Robin Slonina (born 19 April 1971) is a multi-disciplinary, contemporary artist.

Biography

Slonina grew up in the

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area and received her

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from the

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in 1993. She married Jim Slonina in 2007.

Career

Slonina's work has been exhibited at the Evanston Arts Center in

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; the

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; Compton Verney Art Museum in

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; the

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, The Peace Museum, The Contemporary Arts Workshop, and Artemisia Gallery in

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; New York Mills Cultural Center in New York Mills, Minnesota; Atomic Todd Gallery in Las Vegas, Nevada as well as many other galleries and museums. In 2006, she opened Skin City Body Painting in

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, which provides professional body paint, makeup, and hair styling to customers. The company specializes in models, entertainers, and acrobatic talent for promotions, events, conventions, and parties.

Television

Slonina, along with

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, and Craig Tracy, serves as a judge on ''

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'', a body painting reality competition hosted by

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that began airing on GSN in August 2014. Contestants on the series perform challenges containing body painting each episode. At the end of each episode, one contestant is eliminated.

States of Dress Project

In 2005, Slonina started the "States of Dress" project, a series of interactive, site-specific dress sculptures. The project largely incorporated materials indigenous to the respective US state. *Illinois - "Red Dress" 1999. Dress made from 28 used dresses. 25' long and 18' wide at base.

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. *Minnesota - "Corn Dress" 2004. Welded steel frame and corn. 14' tall. New York Mills, MN.Kevin Cederstro
''Artist to Dress Up Local Fields''
''New York Mills Herald'', Sept 9, 2004. *Iowa - "Prairie Grass Dress" 2005. Life-size wire frame and prairie grass. Toddville, IA. *Wisconsin - "White Pine Dress" 2005. Wire frame, white pine branches, ladder. 10' tall. Seely, WI *Wyoming - "Willow Creek Dress" 2006. Woven willow branches floated on Lower Piney Creek. 15' long. Banner, WY. *Maine - "Pinecone Dress" 2006. Wire frame and pine cones. 8' tall. Westport Island, ME. *Nevada - "Casino Chip Dress" 2008. Casino chips and zip ties.

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Press

* "Robin Slonina draws on her Chicago work ethic to take the Vegas art scene to a higher level" by Bob Chiarito, May 10, 2016. The Chicago Ambassador * "Robin Slonina of 'Skin Wars': 'I knew that everybody would fall in love with bodypainting'" by

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, April 19, 2016.

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* "Las Vegas artist Slonina has skin in the game show" by Christopher Lawrence, April 13, 2016.

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* "Body Painter Robin Slonina Shifts to Canvas" by Jessie O’Brien, January 6, 2016. DTLV * "Body of work: Artist Robin Slonina" by Buford Davis, January 2, 2016. Inside Henderson * "Expanding the Canvas" by Erin Ryan, December 31, 2015.

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* "Weekly Q&A: Robin Slonina on ephemeral art, dirty charades and 'Skin Wars'" by Leslie Ventura, June 10, 2015. Las Vegas Weekly * "Almost Naked: Skin City strips to celebrate equality and diversity" by Kristen Peterson, May 13, 2015. Las Vegas Weekly * "Seven Questions for Skin Wars’ Robin Slonina" by Geoff Carter, September 2, 2014. Vegas Seven * "Body painting like you’ve never seen it before" by Catherine Conelly, August 6, 2014.

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* "Chicago’s ‘Skin Wars’ Judge Thrilled To Star With RuPaul, Rebecca Romijn" by Justin Breen, August 5, 2014.

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* "'Skin Wars': Las Vegas Entrepreneur Talks Body Paint, RuPaul and Reality TV" by Kristen Peterson, July 31, 2014. Las Vegas Weekly * "Las Vegas artist passionate about 'Skin Wars'" by Christopher Lawrence, July 30, 2014. Las Vegas Review-Journal * "Dress Sculptures Made of Unusual Materials by Robin Barcus Slonina" by EDW Lynch, July 29, 2014.

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* "The Garbage Dress" by John Farrier, July 29, 2014. Neatorama * “Couture Clothing Right Out of the Bins” by Beth Schwartz, June 2008. Polished Magazine Las Vegas, NV * "Look: The sponge dress, and other delights" by Greg Thilmont, April 29, 2008. Las Vegas Weekly * “Robin Barcus: State of Dress” by Miguel Cortez, Fall, 2005. Polvo Magazine Chicago, IL * “The Great Dress–scape” by Leah Petrusiak, May 5, 2005. Time Out Chicago Magazine Chicago, IL * “Corn Dress” September 26, 2004.

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Alexandria, MN. * “They will Come: Chicago Artist Creates Art in Corn Field” September 23, 2004. The Daily Journal Fergus Falls, MN. * “The Perham Show” Visiting Artist Feature September 9, 2004. Channel 3 News Perham, MN * “Window Art” September 5, 2004. ABC News Chicago, IL * “Five Shows to See Now” July 8, 1999 New City Chicago, IL * “Art Attack” Jan / Feb issue, 1999. UR Magazine Chicago, IL * “Robin Barcus – Multi-Disciplinary Artist” Fall / Winter issue, 1998. In the Loop Magazine Chicago, IL * “Windows Mural Project” August, 1998. WGN-TV News Chicago, IL * “Field Trip: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition is a Natural for Art Lovers” March 13, 1998.

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* “Test Site” Exhibition Review Dec / Jan issue, 1998. Gravy Online Magazine

References

External links

Robin Slonina website

Skin City Body Painting

Skin Wars

Famous Berlin Gallery

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