selection of contemporary artists who have worked around the United States and abroad and share their distinctive perspectives on the lived experience of...Read more
