Robin Barcus Slonina

Who is Robin Barcus Slonina?

Robin Barcus Slonina is a multi-disciplinary, contemporary artist raised in the Chicago area, well-known for the "States of Dress" project, her ongoing series of interactive, site-specific dress sculptures. She is owner/artistic director of Skin City Body Painting in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she currently resides. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1993.

Barcus Slonina's work has been exhibited at the Evanston Arts Center in Evanston, Illinois; the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Compton Verney Art Museum in Warwickshire, England; the Smart Museum of Art, The Peace Museum, The Contemporary Arts Workshop, and Artemisia Gallery in Chicago, Illinois; 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.