ariel baron-robbins

Ariel Baron-Robbins

miami, florida
abaronro@fiu.edu
www.arielbaron-robbins.com
561-306-8114

academic appointments

2023 to present
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, Animation
Florida International University, Miami, Florida
2023 to present
Curator
Lynn University NFT Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2015 to 2021
Adjunct Professor
Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida
2018 to 2021
Adjunct Professor
Broward College, Miami, Florida
2014 to 2016
Adjunct Professor of Art
Florida International University, Miami, Florida
2011 to 2014
Visiting Instructor of Art
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
2011
Adjunct Professor of Art
Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida
2011
Adjunct Professor of Art, Department of Art
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
2022 to 2023
Outreach Coordinator
The MUD Foundation, Miami, Florida

education

2010
MFA, Interdisciplinary Studies
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
2006
BFA, Painting and Drawing
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi

selected talks, panels, and professional activity

2026 upcoming
April 23rd, Create Animated Installation Art in the Spatial Internet Art + Tech Workshop, Locust Late Night at the Dill
upcoming
March 26th Chairing Panel for the exhibition Stolen Data on the expansion or retraction of Net.Art ideals and principles in the NFT and AI Art space. Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2026
Lightning Talks, Miami XR 2026 conference, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
2026
Grantee of the Knight Art + Tech Expansion Fund $25,000 for advancements in Loop Art Critique, Miami FL
2026
Selected for the Artist Host Committee for The Ellies Award, Miami Beach, FL
2025
Loop Art Critique enters the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami Art + Research Center
2025
Speaker for Media Under Dystopia 6.0
2025
Key Note Speaker, Arte e inteligencia artificial, dos perspectivas, 2° Coloquio Internacional Hermenéutica Ciencia, arte y filosofia, virtual in la Universidad de las artes, en Aguascalientes y en el Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades de la Universidad de Guadalajara, del 12 al 14 de Noviembre del 2025
2025
Visual Arts Methodologies Presentation
2025
Member of LAB MFA Review Committee
Locust Projects, Miami, Florida
2025
Featured Artist, Techspressionist Salon 92, Breaking AI
March 6
2024
Animation and AI, Skills and Tools of the Future Taught in Universities
Whizpill Podcast, Episode 56
2024
Chaired panel, The Artist as an Exalted Artisan, AI, NFTs and Art
Lynn University NFT Art Museum
2024
Finissage Discussion panelist, Altered Space, Anton Ginsubrg
Pierro Atchugarry gallery, Miami, Florida
2024
Lecture on AI and the Humanities
H.E.A.R.T. conference, Miami Dade College and FIU
2024
Panelist, Immersive Realities at the Creative Vitality Summit, WESTAF, Boulder, Colorado
2023
Artists with Generative AI Panel at FIU Ratcliffe, Art and Design Incubator, Miami, FL
FIU Ratcliffe Art and Design Incubator, Miami, Florida
2023
Moderator, What to Call Digital Art, Now, Lynn University NFT Art Museum
2023
Discussion with the Curator, AI, NFTs, Art and the Metaverse, Tempus Projects, Tampa, Florida
2023
Selected for Drift, exhibition of Peng Zhou, Demolition, Tampa, Florida
2022
Web3 Daily News Podcast, Speaker Spotlight, Miami, Florida
2022
Nominated for Adjunct Professor of the Year, Broward College, Miami, Florida
2020
Studio Tour, Fountainhead Studios, Miami, Florida
2019
Panel Member, Square Peg, Round Hole, FATE conference, Columbus, Ohio
2017
Guest Artist Lecturer University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth, Kansas
2016
Artist in residence, Pays' Art, La Maison Verte, Marnay sur Seine, France
2015
Chair of Panel, Drawing, Independent Discipline or Media less Process?
FATE conference, Indianapolis, Indiana
2015
ArtSmart Lecture, Artcenter South Florida, Miami, Florida
2014 to 2016
ArtCenter South Florida Studio Resident, Miami, Florida
2014
Vermont Studio Center Resident, Johnson, Vermont
2013
Fountainhead Studios Resident, Miami, Florida
2013
ATINER Conference for the Arts, presented paper and chaired a session on drawing, Athens, Greece
2012
International Conference of the Arts in Society, presented paper
Liverpool, England
2012
Faculty Artist Talks
Schmidt Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
2012
Guest Lecture, Mixed and Multimedia Salon
Armory Art Center, Palm Beach, Florida
2011
Creative Capital Workshop, invited participant
Pensacola, Florida

