Faculty
Leslie Robison
Professor, Art, Dean, School of Creative Arts & Letters
Teaching
Courses taught:
- Art 105: Drawing I
- Art 218: Visual Culture
- Art 225: 2D Materials and Concepts
- Art 302: Painting I
- Art 304: Contemporary Drawing Practices
- Art 325: Illustration
- Art 340: Artists in Residence
- Art 402: Painting II
- Art 434: Socially Engaged Art
- Art 440: Prison Mural Practicum
- Art 491: Independent Study in Art
- Art 496: Exhibition Portfolio I
- Art 497: BFA Exhibition Portfolio
- COR 151: Crafting Democracy
- CDC 240: Incarceration & Emancipation
- CDC 240: Helping Homeless Youth
Research
Exhibitions:
Recent One and Two-person Exhibitions
- What a Man, What a Man, Alexander Brest Gallery, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida
- A Soft Insurrection, Dayton Society of Artists, Dayton, Ohio
- The Language of Endowment, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
- Becoming Monumental, TAD Gallery, Denton, Texas
Recent Community and Public Art Projects
- The Sheltering Sky Project, at Flagler College and St. Johns Homeless Coalition, St. Augustine, Florida
- Cellmates, St. John’s Youth Academy, St. Augustine, Florida
- P.L.A.N.T.: Plant Life And Nurture Transformation, Community seed packet dispersal, St. Augustine, Florida
- Cellmates, St. John’s Youth Academy, St. Augustine, Florida
- Compassionate St. Augustine’s Let Freedom Ring Chimes Project at R.B. Hayling Freedom Park, St. Augustine, Florida
Recent Group Exhibitions
- Reclamation, Florida School of the Arts, Palatka, Florida
- 2022 Textiles and Fiber Art Juried Exhibition, Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, juror: Dr. Robert Hillestad
- 2022 Members Virtual Exhibition, Mid-America College Art Association, juror: Matt Roberts
- Rise, a virtual exhibition through Create! Magazine, curated/juried by Erika B. Hess
- Small Works Members Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
- The Nameless Now: NE Florida Artists, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine, Florida
- Defining The Art of Change in the Age of Trump, Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington, D.C. juror: Charles Krause
- Rethinking the Menopause, Alison Richards Building and online, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
- 33rd Annual Tallahassee International, Museum of Fine Arts, FSU, Tallahassee, Florida
- Nasty Women Art Prize-Pop up Exhibitions, EKA Palace, Lisbon, Portugal and Popinnart, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Pride and Prejudice, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
- Nasty Women Art Prize Showcase, PRAXIS Gallery, Newcastle, England
- Tiny Acts Topple Empires, The Woskob Family Gallery, Penn State U, State College, PA
Education:
- MFA, University of Florida
- BFA, Washington State University
Area of Research:
Robison’s degrees are in studio art with emphases in Painting and Drawing. They teach a variety of two-dimensional courses with a focus on contemporary drawing practices and socially engaged art. Their drawing, paintings, videos, and crafts have been exhibited nationally and internationally.