Stacey A. Robinson: Oct. 4
Artist Lecture: October 4, 2023, 5:30 PM // Art and Architecture Building, Room 109 // Ewing Gallery Exhibition: August 22- October 29, 2023 // Downtown Gallery Exhibition: September 1-October 21, 2023 // Presented by the Ewing Gallery and the UT Downtown Gallery.
Stacey Robinson, MFA, (Sept/Oct shows) was born in Albany, NY, and is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The influence of science fiction, Black liberation politics, and comic books fuel Stacey’s multimedia practice.
August 22-October 29, 2023, the work of Stacey Robinson titled Black Audacious Freedom Dreams will be exhibited in the Ewing Gallery installation by BLACKMAU .
September 1-October 21, 2023, the work of Stacey Robinson titled Black Utopia: Black Distractions and Disruptions in Time and Space will be exhibited in a Downtown Gallery installation.
His lecture will take place Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 5:30 pm, Art and Architecture Building, Room 109.
In conjunction with his exhibitions at the Ewing and Downtown Galleries, Robinson will give a public art lecture, gallery talks, and serial community events with the Bottom and the Frieson Black Cultural Center.
Robinson moved to NYC the day that Tupac died and the next day became an intern for Milestone Media Inc., a Black owned comic book company that inspired many of today’s comic creators. Soon after he interned at Black Enterprise magazine, and Acclaim Comics, he moved to Fayetteville, NC where he attained his associates, and bachelors degrees while working professionally as a graphic designer. Receiving a full scholarship, and the Arthur Schomburg Fellowship he attended the SUNY Buffalo where he received his MFA in 2015. He was a 2019-2020 Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellow at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research.
His work discusses decolonized Black futures. Illustrated books include: ‘I Am Alfonso Jones’ written by Tony Medina (2017) Lee & Low Books, and ‘Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre’, written Alverne Ball (2021) Abrams Books. Exhibitions include: Ascension of Black Stillness (CEPA Gallery) and The Black Angel of History (Carnegie Hall) 2022.