S. Lee Robinson (Sheri Lee Robinson) is an American Abstract/Surrealist painter living and working in Detroit, MI. After graduating from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1989 with a BFA in Painting, she embarked on a long, prolific career that has landed her compelling work into the hands of art collectors worldwide.
STATEMENT
Larger than life.
I make large format, abstract paintings in oil, ink and acrylic. I also sometimes make tiny paintings with big things to say. My work is eclectic and I never know what will emerge. Often it is otherworldly and completely unexpected but always much larger than this life. The process is both simple and terrifying as I approach the canvas and wait for the story to be told. My job is to capture the narrative and lay it down on the canvas or paper before me. This approach is automatic and invites direct access to buried, archetypal stories from our world and beyond. I have to hold on for the ride that follows and do my job as the visual translator for the information coming at me. Sometimes the paintings take years, or sometimes only hours to complete. My acceptance of this process and its results have been a challenge for me as the story isn’t always pretty and the darkness that can show through is important and real. I am not sure why I was chosen for this job, but chose me it did.
I feel that my work provides wonder and energetic healing to those who come in contact with it and I feel grateful to be able to share that with as many people as I have over the 35 year span of my painting career. Let’s see if I can go for another 35 years and REALLY have some fun.
In love and gratitude,
S. Lee Robinson
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S. LEE ROBINSON
EDUCATION
San Francisco Art Institute 1985-1989 BA Painting
San Francisco State University 1984-1985
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
-2024 111th Gold Medal Juried Exhibition Scarab Club Detroit. MI
-2024 FROCK Show Next Step Gallery Detroit MI
-2024 Spring Salon Detroit Contemporary Detroit MI
-2024 Dirty Show Detroit Group Exhibition Detroit MI
-2023 Annual Spring Group Exhibition Next Step Gallery Detroit MI
-2022 A Celebration of Pride ArtSpan SF Juried Exhibition San Francisco CA
-2019 Ancestor Solo Exhibition Keystone Gallery Los Angeles CA
-2018 Mythical Beasts Solo Exhibition Keystone Gallery Los Angeles CA
-2017 Message and Intention Solo Exhibition Keystone Gallery Los Angeles CA
-2013 Places Joshua Tree Art Gallery Joshua Tree CA
-2008 Modernism Week Joshua Tree Art Gallery Palm Springs CA
-2013 New Paintings on Paper Solo Exhibition Highest Form Gallery Palm Springs CA
-2009 New Paintings and Drawings Solo Exhibition Phyllis Stein Gallery Los Angeles CA
-2007 20 Year Retrospective of Oil Paintings Solo Exhibition Los Angeles CA
-2009 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art LA2OC Emphasis Extreme Santa Ana CA
-2009 The Paper Show Group Exhibition Phyllis Stein Gallery Los Angeles CA
-2008 Gallery AMP Art Music Politics Create:Fixate Gallery Los Angeles CA
-2008 LAAA Open Show Juried Exhibition Gallery 825 Los Angeles Art Association West Hollywood CA
-2008 LA Ethos Pharmaka Art Juried Exhibition Los Angeles CA