Robin Reider

Robin Reider a native of Los Alamos, New Mexico, has been weaving since 1974. She learned to weave in the traditional Rio Grande style from Cordelia Coronado and interpreted this skill into her own original style. Her weavings are of soft wool yarns hand-dyed in literally hundreds of colors (with both natural and synthetic dyes), which she skillfully blends and juxtaposes in gradations of hues, values and intensities in such a way that the weavings reflect a luminous, painterly quality. Her designs are abstract and geometric as well as representational, depicting the colors and landscapes of Northern New Mexico.

The recipient of many honors and invitations to exhibit throughout the country, Robin has become one of the foremost weavers of the Southwest. Her work continues to develop and expand, making her pieces worthy of the most discriminant collection. Among her early awards are 1st place Purchase Award by The Albuquerque Museum of Art in 1986, and her work was chosen for the Commemorative Poster for the nationally known New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair in 1987. At the same fair in 1990 she was awarded Grand Prize for quality of work and also a purchase award. In the early and mid '90s she was awarded 3 Art in Public Places grants for locations in New Mexico. Recently she has been included and won awards in many of the important national fiber exhibits. In 1999 she was one of 75 artists who were chosen (from 5,000 entries) for the "New Mexico 2000" exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe and won the FOCA (Friends of Contemporary Art) award for her tapestry.

Robin presently weaves in her home in Chimayo. She shares her love of weaving by teaching in several capacities: as an Artist in Residence in northern New Mexico schools, at the Arts with Elders program, at the NNM Community College, and at the Taos Institute of Art. She has exhibited her work at Weaving Southwest since it opened in 1987.