selected exhibitions

2026
In my Human Hands, an exhibition about AI and Art, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
2025
Doodle Noodle, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
2025
Women's Month Faculty Show, Green Library, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
2022 to 2025
Media Under Dystopia 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, The MUD Foundation, mud.foundation, Miami, FL
2024
Cycles
Miami International Foundation of Art, Miami, Florida, solo show
2023
States of the M3taverse
Searchlight Atelier and Gallery, Voxels
2022
7th Annual 5x5x5 Show
River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, Louisiana
2019
Body Marks
Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
2019
ArtCurated at ArtFTL Art Fair
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2018
MDC Faculty Show
Miami, Florida
2018
Bark Walk
The Girl's Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2018
Tropical Dreams
Quaid Gallery, Tampa, Florida
2017
2013 to 2016
Goppert Gallery, Leavenworth, Kansas, solo show
2017
Relation
Bozarts Gallery, Water Valley, Mississippi, two person show
2016
Art and Jardins
Saron sur Seine, France
2016
Screen Dance Miami, Dance for Camera Festival
Whitespace screened at Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, Florida
2016
Installation, Swim, Eat, Crumple, Windows
Historic Walgreens, Miami, Florida
2015
9Topics
Girls Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2015
The Artists of Art Salon, A Collective Dialogue
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2015
6:00 to 7:00 am
Installation in Lincoln Road windows at the Artcenter, South Florida, Miami, Florida
2014
On Site
The Betsy Hotel, Art in the Alley during Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida
2014
Hi 5
Tempus Projects, Tampa, Florida
2014
Frame of Mind
Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida, three person open call show
2014
On Site, Brooklyn Open Studios, Brooklyn, New York
2013
New Photographs
Wendy McDaris Presents, Hudson, New York, two person show
2013
Generations IX
AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2013
The Faculty Biennial
Ritter Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
2013
temenos, the Ariel Project
FAU Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Boca Raton, Florida
2012
The Drawing Show
Southside Gallery, Oxford, Mississippi
2012
Works on Paper
Phatory Gallery, New York City, New York
2012
Reduced
Tempus Projects, Tampa, Florida
2011
Mapping
100th Monkey Studio, Portland, Oregon
2010
Tabla Rasa
Findustry Projects at Deffebach Gallery, Hudson, New York, solo show
2010
Drift
Tempus Projects, Tampa, Florida
2010
It's Own Nothingness
Krowswork Gallery, Oakland, California
2010
Cross Pollination with Paula Temple
Harrington Brown Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, two person exhibition

curatorial

2025 - 2026
Stolen Data, Vuk Cosic, Rhea Myers, Rodolfo Peraza
Lynn University NFT Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2025 - 2026
Fugitive Commons, AI Art and Animation Contest, exhibition of Tery Spataro
2025
The Under 5mb Show, Loop Art Critique, loop.onland.io
2025
Variations, Robert Stratton aka Madbutter
Lynn University NFT Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2024
Variations AI Art Contest, with selected artist YADAI
Lynn University NFT Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2023
Screen Deep
Lynn University NFT Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2023
Demolition, Drift Curator's Space, solo show with Peng Zhou
Tampa, Florida
2023
The Present is Everything
Lynn University NFT Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2023
What to Call Digital Art, Now, exhibition and talk
Lynn University NFT Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
2022 to 2023
Press G to Fly
The Salon in Loop Art Critique, loop.onland.io

affiliations

2026 to present
Board of Trustees, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Miami, FL
2025 to present
Advisory Outreach Coordinator
The MUD Foundation, Miami, Florida
2025 to present
Heterodox Member, FIU chapter, Miami, Florida
2024 to present
Chairman's Council member
ICA Miami, Miami, Florida
2024 to present
ADAM Collective member
Florida International University, Miami, Florida
2022 to present
Founder and Director
Loop Art Critique, Miami, Florida
2019 to present
Acquisitions Committee member
ICA Miami, Miami, Florida
2012 to 2020
FATE
Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
2010 to present
CAA
College Art Association

bibliography

2023
The Boca Bauhaus Marcel Breuer, BRiC and Lynn University's NFT museum
Cesar Santalo, Andrew J. Corsa, Alex Duque, Ariel Baron Robbins
2022
We Were the Sex Pistols Interview with Vuk Cosic, author MUD Foundation Medium
2022
Leo Castaneda Interview, MUD Foundation Medium
2014
Tampa Bay Times, Review of A Different Frame of Mind
2013
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 19, Two page spread
2012
Oxford Town, 6 Artists Featured in Southside's Drawing Exhibit
2010
The Memphis Flyer Carol Knowles, Hustle and Flow

collections

Lynn University NFT Art Museum, Boca Raton, Florida
The MUD Foundation, Miami, Florida
Private collections in New York City, Toronto, Canada, and Oxford, Mississippi