Robin Tobias grew up on the Jersey Shore. She has lived in the Tri-State Area, New York and Florida. She creates figural and abstracted multi-dimensional pieces. Her medium is clay and the rigorous exploration of materiality. She had an extensive career as a psycho-therapist. In 2016 she shifted her career to her life passion as a full time artist. Psychology and the value of the feminine deeply informs her work. She has exhibited at the Soho Group Exhibition in New York City (2017), Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York (11/2018), ArtRage Gallery, Syracuse New York (3/2021) and currently shows at yearly, selected exhibitions in New York and Florida. As a deeply committed artist she is honored that her work has been finding a growing audience of collectors throughout the United States.
2024. “Of Myth & Men” – Watchung Art Center, Watchung, New Jersey
2024. Women’s Contemporary Art Exhibition, Sarasota, Florida
2024 “Delicate Proximity” – Interactive Art Installation, Kingston, New York
2024. “Look Again” – Beacon, New York
2024 “Great Artist Steal” – Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL.
2023 “Story Telling, A Visual Narrative” Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL.
2021 ”The Struggle To Connect” – ArtRage Gallery, Syracuse, New York
2021 Clayscape Art Exhibition – Syracuse, New York
2019 The Factory Art Exhibition – Syracuse, New York
2018 Member Show, Schweinfurter Art Center, Auburn, New York
2018 “Studio 26” – Soho Exhibition , New York City, New York
2017 “The Journey” – Kent, Connecticut
2020 – 2024 Board Member of the Everson Museum of Art
2021 – 2023 Chair of Collections Everson Museum of Art
2023 Executive Board Everson Museum of Art
2024 Juror for the Central New York Scholastic Art Awards
2020 Created and implemented the Art to Heart Project to support local artists and frontline Workers hit hard by Covid 19. Covid created a dangerous, restrictive environment in which many were isolated and scared. I opted to try to heal through creativity by establishing an online / community program. I created hundreds of personalized paintings that members of the community could purchase online as gifts to frontline workers. As the pieces were purchased I would mask up and deliver them to hospital workers, bus drivers, family members, firefighters, sanitation workers and many more. The project raised $10,000. All the proceeds went to artists and art institutions hit hard by the Covid-19 financial crisis. It was my small, personal effort but it became a large community project covered by the news media, art institutions and art lovers. It was both financially and emotionally successful for all involved
2023 3 Day Workshop Instructor, Printing and Eco Printing
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
2024 Private Collection, Sarasota, Florida
2024 Private Collection, Beverly Hills, California
2023 Women’s Voices, Barrington, Rhode Island
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK, May 1995 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Concentration in Family Mental Heath, Alcoholism and Certificate in Woman’s Studies
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE May 1979 SYRACUSE UNIVERSIT
School of Human Development / Syracuse University in the Netherlands
Present – August 1999: – Private Practice, Psychotherapist, Individual and family therapy treating varied psychiatric disorders. Primary focus depression, anxiety, personality disorders and addictions. Utilize broad range of therapeutic modalities, including but not limited to; Cognitive Behavioral, Psycho-Dynamic, and Systemic approaches.
August 1999 – March1997: Psychiatric Associates of CNY, Psychotherapist, – Treating clients population with broad range of psychiatric disorders. Provided individual and family therapy concentrating on following issues; identity, boundaries, impulse control and substance abuse and dependency.
December 1997 – July 1995: Alcohol Services, Inc., Therapist, Individual and group therapy treating adult and MICA population, focusing primarily on substance dependency and abuse. Generate and implement psycho-educational component of the Structured Outpatient Program. Provided clinical interventions and anger management training. Extensive experience with managed care providers.
1995-1994: Private Practice, Bernell Sauginas Jr., MSW, Assoc. Counselor, Co-facilitator of goal directed discussion groups focusing on weight control, values clarification, and body image.
