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EDUCATION
1983 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 “The 45th Parallel”, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 “distance”, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 “lakewater 2”, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 “measure”, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 “lakewater”, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Benjamin and Julius”, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006 “stack 2”, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 “stack”, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 “story 1. Run”, Hartnell College Gallery, Salinas, CA
2001 “grist”, Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA
2000 “figures and tools”, Mirage Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 “sensum”, Gallery ef, Tokyo, Japan
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA
1995 Hartnell College Gallery, Salinas, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 “Scene/Unseen” St. Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Initial Public Offering, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2013 “Earth, Science, Art”, USGS National Center, Reston, VA
2012 “Keeping Time”, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
“All You Need Is Love”, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
“Earth, Science, Art”, R.Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2011 “One Thing Leads to Another”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
“Transducere”, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
5x5 Invitational, Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2010 “enTrance”, Galerie Califia, Horazdovice, Czech Republic
2009 “enTrance”, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2006 “Reconstructing Memories”, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
2004 “Collapsing Histories”, Daigo Fukuru Maru Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 “Collapsing Histories”, Sesnon Gallery, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
1999 Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
SELECT AWARDS
2015 FID Prize Nominee
Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship Shortlist Candidate
2013 Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship Nominee
2009 Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship Nominee
2001 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
ARTICLES, REVIEWS, AND CATALOGUE ESSAYS
2014 Baker, Kenneth, “Robin Kandel: distance”, Bay Area Visual Arts Picks
2012 Marks, Ben, “Robin Kandel: Still Waters Run Deep”, KQED Arts
Roth, David, “One Thing Leads to Another at ICA”, Square Cylinder
Roth, David, “Robin Kandel and Andrea Schwartz”,
Square Cylinder
2011 Kerner, Aaron, “Film and the Holocaust”, Continuum
2010 Mizota, Sharon, “Robin Kandel at Sherry Frunkin”, L.A. Times
2009 Hannah, Hanna, “Robin Kandel at Andrea Schwartz”, Artshift
Szupinska, Joanna, “Robin Kandel at Andrea Schwartz”, Artweek
2008 Baker, Kenneth, “Robin Kandel at Andrea Schwartz”, San Francisco Chronicle
2007 Ollman, Leah, “The Past Speaks to The Present”, L.A. Times
Frank, Peter, “Art Pick: Words and Worlds Gone Mad”,
L.A. Weekly
Kerner, Aaron, Representing the Catastrophic, Edwin Mellem Press
Zellen, Jode, “Robin Kandel at Sherry Frumkin”, Artweek
2006 Reconstructing Memories, University of Hawaii Press
2004 Buuck, David, “Collapsing Histories at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery”, Artweek
Baker, Tom, “Indirect Views of Harsh Reality”, The Daily Yomiuri
Matsuko, Tadaaki, “Art Exhibition Faces The Core (Issue) of War, Genocide, and Terrorism”, Nikkei Newspaper
2003 Baker, Kenneth, “A Crisscross of Meanings in The Familiar Grid Pattern”, San Francisco Chronicle
2002 Fishkoff, Sue, “Fleeing Shadows”, Coast Weekly
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Neiman Marcus corporate collection, USA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
1983 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 “The 45th Parallel”, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 “distance”, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 “lakewater 2”, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 “measure”, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 “lakewater”, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 “Benjamin and Julius”, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006 “stack 2”, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 “stack”, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 “story 1. Run”, Hartnell College Gallery, Salinas, CA
2001 “grist”, Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA
2000 “figures and tools”, Mirage Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 “sensum”, Gallery ef, Tokyo, Japan
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, CA
1995 Hartnell College Gallery, Salinas, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 “Scene/Unseen” St. Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Initial Public Offering, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2013 “Earth, Science, Art”, USGS National Center, Reston, VA
2012 “Keeping Time”, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
“All You Need Is Love”, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
“Earth, Science, Art”, R.Blitzer Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2011 “One Thing Leads to Another”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
“Transducere”, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
5x5 Invitational, Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2010 “enTrance”, Galerie Califia, Horazdovice, Czech Republic
2009 “enTrance”, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2006 “Reconstructing Memories”, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
2004 “Collapsing Histories”, Daigo Fukuru Maru Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 “Collapsing Histories”, Sesnon Gallery, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
1999 Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
SELECT AWARDS
2015 FID Prize Nominee
Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship Shortlist Candidate
2013 Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship Nominee
2009 Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship Nominee
2001 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
ARTICLES, REVIEWS, AND CATALOGUE ESSAYS
2014 Baker, Kenneth, “Robin Kandel: distance”, Bay Area Visual Arts Picks
2012 Marks, Ben, “Robin Kandel: Still Waters Run Deep”, KQED Arts
Roth, David, “One Thing Leads to Another at ICA”, Square Cylinder
Roth, David, “Robin Kandel and Andrea Schwartz”,
Square Cylinder
2011 Kerner, Aaron, “Film and the Holocaust”, Continuum
2010 Mizota, Sharon, “Robin Kandel at Sherry Frunkin”, L.A. Times
2009 Hannah, Hanna, “Robin Kandel at Andrea Schwartz”, Artshift
Szupinska, Joanna, “Robin Kandel at Andrea Schwartz”, Artweek
2008 Baker, Kenneth, “Robin Kandel at Andrea Schwartz”, San Francisco Chronicle
2007 Ollman, Leah, “The Past Speaks to The Present”, L.A. Times
Frank, Peter, “Art Pick: Words and Worlds Gone Mad”,
L.A. Weekly
Kerner, Aaron, Representing the Catastrophic, Edwin Mellem Press
Zellen, Jode, “Robin Kandel at Sherry Frumkin”, Artweek
2006 Reconstructing Memories, University of Hawaii Press
2004 Buuck, David, “Collapsing Histories at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery”, Artweek
Baker, Tom, “Indirect Views of Harsh Reality”, The Daily Yomiuri
Matsuko, Tadaaki, “Art Exhibition Faces The Core (Issue) of War, Genocide, and Terrorism”, Nikkei Newspaper
2003 Baker, Kenneth, “A Crisscross of Meanings in The Familiar Grid Pattern”, San Francisco Chronicle
2002 Fishkoff, Sue, “Fleeing Shadows”, Coast Weekly
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Neiman Marcus corporate collection, USA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
