RESUME

Robert Lee Chamberlin                            

www.robertchamberlin.com                                                                                    robertchamberlinart@gmail.com                            

                                                                                                                                   770.262.6324

Education

2013             Master of Fine Arts, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA / Tufts

                     University, Medford, MA

2010             Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, Concentration in Photography, Ernest G. Welch School of Art 

and Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA           

Solo Exhibitions 

2021 Wreaths, Launch F18, New York, NY

2018 Collapse, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2016 Light My Fire, Miller Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA

2014 Empty Vessels, Volta NY, Miller Yezerski Gallery, NY, NY

2013 Fill Me Up, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA

Group Exhibitions

2023 QT Embodied, Boston Sculpture Gallery, Boston, MA

2022 Play, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA 

2019 High Rise Show, Curated by Showerhaus Gallery, Atlanta, GA 

Queeramics 2019.  Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA

Controlled Burn.” Hughley Fellowship Group Show, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA

Pried, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA

2018-2019 EAA Finalist Exhibition, Swan Coach Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Terra Incognita, Plant Seven, High Point, NC

2018 The Summer Swan, Invitational, Swan Coach Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Clay Review, Invitational, Abernathy Art Center, Atlanta, GA 

Frosted, Michele Merlcaldo Fine Jewelry, Boston, MA

2017 A LA CARTE, Parlor Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Venus Deathtrap, Slayer Gallery, https://www.slayergallery.com/venus-deathtrap

Cake Hole, Mrs. Maspeth, NY

Hard/Soft, Denton Arts Center, Denton, TX 

2016             Noise/Touch, BCA Black Box Theatre, Boston, MA

                     This Is Revolting, www.thisisrevolting.com

                     Contemporary Practice, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

                     Conceptual Clay, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA, Juror Emily Zilber

                     Post-Gay, Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA

2015             Nightshift 2, Castledrone, Boston, MA

                     Artcetera, The Castle, Boston, MA

                     Animal Instinct, The Beehive, Boston, MA

2014             I Want To Smell Your Hair, New Art Center, Newton, MA

                     Fountains, Margaret Thatcher Projects, NY, NY

                     Perma- F(r)ail and Specra: Live performance and video, Panoply Performance Laboratory,

                     Brooklyn, NYC

                     Perma – F(r)ail: Personae Documents, Photograph Gallery, Kansas City, MO 

2013             Pulse Miami, Miller Yezerski Gallery, Miami, FL

My Hard Live Post-Circus Project, Studio Soto, Boston, MA

2012             Medium Without Measure, Grossman Gallery, SMFA, Boston, MA

                     All Visual Boston, Spectacle, Boston, MA

2010             Form 2010: Artistic Independence, MINT gallery, Atlanta, GA

Awards

2018 Hughley Fellow, WonderRoot, Atlanta GA

Peter S. Reed individual Artist Grant, Peter S Reed Foundation, NY, NY

Finalist, Emerging Artist Award, Forward Arts Foundation, Atlanta, GA

2015             SMFA Traveling Fellowship 2015, SMFA & Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA

2013- 2016    Independent Artist.  Harvard Ceramics Program, Harvard University, Allston, MA

2012             Yousuf Karsh Prize, 3rd Place, Jurors: Kristen Gresh, Stephen Tourlentes, Josh Winer,

Anne Havinga, Estrellita Karsh

2011             MFA Scholarship, SMFA, Boston, MA

Professional Experience

2020 Instructor, Georgia State University, 3D Design & Wheel Throwing 1, Atlanta, GA

2016             Visiting Lecturer, Columbus State University, 3d Design & Ceramics 1, Columbus, GA 

Visiting Artist, Art and Money, Massachusetts College of Art and Design , SIM Program,

                     Boston, MA

2015             Lighting for the Ceramic Artist, Workshop, Harvard Ceramics Program, Allston, MA

2014             Intimacy and Contemporary Portraiture: A Panel Conversation, Moderator, New Art Center

                     Newton, MA

                     New Voices Lecture, Harvard Ceramics Program, Allston, MA

                     Lighting for the Ceramic Artist, Harvard Ceramics Program, Allston, MA

                     Artist Talk #6, Alt Lecture, Kansas City, MO

Publication

2022 “Robert Chamberlin Artist Spotlight”, Luxe Interiors Magazine, Sept 2022 issue 

2019 “High Point’s “Terra Incognita” Exhibition Explores the Current State of Ceramics.”  Christina Perez, 

Architectural Digest, April 6.  

<https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/high-points-terra-incognita-exhibition-explores-the-curre

nt-state-of-ceramics>

2018 “Robert Chamberlin at Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta.” Noah Rawlings, Burnaway, December 5.

<https://burnaway.org/robert-chamberlin-collapse/>

“Women Artists Dominate Slate of Fall Exhibitions.” Felicia Feaster, Atlanta Journal Constitution, 

August 10, 2018.

<https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/women-artists-dominate-fall-shows/TbNxoIzScbu2SzJojeFDeN/ >

            “Cullum’s Notebook: At Years End, Atlanta Shows Tackle Weighty Issues.” Jerry Cullum, December 20.

<https://artsatl.com/cullums-notebook-at-years-end-atlanta-shows-tackle-big-questions/>

2017 Emergency Index: An Annual Document of Performance Practice, VOL. 6. P.

2016             “Work That Hang In the Balance.” Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, 1/20/2016

                     <https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2016/01/18/works-that-hang

                                balance/Wg9Oz8BJxN2J5LOL0vuT3H/story.html>

                     “Interview with Robert Chamberlin.” Shana Dumont Garr, Big Red and Shiny, 4/20/2016

                     <http://bigredandshiny.org/24506/interview-with-rob-chamberlin>

“Conceptual Clay, Hot Art” Molds Ceramic Art Landscape, Daily Free Press, March 22, 2016

<http://dailyfreepress.com/2016/03/22/conceptual-clay-hot-art-gallery>

2015             “Robert Chamberlin, Synesthesia of Desire.” Arte Al Limite. January-February, 2015

                     p. 138-143.

2014             10 Cool Trends in Contemporary Ceramic Art. Art News. June 09, 2014

                     <http://www.artnews.com/2014/06/09/10-cool-trends-contemporary-ceramic-art/>

                     Artist explore identities in lively group show at Paragraph Gallery. Neil Thrun,

                     The Kansas City Star, 4/30/2014

                     <http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/visual-arts/article347653/Artists-explore-

identities-in-lively-group-show-at-Paragraph-Gallery.html>                             

Robert Chamberlin at Volta NY.  Installation mag.com.

                     <http://installationmag.com/robert-chamberlain-volta-ny/>

                     Volta NY: 13 Artists to Watch. Art Observer. March 9, 2014

                     <http://www.artsobserver.com/2014/03/09/volta-ny-13-artists-to-watch/>

NYC’s Art Fairs, Timothy Pakron, ART :I: CURATE, March 11, 2016 

<https://www.articurate.net/journal/nycs_art_fairs>

                     Robert Chamberlin. Holyporrony. March 10, 2014

                     <http://holyporrony.com/2014/03/10/robert-chamberlin/>

Robert Chamberlin, 365 DAYS 365 ARTISTS, October 25, 2014

2013             Art Basel Miami Beach/ December 6. Art New England Online, Dec 8, 2013

                     <http://artnewengland.com/blogs/day-3-miamidecember-6/

2010             Form 2010 Artistic Independence. Atlanta: Williams England Design, 2010. P 61-63.