AMoCA Collection | *Great White Shark* and *Hammerhead*, 1992, Golf bag, wood, paint, 27” x 94” x 22”, *Baby Hammerhead*, 1992, Vacuum cleaner, wood, paint, 6” x 20” X5”

RAiR | 1991-92

Robbie Barber

Robbie Barber received his BFA from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, and his MFA from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. He has gained notoriety as a sculptor working in a variety of media, and is the recipient of numerous awards. These include a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship and a Southern Arts Federation/NEA Fellowship in Sculpture. He has exhibited at Redbud Gallery in Houston, Texas; Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, New York; Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey; and the Monchskirche in Salzwedel, Germany. He is currently an associate professor at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. His work focuses on the study of vernacular architecture combined with found objects. (From RAiR 50th Anniversary Exhibition Catalog, 2017)