About
Mitchel Rubin |
Education
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- Mobilization for Youth Cultural Arts Program, N.Y.C.
- Hofstra University, Long Island, N.Y. Received a B.F.A. in
painting/drawing
- Continuing art studies at U.C. Berkeley, College of Marin,
Kentfield, CA, Laney College and Studio One in Oakland, CA.
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Experience 1969 to Present
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- Fine artist of paintings and sculptures shown in galleries
nationwide and bought for permanent addition to many private
collections. Created numerous public outdoor installation
pieces.
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1973 to 1988
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- Leather Craftsman and Leather artist. Hand carving and
paintings large leather wall hangings. Designing and hand
stitching leather briefcases, journals, belts, boxes, wallets etc.
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1974 to 1988
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- Hand crafting of leather hood straps for the Morgan Automobile,
a fine hand built English sports car.
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1979 to Present |
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- Wearable art...designer and craftsman of fine hand-painted,
hand-molded, one-of-a-kind leather and feather masks that combine a unique blend
of traditional and contemporary art forms. These masks can be
worn or displayed as wall art and have been featured in galleries,
museums, and art festivals worldwide and bought for permanent
addition to many private collections.
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1988 to present |
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Awards Received |
2007 |
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2002 |
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1996 |
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1995 |
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1984 |
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1982 |
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1980 |
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1976 |
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1975 |
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Special Award, California Artists, Monterey Arts Festival,
Monterey, California
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Festival Award, Upper Grand
Avenue Street Fair, San Francisco,
California
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1974 |
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1973 |
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Other Related Experience |
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I have taught art on the high school and junior high school level
in N.Y.C. I have given leather arts workshops at the Marin
Academy in San Rafael, California, and private mask making workshops
in my studio.
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I have shown my work at numerous museums, galleries, as well as
art festivals throughout the world.
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I have shown with the Museum of Folk Arts in Los Angeles,
California. I have shown with the Oakland Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery in San Francisco, California
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I have also displayed by masks with the Contemporary Arts Center
in New Orleans, Louisiana and at the Jewish Community Museum's Purim
Mask Exhibition in San Francisco, California.
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My masks have also been shown in galleries in Paris, and Art
festivals in Amsterdam
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I'm an invited artist to the Lincoln Center Arts and Crafts
Festival in N.Y.C. which has been rated by Sunshine Artists Magazine
as one of the top festivals in the United States.
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I have participated in Tiffany's Masked Ball and Benefit for the
New York Philharmonic Orchestra which included such notables as:
Adolfo, Red Grooms, David Hockney, Jim Henson Productions, Peter
Max, Leroy Neiman, Paloma Picasso, Larry River, Gloria Vanderbilt,
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and Yoko Ono, among others. I've also
participated in the Benefit Masked Ball for the Santa Rosa Symphony
League in Santa Rosa, California.
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I have worked with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and
designed masks and puppets for the 1997 production of "Two
Gentlemen of Verona".
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My work has been used for commercial displays and advertisements
in Vogue and Sunset Magazines as well as numerous local and regional
newspapers.
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I have been designing and hand painting silk ties and men's
accessories. I have shown them at art festivals throughout the
country. My men's wear has also been distributed in men's
shops and fine stores throughout the United States and also in shops
in Japan.
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I have been represented at the Magic Men's Apparel Show in Las
Vegas, Nevada, and the Men's Big and Tall Men's Apparel Show in
Miami, Florida. Through this market I have sold my wearable
art to Nordstroms, Macy's Bullocks, The Mens Warehouse, Mens Big and
tall Stores, and numerous small shops.
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