My name is Robin Lambert. I am an Artist and I live in Canada. This particular tumblog will be for the things that don't fit on my my website, my wordpress blog or with my group blog for SERG.
Lets see how it goes.
Robin Lambert
5753 41 Street Crescent, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1B4
Phone: 403.872.6973
Email: lambert.robin@gmail.com
Education
2006 MFA, University of Regina
2004 BFA, Alberta College of Art & Design (with distinction)
2003 Australia National University (exchange program)
2002 Red Deer College (BFA Transfer Program)
1998 Journeyman, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Selected Exhibitions
2010 Service: Dinner for Strangers, AIC Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland (upcoming)
2009 Service: Dinner for Strangers, Bilton Contemporary Art, Red Deer, AB
2008 Faculty Show, Red Deer College Library, Red Deer, AB
Residence Show, The Other Gallery, Banff, AB
Sincerely Yours II, ZERO1 Biennale, San Jose, CA
2007 Elevations, The Other Gallery, Banff, AB
The Swap Meet Project, The Camel, Richmond, VI
A Sense of Place, University of Regina, Regina, SK
Sincerely Yours, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON
2006 Daydreams and Other Tiny Revolutions (solo), MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
In Paradise Everyone Naps (solo), Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, SK
Six Chelsea Mornings, Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, SK
2005 MFA Summer Works, Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, SK
Groundswell: Emerging Ceramic Artists (curated), Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB
Research 3, Academy Gallery (curated), Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Below the Surface, The Museum of Objects, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Full Spectrum: ACAD Graduating Students’ Show, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB
Transformations, ArtSpace, Calgary, AB
2003 Current Works (solo), Showcase Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, AB
2002 The Works Art Festival, Manasc Isaac Architects, Edmonton, AB
Cups, Showcase Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, AB
Salon de Refuse, RDC West Wing Gallery, Red Deer, AB
Red Deer College Student Show, Red Deer Museum, Red Deer, AB
Cross/Sections, Red Deer Cultural Centre, Red Deer, AB
Web-based and Ongoing Art Projects
2008 SERG Presents: The Readers (with Ashley Neese and Lori Gordon), reading performances,
Artcity, Calgary, AB
From Here to There, satellite project, ProvFlux, Providence, RI
Radio4U, radio performance, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2007 Getting to Know You, interactive studio-based project, Banff, AB
Secret Meetings, interactive public meetings, Banff, AB
Web-based and Ongoing Art Projects cont’d
2007 This is For You, interactive intervention, Driftpile, AB and Yellowknife, NWT
2006 Wandering Books, public interactive project, Calgary, AB and New York City
2005 The Pitcairn Project, mail/web project, Regina, SK and Pitcairn Island
Exhibitions Curated
2010 TBA, Bilton Contemporary Gallery, Red Deer, AB
2008 BackTalk (co-curated with Nicole Burisch), Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Monsters, Secrets and Other Beautiful Things, Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, SK
2005 Figure It Out, Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, SK
2004 Collecting Ceramics: Four Regina Practices (co-curated with Ruth Chambers and Michael
Flaherty), Cumberland Gallery, Regina, SK
Other Professional/Arts-Related Experiences
2009 Utopia or Bust, Watershed Ceramics Residency, Newcastle, Maine – Invited Resident
Curator of Red Deer College Permanent Art Collection and Part-time Visual Arts Instructor
2008 Full-time Visual Arts Instructor, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
- Fall term: 3D Studies; Ceramics II; Visual Fundamentals II
- Winter term: 3D Studies; Ceramics III; Visual Fundamentals II
Making Artistic Inquiry Visible, May to June, Banff Centre Residency, Banff, AB
2007 Part-time Visual Arts Instructor, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
- Fall term: 3D Studies; Ceramics I; Visual Fundamentals I
- Winter term: 3D Studies; Ceramics I; Visual Fundamentals II
New Works: Materials, Processes, Practice, Jan. to Feb., Banff Centre Residency, Banff, AB
Summer Camp Instructor (drawing), Summerscapes, Red Deer, AB
Reader of Hello Shark, reading night, Banff Centre Smith Hall Storyteller’s Circle, Banff, AB
2006 Summer Director and Curator, Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, SK
Teaching Fellowship (Introduction to Ceramics Winter 2006, Instructor of record), University of
Regina, Regina, SK
2005 Visiting Graduate Student, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Board Member, Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre, Regina, SK
Curator, President’s Art Collection 2005-06, University of Regina, Regina, SK
2004 Museum Assistant, High Prairie & District Museum, High Prairie, AB
Studio Assistant/Mould Maker for artist Ruth Chambers, University of Regina, Regina, SK
Conferences
2007 Featured Artist, Open Engagement, University of Regina, Regina, SK
2006 Featured Presenter, 1000 Miles Apart Ceramic Conference, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
Presenter, Interdisciplinary Positions Conference, University of Regina, Regina, SK
Graduate Presenter, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Oregon Convention
Center, Portland, Oregon
Visiting Artist Lectures
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
2005 Roundtable (Visiting Graduate Artist), University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
2004 Art for Lunch, University of Regina, Regina, SK
Selected Grants and Fellowships
2009 Alberta Creative Development Initiative Project Grant
Canada Council Project Grant
2008 Devon Canada Corporation Scholarship
2007 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts Project Grant (Banff Residency)
2006 Teaching Fellowship, University of Regina
Fine Arts Travel Grant, University of Regina
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Education Grant
2005 SSHRC Scholarship, University of Regina
Asia Pacific Travel Grant, University of Regina
Doris and W.A. Riddell Scholarship, University of Regina
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Education Grant
2004 Student Choice Award, Alberta College of Art Student Body
Albert Foundation of the Arts Education Grant
Hanna Kristmanson Ceramics Award, Alberta College of Art & Design
Millennium Scholarship, Canadian Government
Bibliography
Baliko, Krista. Interview on CBC Radio. Regina, SK: March 21, 2006.
DeBoos, Janet. “exchanging.” Pottery in Australia (July 2003): 53.
Kennedy, Tina. “Local Artist Studying in Australia.” Spotlight, Vol. 41, Issue 2 (Jan. 8, 2003): 1.
Stuart, Jasia. “Service: Dinner for Strangers.” www.shotgun-review.ca. January 27, 2009.
Zielinski, Susan. “Dinner and an exhibit at art
