Rebecca Robinson

Award-winning mixed media Artist Rebecca Robinson creates impactful artwork, specifically with concrete and tar. Her strategic use of texture and contrast creates various subjects and themes which continue to evoke emotion and spark dialogue while enriching the community and contributing to the culture. Rebecca is an Indianapolis native and studied Art/Visual Communications at the Historically Black College North Carolina Central University. Rebecca’s background includes art history, photography, film, fashion, and creative marketing/branding. Rebecca's artwork has been featured in dozens of media outlets including; Indianapolis Business Journal Podcast, NPR NEWS, PBS, WFYI, NUVO, Jezebel Magazine Atlanta, Pattern Magazine, Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Recorder, New York Examiner, WTHR 13, WISH-TV 8. RTV 6, FOX 59, Creative Mornings Indianapolis, Indianapolis Monthly Magazine, Carmel Magazine, The Arts Council of Indianapolis, and The National Endowment Of The Arts. Rebecca is also a proud member of The Kurt Vonnegut Museum Planning Committee, The Indianapolis Black Documentary Film Festival Advisory Committee, The Art Center Of Indianapolis Board Of Directors, The Indianapolis Cabaret Board of Directors, and the African American History Committee Advisory Board for the Indianapolis Public Library.

Rebecca is also a member of the art collectives WE ARE INDY ARTS, The EIGHTEEN, and Circle City Creatives. To learn more, visit www.artistrebeccarobinson.com

AWARDS

● Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Official Scroll of Recognition - County of Los Angeles 2019

● Houston International Black Film Festival-2019 Won Best Feature-Length Documentary

● Montreal International Black Film Festival, Won Best Feature-Length Documentary

● Gary International Black Film Festival, Won Best Feature-Length Documentary

The Color of Medicine: The Story of Homer G. Phillips Hospital -2018 -

Released Worldwide May 2019

●Washington University School of Medicine, Merit Award 2018

● FLAVA FRESH- Best In Show 2015

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Art Residency- The Harrison Art Center 2022

https://www.harrisoncenter.org/artists/rebecca-robinson

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Artist Directory- Arts Council of Indianapolis

https://www.indyartsguide.org/artist/rebecca-robinson/

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Featured Artist

Indianapolis Arts Council High Art/Billboard Project 2019-2020

The National Endowment Of The Arts/State of Indiana -2015

Washington University School of Medicine- Portrait of Atty. Homer G. Phillips

Committees

Indianapolis Art Center- Board of Directors

Indianapolis Caberet- Board of Directors

African American History Committee Advisory Board Member- Indianapolis Public Library

Kurt Vonnegut Museum, Indianapolis, IN Board Member

The Indianapolis Black Documentary Film Festival Advisory Committee

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Teaching Artist

Art Center of Indianapolis "ArtReach" 2021-2022

CURATOR

Legacy: Celebrating Black Voices- Garfield Park Arts Center- Feb 2023

Women of Color Exhibition- Indianapolis Central Library- 2021-Present

Black Photography Exhibit -Indianapolis Central Library 2021-Present

Meet The Artists Annual Art Exhibition 2020- Present

COMMISSIONS

NFL/Colts- My Cause My Cleats- 2022 (Smile Project)

NFL/Colts- My Cause My Cleats- 2021 (Black Lives Matter, Redress Project, Mission Transformation, STEM)

Oscar Charleson Soccer Field Mural- Commissioned by former major league soccer player Ray Gaddis -August 2021

10East Arts- Fence Art- September 2021

Clay Terrace/Carmel IN- Shopping ZEN Mural August 2021

IU HEALTH TV Commercial- Encouraging Indiana Covid Vaccinations, May 2021

Union Station Indianapolis- Mural For Racial Justice/Black Lives Matter 2020

Art & Seek- Community-Wide Partnership with the Arts Council of Indpls and

Keep Indianapolis Beautiful- 2020

"It's My City" Keep Indianapolis Beautiful -2017

​Berkely Annual Art Festival-2018

Portrait of Former Supreme Court Judge Frank Sullivan- Indianapolis 2014

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​EXHIBITIONS

●HGTV- Buying Back The Block” TV Series Mike Epps 2023

●Saks Fifth Avenue- Featuring The Eighteen- February 2023

●UNCF Masked Ball Silent Auction -December 2022

●P30 Indianapolis- Coworking Office Space- 2022-2023

●First Lady’s Tea Art Auction- Martin University- December 2022

●NEWFIELDS/INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART- WE. THE CULTURE FEATURING THE EIGHTEEN- 2022-2023

●PENROD 55th Annual Art Fair NEWFIELDS/INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART- 2022

●HERRON SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN "Past Is Present: Black Artists Respond to the Complicated Histories of Slavery"