MICHELLE L ROBINSON
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EDUCATION
2019     MFA Visual Art, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Merit Scholarship
1993     Graduate studies in Visualization, Texas A&M University
1991     Bachelor of Environmental Design, Texas A&M University, cum laude, President’s Endowed Scholarship

RESIDENCIES
2024    Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Interdisciplinary Residency Fellow
2024    PLAYA Summerlake, Art and Science Awarded Residency
2023    Virginia Center for Creative Arts
2023    Alternate, Special Wildfire and Water Residency, PLAYA
2022    Joshua Tree Center for Photographic Arts

HONORS

2022    Honorable Mention, Digital Manipulation and Collage, Julia Margaret Cameron Award
2022    Shortlisted, Belfast Photo Festival

2017    Juror Award, Sense of Place, Truro Center for the Arts
2016    Juror Award, Encaustic, A. Smith Gallery
             Juror Award, Photo Encaustic, Sage Gallery
2015    Juror Award, Buenaventura Open Encaustic Competition
2013    Outstanding Alumni, Texas A&M University College of Architecture
             VES awards nominee, Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture, Vanellope,  Wreck-It Ralph
2012    ArtSlant showcase winner, mixed media

SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS

2024    No Place Launch LA, Los Angeles, CA
2024    Kenopsia  Roswell Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021    You Are (Not) Here Cecelia Coker Bell Art Gallery, Coker University, SC
             You are (Not) Here  Keystone Art Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019    You are (Not) Here  Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
2017    Transmission  Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO.
2018    Transmission Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ

2015    Transmission  Wright Gallery, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2012    Employee Gallery, Disney Animation Studios

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
2024    Desert Forest at MOAH, Lancaster (with accompanying book)
             Menagerie, VITA Arts Center, Ventura, CA
2023    Investigations: Zombie Forest at Intersect Palm Springs, CA
             Sequence Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC
             Open Call, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
             By Degrees: Art and our Changing Ecology, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA
             A Complexity of Joys, MAPSpace, Port Chester, NY
             Our River: City Floodplain, Shatto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             Cabinet of Curiosities, Yiwei Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2022    Dream House (a special publication in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Womanhouse)
             Indistinct Chatter, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
             Intimacies, MAPSpace, Port Chester, NY
             Made in California, Brea Gallery, CA
             Kipaipai Group show, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
             12th Anniversary Show, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
             Surrealism Now! Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA    
             Old Broads West, Roswell Space, Los Angeles, CA
             Make Plain, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
             CA 101, Redondo Beach, CA
             Resilience, Upstart Modern, Sausalito, CA

2021    Landscapes of Material and Mind, SciArt at New York Hall of Science
             Horizon 2.0 at Shoebox Projects, LA 
2020    In Real Life, Keystone Art Space group show, Los Angeles, CA
             Culture Of Contamination, December Issue, magazine of SciArt Initiative

2019    Pixel Rot (essay), PRECOG volume 5
             Tapped 9, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2018    Response: Paired works by TAMU College of Architecture artists and their professors, Reynolds Gallery, TX
             On-Site In Sight, Curated by Sherman Finch, Jones Gallery, Houston, TX
             Photosynthesis, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX 
             Keystone Art Space group show, Los Angeles, CA
2017    Strings Attached, Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
             Manmade, Curated by Shannon Currie-Holmes,  Brand Library Gallery, Glendale, CA
             Sense of Place, Juried by Patricia Miranda, Truro Center For the Arts, Truro, MA
             Keystone Art Space group show, Los Angeles, CA
2016    Little Boxes, Georgetown Arts Center, Georgetown, TX
             Places and Spaces, Sugar Mynt Gallery, South Pasadena, CA
             Art of Encaustic, Ventura Government Center Gallery, CA
             Keystone Art Space group show, Los Angeles, CA
             Photo Encaustic, Sage Gallery, Portland, OR
             Round 'em Up, SugarMynt Gallery, South Pasadena, CA
             5th Annual Encaustic Exhibition, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
​             Encaustic, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
             Collective Dissent, Dab Art, Ventura, CA 
2015    LAND: Interactions, Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             A Show of Hands, A1LabArts, Knoxville, TN
             Alternative Processes, Photoplace Gallery, VT, juried by Amy Holmes George 
             Fusion, Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles, CA curated by LAXWAX board
             Ode to a Bridge, Art Share-LA, CA, curated by Dale Youngman and Tanner Blackman
             FLUX, Chaffey Museum of Art, Ontario, CA, LAX WAX Art Member Show
             Another Way of Keeping a Diary, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, juried by David Limrite
             Encaustic Open, Buenaventura Gallery, juried by Pamela Smith Hudson
2014    Diffusion: A Matter of Light Annual
             Alternative Processes, The Center for Fine Art Photography, CO, juried by Christopher James
             Highway 2 - The Journey and the Destination, Modest Fly Gallery, Tujunga and Towns Burr Gallery, Burbank
             The Hand, Issue 5
             Layered, CAA member juried exhibition, West Gallery. CSUN
             The Hand, Issue 7
2013    The Hand, Issue 2
1996    Elastic Light, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1994    National Gallery of Victoria film festival    
             IMAGINA special session for student work, Monaco
             17th International Film Festival, Creteil, France
             Anima Mundi 94, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
             AFI National Video Festival, AFI, Hollywood
1993    Vente Exhibition Hall, Fujita Corporation, Tokyo
             FISEA 93, Walker Art Center
             Dallas Video Festival, Dallas Museum of Art
             Images du Futur 93, Montreal
             SIGGRAPH small animation theater, Anaheim
             Montage 93, The New Images, Rochester, NY
             Florida Film Festival
             Fort Worth Main Street Arts Festival, Video Arts Competition



