BORN
1979 Lubbock, TX
Living and working in Denver, CO
EDUCATION
BFA, Painting, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Italart Study Abroad Program, Painting/Drawing, Castiglione Fiorentino, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Art Students League of Denver, Faculty Exhibition, Denver CO (invitational)
2024 ArtBurst Studios, The Stories We Tell, online exhibition (invitational)
2023 Arvada Center for the Arts, 37th Annual Fine Art Market, Arvada CO (invitational)
2023 Art Students League of Denver, Ornamentation, Denver CO (invitational)
2023 Access Gallery, 99 Pieces of Art on the Wall, Denver CO (invitational annual fundraiser)
2023 Art Students League of Denver, delecTABLE: fine art of dining, Denver, CO (invitational)
2022 Denver Digital Land Grab, Manifest Dystopia (augmented reality exhibit), Denver, CO (public art)
2022 Art Students League of Denver, Boxing Day: A Holiday Salon, Denver CO (invitational)
2022 Arvada Center for the Arts, Enclave (One Sheet), Arvada, CO (invitational, curator: Brady Smith)
2022 Curtis Center for the Arts, 39th Annual All Colorado Art Show, Greenwood Village, CO (juror: Libby Garon)
2022 Access Gallery, 99 Pieces of Art on the Wall, Denver CO (invitational annual fundraiser)
2022 Community Cultural Collective, City of Colorado Springs Auditorium Exhibit, Colorado Springs, CO
2022 Fragmented Collective, Propaganda, Glasgow United Kingdom (online exhibition)
2022 The Medusa Collective, Mini Art Show, Westminster CO
2022 Lighthouse Art Center, Pop Art Warhol Inspired Jewelry, Tequesta FL (juror: Janeen Mason)
2021 Children’s Hospital Colorado, Frederic C. Hamilton Fine Art Gallery, Luminaries, Aurora CO
2021 Arvada Center for the Arts, Fine Art Market, Arvada CO (juror: Emily Grace King)
2021 Art Students League of Denver, Give A Little Art: Holiday Exhibition, Denver CO (juror: Jordan Cameron)
2021 Curtis Center for the Arts, 38th Annual All Colorado Art Show, Greenwood Village CO (juror: Mike McClung)
2021 Arvada Center for the Arts, Viral Influence, Arvada CO
2020 Art Gym Gallery, Art Gym, Holiday Fine Art Festival, Denver CO
2020 Marin Society of Artists, Celebration of Art 2020, San Rafael CA (juror: Dennis Kautsky Calabi)
2020 Art Gym Gallery, Reduce Your Use, Denver CO (jurors: Ilan Gutin & Judith Berquist)
2020 Art Gym Online Gallery, artWORK from Home, Denver CO
2020 CORE New Art Space, Mixed Media 2020, Denver CO (juror: Rik Sargent)
2019 VETS Gallery, Narrative and Illusion, Providence, RI (jurors: panel of the Rhode Island International Film Festival)
2019 Art Gym Gallery, Art Gym, Holiday Fine Art Festival, Denver CO
2019 Access Gallery, 99 Pieces of Art on the Wall, Denver CO (invitational annual fundraiser)
2019 The Gathering Space Gallery (KEXP Radio Station), Mixtape Week Art Exhibit, Seattle, WA
2019 Curtis Center for the Arts, 36th Annual All Colorado Art Show, Greenwood Village CO (juror: Collin Parson)
2019 Art Gym Gallery, Art Gym, Cahoots, Denver CO (invitational)
2018 Art Gym Gallery, Art Gym, Holiday Fine Art Festival, Denver CO
2018 Access Gallery, 99 Pieces of Art on the Wall, Denver CO (invitational annual fundraiser)
2017 Art Students League of Denver Gallery, A Flat of Eggs, Denver CO (juried)
2017 Access Gallery, 99 Pieces of Art on the Wall, Denver CO (invitational annual fundraiser)
2016 Access Gallery, 99 Pieces of Art on the Wall, Denver CO (invitational annual fundraiser)
2016 Knoll Gallery, Hey Diddle, Diddle, Denver CO (invitational)
2015 Knoll Gallery, 5th Anniversary Celebration, Denver CO (invitational)
2014 Knoll Gallery, Not Everything is Black & White, Denver CO (invitational)
