EDUCATION
B.A. Political Science, International Relations, University of California, Los Angeles
Liberal Arts, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2018-9 Self-Portrait Super Hero, ceramic tile group mural portraits for entrance columns, Audubon Middle School, a project of Art Active, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Bridges, ceramic tile mural for Central Avenue Jazz Park Mural Expansion, City of Los Angeles, Council District 9, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Building Community, mosaic & ceramic tile panels for flagpole, Ted Watkins Memorial Park, L.A. County Arts Commission, Watts/Los Angeles, CA
2008 Aquatic Endeavors, tile mural, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Enterprise Park Pool House, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Gifts from Mother, tile mural, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Ted Watkins Park - Pool House Renovations, Watts/Los Angeles, CA
2007 Morningside Community Mural, mosaic tile mural, (collaboration with the 85th Street Block Club and the Love & Faith Christian Center), Los Angeles, CA
2006-07 In Rhythm, interior wall mural, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Ascot Branch Public Library, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Transformation through Education, ceramic tile mosaic mural, City of L.A. Cultural Affairs Dept, Hyde Park/Miriam Matthews Branch Public Library, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Central Avenue Jazz Park Historical Tile Mural, ceramic tile mural, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Artworx (formerly the HeArt Project), (collaboration with continuation high school students) and Dunbar Economic Development Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Unity in Community, concrete pylons surrounding the perimeter of Gigante Shopping Center at Vermont & Slauson, (collaboration with John Muir Middle School students and Vermont/Slauson Economic Development Corporation), Los Angeles, CA
2002 Pathways to Freedom, ceramic tile public seating, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Rosa Parks Station, (collaboration with Michael Massenburg), Los Angeles, CA
1998 Welcome, ceramic tile mural, Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA
1998 Crossroads, terrazzo floor, Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Systems of Exchange/Sistemas de Intercambio-Love's Remedies, Art Center Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2019/2020 The Collective Then: An Historical Survey of the Collective, Residency Art Gallery, Inglewood, CA
2017 ICONIC: Black Panther, Gregorio Escalante Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 The Portrait Show, Jerry Weems Art Studio & Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 The Creative Spirit, The Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City, CA
2015 Limitless, Exact Science Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Night of Nights Pt. 2, Gallery 1520, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Seven, 626 Art Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2006 The Blending of Cultures, The Consulate General of Mexico, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Black Is Beautiful, MJ Higgins Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Black Masters Of The 21st Century, 626 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Heritage, Testimony & Spirit, Le Florence Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Black (ab)Straction: Contemporary African American Abstract Art, Tilford Art Group, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Mirror Images: Reflections of Southern California Printmaking, Los Angeles World Airport, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Juneteenth Emancipation Group Exhibition, Lombardo Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Shadow & Act, The Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Downtown Artist District Art & Music Festival Open Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2002 JVC Jazz Festival, H & M Gallery, New York City, NY
2002 Kinds of Blue, Jefferson Park Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2001 A Few Things To Say, Design Group, Long Beach, CA
2001 Eye Speak, Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles, CA
2000 National Black Fine Art Exhibit, MooBoo Gallery, New York, NY
1999 California Blend, Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
1999 Group Exhibition, Dell Pryor Gallery, Detroit, MI
1997 Art Expo, Jacob Javits Center, New York City, NY
1997 Bridges: 4 Women in Art, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Group Exhibition, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Group Exhibition, Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996 The Woman’s Eye, Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, CA
1996 Out of Print: Monoprints, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1996 Group Exhibition, Jerry Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996 African American Artists’ Celebration, Fox Hills Gallery, Culver City, CA
1996 Three Women’s Perspectives, P.J. Herring Fine Art, Oakland, CA
