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Robin Repp

 
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Marae Grave, Huahine 2007
Infrared Photography
Ultrachrome Print
   
Artist Statement

For over 35 years, Robin Temaiana Repp has been documenting and commenting on our contemporary society with different photographic methods. Beginning in 1969-70, as a student at UC Berkeley, she created photo silk-screen images and transformed them into protest posters. Since then, she has presented photo imagery in paintings, woodcuts, lithography, drawings, collages, and sculptures.

Her current work is digital infrared photography, which portrays the emotions of fear and anticipation in the landscape. The use of infrared photography suggests a surrealistic and dream like future state. Infrared wavelengths are not visible to the human eye, but become apparent in the photograph. In this same way that people are fascinated by the landscape but fear what it may hold, infrared photography shows us a hint of the unknown from a safe distance.

We have a conflict about the landscape. Feeling safer in groups peering out into the landscape than actually being alone in the natural setting appeals to most people. Whether it is a local park, seaside pier or a national forest, we tend to stay on the edge and just look over the side of the railing. Questions of what is out there come to mind. Curious anticipation yet fear of this unknown create a dichotomy of identity. In the back of our mind is an impending disaster scenario. In our imagination is the constant fear of nuclear annihilation. We are always checking the sky for signs of the inevitable incoming missile trails. There is always the persistent evil predator waiting in the shadows of the park, the ghostly dead spirits roaming the godforsaken island, or some other impending disaster of tidal wave, hurricane or earthquake just over the horizon. We are looking out from our platform into the allotted or qualified natural space from a safe distance, often huddled together in groups showered with an odd light, leaning, pointing or taking photos for souvenirs. Most of us experience this anticipation and fear in the landscape by way of a roadside scenic viewpoint, a designated stopping spot, a pre-framed area, selected by an engineer or park official. Robin Temaiana Repp, 2006
   

Robin Repp

1948 born in New York, United States

Lives and works in Southern California, United States

Education

M.A. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley 1975
Sculpture-
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1970
Studio Art

Grants

Art Institute of Chicago, Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art, 2003
California State Energy Grant Art Design, 2002
Commendation: Contribution to the Arts, City Council, Brea,Ca. 2002
KV Mart Art Grant, 2001
Strawberry Festival Arts Grant, 2000, 2001 ,2004,2005
Orange County Arts and Music Administrators Grant, 2000,2004,2005
Michael Jordan Fundamentals National Grant for Art, 1999
Featured on Arts Break, Bravo Channel Television Show, 1998
Beyond the Visible , Invitational Students’ Show, H. B. Art Center 1998
W.M. Keck Institute Award and Stipend, 1997
Disney Creativity Challenge Art Grant, 1996, 1994, 1993,2003,2004,2005,2006
Nominated for Bravo Award for Art, 1995

Solo Exhibitions

John Wayne Airport, Public Art Program, 2009
Featured Artist:Photography, Gift Shop, City of Brea Gallery, 2003
Cal State University Fullerton, Center Gallery, One Woman Show, 1991
Cal State University Fullerton, Listening Room, One Woman Show, 1991
Featured Artist, Paintings, Brea Cultural Center Gallery Gift Shop, 1996
San Leandro Art Festival, One Woman Photo Show, 1973

Group Exhibitions

10th Annual Art Auction, Huntington Beach Art Center, 2010
Revisiting Beauty, Peter Frank, Curator, OCCCA, Santa Ana, Ca, 2010
OsCene2010, Grace Kook-Anderson, curator, Laguna Art Museum, 2010
9th Annual Art Auction, Huntington Beach Art Center, 2009
Made in California, City of Brea Art Gallery, Sarah Bancroft, curator, Brea, Ca, 2009
City Reconsidered, Darlene DeAngelo, curator, Huntington Beach Art Center, 2009
8th Annual Art Auction, Huntington Beach Art Center, 2008
Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, 2008
Snapshots 2007, Gallery 25, Fresno, Ca 2007
7th Annual Art Auction, Huntington Beach Art Center, 2007
"Made in California", Michele Urton, juror, City of Brea Art Gallery, 2007
Centered on the Center, Huntingon Beach Art Center, 2007
Open National Echibition, Walter Askin, juror, Long Beach Arts, 2006
S.C.O.R.E. 2006, Jim Morphesis, juror, Viva Gallery, Sherman Oaks, Ca 2006
"6th Annual Art Auction", Huntington Beach Art Center, 2006

