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For over 50 years, Charlotte-based artist Tommie Robinson has pioneered and blazed the trail for younger Black artists to be able to exist as artists, as the first Black artist in the Guild of Charlotte Artists and the first Black artist whose portrait of a judge will hang in the Mecklenburg County courthouse. His subjects range from the African-American experience to urban life and the environment. Against the odds and the words of those around him, Robinson has painted and continues to paint the essence of humanity.
For over 50 years, Charlotte-based artist Tommie Robinson has pioneered and blazed the trail for younger Black artists to be able to exist as artists, as the first Black artist in the Guild of Charlotte Artists and the first Black artist whose portrait of a judge will hang in the Mecklenburg County courthouse. His subjects range from the African-American experience to urban life and the environment. Against the odds and the words of those around him, Robinson has painted and continues to paint the essence of humanity.

"Tommie Robinson: Unseen People," Davidson College Art Galleries, Smith Gallery, 11/8/1993 - 12/15/1993