1996 Reflections in African American Art, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
1996 Arts Afrique, Ramada Hotel, Culver City, CA
1996 Rhapsody in Art, Spelman College Alumnae Association, Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA
1996 National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA
1995 African American Artists Celebration, Fox Hills Gallery, Culver City, CA
1995 Generations of Women, Third World Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995 Africans in the Diaspora, California State University, Northridge, CA
1995 Rhapsody in Art, Spelman College Alumnae Association, Wyndham Bel Age Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Four Divas and Europe, Art-N-Barbee, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Out of Print: Monoprints, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1992 Group Exhibition, Art-N-Barbee, Los Angeles, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Robin Strayhorn: A Retrospective, Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles, CA
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY
2022 A Room of One’s Own, Arts at Blue Roof, South Los Angeles, CA
INDEPENDENT CULTURAL AND ARTS STUDIES ABROAD
2018-19 Penukonda, Varanasi, Shirdi, Bangalore, Calcutta, Pune, India, One Year
2011 Penukonda & Bangalore, India, 4 months
2010 Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1 month
2010 Penukonda & Bangalore, India, 2 months
2009 Penukonda & Bangalore, India, 2 months
2008 Chiang Mai & Bangkok, Thailand, 1 month
2007-08 Penukonda & Bangalore, India, 1 year
2004 Barcelona, Spain, 1 month
2003 England (London, Marlborough, Wiltshire, Glastonbury, Avebury, Stonehenge), 2 months
1991 Mexico (Veracruz, Mexico City, Tulum, Campeche, Merida, Puebla), 3 months
COMMUNITY/VOLUNTEER WORK
Summer 2019 – January 2020 Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Helped prepare and serve food twice a week, Detroit, MI
2010-2017 Shirdi Baba Seva, Helped prepare and distribute lunches monthly in Downtown, Los Angeles Skid Row community
2013-2015 Catholic Worker’s/The Hippie Kitchen, Helped prepare & serve food weekly for LA’s Skid Row community, Los Angeles, CA
2013 – 2017 Know Me Network, Taught art workshops for Autistic children and their families, Los Angeles, CA
2006 – 2007 Alden Terrace Nursing Home, Visited residents who rarely received visitors on a weekly basis, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Homeless Awareness Festival, Taught art workshops for homeless children, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2000 – 2003 Provided weekly assistance of activities of daily living to elderly woman dealing with cancer, Los Angeles, CA
1988 – 1989 Tutored boys incarcerated at Camp Kilpatrick, Los Angeles, CA
1975 – 1980 Assisted residents from local nursing homes and disabled facilities, Los Angeles, CA
TEACHING
2014-2019 Art workshops (ceramics, collage, painting, printmaking), Art Active LA, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Art Therapy and Ceramics, Weber Community Center, Los Angeles, CA
2012-2016 Art workshops (ceramics), Aimee Art Productions, Los Angeles, CA
2007-2002 Art workshops (mono-types, ceramics), ArtworxLA, Los Angeles, CA
2003-2005 Art workshops (ceramic tiles), Theatre of Hearts/Youth First, Los Angeles, CA
1990-1997 Substitute Teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1990-1997 Substitute Teacher, Teaching Credential, Los Angeles Unified School District
PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA
LA Times Calendar, The Art of The Train: Six eye-opening reasons to park the car and ride the Metro, March 29, 2007, page E29
Los Angeles Sentinel, The Artistic Pursuits of Visual Artist Robin Strayhorn, February 1, 2007, page B6
Artist Selected for Ted Watkins and Enterprise Parks, Our Weekly, January 18, 2007
House & Garden Magazine, Architecture, June 2006, page 111
The public & private art of Robin Strayhorn, The Arts District Citizen: life, arts & artists in Downtown Los Angeles, August 2006
ArchNewsNow, Good Neighbor: Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch Library by Hodgetts + Fung Design & Architecture, January 31, 2006
All About Jazz, History of Jazz In L.A. Inspires Public Art By Teens, July 27, 2005
LA Times Metro Section, LA Times, December 20, 2004
LA Times Art Review, LA Times, September 18, 2002
LA’s Metro stations showcase new works, Artweek, November 2002, Volume 33, Issue 9
MTA Continues Oft-Debated Program With Five New Installations, Los Angeles Downtown News, September 23, 2002
Robin Strayhorn: Emerging Artist poised for Success, Images: The Business Guide to Ethnic Art, May/June 1997
Culver City Star, January 31, 1996, Vol.78 No. 12, page 1
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
UCLA Ralph Bunche Center for African American Studies, Los Angeles, CA
MTA Metro, Los Angeles, CA
City of Los Angeles, CA
Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA
Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith
Riordan Foundation
SELECTION PANELS
MTA Selection Panel
Department of Cultural Affairs Los Angeles, Fire House project
Southern California Library