Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
—
My practice is focused on photography and sculpture. It’s the pursuit of the uncanny that drives me to create mundane objects and spaces for the subjects of my photographs. I use simple materials, like cardboard and hot glue, and turn them into elaborate objects to aid in my drive for realness through the unreal. I’m striving for a particular kind of illusion. Not a big flashy find, but the subtlety of the card counter, the sleight of hand and unnoticeable graceful dance of the pick-pocketer. The best tricks are the ones we don’t even see. 
"Back door", from Series Real Spaces, 2020, Silver Gelatin print
"Lamp Shade", from Series Real Spaces, 2020, Silver Gelatin print
"Interior Shadows", Series Real Spaces, 2019, Silver Gelatin print
"Split", from Series Real Spaces, 2017, Silver Gelatin print
"My Eye in Brooklyn", from Series Real Spaces, 2019
"Plant Show", from Series Real Spaces, 2019, Silver Gelatin print
"Shower Scene", from Series Real Spaces, 2020, Silver Gelatin print
"Close Enough", from Series Real Spaces, 2020, Silver Gelatin print
"Outside In", from the Series Real Spaces, 2020, Pigment Print
"Cactus and Lamp", from Series Real Spaces, 2019, Silver Gelatin print
Artist Biography
Robin Crookall is a 2021 finalist in The Print Centers, 95th Annual International Competition. In April 2021 she had a solo exhibition at Real Art Ways in Hartford CT. Fall 2020 she completed a residency and solo show at Penumbra Foundation in New York City. Crookall is a 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in photography from The New York Foundation for the Arts. In 2016, Crookall recieved her MFA from New York University. In 2007 Crookall completed her BFA at the University of Washington. Crookall has an upcoming exhibition in Unbound10, at Candela Gallery in Richmond VA, July 2021.
