statement

My work aims to slow down time. It is the intersection between my childhood drawings, curiosities, fascinations and memories. Through a phenomenological lens, I focus on objects that I grew up with, that have fueled my imagination and stylistic curiosities. These objects operate as symbols, megaliths, and hieroglyphs. Through my work I explore themes of family history, Jewish decadence, inherited taste, fantasies, embellishment, the infinite realm, and anthropomorphized artifice. The almost Neoplatonist pursuit for a personal aesthetic of beauty is always paramount. Thus, the work has a sentimentality to it and an object-like quality that has been filtered through my truths.  My recent work strives to find the common threads between the objects that I have been obsessed with, motifs within my larger body of work, and overarching curiosities that have caused me to wonder.  

BIO

Randal Robins (b.1992, Dallas, TX) is an artist and educator based in Dallas, Texas. She earned her B.F.A. with a specialization in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015 and her M.F.A. with a concentration in Painting from the University of North Texas in 2021. Most recently, her work has been shown at the Marfa Invitational Open in 2025 and the Texas Vignette Art Fair in 2024. Currently, her work investigates the space between memories and dreams, exploring themes of family history, Jewish decadence, inherited taste, fantasies, embellishment, the infinite realm, and anthropomorphized artifice. Randal is currently an instructor in Drawing and Painting at the University of North Texas.