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Image: © Ford Robbins
"Abiquiu, New Mexico [Cloud]", Selenium Silver Print, 12" x 12", Ed 25
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Image: © Ford Robbins
"Arboretum Series #67"
Sepia Silver Print, 10" x 10" ed 25
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Contemporary Landscape Photography
I am one of those people who must be in the natural world. As a child living in Minneapolis, I spent peaceful summer days fishing at the nearby lake. As a teen I spent summers on the lakes sailing before the wind or paddling Minnesota's boundary waters in a canoe. For me, the natural world is not a refuge from the world of activity; it is an important part of my being. |
| I primarily work with the rocky, rough and desolate places of my home. It is the mystery in the silence of these places that interests me. It is the sculpting reality of light that moves me.
I intend my images to reveal something more than the objects in them and to move the viewer to a higher level of awareness. In doing so, I trust we will pay attention to the world around us and become more compassionate toward and connected with our home - the natural world. |
Image: © Ford Robbins
"Peralta Canyon #189",
Silver Print, 7.5" x 7.5" ed 25
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Image: © Ford Robbins
"Kaibab Series #2", Selenium Silver Print
15" x 15", ed 25
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"Texture and the abstracted nature of Robbins' selective focus creates surfaces many painters would envy. This is the artist's eye at work. While others see only blight and the threat of danger, he comprehends mystery and the hand of chaos. This is the artist's prime duty, to use the reality of material existence as a way to break through the limits of time and place."
Dean Basalmo, Pasatiempo Magazine |
Selected Awards and Commissions |
Juror's Award, "Contemporary 2000," Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM
Celebrity Award, 74th Annual Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
Certificate of Recognition, The Legislature of the State of New Mexico
Commissioned Photograph, Twentieth Century Unlimited Music Series
Commissioned Photographs, St Luke Presbyterian Church, Minnetonka, MN
First Prize, Photography, "68th Annual Exhibition," Art Assoc. of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
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Selected Museum Exhibitions |
2004, Miller Museum, Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin
2003, United States Department of State, United States Embassy, Muscat, Oman.
1999, "ImageWord/WordImage," Harwood Museum, Taos, NM
1998, "American Landscape Photography," US Dept of State, US Embassy, Asunción, Paraguay
1996, "Moss Rehab Eleventh International Exhibition," The Transit Museum, Philadelphia, PA
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Selected Recent Solo Exhibitions |
2002, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield,MA
2001, Johnsons of Madrid Galleries of Fine Art, Madrid, NM
2000, Segreto Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
1998, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX
1997, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
2004, Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernalillo, New Mexico
2003, Amsterdam Whitney Int'l Fine Arts, New York, NY
1999, Agora Gallery, New York, NY
1998, San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
1997, "Through the Looking Glass," Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
1997, "New Mexico Contemporary '97," Albuquerque United Artists, Albuquerque, NM
1996, "Vistas," LRC Gallery, Sinclair College, Dayton, OH
1996, "Contemporary '96," Albuquerque United Artists, Albuquerque, NM
1996, "Go West," Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
1995, "Open Forms," Hudson Valley Inst. for Art and Photographic Resources, Peekskill, NY
1995, "Works on Paper," University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
1995, "Study in Relationships," Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
1994, "Que Pasa: Art in New Mexico 1994," Fuller Lodge art Center, Los Alamos, NM
1994, Midwest Photography Invitational VIII, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay WI
1994, "BodyWorks," Nexus Foundation for Today's Art, Philadelphia, PA
1994, "Inspirations," City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
1993, "Contemporary American Photography," Artsquad Contemporary Fine Art, Easton, PA
1993, "Biennial Painting, Drawing, Print, Photography & Sculpture Exhibition," Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
1990, "Illusive Images 90-91," Mimbres Region Arts Council, Silver City, NM
1990, The Art Collaborative, New York, NY
1986, Imprimatur, Ltd., Minneapolis, MN
1986, Eliot Art Center, St. Louis Park, MN
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Selected Public and Corporate Collections |
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
City of Brea Cultural Center, Brea, CA
Maki-Weatherby, Inc., Bloomington, MN
Security American Financial Enterprises, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
State of New Mexico Capitol Art Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
St. Luke Presbyterian Church, Minnetonka, MN
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Selected Bibliography |
Pat Thurman, "Eldorado Artist of the Month," Eldorado Sun, May 19, 1993
Dean Basalmo, "Gallery Hopping," Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican, January 20, 1995
Daphne Blumenthal, "It Was A Matter Of Pooling Ideas, Resources," Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican, November 15, 1996
Jason Silverman, "Petroglyphs, Graffiti May Have A Common Thread," Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican, January 6, 1995
Peter Frank, "Powerful Works Star in Long Beach Arts Competition," Long Beach Press/Telegram, November 29, 1993
Nancy Wood, ed., The Serpent's Tongue:Prose, Poetry and Art of the New Mexico Pueblos, Dutton Books, New York, 1997
Robert Nott, "Oddball Exhibit Came from Playing, Laughing," Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, October 22, 1999
Paul Weideman, "Photos Develop Into Superior Editing Job," Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, June 9, 2000
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Gallery Representation |
The Art Collector, 4154 Taylor Street, San Diego, CA 92110, 619-299-3232
Chandra Cerrito, 626 Costa Dr, Napa Califonia 94558, 415-577-7537
The Johnsons of Madrid Fine Art  2843 Highway 14 in Madrid, NM 87010, 505-471-1054
Joan Sapiro, 4750 East Belleview Avenue, Littleton, CO 80121, 303-290-9204
Santa Francisco Museum of Modern Artists Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 94123, 415-441-4777
Amsterdam Whitney Int'l Fine Art, 511 W. 25th St., Chelsea, New York, NY 10001
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