Emil Robinson, MFA

Associate Professor Emil Robinson is a contemporary artist working in painting. His expertise ranges from traditonal drawing and painting to the poetic language of images, the interaction of color, formalist abstraction, and the expanded field of painting. Robinson has been recognized for his excellence in teaching at the University of Cincinnati with a nomination for the Dolly Cohen Award and multiple medals from the Turner Scholars program.  As an artist, Robinson has exhibited his paintings and drawings extensively in the US and abroad. His work is held in public and private collections. Professor Robinson splits his time between the schools of art and design at DAAP.

MFA: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio, 2006 (Drawing and Painting)

BA: Centre College Danville Kentucky, 2003 (Liberal Arts: Drawing and Painting)

Aesthetics
Perception
Color as experience 
Contemporary Art/Painting
Spirituality in art and design
Figurative art

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 Emil Robinson: Interiors, Daniel Katz Gallery, London UK
2024 Manifest Prize, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2024 Interiors, Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland OH
2023 Evidence, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2022 Familiars, Taymour Grahne Gallery, London UK/online
2021 Flex Warrior, Essex Flowers, New York NY
2011 Someone and Some Other, Waterhouse and Dodd, London UK
2009 Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati OH

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Moreover 50 Paintings, curated by Michelle Grabner, Green Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2024 Interior Worlds, Taymour Grahne, London UK/online
2023 Nocturne, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago Il
2022 Inside Out, Scroll, New York NY

Art Fairs
2025 Arrival Art Fair, North Adams MA
2024 Expo Chicago, Chicago Il



 

4415 Aronoff Center
robinsel@ucmail.uc.edu