Kela Robinson
"I am extremely interested in psychology, as I believe many artists are. Having my own issues with depression seemingly puts a gray cloud over everything in life, but somehow I still manage to find beauty and peaceful moments in the things that surround me. These things are what I try to incorporate into my artwork. I attempt to understand, observe, and collect moments of life. My work is my attempt to reconcile the materiality of our flesh-and-blood bodies with the fleeting, ephemeral nature of our minds and our experiences. There is so much mystery inside each human, both in the way the mind works and the way our bodies do. I cannot define everything that I look to convey in my work, but this type of thinking is my jumping off point and where it goes from there is a never-ending mystery to myself."
BIO/CV:
Kela Robinson is a Detroit area native and visual artist specializing in painting. She received her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from the College of Creative Studies in 2013.
2015 - Red Bull House of Art Alumni Show - Detroit, MI
2013 – “Lucidity” – Popp’s Packing – Hamtramck, MI
2012 – Red Bull House of Art Detroit: Cycle 3 – Detroit, MI
2012 – “States of Being” – Pittmann-Puckett Gallery: Affirmations –
Ferndale, MI
2012 – College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition – Detroit, MI
2012 – Scholarship Awards and Exhibition: College For Creative Studies – Detroit
Artists Market – Detroit, MI
2011 – College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition – Detroit, MI
2011 – Michigan Annual XXXVII Juried Exhibition – Anton Art Center –
Mt. Clemens, MI
2010 – “From the Window to the Wall” – Soft Sculpture Domestic Installation Exhibition –
Detroit, MI
2010 – College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition – Detroit, MI
2008 – College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition – Detroit, MI
Awards:
2012 – Included in Red Bull House of Art Detroit, Cycle 3
2012 – First Place Scholarship Winner – Detroit Artists Market – Scholarship Awards and
Exhibition: College for Creative Studies
2007 – Scholastics Art and Writing Competition National Gold Key Award
2007 – Scholastics Art and Writing Competition Regional Silver Key Award
2007 – Scholastics Art and Writing Competition American Vision Award
