ARTIST’S BIOGRAPHY

Arthur Robins was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1953. He began painting, sculpting and drawing at the age of two and a half.

He attended art schools throughout his childhood, receiving many awards and scholarships. After attending Pratt Institute, he supported his art through woodworking, including cabinetry and furniture making, while showing in galleries and public spaces.

Arthur has shown his art in major Art Galleries and Museums, as well as  the sidewalks of New York City, as well as . He has lived exclusively off the sale of his art since 1987. In 1993 he was a founding member of A.R.T.I.S.T., a group that successfully litigated a Federal landmark case extending the First Amendment right of free speech to artists and fine art. He has sold original works of art to collectors from every state and over fifty countries around the world. He is also known as a fine furniture maker. Arthur’s Art has been aquired by the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART as well as THE MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

Arthur Robins Wikipedia Page- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Milton_Robins

2009 NY Daily News

2007  Current TV

  • 2007  You Tube- Arthur Robins Channel
  • 2006  Luxury Living TV
  • 2005 THIS REVOLUTION  Film-Featured, played Himself
  • 2004  CBS NEWS (Lead story, 6:00 and 11:00 PM)
  • 2004  Inside Pool MAgazine
  • 2004  Messianic Times
  • 2001  Billiard Digest [September] – article
  • 1998  American Cueist [July] – magazine cover and inside article
    ARTnews [February] – article
    The International Economy
  • 1996  Peace, Love & Harmony Cable TV
  • 1995  ZDF-TV German Television
  • 1994  Channel 5 Fox TV News
    Soundtruth – Cable TV
    Channel 9 WWOR News
  • 1985  East Village Art
  • 1981  New York Post

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

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2014  Redwood Art Gallery, Manhattan NYC

2013  Adams Art Gallery , Stroudsburg  PA.

       2011     Alabaster Box Gallery , Stroudsburg  PA.

  • 2009      Papoos Gallery  NYC  NY
  • 2008     Sherwood Design Engineers NYC HQ, NY
  • 2007     Aqueduct Raceway, Queens, NY
  • 2005     Sui Generis Gallery, Midtown NYC
  • 2004     U.S.Open Billiards, NYC
  • 2004     Las Vegas BCA Nationals, Las Vegas Nevada
  • 2003     Gallery Diamante, Carmel, Ca.
  • 2003     National Pool and Billiards Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • 2002-2003  Art Now Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca.
  • 2002     Open Studio Tour, Santa Cruz, Ca.
  • 2000     U.S. Open Billiards Tournement, Roseland, NYC
  • 1999      The Friars Club, NYC
  • 1998      Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, NY – exhibition cover, inside cover, bio
  • 1997     Revelation Fine Ar/New World Art Center, Ne York, NY
  • 1995     John McEnroe Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1991     Exhibition Space, New York, NY
  • 1985     Steven Adams Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1980     United States Federal Courthouse, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2011             Cathedral of the Arts Festival, Jersey City, NJ
2007 Icosahedron Gallery
2000 Museum of the City of New York, NYC
1999 The New York Athletic Club, NYC
1998 Museum of the City of New York, NY
The Armoy Works on Paper, NYC
1997 Revelation Fine Art, New York, NY
1996 John McEnroe Gallery, New York, NY
ACA Galleries, New York, NY
1995 John McEnroe Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Science Fiction Art Show, Tarrytown, NY
1990 Science Fiction Art Show, Philadelphia, PA
1989 Mural on Lite Elite, Broome & Bowery, New York, NY
1988 La Mama/La Galleria, New York, NY
1986 Michael Todd Room, New York, NY
Steven Adams Gallery, New York, NY
Now Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Steven Adams Gallery, New York, NY
Now Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Nico Smith Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Mural on West Broadway, New York, NY
1981 Public Image Gallery, New York, NY
1979 United States Court House, New York, NY
1975 Tim Blackburn Gallery, New York, NY   

EDUCATION
1969-71 William Allen High School, Allentown, PA
Top student of James P. Musselman
1971 Syracuse University, NY
Painting, Sculpture & Drawing
1971-73 Pratt Institute, NY
1973-4 Independent Study with Sculptor Takashi Nakazawa
1974-5 Brooklyn Academy of Music
Jazz Percussion
1977 Cabinet & Furniture Making
apprenticeship under Don Boyce, Soho
1978 Cabinet & Furniture Making
apprenticeship under Roger Scorcio
1976-85 Seido Karate under Master Tadashi Nakamura
Attained Black Belt
1989-97 Artists For Israel Institute, NYC
Studied Theology and Scriptures (Old and New Testaments) in original Hebrew and Greek.
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