EXHIBITIONS
2016
Penland School of Craft Series, The Bill and Patty Gorelick Galleries, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
2015
A Way of Working: Work by Robin Johnston and the Warren Wilson College Fiber Arts Crew, The Elizabeth Holden Gallery at Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
2014
Re-Imagining Paper and Fiber - International Invitational, Wailoa Arts and Cultural Center, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI
Grow, Light Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC
Legacy, Tradition, Reinvention – Penland Resident Artists, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Light of the Moon, juried by Namita Gupta Wiggers, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2013
Out of Tradition: Anne Lemanski, Andrea Donnelly, Robin Johnston, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands, juried by Steven Matijcio, William King Museum, Abingdon, VA
The Barns Studios 2013: The Resident Artists at Penland School of Crafts, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
Notions of Time: Ben Elliott, Cassie Floan, Robin Johnston, Burnsville TRAC Gallery, Burnsville, NC
Stitch, Light Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC
Chromophobe, Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI
In the Mind's Eye, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA *Third Place Award
Breaking Ground: Innovative Craft, Handmade in America, Asheville, NC
2012
New Fibers 2012, Eastern Michigan University Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI
The Cutting Edge: The Language of Textile and Fiber Art, Desert Moon Designs, Asheville, NC
Centering the Margin, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Handcrafted 2012, Imperial Centre for Arts & Sciences, Rocky Mount, NC
2011
The Barns 2011: Work by Penland’s Resident Artists, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
2010
In Flux: Meditations on Time & Space, Robin Johnston & Chelsea Pegram, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA, *two-person exhibition
Keeping Count, ATA Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA, *solo exhibition
2009
Retractions, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2007
Grounded?, Southern Exposure & Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
CCA Centennial Graduate Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Evidence, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Opening, Drawing Room, Portland, Maine
Made In: North South Gallery, Oakland, CA
By the Hand, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Work Around Process, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
Context, North South Gallery, Oakland, CA
2003
The Fine Art of Craft, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2002
See Through, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
Senior Crafts Exhibition, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Coney Island of the Mind Crafts Banquet, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The President’s Exhibit, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
EDUCATION
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Master of Fine Arts, Textiles, 2007
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Crafts/Fibers, 2002
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2013 Third place Award, In The Mind's Eye, Marietta/Cobb Musem of Art, Marietta, GA
2011-2014 Artist-in-Residence, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2010 Artist Residency Fellowship, I-Park Foundation, East Haddam, CT
2008-10 Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts
2007 Finalist, Headlands Center for the Arts MFA Studio Award
2006 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Spring & Fall Semesters, California College of the Arts
2005-7 Lowenthal Scholarship, California College of the Arts
2004 Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts
2001 Scholarship to Peters Valley, The University of the Arts
Presidential Scholarship, The University of the Arts
2000 Presidential Scholarship, The University of the Arts
BIBLIOGRAPHY/TEXTS
2014 Raines, Robyn, A! Magazine for the Arts, Vol. 20, Number 12, January 2014, Arts Alliance Mountain Empire
2012 New Fibers 2012 Catalogue, Fiber Arts Network of Michigan
2010 City Reader, Issue One, Curated and Edited by Julie Cloutier
2008 Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studios Press
TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
Visiting Artist, Fall Semester 2014
Western North Carolina Textile Study Group, Asheville, NC
Lecture: Mapping in Contemporary Textile Art, July 23, 2014
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Instructor, Spring Concentration, 2014
Personal Cartography
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Instructor, Summer Session 7, 2012
Weaving as Journaling
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Lecturer, Textiles Department, Fall Semester, 2009
Weaving Structure and Image
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
Instructor of Record, Design Department, Summer Session II, 2009
Introduction to Weaving: Loom-Constructed Textile Design
SFMOMA, Allison Smith Arts & Skills Service, San Francisco, CA
Workshop Leader, May 2010
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Teaching Assistant, Textiles Department, Fall Semester, 2008
Zeros and Ones: Jacquard Weaving, Instructor: Lia Cook
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Teaching Assistant, Textiles Department, Spring Semester, 2008
Introduction to Textiles, Instructor: Anne Wolf
Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Curator, Evidence
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Teaching Assistant, Textiles Department, Spring Semester, 2006
Weaving and Dyeing, Instructor: Lia Cook
California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Teaching Assistant, Textiles Department, Fall Semester, 2006
Weaving Structure and Image, Instructor: Lia Cook
Modernism, San Francisco, CA, 2002 – 2010, a contemporary art gallery
Assistant to Director
Brunschwig & Fils, Philadelphia, PA, 2000-2002, interior design showroom
Sample Librarian’s Assistant
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2001-2
Studio Intern: Assisted artist Leonardo Drew for the exhibition “Leonardo Drew: New Work” May 10 – August 16, 2002
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Surface Design Association
College Art Association