Overview
Rebecca Robinson, also known as PSNOB (pronounced "snob"), is a mixed media artist from Indianapolis, Indiana. Her work has been exhibited at the Chicago Museum of Science and History, Newfields, the Harrison Center, the Kurt Vonnegut Museum, and featured by the Arts Council of Indianapolis. She also designed custom cleats for the Indianapolis Colts. She is a member of the Eighteen Art Collective that created the Black Lives Matter street mural in Indianapolis.
Life and education
Originally from Indianapolis, Robinson attended a Montessori school as a child. Robinson studied fashion and design in Atlanta, Georgia. She then graduated from with a degree Art/Visual Communications from North Carolina Central University.
Work
Robinson's work includes approaches that focus on history, photography, film, graphic and fashion design. Subjects have included includes jazz musicians, people associated with the Madam Walker Legacy Center, and figures of other people. Her work has been exhibited or shown at the Chicago Museum of Science and History, Newfields, the Harrison Center, the Kurt Vonnegut Museum, the Indianapolis Public Library, Re:Public Art Gallery, and featured by the Arts Council of Indianapolis.
To make her work accessible to a broad audience, Robinson created a fashion line of custom designed handbags under the brand PSNOB (pronounced "snob"). PSNOB was created in 2001 while Robinson was living in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2021, Robinson expressed a desire to be known as more than PSNOB and to be recognized as an artist in other media as well.
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