Wow, does Shantae Robinson know how to use color! Her abstract paintings and drawings – sometimes based on a grid structure – come alive with color, seeming to emit some sort of life vibrations. While generally abstract, in any discussion of her work Shantae will vigorously draw the viewer’s attention to meaningful symbols (curves that represent “S” for “Shantae”, for example) and figures gleaned from her surroundings. She describes their significance with her signature refrain, “I made that!”
// Shantae’s available work //
exhibition history
Untangling Webs: A Journey In Abstract Textiles, organized by Alexander Hernandez // NIAD Online Exhibition // July 2023
Small Wonders, organized by kg // NIAD Online Exhibition // July 2023
The Rainbow Dancing In The Dark organized by Liz Hernández // NIAD Online Exhibition // July 2023
an echo carries texture // organized by Steph Kudisch // NIAD Online Exhibition // June 2023
Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth & NIAD // Oakland Museum of California // May 2023
a clearing, organized by Mel Prest // NIAD Main Gallery Exhibition // April 2023
Rainbow Cat Picnic organized by Cynthia Ona Innis // NIAD Online Exhibition // March 2023
Subtle Sweetness organized by Jamie Walsh // NIAD Online Exhibition // January 2023
NIAD Ink: 35 Years of Prints organized by Andrés Cisneros-Galindo // Online Exhibition // December 2022
Making in Color organized by Edwige Charlot // NIAD Online Exhibtion // November 2022
Crossover: Cedars of Marin + NIAD // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // November 2022
What’s Cookin’?! organized by Terri Moore // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // November 2022
A Stick In The Snow organized by Joanna and Milo Moyer-Battick // NIAD Online Exhibition // October 2022
Los Angeles Review of Books: “Soft Material” // September 2022
Day Or Night It Looks Like Night, organized by Liliana Herrera // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // September 2022
Told Through A Line, organized by Risa Lenore // NIAD Online Exhibition // September 2022
Mash Up, organized by Kiera Lofgreen // NIAD Online Exhibition // September 2022
Projects from ‘Soft Material‘, organized by Nan Collymore and Celia Lesh // Berkeley Art Center // August 2022
A Little Bit of Everything: Fashion & Fiber at NIAD // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // July 2022
Touching, organized by Zachary Epcar // NIAD Online Exhibition // July 2022
A New Geometry, organized by e bond // NIAD Online Exhibition // July 2022
Can’t Be Shook, organized by Alex Gartelmann // NIAD Online Exhibition // April 2022
Superbloom, organized by Erin McCluskey Wheeler // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // April 2022
WIN WIN 10 Silent Auction Preview Exhibition // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // February 2022
Day or Night it Looks Like Night, curated by Liliana Herrera // NIAD Online Exhibition // February 2022
Eternal Idol, curated by Emily Harris // NIAD Online Exhibition // February 2022
Menagerie on 23rd Street, organized by Prajakti Jayavant // NIAD Windows Exhibition // December 2021
Future History: The Katz Legacy // Christie’s Auction House, San Francisco // December 2021
Holiday Gift Guide #6: Win Win 10 Sneak Preview, organized by Isabel Xilonen Ortiz // NIAD Online Exhibition // December 2021
Through My Eyes // organized By Scott Hewicker and Cliff Hengst NIAD Art Center 2020
Good On Paper: Erin McCluskey Wheeler x NIAD // NIAD Art Center 2020
Fiberful // organized By Cynthia Ona Innis NIAD Art Center 2019
Business Casual // organized By Maria Guzman Capron and Nan Collymore NIAD Art Center 2019
Hailing From Parts Unknown // organized By Curtis Turner 2019
Redefining Contemporary Art // organized by Courtney Eldridge Depot Steamboat Springs 2019
Collective Memory: NIAD // organized by Hannah Mode 2019
Where They Want To Go // organized by Erin McCluskey Wheeler NIAD Art Center 2019
Exquisite Corpse: CG x CE x NIAD // NIAD Art Center 2018
It’s Complicated // organized by Kathleen King NIAD Art Center 2018
Prints: An Overview NIAD Art Center 2018
Shantae Robinson // NIAD Art Center 2018
Give A Little Take A Little: Real Time & Space at NIAD // organized By Lexa Walsh NIAD Art Center 2018
Cyrano // organized By Em Kettner NIAD Art Center 2018
Woven, Mixed, Tied, and Attached: Fiber As Message // organized By Ramekon O’Arwisters NIAD Art Center 2018
Indeterminate Space // organized by Anthony Piñata NIAD Art Center 2018
Can Did // organized By Julio Rodriguez NIAD Art Center 2018
All Of The Light // organized by Gina Borg NIAD Art Center 2017
Hanging On a Thread: Fiber Art From NIAD Art Center // Contra Costa County McBrien Administrative Building Martinez 2017
Affinity // organized by Tim Buckwalter Museum of Northern California Art Chico 2017
The Fourth Dimension, organized by Marja Galpin van der Loo // NIAD Art Center 2017
We Can Do It! 2 // Hurwich Library, Alliant University San Francisco 2017
Collograph // NIAD Art Center 2017, Yali’s Cafe Stanley Hall Berkeley 2017
Shapeshifting Superheavies // organized by Jessica Snow NIAD Art Center 2017
Igneous Intrusions // organized by Jon Shibata NIAD Art Center 2017
Souls And Scenarios // organized by Gina Borg NIAD Art Center 2016
Curious Weave // organized by Ramekon O’Arwisters NIAD Art Center 2016
Shantae Robinson + Elena Rossi // Yali’s Café Oxford Street Berkeley 2016
Symbols Formally Known As Words // organized by Marja van der Loo Yali’s Café Oxford Street Berkeley 2016
Joyful Tidings Of The Golden Future Time // organized by Jon Shibata Yali’s Café Oxford Street Berkeley 2016
Cities In Mind // organized by Kathleen King NIAD Art Center 2016
Shantae Robinson + Heather Copus // NIAD Art Center 2016
Welcome To My World // organized by Chris Ashley NIAD Art Center 2015
Moonbeams And Polka Dots // NIAD Art Center 2015
The United Colors Of Shantae Robinson // NIAD Art Center 2015
Hand To Hand: The Emerging Artists Of UCPLA And NIAD Art Center // organized by Anuradha Vikhram Washington Reid Gallery, Culver City; NIAD Art Center 2014
Yes To The Dress Pop-Up Shop // organized by Peter Gravener NIAD Art Center 2013
Mud, Honey // NIAD Art Center 2013
Championship Vinyl // NIAD Art Center 2013
press
Star 82 Review Issue 10.1, edited by Alisa Golden // March 2022
The Editorial Magazine: Nurturing Independence Through Artistic Development (July 27, 2020)