ariel baron-robbins

📞 561-306-8114 📍 Miami, FL ✉️ abaronro@fiu.edu ✉️ ariel@mud.foundation ✉️ arielbaronrobbins@gmail.com

education

MFA, Master of Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies 2010
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing 2006
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

employment

Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor 2023 to present
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Curator-in-Residence 2023 to present
Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL
Outreach Coordinator for The MUD Foundation 2022 to 2023
A non-profit arts space, Miami, FL
Adjunct Professor 2018 to 2021
Broward College, Miami, FL
Adjunct Professor 2015 to 2021
Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
Adjunct Professor of Art 2014-2016
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Visiting Instructor of Art 2011-2014
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Adjunct Professor of Art 2011
Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
Adjunct Professor of Art, Department of Art 2011
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

professional experience

Advisory Outreach Coordinator for The MUD Foundation 2025 to present
A non-profit arts space, Miami, FL
Chairman's Council member, ICA Miami 2024 to present
Miami, FL
Founder and director of Loop Art Critique 2022 to present
Artwork and experimental art community space in a metaverse, Miami, FL
Acquisitions Committee member, ICA Miami 2019 to present
Miami, FL

curatorial

Variations, Robert Stratton aka Madbutter 2024
Lynn University NFT Museum, Boca Raton, FL
Variations AI Art Contest 2024
Lynn University NFT Museum, Boca Raton, FL with selected artist YADAI
Screen Deep 2023
Lynn University NFT Museum, Boca Raton, FL with Angie Amaro, Bbraio, Wenjun Chen, Inbar Hagai, Ibuki Kuramochi and David Sainte
Demolition, Drift Curator's Space 2023
Tampa, FL. Solo show with Peng Zhou
The Present is Everything 2023
Lynn University NFT Museum, Boca Raton, FL with Danielle Ezzo, cha, Ryan Seslow and Alexander Boya
What to Call Digital Art, Now? 2023
Exhibition with Siebren Versteeg and ARSNL Art and Creative Mind Talk with Carla Gannis, Lynn University NFT Museum, Boca Raton, FL
Press G to Fly 2022/23
Group exhibition with Tuna Bora, cha and Danielle Ezzo, The Salon in Loop Art Critique, loop.onland.io

professional activities

Member of LAB MFA Review Committee, Locust Projects 2025
Miami, FL
Featured Artist for Techspressionist Salon 92 - Breaking AI 2025
March 6th
[WP:56] Animation & AI: Skills & Tools Of The Future Taught In Universities 2024
Podcast with Ariel Baron-Robbins, Whizpill Podcast Episode 56
Chaired panel: The Artist as an Exalted Artisan—AI, NFTs and Art 2024
Lynn University NFT Art Museum with panelists Michael Assis, Alejandro Cartagena and Robert Stratton
Finissage Discussion panelist for exhibition, Altered Space 2024
Artist Anton Ginsburg curated by Dianne Beale, Pierro Atchugarry gallery, Miami, FL
Lecture on AI and the Humanities 2024
Annual H.E.A.R.T. conference presented by Miami Dade College and FIU, Miami, FL
Panelist for the Creative Vitality Summit 2024
Presented by WESTAF, Boulder, CO for panel, Immersive Realities
Moderator for Panel: What to Call Digital Art, Now 2023
With Professor Carla Gannis (NYU, Tandon School of Engineering), Dr. Nava Dushi (Lynn University Professor of Film and Media Studies), and Doreen Rios (Founder of [ANTI]MATERIA, curator, Ph.D. candidate)
X space with Whizpill Creator's Block 24 2023
Arts, Culture and Tech Talk with Ariel Baron-Robbins
Discussion with the Curator: AI, NFTs, Art and the Metaverse 2023
Stephanie Tripp and Ariel Baron-Robbins, Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
Selected for Drift, an independent curator's space 2023
Exhibition of Peng Zhou's videos and drawings, "Demolition," Tampa, FL
Web3 Daily News Podcast: Speaker Spotlight 2022
Ariel Baron-Robbins
Nominated for Adjunct Professor of the Year 2022
Broward College, Miami, FL
Studio Tour, Fountainhead Studios 2020
Miami, FL
Panel Member: Square Peg, Round Hole 2019
FATE (Foundations of Art and Technology in Education), Columbus, OH
Guest Artist Lecturer 2017
University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, KS
Artist-in-residence at Pays' Art, La Maison Verte 2016
Marnay-sur-Seine, France, June 1-30th
Chair of Panel: Drawing, Independent Discipline or Media-less Process? 2015
Foundations of Art and Technology in Education conference, Indianapolis, IN
ArtSmart Lecture to residents of Fisher Island 2015
Artcenter South Florida, Miami, FL
ArtCenter South Florida Studio Resident 2014-2016
Miami, FL
Vermont Studio Center Resident 2014
May 15-June 15, Johnson, VT
Fountainhead Studios Resident 2013
Miami, FL
ATINER Conference for the Arts 2013
Presented paper "Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the University Arts Department" and chaired session on Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Athens, Greece
7th International Conference of the Arts in Society 2012
"Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the University Arts Department," Liverpool, England
Faculty Artist Talks Lecture 2012
Oct 27, in conjunction with Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Schmidt Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Guest Lecture at Mixed/Multimedia Salon 2012
Armory Art Center hosted by Elle Schor, Palm Beach, FL
Creative Capital Workshop participant 2011
Pensacola, FL

