Robbin Milne is a California painter and studio
artist.

She is associated with the Arts Benicia
community, San Francisco and Berkeley, CA.

She has exhibited her work in the Bay Area
during the past ten years in solo as well as
group shows such as the Oakland ProArts
Annual Open Studios, Arts Benicia Auction,
Arts Benicia Open Studios and Art as
Community.

Robbin has also been seen in other venues
including the Benicia Library Art Gallery,
Orinda Art Gallery, Bedford Art Gallery,
Sebastopol Arts Center and other venues in
the area.  

Her work is in Bay Area private collections:  In
Napa and the South Bay areas, including
Filoso/Obrien of Oakland and the Heydlers of
Danville, now in Germany.  Collectors abroad
include Canada, France and Italy.   

Ms. Milne received the Ralph DuCasse Award
for Academic Excellence in Studio Arts, and
completed her BA in Studio Art at Mills College,
Oakland California.

She was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana in
1957.

She continues to offer art instruction and
appreciation, and has worked in the National
Institute of Arts and Disabilities with adults.
EDUCATION
B.A. 2000        Mills College, Oakland, CA  (w/honors in studio art)
A.A.  1998        Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

PUBLICATIONS

2011        Gloomcupboard.com - Interview with T.M. De Vos
2009        Orinda News – Orinda Art Gallery Article on Group Show
2006        Benicia Herald article on “Conversation in Paint” show in
                Benicia Library
2001        “What is the job of an artist in times like this?”  StudioNotes,  
                Benicia, CA

HONORS AND AWARDS
2005        Best in Show, “Collaborative Art”, Sebastopol Center for
               the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
1999        Ralph DuCasse Award and Scholarship
               Academic Excellence in Studio Arts, Mills College, Oakland, CA

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Evolving Art Gallery, Vallejo, CA

SELECTED SOLO**/GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2012 Pro Arts Gallery, 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA
"cou
rage"

2010 Self directed and exposition of  "Waiting - a daily practice"
a drawing a day from August - November while waiting to travel to
Europe.


2009  Orinda Art Gallery, 26 Orinda Way, Orinda CA

2006
*“Conversation in Paint: A Three Year Collaboration” – Benicia         
Library Art Gallery, Benicia, CA
ArtsBenicia Annual Art Auction – Arts Benicia Center Art Gallery,
Benicia, CA
“Art Looking at Music, Music Looking at Art”, Diablo Valley Art
Gallery, Pleasant Hill,CA
Open Studios 2006 – Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA        
Vallejo Artists’ Guild Group Show Exhibition – Vallejo, CA

2005        
"Local Voice: Defining Community through Art"  juror Marian
Parmentar of SFMOMA's Artists Gallery -  Bedford Gallery, Walnut
Creek, CA
“Abstraction: Humanity, Form and Spirit”, Diablo Valley Art Gallery
Pleasant Hill, CA
“Open Studios 2005”, ArtsBenicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA
“Collaborative Art”, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA –
juried show
“Art of a Community”, ArtsBenica Center Gallery,Benicia, CA

2004        
**”First Friday”, First Street Roasting Café, Benicia, CA
Open Studios 2004  ArtsBenicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA
 
2003        
“ArtsBenicia Eleventh Annual Auction” ArtsBenicia Center Art
Gallery, Benicia, CA
“ArtWork SF”, SOMARTS Benefit, San Francisco, CA
“Open Studios 2003”, ArtsBenicia Center Art Gallery, Benicia, CA

2002        
“Open Studios 2002”, ArtsBenicia Center Art Gallery, Benicia, CA
“The Canvas Remembers September 11”, Benefit NYC charities -
Canvas Café gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001        
“Artists Respond to Terrorism” The ArtProject (collaborative), SF, CA
“Art for America: Visions and Voices”, Clos Pegase Winery,
Calistoga, CA  
“Bay Area Artists Create: Remember their Lives”, Collaborative
SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
“Coal Shed Studio's Open House and Show”, Mare Island, Vallejo, CA
Ninth Annual Women’s Show: “Creativity from Ghost Ranch, New
Mexico” PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, CA
“We the Artists at We the People Auditorium”, ProArts Gallery East
Bay Open Studios, Mayor Jerry Brown’s “We the People” Auditorium,
Oakland,CA
“The Art of A Community” - ArtsBenicia Center Art Gallery, Benicia,
CA
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