Gena Brodie Robbins is a Savannah Area Artist - An Intuitive Mark-Maker and Abstract Figurative Painter Investigating the Fleeting Moments of Memory, Existence and the Revolving Facets of the Human Condition
IN THE NEWS
Brodie Studio is now Brodie Studio & Gallery and is officially opening its doors at its new location in the Starland District of Savannah, Georgia.
Venture out Friday evening, November 1st, 2024, and celebrate Brodie Studio and Gallery’s opening during Starland First Friday. The new space is located at 219 East Henry Street, Savannah Georgia. (Yes! We moved to Savannah) The opening is from 5-9 PM. Light refreshments will be served. New small works will be available for purchase. Large-scale works are also available and are for rent. Inquire through email for more information about renting these works.
NEW WORKS FEATURED at UGALLERY
Never Looking Back, Acrylic on stretched canvas, 24 x 24 inches. Recently sold through UGallery.
Several of my abstract figurative works are on display at UGALLERY.com. Visit UGALLERY.com to view available works and to see what has recently sold. A huge thank you to, UGALLERY, a gallery whose home base is in San Francisco, for continually introducing my work to new clients. The work to the right (sold) is titled, Never Looking Back. It’s acrylic on canvas, and 24 x 24 inches in size. Never Looking Back is filled with bold colorful brushstrokes dancing delightfully across a dark background. Two figures emerge heading forward overcoming life's obstacles. The centralized figure is more prominent as it places one foot forward, symbolic of resilience, looking toward the future and never looking back.
Show of Heads
A SHOW OF HEADS
Work Featured in the SHOW OF HEADS Exhibition at LIMNER GALLERY in Hudson, New York
Nov. 19th -Dec.19th, 2022
My work, Night Terror, was accepted in the National Show of Heads Exhibition at Limner Gallery in Hudson New York on view through most of December.
OPEN STUDIO HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER 2022
This Fall: New Brazen and Bold Portrait Workshop
Inspired by my Resting Bitch Face Series, I am offering a weekend workshop to be held on the 1st floor of the Urban Art Collective in Chamblee, Ga. Create a brazen, bold, and well…bitchin’ portrait using a myriad of materials such as acrylic paint, inks, paint pens, collage, polymer layering, airbrush and spray techniques and more. Get Pop with your style or combine realistic and graphic elements with bright and exciting colors.
Featured in the Magazine- Raised Southern
Well, I must say I would have never expected to be featured in a magazine that I could actually find on the shelves at Barns and Nobles, but yeah…that happened. A whopping four page spread graced the gorgeous pages of this beautiful and engaging magazine created by chef photographer, choreographer, writer and designer, Jamie Parrish who also happens to be based in Atlanta Georgia. The magazine is called Raised Southern and highlights all things that make-up the amazing SOUTH! Great articles about southern musicians, cuisine, artists, and so much more. To get a copy of this magazine and read all about my life, my inspiration, works and more….OH…and read about so many other southern creatives and other inspirational people go to raisedsouthernmag.com
THANK YOU Jamie Parrish and Raised Southern for an amazing article on my life, my upbringing and my influences leading to my journey as a practicing fine artist. If anyone missed getting a copy on the shelves of Barnes and Nobles, don’t worry you can order one. Soon, there will be a new raised southern magazine on the shelves. I cannot wait to get that copy too. raisedsouthernmag.com
SHOUT OUT TO MY ALMA MATTER!
SCAD-SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
The month of May was a wonderful month. My works were up on display on the big screens out on the front of the SCAD building in downtown Atlanta on Peachtree. It was thrilling seeing them displayed for all to see riding down Peachtree. A huge thank you to Paula Wallace, the President of SCAD for choosing my work to display on the screens. SCAD also recently purchased two of my works for their permeant collection. Exciting!
The Last Conversation, mixed media on canvas, 40 x 30 inches, SCAD Permanent Collection
Keeping Score, mixed media on canvas, 40 x 30 inches, SCAD Permanent Collection
CATALOGUE OF WORKS
Own a catalogue of over 100 new works created in the past three years. Many of these works were exhibited in the Facing Forward Solo Exhibition held at the Quinlan in 2021. The catalogue’s Forward written by the Quinlan’s Executive Director, Nairika Cornett, while other Essays are written by Gena Brodie Robbins and Tracy Robbins. Each page is printed on quality glossy paper, and the front of the catalogue is filled with imagery of the installation in the lobby, and the two galleries used for the exhibition. Works span from large-scale 8 to 10 foot paintings to smaller 12 x 12 inch encaustic and mixed media works, to sculpture, hanging installation, drawings, and sculpture.
The catalogue has a glossy cover. All copies are signed by Gena. Click HERE to ORDER A COPY
FACING FORWARD- Solo Exhibition
Facing Forward is a body of work created within the past three years by contemporary abstract figurative painter, Gena Brodie Robbins, and includes multiple large-scale works in oil, 8 to 6-foot works, along with 45 other mixed media works, installation and sculpture. The Facing Forward Exhibit was held at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center inn August of 2021 and was the largest solo show of her career as a working artist. The exhibition centralized around the human condition, focusing on areas of loss, illness, isolation, memory, resilience, faith, and acceptance.