selected exhibitions

Media Under Dystopia Wisper Edition: A Public XR Metaverse 2024-2025
The MUD Foundation, Miami, FL
Cycles 2024
Miami International Foundation of Art, Miami, FL *solo show
States of the M3taverse 2023
Searchlight Atelier and Gallery, VOXELS
WASD MUD 3.0 2022-2023
The MUD Foundation, Miami, FL
7th Annual 5x5x5 Show 2022
River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, LA
Body Marks 2019
Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
ArtCurated at ArtFTL Art Fair 2019
Fort Lauderdale, FL
MDC Faculty Show 2018
Miami, FL
Bark Walk 2018
The Girl's Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Tropical Dreams 2018
Quaid Gallery, Tampa, FL
2013-2016 2017
Goppert Gallery, Leavenworth, KS *solo show
Relation 2017
Bozarts Gallery, Water Valley, MS *two-person show
Art and Jardins 2016
Saron-sur-Seine, France
Relation, La Maison Verte Residency exhibition 2016
Marnay-sur-Seine, France *3-person show
Screen Dance Miami, Dance for Camera Festival 2016
Video "Whitespace" selected and screened at Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Installation: Swim, Eat, Crumple 2016
Windows at Historic Walgreens, Miami, FL
9Topics 2015
Girls Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Artists of Art Salon: A Collective Dialogue 2015
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
6:00-7:00 am, installation in Lincoln Road windows 2015
Artcenter South Florida, Miami, FL
On Site, video projection during Art Basel Miami Beach 2014
The Betsy Hotel, created specifically for The Betsy's Art in the Alley event, Miami, FL
Hi-5, Celebrating 5 years of Tempus Projects 2014
Seminole Heights, Tampa, FL
Frame of Mind 2014
Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL *3 person show
On Site, video projection during Brooklyn Open-Studios 2014
Brooklyn, NY
New Photographs 2013
Wendy McDaris Presents, Hudson, NY *two person show
Generations IX 2013
AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Faculty Biennial 2013
Ritter Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
temenos (the Ariel Project) 2013
Collaboration with Joey Bargsten and members of Meme Presentation, FAU Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Boca Raton, FL
The Drawing Show 2012
Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Works on Paper 2012
Phatory Gallery, New York City, NY
Reduced 2012
Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
Mapping 2011
100th Monkey Studio, Portland, OR
Tabla Rasa 2010
Findustry Projects at Deffebach Gallery, Hudson, NY *solo show
Drift 2010
Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
It's Own Nothingness 2010
Krowswork Gallery, Oakland, CA
Cross Pollination with Paula Temple 2010
Harrington-Brown Gallery, Memphis, TN *two-person exhibition

bibliography

The Boca Bauhaus Marcel Breuer, BRiC and Lynn University's NFT museum 2023
Cesar Santalo, Andrew J. Corsa, Alex Duque & Ariel Baron-Robbins
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14626268.2023.2273532
We Were the Sex Pistols, interview with Vuk Cosic 2022
Author
Leo Castaneda Interview 2022
Author
Tampa Bay Times, review of A Different Frame of Mind 2014
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 19 2013
2-page spread
Oxford Town "6 Artists Featured in Southside's Drawing Exhibit" 2012
Oxford, MS
Carol Knowles, The Memphis Flyer, "Hustle and Flow" 2010
Memphis, TN
Hanna Sayles, The Memphis Flyer Blog 2010
Memphis, TN, June 30
Megan Voeller, Creative Loafing, "West Tampa Exhibition Space (5)art a success" 2009
Tampa, FL
Jessica Vander Velde, the St. Petersburg Times, "Discover Your Deeper Self, Take an Art Class" 2009
St. Petersburg, FL
Megan Voeller, Creative Loafing, "Ruskin Holds the Big Draw" 2008
Tampa, FL

collections

Lynn University NFT Museum, Boca Raton, FL
MUD Foundation, Miami, FL
Charles LaPointe, New York City, NY
Eli Manning and Abby McGraw, Oxford, MS
Stacey Kimmel, Toronto, Canada