CURATORIAL/JUROR PROJECTS
2023     Curator, A Thread in the Hollow, Katie Prock at Shoebox Projects
2022    Juror, Telling Stories, Shoebox Projects

2021    Juror, A Digital Art Salon, and Digital Shorts Film Festival, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, CA
2015    Co-curator, Fusion, Keystone Art Space Gallery
2015-22    Juror for emerging artist and project grant awards for International Encaustic Artists

2014    Juror, Gaming/Computer Graphics/Animation Track, Grace Hopper Celebration
1999    Juror, Sketches and Applications Committee, SIGGRAPH


EXPERIENCE
2020-23      Head of Characters, Walt Disney Animation Studios
2011-20      Look Development Supervisor, Walt Disney Animation Studios
1993 -11     Look Development Artist and Lighting Artist,  Walt Disney Animation Studios
2001-02     Lecturer, California Institute of the Arts
1991-93     Instructor of Record, Texas A&M University
1990-91     Teaching Assistant, Texas A&M University


LECTURES, TALKS, AND PANELS
2024    Speaker, Career Development Series, CCA
2023    Speaker, Siggraph Student Chapter, TAMU
2022    Speaker, Pasadena City College
             Speaker, Let’s Talk About Bruno, SIGGRAPH
             Speaker, The Characters of Encanto, Disney Inspire Days
             Speaker, ENDS101, Texas A&M University
             Speaker, Hancock College
             Artist Talk, Landscapes of Material and Mind
2021    Artist Talk, Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery
             Artist Talk, Keystone Art Space Gallery
2020    Artist Talk, The New School, NY
2017    Artist Talk, Dairy Arts Center, CO
             Speaker, SINFO

2016    Panelist, Zootropolis. London ACM Siggraph Chapter
             Panelist, Zootopia. Women in Animation
             Panelist, Disney Animation Technistas. Mill Valley Film Festival
             Speaker, Zoomania. FMX
             Speaker, From Armadillo to Zebra: Creating the Diverse Characters and World of “Zootopia.”  SIGGRAPH
2014    Panelist, An Evaluation of University Education as it Relates to the VFX, Animation, and Game Industries. SIGGRAPH 
             Panelist, Frozen: an Evening with the Filmmakers. Women in Animation
             Panelist, Other Educational Models, FMX 
             Presenter, Under the Hat: Walt Disney Studios, FMX
2013    Speaker, Women in STEM Program, Mirman School


PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND OUTREACH
2023-24    Monte Vista Projects Curatorial Collectice

2022-23    Exhibitions Committee, Women’s Caucus for the Arts
2020-23    Exhibitions Director, International Encaustic Artists

2019         Co-Lead, Summer Internship Program, Disney Animation Studios
                  Mentor, New Leadership Mentorship Program, Disney Animation Studios
                  Mentor, Disney Talent Development Program

                  Visiting Instructor, Summer Production Course, Texas A&M University
2018         Mentor, Emerging Leadership Mentorship Program, Disney Animation Studios
2015-20   Treasurer, International Encaustic Artists

2015-19   Treasurer, LAX WAX Art (Los Angeles Chapter of IEA)
2015         Visiting  Instructor, Summer Production Course, Texas A&M University
2012-23    Industry professional mentor for independent study and capstone courses, Visualization Department, TAMU
2012         Visiting  Instructor, Summer Production Course, Texas A&M University
2011         Mentor, Disney Talent Development Program
2009         Mentor, Disney Talent Development Program
                   Visiting  Instructor, Summer Production Course, Texas A&M University

2008-23    Visualization Industry Partners Advisory Board, Texas A&M University

AFFILIATIONS
Monte Vista Projects
College Art Association

Women's Caucus for the Arts
Textile Arts, LA
Los Angeles Art Association
International Encaustic Artists
Kipaipai Fellows
Ecoartspace



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