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Artist Statement:
The choice of clay as my
primary medium seems to come
from play in mud, sand and
water in the ponds of the
undeveloped land that
surrounded my childhood home
outside of New York City.
In 2004 I moved from
Washington DC to Yellow
Springs, Ohio which is the
home of Glen Helen, a thousand
acre nature preserve. Glen
Helen, filled with streams,
ravines, limestone
outcroppings and cliffs, is
reminiscent of the woods I
played in as a child. My
childhood play, the numerous
wilderness trips I've made
over the years, and now, time
spent in The Glen, provide
grounding and inspiration for
my work.
In my work, I address our
dependence on the planet for
life. In some of my
sculptures, I pair fired clay,
a material that survives for
millennia, with wood that
decays. I am fascinated by
what is hidden, what is seen,
what changes, and what remains
the same.
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo and Two-Person Shows
"Favio D'Aroma & Alice
Robrish," Moka Gallery,
Chicago IL 2007
"Alice Robrish & Colleen
Healy," Art Gallery, Howard
Comm. College, Columbia MD
2005
"Interiors: Sensuous and
Sublime," Hodson Gallery, Hood
College, Frederick MD 2003
"The Figure as Landscape,"
Creative Partners Gallery,
Bethesda MD 1999
Selected Group ...
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Artist Galleries:
Sherrie Gallerie
Columbus OH 43215
www.sherriegallerie.com
Moka Gallery
Chicago, IL 60618
www.mokagallery.com
Light Street Gallery
Baltimore MD 21230
www.lightstreetgallery.com
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Artist Reviews:
Columbus Dispatch review by
Kaizaad Kotwal, July 15, 2007:
"Robrish's figurative
ceramics, glazed to look like
bronze with a greenish patina,
are coupled with driftwood,
creating poignant pieces that
speak poetically to the human
relationship with nature."
"Her lyrical figures,
reclining or standing, match
the curves, nooks and
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Collections:
Robert Brecha and Katharina
Seidl, Ohio
Katherine and William Burruss,
Oregon
Mary Donahoe, Ohio
Phyllis Dowling, Ohio
Steven and Linda Krensky,
Maryland
Paulette Olson, Ohio
Steve Pretl, Washington DC
Elise Roenik, Arkansas
Theodore and Vera Sky,
Washington DC
Virginia Watkins, Colorado
Patricia White, Ohio
Ann Zabaldo, Washington DC
and others
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Alice Robrish Biography:
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The choice of clay as my primary medium seems to come from play in mud, sand and water in the ponds of the undeveloped land that surrounded my childhood home outside of New York City.
After graduating from Oberlin College with a political science major, I lived in New York City for a few years and earned a master's degree in library science from Columbia University.
Coinciding with the birth of my first child, I began to work with clay, the material I longed to use when I was a child. After satisfying my initial desire to work on the potter's wheel, I enrolled in community college art classes and then earned a degree from the University of Maryland in studio art with a focus on sculpture.
For more than twenty years I taught clay classes in my DC area studio while sculpting and exhibiting my work. In 2004 I relocated to the small college town of Yellow Springs Ohio. My figurative sculptures, which reflect the fascination with the natural world formed in my childhood, are shown in galleries in the DC area and in the Midwest.
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