Jeffrey Robins was born in San Diego, CA (1989) he is currently an MFA Candidate at the Hartford Art School and alumni of UCSD’s Fine Arts program. He lives in Long Beach, CA.
His work is introspective and vulnerable, oftentimes casting friends, family members, and himself as subjects. He loves to employ evocative visual metaphors to explore moments which are ephemeral and approach ideas which are ineffable.
︎ robins.jeffrey@gmail.com
︎ @jewishsoundingname
PRESS
AINT BAD Feature
STAY Gallery Interview
AWARDS
2018 Charcoal Book Club Publishing Prize Finalist, Chico Hot Springs, MT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 I Thought I Saw the Light, Museum of Fine Art, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
2019 I Thought I Saw the Light, STAY Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 I Thought I Saw the Light, Space Place Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
2012 Faux Film/ Misleading Memories, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 UAS @ UAG, University Art Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2013 Equinox, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
2013 Amalgamy, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
2012 Le Friend, T.F.R. Gallery, Leucadia, CA
2012 American Free Spirits, The Canvas Shop, Seal Beach, CA
2012 Undergraduate Art Show, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
2011 Undergraduate Art Show, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2014 Miranda Conway selected works, Costa Mesa, CA
2014 Shadow Spaces from the Art | Crime Archive, co-curator, SDSU, San Diego, CA
2013 UAS @ UAG, co-curator, University Art Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2012 Undergraduate Art Show, co-curator, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
2011 Undergraduate Art Show, co-curator, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
EDUCATION
2022 MFA Photography, Hartford Art School
2013 BA Magna Cum Laude, Studio Art and Photography, University of California San Diego