Robin Bell (born 1979)[1] is an American multimedia visual artist currently living and working in Washington, DC.
Although trained as a printmaker,[2] Bell is better known for his fine art video work as a projectionist, which over the years has been exhibited/projected at a wide and diverse set of venues, such as The Hollywood Bowl,[3] Artomatic,[4][5] the Kennedy Center,[6] the Phillips Collection[7] and others.
[2][8][9] Bell began gaining national[10][11][1][12][13][14] and international[15][16][17] attention upon President Trump's election,[18] when he focused his projection work to deliver highly negative[19][20] political messages in various "unauthorized" venues such as the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.[21][22] Referencing that particular projection in 2017, The Los Angeles Times noted that it "began to go viral on social media almost as it was happening.
"[21] According to The Washington City Paper, these political projections "unlocked"[23] the path to his first solo show at former Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and as noted by the Associated Press: "His work has turned into an unexpected business opportunity.
Activist groups have paid his crew to travel as far away as Finland to project images on prominent buildings.