{"Id":8630,"Name":"Robyn Asquini","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003ERobyn Asquini creates oil paintings combining the techniques and materials of European masters with contemporary feminist perspectives and subjects. The aim of her work is to create emotionally direct images, focusing on the human form and our surroundings.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cbr /\u003E Robyn was born in Montreal, Canada and currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada. She studied illustration at Sheridan College and art and design at Parsons the New School. While working as a commercial artist and art director, she completed the classical drawing and painting program at the Academy of Realist Art and now works full-time as a fine artist and art instructor. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr /\u003E \u003Cbr /\u003E Recently, Robyn received The BoldBrush Award (August 2023), was selected as a Finalist in the 2022 Art Renewal Center Salon competition, received an Honourable Mention from the Society of Canadian Artists in 2023, and received a Certificate of Achievement from the Canadian Portrait Society in 2022 and 2021. In September, she participated in two New York group shows\u0026mdash;the Salmagundi Club\u0026rsquo;s Open New York Figurative Exhibition and The Dacia Gallery 13th Anniversary Group Exhibit. In October, she attended the Pouch Cove Foundation Residency Program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":"\u003Cp\u003E2023 First place and cash prize, The BoldBrush Award (August 2023),\u0026nbsp;San Antonio, TX, USA\u003Cbr /\u003E2023 Honourable Mention, Annual International Representational Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC, CA \u003Cbr /\u003E2023 Honourable Mention, 2023 Open International Juried Online Exhibition, Society of Canadian Artists, Toronto, ON, CA \u003Cbr /\u003E2022 Certificate of Achievement, Miracle of the Portrait, Canadian Portrait Society, Toronto, ON, CA \u003Cbr /\u003E2022 Finalist, 16th ARC Salon Competition, Art Renewal Center, Port Reading, NJ, USA\u003Cbr /\u003E2022 Finalist, Figureworks 2022, Ottawa, ON, CA\u003Cbr /\u003E2021 Certificate of Achievement, Miracle of the Portrait, Canadian Portrait Society, Toronto, ON, CA\u003C/p\u003E","HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":false,"TotalArtworks":21}