Shana Robbins
Resisting the codes and powers of dominant orderings, The Art of Staying calls for a deeper recognition of rivers, forests, animals, and humans as living entities with intrinsic value beyond measure or utility.
Rooted in an ethics of joy, this exhibition envisions vital, enduring bodies—bodies that survive, connect, and co-create spaces of belonging through gestures of presence. They are posthuman beings “fully immersed in and immanent to a network of non-human relations: animal, vegetable, viral, technological” (Braidotti), and cosmic. Staying embodies both vulnerability and resistance, generating strength grounded in positivity. It is the act of holding pain without being undone by it.
This work invites a more generous cosmology of abundance enfolded in care, reciprocity, and celebration for all life.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Shana Robbins is an Atlanta-based visual, sonic, and healing artist. Her practices center on re-embodiment through Earth honoring cosmologies and eco-spiritual technologies. Robbins’ work is inspired by the healing power of our embeddedness within a deep ecology. Her work has been featured internationally in exhibitions and collaborations that bridge art, ritual, and ecological activism, including at Huerto Roma Verde, Mexico City; Zuckerman Museum; Prospect 3+ (biennial), New Orleans; El Cosmico Marfa; Las Vegas Contemporary Art Center; and Winslow Garage, Los Angeles. Robbins has received fellowships and grants from the Vermont Studio Center (full fellowship), Andy Warhol Foundation, and Idea Capital. In 2023, Robbins was a finalist for the Gottlieb Foundation grant.