Exhibitions
2024 - Down to Earth, Carmel Art Association, Carmel CA
2023 - Color & Contour, Carmel Art Association, Carmel CA
2022 - Creative Women, New Work by Local Carmel Artists, Gallery MAR, Carmel, CA
2022 - Los Gatos Art Association, Greater Bay Area Open, New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
2021 - Salon at the Triton, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2021 - New Member Artist Show, Carmel Artist Association, Carmel CA
2020 - Creative Women, New Work by Six Local Carmel Artists, Gallery MAR, Carmel, CA
2019 - Solo Exhibition, American Institute of Architects, Monterey Bay Chapter, CA
2018 - Solo Exhibition, Robin Sawyer: A Sense of Color, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
2017 - Summer Exposure, Juried Exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2017 - Figures and Faces, Juried Exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2017 - Color, Light and Form: Selections from the Contemporary Collection, Monterey
Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
2017 - Abstractions, Juried Exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2015 - Solo Studio Gallery Show, Carmel Valley, CA
2012 - New Paintings, Masaoka Design Gallery, Carmel Valley, CA
2010 - Art at Home Studio Tour for YAC, Carmel Valley, CA
2006 - Robin Sawyer, Spin Gallery, San Rafael, CA
2005 - Frond Memories, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
2004 - Images of California Agriculture, National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, CA
2003 - At The Heart of Things, Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 - Robin Sawyer, From the Ground Up, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
2001 - Robin Sawyer, New Work, Museum West Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2001 - Robin Sawyer, New Paintings, Museum West Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 - Tri-county, Multi-Media, Juried Exhibition, Monterey Museum of Art, CA
2000 - Robin Sawyer, 17 Different Ideas, Museum West Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 - Making Strides: Journeys Through Breast Cancer, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
1998 - Robin Sawyer, New Work, Museum West Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 - Invitational Art Exhibition, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
1997 - New Paintings and Monotypes, Berry, Hartell, Evers and Osborne, San Francisco, CA
1998 - Robin Sawyer, Photographer, Peninsula Hospital, Burlingame, CA
1994 - Spirits, Guardians, Messengers, The Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1994 - Of Archetype and Monotype, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
1994 - Relationships 94, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
1992 - Introductions, The New School, Davenport, CA
1991 - The Subject Is War, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
1990 - In Praise of the Four Elements, Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA
1987 - Salt Abstractions by Robin Sawyer, Coyote Pt. Museum, San Mateo, CA
awards
2022 - First Place, Los Gatos Art Association, Greater Bay Area Open, Juried Exhibition
Sponsor Award, Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce, Greater Bay Area Open,
Juried Exhibition
2017 - Third Place, “Abstractions”, Pacific Art League, Juried Exhibition
Juror: Chris Winfield, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
Second Place, “Figures and Faces”, Pacific Art League, Juried Exhibition
Juror: George Rivera, Associate Art Faculty Mission College, Santa Clara, CA
2004 - First Place, "Images of California Agriculture", National Steinbeck Center, Juried Exhibition.
Juror: Karen Tsujimoto, Senior Curator, Oakland Museum of California (Press Coverage)
2001 - Best of Show, Monterey Museum of Art, Tri-County, Multi-Media, Juried Exhibition.
Juror: Cathy Kimball, Curator, San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
selected permanent collections
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey CA
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (Montage Health), Monterey CA
NEC Electronics U.S. Headquarters, Sunnyvale CA
Alza Corporation, U.S. Headquarters, Mountain View CA
Century Aluminum, Monterey, CA
selected private collections
Ms. Susan du Coeur, Carmel CA
Mr. David Ligare & Mr. Gary Smith, Salinas CA
B.H. Carter, New York NY
Mr. Christopher Kelly, New York NY
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Logan, Carmel CA
Mr. Kevin Kelly, San Anselmo CA
Ms. Susan Manchester & Mr. David Smith, Carmel CA
Ms. Jeffrey Roos, San Francisco CA
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wilson, Orinda CA
Mr. & Mrs. David Hughes, Kent, England
Mrs. & Mrs. Bruce Newell, Carmel Valley CA
Mr. Michael Amend & Mrs. Jeff Ashley, Seattle WA
professional affiliations
Carmel Art Association, Elected Member (2021)
National Association of Women Artists, Inc. - New York
Universal Museum of Women Artists, San Francisco
Monterey Museum of Art, Board of Trustees (1997 - 2000)