Robbi Ling Montgomery
Image creation provides therapy, a means to find and create an altered world of beauty and potential.
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Biography
Robbi is a photographer and a digital image creator. Creating an image may be as simple as a few enhancements to a photograph or it may involve complex technical manipulations that abstract one or more photographs into an image that is her version of altered reality. Abstraction allows her to show the potential that her mind perceives, not just what her eyes and the camera see.
Robbi lives in a semi-rural area in Northern Illinois. She lived in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota for most of her life until retirement led to the move to Illinois. She earned both a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree from the University of Minnesota.
She worked in healthcare for forty years as a Medical Laboratory Scientist and Educator. Between family life and career she didn’t have the time or opportunity to explore her artistic side until after retirement. She thought of herself primarily as a scientist during her working-life, but used her creativity for problem-solving in the laboratory and designing education units and methods.
Although she had an interest in photography she didn’t get beyond the point-and-shoot stage until after she retired from her career. She bought a DSLR camera and enrolled in photography classes at the Regenstein School of the Chicago Botanic Garden. She started out in a program for documenting nature but soon discovered that she enjoyed the courses in fine art and abstract photography. She has now completed two certificate programs at the school.
Through these courses, she explored techniques for post-processing using computer software to create works of art from her photographs. Her science and technology background now enhance her creative skills. She finds great joy in shooting a beautiful photograph but also tremendous fulfillment when she finds hidden beauty in her photographs through post-processing. When wandering with her camera she is drawn to the graceful shapes in nature as well as to vibrant color. Though much of the year in the northern clime where she lives is lacking in color, she can find it in her photographs with the help of her computer. She has found that image creation provides therapy, a means to find and create an altered world of beauty and potential.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1952
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary American Artists
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Education
2022 - 2022
Self-Portraiture with Leanne Trivett S
Glencoe,
IL,
United States
2022 - 2022
Looking at Gardens: Photography Workshop with Lee Anne White
Glencoe,
IL,
United States
2017 - 2020
Classes at The Art Center of Highland Park
Highland Park,
IL,
United States
2014 - 2018
Chicago Botanic Garden Joseph Regenstein Jr School, Focus on Photography Fine Art and Nature & Landscape Tracks
Chicago,
IL,
United States
2018 - 2018
Arthur Myerson The Color Moment Workshop
Chicago,
IL,
United States
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Achievements
Prizes and Awards
2022
1X Online Gallery, 2 Awarded Images
Norway
2022
Praxis Gallery, The Shape Of Things, Honorable Mention
Minneapolis,
MN,
United States
2021
Light Space And Time Online Gallery, 1St Place Photography
FL,
United States
2020
Light Space And Time Online Gallery, 4Th Place Photography, 7Th Place Overall
FL,
United States
2017
Lake County Camera Club, Three Awards & Two Honorable Mentions
Grayslake,
IL,
United States
Collective Expositions
2019
Short Street Stories International Collective Exhibition, Trieste Photo Days
Trieste,
Italy
2019
Women Undefined At Curt's Cafe
Evanston,
IL,
United States
2019
Focusing On Nature, Chicago Botanic Garden Student Exhibition
Glencoe,
IL,
United States
2019
Wilmette Arts Guild Fall Members Show, Wilmette Recreational Center
Wilmette,
IL,
United States
2019
Art In City Hall/Art Center Of Highland Park
Highland Park,
IL,
United States
2019
Midwest Center For Photography, Flora International
Wichita,
KS,
United States
2019
Wilmette Arts Guild Photographers Show At The Wilmette Library
Wilmette,
IL,
United States
2019
The David Adler Music & Arts Center: Annual Artist Member Collective Exhibit
Libertyville,
Illinois,
United States
2019
The Art Center Of Highland Park: In View
Highland Park,
Illinois,
United States
2019
Linus Galleries Online Exhibition: Animalistic
United States
2019
Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery Exhibitions: All Women And Abstracts
United States
2018
Wilmette Arts Guild Photographers Show At The Wilmette Library
Wilmette,
IL,
United States
2018
The Art Center Of Highland Park: In View
Highland Park,
IL,
United States
2018
Midwest Center For Photography Ten X Ten Small Works Exhibition
Wichita,
KS,
United States
2018
Midwest Center For Photography Juried Exhibition, Abstracts
Wichita,
KS,
United States
2018
Wauconda Library Exhibition Of Travel Images For "Reading Takes You Everywhere"
Wauconda,
IL,
United States
2018
Linus Galleries Online Exhibition: Floral International Open Art Call
United States
2018
F-Stop Magazine Online Exhibitions: Altered Image And Open Theme
United States
2018
Light, Space & Time Online Art Gallery Exhibitions: Botanicals, All Women, & Seascapes
United States
2018
Focusing On Nature At The Chicago Botanic Gardens
Chicago,
IL,
United States
2018
Undefined Women At The David Adler Music & Arts Center
Libertyville,
IL,
United States
2017
Out Of Chicago Winter Conference
Grayslake,
IL,
United States
2017
The Art Center Of Highland Park: Student Exhibition
Highland Park,
IL,
United States
2017
Focusing On Nature At The Chicago Botanic Gardens
Chicago,
IL,
United States
2017
Linus Galleries Online Exhibitions: Beast & Vibrance
United States
2017
Light, Space & Time Online Art Gallery Exhibitions: Botanicals, All Women, Open, Seasons, & Abstracts
United States
Publications & Press
2019
East On Central, A Journal Of Arts And Letters
Highland Park,
IL,
United States
2019
Short Street Stories Published By Exhibit Around
Italy
2020
East On Central, A Journal Of Arts And Letters
Highland Park,
IL,
United States
2021
East On Central, A Journal Of Arts And Letters
Highland Park,
IL,
United States
2022
East On Central, A Journal Of Arts And Letters
Highland Park,
IL,
United States
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Thank you Hazel!
У вас красивые фото. Мне нравится.
You have beautiful photos. I like.
A well-captured moment.
Super! Nature offers us another ephemeral beauty.
Merci pour cette invitation dans votre galerie, j'aime aussi vos œuvres qui me charment, bravo. Dodi
Thank you for this invitation to your gallery, I also like your works which charm me, well done. Dodi
Un regard et un visage tellement "humain"
A look and a face so "human"
Merveilleux! J'aime énormément cette photo!
Marvellous! I really like this photo!