"Chaos", Darlene DeAngelo, juror, Long Beach Arts, 2006
"Centered on the Center," Huntington Beach Art Center, 2006
"Home and/or Homeless", 2nd City Council, Long Beach, Ca2005
"All California!" , Laguna Art Museum, 2005
Butterfly Initiative, City of Huntington Beach, 2005
"5th Annual Art Auction", Huntington Beach Art Center, 2005
"Imaginary Spaces/Real Places", Christopher Miles, curator, Long Beach Arts, Ca 2005
"Centered on the Center", Huntington Beach Art Center, 2005
"Repp,Wong,Novak,Kramer,Hack,& Brown "Exhibit, CalStrs Gallery, Sacramento,2004
"4th Annual Art Auction", Huntington Beach Art Center, 2004

"3rd Annual Art Auction", Huntington Beach Art Center, 2003
"Out of the Box: Contemporary Photography", Marla Lombard, Juror, Brea Gallery, 2003
"Made in America," Darlene DeAngelo, juror, Honorable Mention, Long Beach Arts, 2003
"Centered on the Center", Huntington Beach Art Center, 2003
"They Stood in Line for Hours", Darlene DeAngelo, curator,(5 Artists selected from Centered, 02), Huntington Beach Art Center, 2002

"2nd Annual Art Auction", Huntington Beach Art Center, 2002
"Centered on the Center," Huntington Beach Art Center, 2002
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana 2000
"Loose in the Fire", Oxford and Cambridge England, 1998
"New Photography," Ryan Beck, John Humble, Carla Smith, & Tim Wride, curators Starry-Sheets Gallery, Pomona, Ca 1998
"11th Annual, "Amigos De Bolsa Chica, , 2nd Place photography,1997
"Urban Landscape II", Ron Rizk, curator, Long Beach Arts, 1997

"10th Annual" show, Amigos De Bolsa Chica, 1st Place photography, 1996
"Carte Blanche, ‘96, "Stanley Wilson, curator, Brea,Civic & Cultural Center Gallery, 1996
"Contemporary Urban Landscape", David Stary-Sheets, curator Long Beach Arts, 1996
"Foot in the Door," William Lane, Juror, Long Beach Arts, Honorable Mention, 1995
"All Media '94," Mike McGee, curator, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine 1994
"Searching for the Hidden", Barry Krammes, curator, Queens College, Cambridge & Biola University, La Mirada, 1994
"Carte Blanche, ‘94", Sandra Rowe, curator, Brea Civic & Cultural Gallery, Annual, 1994
Alternative Art, DNA Gallery, Group Show, Orange 1993
"New Printmakers 1992," Sidney Felsen, & Joni Moisant Weyl, Jurors Gallery B, Cal State University, Long Beach, 1992
Cal State University Fullerton, West Gallery, 1992

Orange Country Public Library, Temporary Wall Mural, 1990
"19th All Media Annual", Dr. William Otton, Juror, Brea Civic Center Gallery, 1985
Cafe Tahiti, Newport Beach, Group Shows, 1978,& 1979
Worth Ryder Gallery, U.C. Berkeley, Graduate Show, 1975
San Leandro Art Festival, Lundy Siegrist, juror, First Place Oil Painting, 1974
Auburn Art Festival, Group Show, 1974)
"26th Annual Show", Stephen DeStaebler, juror, The San Francisco Civic Center, 1973
"San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Exhibition", Carl Andre, juror, 1971
Worth Ryder Gallery, U. C. Berkeley, Group Show, 1971
"The Metal Experience", Tio Giambruni,juror & Hazel Bray, curator,
The Oakland Art Museum, 1971
Cal State University Hayward, Group Sculpture Show, 1970
Powerhouse Gallery Berkeley, Poster and Print Show, 1970

