Rubem Robierb

Rubem Robierb
Born (1976-12-01) December 1, 1976
Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Spouse(s) Sam Champion (m. 2012)

Rubem Robierb (born 1 December 1976) is a Brazilian visual artist, whose current medium and style is linked to the Pop-Art movement by using the two-dimensional image and its repetition as a resource. Robierb employs a sense of figurativeness, to convey overflowing images, filled with hidden meanings, to the viewer.[1] With numerous solo and group art exhibitions, international galleries and art shows, Robierb’s artwork is now featured in at least seven countries. His earlier photography work has been recognized with nine honorable mentions at the International Photography Awards (2012).[2]

Early life and education

Rubem Robierb was born in Maranhão, Brazil, a region well known for being the birthplace of many poets. Since a young age, Rubem Robierb began writing poetry, but soon he developed an interest in photography and how images can affect the viewer in an emotional sense. Robierb point that his work is "all about poetry translated into images".[3] At the age twenty years old, he moved to São Paulo with the intention of attending photography school. At that time he began to do commercial photography for the advertising industry.

Career

Robierb work caught the attention of Art et Partage Association, which in 2005 commissioned him his first solo exhibition, Brezil Autrement (Otherwise Brazil) in Aix-en-Provence, France. Subsequently, São Paulo, Zurich, Monaco, Paris and Milan galleries exhibited his photographs.[3] In 2008 Robierb settled in Miami, U.S., attracted by the Latin flair of this city. He opened a studio in Wynwood and began to participate in the artistic atmosphere of Miami, with a constant presence in Art Basel week. He began experimenting with images printed on metallic paper fused with plexiglass with which he achieved highly expressive large formats.

In 2009 he took part in Red Dot (Art Basel) with Eros / Thanatos series, a group of images in which the artist researched the thin boundary that exists in human sexuality, between ecstasy and suffering.[1] In 2011 he exhibited Show Me the Money series at Curators Voice Art Gallery in MIAMI, in which he crushed dollar bills and photographed it against a solid black background, creating images which deceive the viewer’s perception and question the traditional canons of economic power.[4] The Wynwood atmosphere in the heart of the Miami art district, with its graffiti, vibrant art street and galleries, invited him to turn to his third expressive way, painting. In 2012 Robierb debut in New York City art scene at Emmanuel Freming Gallery with his Bullet-Fly Effect series, a group of photographs in which he performed compositions that fused the body of a butterfly, symbol of beauty, with war materials like bullets or machine guns[5] with a result that dramatically evokes images of transformation, beauty, war and death, while establishes a reference to the ‘butterfly effect’ in the Chaos Theory, where the flapping of a butterfly's wings in New York can create a tsunami in Japan.[6] In 2013 at Taglialatella Gallery in New York City, Robierb made his Bullets & Butterflies show, with the same subject as Bullet Fly Effect series but now, with a series of paintings instead of photographs. In 2015 at 212 Gallery in Aspen, the artist showed his HeArt series of paintings that juxtaposes the symbolic heart with everyday symbols and phrases. In 2015 Robierb was commissioned by the city of Fort Lauderdale to paint Metamorph-Us, a large mural in the downtown area, on the outer walls of The Shade-Post, a multipurpose space for art and design.[7]

Robierb has participated in group exhibitions such as Corpo Revelado, Blue Life Cultural Space, São Paulo, Brazil (2006), Art Curial for Fight Aids Monaco Foundation, Monaco (2007), Photophantasma, Avant Gallery, Miami (2009), Arteaméricas Art Fair, Canal Gallery, Miami (2012), The Suit, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago (2014), Beautiful Objects , Curator's Voice Art project, Miami (2014), Hot Spot, Curator's Voice Art Projects, Miami (2015), among others. Robierb was named as one of the featured emerging artists on Art Southampton 2015.[8]

Personal life

Rubem Robierb and his partner of several years, Weather Channel figure and former lead meteorologist for Good Morning America Sam Champion, announced their engagement on October 5, 2012,[9] and were married on December 21 of that year.[10] Both of them have been activists for equal marriage, actively support GLAAD and Point Foundation LGBT, among others. On May 3, 2013 Champion, accompanied by Robierb, received the award for Visibility, given for their support of LGBT cause, at the Gala Dinner of Atlanta.[11]

Individual exhibitions

Awards

2012 Honorable Mentions, International Photography Awards (Los Angeles, California, U.S. 2012):

References

  1. 1 2 Hernandez, Pilar. "Rubem Robierb, Poeta de Imágenes". Neorika. Neorika. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Honorable Mention Gallery Professional". IPA Int'l Photography Awards. IPA. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Siqueiros, Heber. "Miami Artist Rubem Robierb: Poet, Painter". miamiartzine. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ Suarez de Jesus, Carlos. ". Wynwood Art Walk 2012: Crumpled Bills and Sharky Sculptures". Miami New Times. Miami New Times. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ Belonski, Andrew. "A View of Rubem Robierb’s Striking Art". Out Traveler. Out Traveler. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Photo Flash: Sam Champion, Lara Spencer and Josh Elliot Host Rubem Robierb’s Bullet Fly Effect Art Show". BWW. BWW. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ Crinklaw, Don. "Mural, art space part of larger makeover". SunSentinel. SunSentinel. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Art Southampton 2015 draws critical acclaim from collectors, art advisors, curators". ArtDaily.org. ArtDaily.org. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sam Champion Engaged to Be Married, Good Morning America". Yahoo! News. Yahoo! News. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  10. ↑ Mandel, Andrea. "'GMA' anchor Sam Champion marries his partner". USA Today. USA Today. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  11. ↑ Saunders, Patrick. "27th annual HRC Dinner ‘most successful Atlanta HRC gala ever’". Georgia Voice. Georgia Voice.
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