My Mixed Media Art
Currently, I am taking photographs and manipulating them into mixed media pieces- and I'm taking a break from canvas paintings unless I am commissioned. I feel another evolution on its way and will return to larger acrylic works soon. I've also been experimenting with encaustic wax and embossing powder to build texture.
ART EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Artomatic: 10/30-12/12/2015 in Hyattsville, MD
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ART DC Gallery: 5710 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, MD 20781 1/11/15-2/8/15
ARTOMATIC TAKES FLIGHT "Counterpart": 20"x24" 7/25/2014-1/2/2015 Reagan National Airport, Terminal A
Pancakes and Booze
JULY 24, 2014 Penn Social 801 E Street NW
Magnetism group show
June 1-June 29, 2014 ART DC Gallery: 5710 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, MD 20781
16x16 group show
May 10-May 31, 2014
ART DC Gallery: 5710 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, MD 20781
Sting
April 5- May 31, 2014- 23 piece solo exhibition, JHU Montgomery County campus- Atrium Gallery 9601 Medical Center Dr, Rockville, MD
Artomatic Frederick, MD
Sept 4-Oct 5, 2013 26 piece exhibition as part of a group show
Artomatic Crystal City
Alexandria, VA May 18- June 23, 2012. 40 piece exhibition, as part of 1300 artist show.
Bedrock
Adams Morgan, DC September 2010- February 2012. 17 piece solo exhibition
Ronald Reagan National Airport_* Historic Terminal A. May-June 2011. Ego, 2010
Piola
1550 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA December- February 2011, 26 piece solo exhibition
Planet Connections Festival
440 Studios, 440 Lafayette St NY, NY- June 1- June 27, 2010-3 piece group exhibition
"Casa De Canvas" Columbia Heights Salon Series
Washington DC- May, 2010- 6 piece group exhibition
Gallery 788
Baltimore, MD- May, 2010- 10 piece exhibition
Fairlington Community Center
Arlington, VA-January- February 2010
Gallery 788
December 2009, Baltimore, MD- 13 piece exhibition.
Artomatic
May 2009- July 2009, Washington, DC. 16 piece exhibition.
Dejabel Cafe
November 2008, Silver Spring Maryland.
Group exhibition 15 pieces.
Kramerbooks
May 2004, Washington, DC-
Twelve piece solo exhibition
Port City Java
November 2003, Baltimore, Maryland- Twelve piece solo exhibition
Center Stage Theatre
May 2002, New York, New York- Nine piece solo exhibition
Malealea Lodge
1999, Malealea, Lesotho- Four panel mural on side of barn approximately sixty feet in length, acrylic.
Short North Tavern
April, 1998, January, November 1997Columbus, Ohio- Three six piece solo exhibitions.
Vault 328/ Purgatory
October, 1996, Akron, Ohio- 10' x 10' mural.
My Experience
After receiving a scholarship to attend the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio, I was awarded a BFA in Painting and Art Therapy in 1996. Since then I have had many commissions and solo exhibitions in the US. While serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho, Southern Africa , I created a sixty foot mural permanently displayed at a major tourist center.
In 2007, I started an organization called Art/Engage LLC which provides art appreciation programs for adults with cognitive disabilities, especially seniors with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Currently, my contractors and I work in group homes in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. The website is www.artengage.org. Outside of work, I paint commissions upon request.
My photographs can be purchased at droblyen.smugmug.com