2010 Kanon Gallery, Bibelot: Art of Small Group Show, Denver CO (juror: Kanon Collective)
2009 Luxe De Vil Salon, Circus Circus, Denver CO (invitational)
2008 Kanon Gallery, Select Works, Denver CO (invitational)
2005 The Other Side Arts, Entwined Art by Women About Connections, Denver CO
2003 RL Foster Galleries, The Colorado Emerging Artists Exhibition, Denver CO (juror: Robert L. Foster)
2003 Arts Assembly Gallery, New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), Denver CO (jurors: Jared Anderson & Michael Dowling)
2003 Phippen Museum Art of the America West, American Academy of Women Artists & Fiber Arts, Prescott, AZ
2003 Curfman Gallery, Undergraduate Research & Creativity Exhibition, Fort Collins CO (juried)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Polished Earth Gallery, Visiting Artist Exhibition, Denver, CO
2024 Firehouse Art Center, Solo Exhibition (Studio 64), Longmont, CO
2024 One2One Studio, Featured Artist: Robin Whatley, Englewood, CO
2019 Common Space Gallery, Art Gym, A. Muse vs. B. Muse, Denver, CO
2011 The Shoppe, A Woman’s Place…, Denver, CO
2009 Sketch, Featured Artist of the Month, Denver, CO
2009 Luxe De Vil Salon, Month Exhibition, Denver, CO
2007 Babooshka Salon, New Works by Robin Whatley, Denver, CO
2007 Jury Summons Room, City & County Courthouse, Month Exhibition, Denver, CO
2006 Mario’s Double Daughters, Month Exhibition, Denver CO
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024 Educator, Creative Classes at the Denver Art Museum
2022 Faculty artist, Adult Mixed Media & Collage Programs at the Art Students League of Denver (2022-Present)
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2018 Curtis Center for the Arts, Open Space: The Finite Frontier, Greenwood Village, CO (guest curator)
2018 Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Photovox Monthly Series; Gallery Practices, Denver, CO (guest speaker)
2015 SPACE Gallery & Art Students League of Denver, Art & Soul: Soul Struck, Denver, CO (co-curator with Christoph Heinrich, PhD of the Denver Art Museum)
2015 Knoll Gallery, Discussion leader “Monthly Salon Gathering & Discussion”, Denver, CO
PUBLICATIONS
2024 ArtBurst Studios, Retro Visions, Modern Voices: The Evocative Collage Art of Robin Whatley, online article, January, 2024
2022 Kolaj Magazine, This Week at Kolaj Magazine, international art magazine on contemporary collage, November, 2022
2022 The Villager, Meet the Artists of Art on the Green, Greenwood Village, CO, August 2022
2022 VoyageDenver, Denver’s Most Inspiring Stories, Conversations with Robin Whatley, Denver, February 2022
2021 The Curator’s Salon Magazine, image feature and promotion, London, UK, February 2021
2019 Westword, Top Ten Things to Do in Denver (A. Muse vs. B. Muse solo exhibition), Denver, April 2019
2019 Front Post, Opening Reception, A. Muse vs. B. Muse, Denver, April 2019
2018 Denver Post, Open Space: The Finite Frontier, Ray Rinaldi, January 21, 2018
2018 ArtBeat Magazine, Open Space: The Finite Frontier, Wendy L. Pitton, January 8, 2018
2007 This Week in Denver, featured headliner New Works by Robin Whatley, February 11, 2007
AWARDS
2024 “Best Creative Interpretation” Juror’s Choice Award, Summer Art Market, Denver, CO
2019 “Best Album Art” KEXP Independent Radio Station, Season II Mixtape Week, Seattle, WA
2019 “Best Album Art” KEXP Independent Radio Station, Season I Mixtape Week, Seattle, WA
2003 “Best of Show”, Arts Assembly Gallery, New Kids on the Block, Denver, CO (jurors: J. Anderson & M. Dowling)
1999 Martha Trimble Art Tuition Scholarship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
1998 Martha Trimble Art Tuition Scholarship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO