Arthur Robins
37-35 69th Street, Woodside, NY 11377
(718) 426-5254

Arthur Robins was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1953. He began painting, sculpting and drawing at the age of two and a half. He attended art schools throughout his childhood, receiving many awards and scholarships. After attending Pratt Institute, he supported his art through woodworking, including cabinetry and furniture making, while showing in galleries and public spaces. Arthur has shown his art on the sidewalks of New York City and has lived exclusively off the sale of his art since 1987. In 1993 he was a founding member of A.R.T.I.S.T., a group that successfully litigated a Federal landmark case extending the First Amendment right of free speech to artists and fine art. He has sold original works of art to collectors from every state and over fifty countries around the world.


ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2000 U.S. Open BilliardsTournement, Roseland, NYC
1999 The Friars Club, NYC
1998 Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, NY
1997 Revelation Fine Art/New World Art Center, New York, NY
1995 John McEnroe Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Exhibition Space, New York, NY
1985 Steven Adams Gallery, New York, NY
1980 United States Federal Courthouse, New York, NY


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2000 Museum of the City of New York, NYC
1999 The New York Athletic Club, NYC
1998
  • The Armoy Works on Paper, NYC
  • Museum of the City of New York, NY
  • 1997 Revelation Fine Art, New York, NY
    1996
  • John McEnroe Gallery, New York, NY
  • ACA Galleries, New York, NY
  • 1995 John McEnroe Gallery, New York, NY
    1991 Science Fiction Art Show, Tarrytown, NY
    1990 Science Fiction Art Show, Philadelphia, PA
    1989 Mural on Lite Elite, Broome & Bowery, New York, NY
    1988 La Mama/La Galleria, New York, NY
    1986
  • Michael Todd Room, New York, NY
  • Steven Adams Gallery, New York, NY
  • Now Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1985
  • Steven Adams Gallery, New York, NY
  • Now Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1984 Nico Smith Gallery, New York, NY
    1983 Mural on West Broadway, New York, NY
    1981 Public Image Gallery, New York, NY
    1979 United States Court House, New York, NY
    1975 Tim Blackburn Gallery, New York, NY


    PUBLICATIONS/TELEVISION

    1998
  • ARTnews
  • The International Economy
  • 1996 Peace, Love & Harmony Cable TV
    1995 ZDF-TV German Television
    1994
  • Channel 5 Fox TV News
  • Soundtruth - Cable TV
  • Channel 9 WWOR News
  • 1985 East Village Art
    1981 New York Post
    1980 Eyewitness News
    1980 Vogue Magazine


    EDUCATION

    1969-71 William Allen High School, Allentown, PA
    Top student of James P. Musselman
    1971 Syracuse University, NY
    Painting, Sculpture & Drawing
    1971-73 Pratt Institute, NY
    1973-4 Independent Study with Sculptor Takashi Nakazawa
    1974-5 Brooklyn Academy of Music
    Jazz Percussion
    1977 Cabinet & Furniture Making
    apprenticeship under Don Boyce, Soho
    1978 Cabinet & Furniture Making
    apprenticeship under Roger Scorcio
    1976-85 Seido Karate under Master Tadashi Nakamura
    Attained Black Belt
    1989-97 Artists For Israel Institute, NYC
    Studied Theology and Scriptures (Old and New Testaments) in original Hebrew and Greek.

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