Robb Putnam received a BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore and an MFA at Mills College in Oakland.  He is a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant. A large-scale dog sculpture will be included in the exhibition New Threads: Perspectives in Contemporary Fiber Arts at the Lab and Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles opening in mid-January. Putnam's work has been included in several prominent exhibitions including Sew What at the Children's Museum of the Arts in New York; Travelers: Objects of Dream and Revelation at the Bellevue Arts Museum, WA; Larger than Life: Exploring Scale in Contemporary Art at the Bedford Gallery, The Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, CA and Elements of Nature: Selections from the Fredrick R. Weisman Foundation at the Brevard Art Museum in Melbourne, FL. His work is included in the collections of the Palm Springs Art Museum, Oakland Museum of California, Frederick R. Weisman Collection and 21 C Hotels and Museum as well as many private collections.