Visiting Artists Series: Ellington Robinson

Based in Washington, DC and the Virgin Islands, earned his MFA in Painting and Mixed Media from the University of Maryland, College Park. His work has been acquired by institutions worldwide, including the nation’s first museum of modern art, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; The Studio Museum in Harlem; the Art in Embassies Program for the US Embassy of Oslo, Norway; the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence in Abidjan, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire; and the Grand Crossing Library, Chicago, IL. Robinson has received such prestigious honors as the US Virgin Islands Ambassadorship for his contribution to and promotion of the cultural richness of the territory and the Caribbean (2013); the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, St. Croix, Residency (2015); and The Fountainhead Residency, Miami (2018). Robinson’s work is currently in the exhibition Rendering Memories in Color and Line at the Phillips Collection.

Images: Ellington Robinson, Tone of Sound, 2025. Oil and Oil Stick on Canvas, 48” x 36”; Ellington Robinson, Abode for Liberating Visions, 2025. Acrylic, Collage, Found Objects, Graphite, Ink, and Oil on Wood, 42” x 52” x 4.5”; Ellington Robinson, Oneness Hypothesis, 2025. Ink and Oil on Canvas, 36” x 36”

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