Gina Lee Robbins
Gina Lee Robbins is a visual and teaching artist who creates objects and installations by manipulating clay and found or repurposed materials. Largely self-taught, she began working with ceramics over 25 years ago. She currently works in a shared ceramics studio, and out of her home. She has exhibited or curated solo, invitational and juried group shows and competitions nationwide, in locales such as: the Koehnline Museum of Art, Masur Museum of Art, Harold Washington Library, Bradley University Galleries, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Jack Olson Gallery at Northern Illinois University, Rockford Museum of Art and University of Wisconsin Union South Gallery, among others. An updated list of exhibitions, awards and upcoming events can be found at https://www.ginaleerobbins.com/ .
Robbins is a resident artist for the Oak Park Education Foundation's Art Start program, which places artists in K-2 classrooms for six-week residencies, and is a teaching artist at Chicago Arts Partnership in Education, where working artists are paired with Chicago Public School teachers to collaborate on year-long arts integration projects. She is an active member of Chicago Sculpture International, the International Sculpture Center and Woman Made Gallery.
Her sculptures are part of private and corporate collections worldwide.