"Posters for Peace", Hershel Chipp, curator, University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1970

Projects

Artist-in-Residence, Huntington Beach Art Center, Feb. 2005

Collections

available on request

Links

Articles and Sites:
Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot
http://www.coastlinepilot.com/articles/2009/12/28/entertainment/cpt -inthearts122509.txt

The Laguna Art Museum
http://www.lagunaartmuseum.org/upcoming-exhibitions/oscene-2010.htm l

The OC Art Blog, Dec 21, 2009 http://theocartblog.typepad.com/the_oc_art_blog_contempor/2009/12/o scene-2010-artist-lineup-announced.html

ArtSlant Los Angeles
http://util.artslant.com/global/artists/show/65349-robin-repp

City of Brea Art Gallery, Made in California Video Interview, 2009
http://brea.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=253

City of Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach Art Center Auction, 2009
http://www.ci.huntington-beach.ca.us/Visitors/Art_Center/auction09/ bin/Final.html

John Wayne Airport, Press Release, April 6, 2009 ,Public Art Progam
http://www.ocair.com/newsandfacts/newsreleases/2009/NR-2009-04-06.h tml

The OC Art Blog TV, March 14, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLbRe4-NduI

The Radical Print Collection, J. Norris, 2008
http://www.radicalprints.org/thecollection.html

UC Poster Workshops, Natalie Price, 2008
http://www.csulb.edu/~nprice/ucb_posters/photobased.html

“Infrared Photography”, 43 images, book by Robin Temaiana Repp, 2008

4973: Berkeley Protest Posters 1970, Book 2007
by Laura Batten &Carl Williams, essay Barry Miles, Magg Bros. Ltd. London, UK

Unite Against the War, Lincoln Cushing,2007
http://www.docspopuli.org/articles/Bancroft/1970folio/1970folio.htm l

City of Huntington Beach, Weekly Report, July 24, 2007
http://www.ci.huntington-beach.ca.us/residents/news_publications/we ekly_report/jul2407.cfm

“Found a buyer, Robin Repp’s Huddle Together”, by Richard Chang, OC Register
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/entertainment/arts/visual/arti cle_1708404.php

Huntington Beach Art Center
http://www.surfcity-hb.org/Residents/recreation_culture/Art_Center. cfm
OC Art Blog TV, May 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdWuRdVIbOo
“Found a buyer, Robin Repp’s Huddle Together”, by Michael Chang, OC Register
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/entertainment/arts/visual/arti cle_1708404.php


"There Almost was a Painting", by Richard Chang, visual arts writer , Orange County Register,May 28, 2006 http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/entertainment/columns/article_ 1157902.php
“Robin and Bob Repp, Professional Photographers”, by Jan Prince, Tahiti Beach Press Magazine, Vol. 15-n535, , Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, April 2006
Huntington Beach Art Center, May 2006
http://www.surfcity-hb.org/Residents/recreation_culture/artini_art_ auction.cfm
Laguna Art Museum, November 2005 http://www.lagunaartmuseum.org/Juried_Artist/image039.htm
“Wild and Crazy Selection”, Upress Telegram, March 2005, by Shirle Gottlieb http://u.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,218~24541~2742522,00.html
“”New Wings in the Air”, by Dave Brooks, Huntington Beach Independent, 2005
“Show them the money” by Dave Brooks, Huntington Beach Independent, 2005
“Butterfly Initiative Flutters into Town”, Long Beach Press Telegram, by Joe Segura, February 02, 2005
Calendar, Sacramento News & Review, August 5, 2005
www.newsreview.com/issues/sacto/2004-08-05/calendar.as
Art Institute of Chicago, Institute in Contemporary Art, 2003 (at work in my studio)http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/tica/studio_extension.html
“A Pallet of Plenty”, by Mike Ciacca, LATimes.com and HB Independent, ,2003

   

Robin Repp

502 22nd St
Huntington Beach,
California, 92648
USA

714-536-9627
RobinRepp1@aol.com
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