Robin Roi

Robin Lehrer Roi

A deep connection to the decorative arts has been a huge influence on my career as both a painter and a ceramic artist. This has often led to the investigation, study and application of decorative painting which has in turn fed and nurtured my fine art studio practice.
Since receiving my BFA in printmaking at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an MFA in painting from Claremont Graduate University in California I have maintained a studio practice along with a career as teacher, designer, art director, gallerist, project manager and decorative painter.
In 1977, after a three year stint as Visiting Artist for the North Carolina Arts Council, I moved to New York where I was able to further my commitment to both the fine and the applied arts. Working at The Drawing Center, The American Crafts Museum and The Heller Glass Gallery provided ample opportunities to immerse myself in both worlds, as did exhibiting my "Pattern Paintings" with Barbara Gladstone Gallery in N.Y. and Bruno Bischofberger in Switzerland.
In 1983 I began a long and rewarding career as Director of Decorative Painting with Evergreene Architectural Arts in NYC. My fine arts background and passion for the decorative arts were a...

BFA University of North Carolina Greensboro
MFA Claremont Graduate University

Robin Lehrer Roi
robinroi609@gmail.com
http://www.robroidesign.com
Instagram: @robroidesign

EDUCATION
1977 The New School For Social Research, “Fund Raising and Grant Writing”
1971-73 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, MFA
1967-71 University of North Carolina at Greensboro, BFA

HONORS
2021 12th Annual Drawing Discourse UNC Ashville, “Special Award”
2018 Honorable Mention, 17th Annual Tokyo/NY Friendship Ceramic Exhibition, N.Y., N.Y.
2017 Recipient of the “Madeline Sadin Award” from Greenwich House Pottery, N.Y., N.Y.
1996 Winner of “Picture It Painted Professionally” award for Residential Interior, Painting
And Decorating, Contractors of America
1981 Artist in Residence, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
1979 Creative Artists Public Service Grant in Painting, N.Y. State Council on the Arts
1976 Urban Wall commission from the Fayetteville Arts Council, N.C.
1974 -77 North Carolina State Arts Council Artist in Residence
1972-73 Mills Research Associateship Grant in Painting, Claremont Graduate School
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