About David Robinson

Biography

1964 Born in Toronto, ON
1979 Fine Arts Program, Central Technical School, Toronto, ON
1982-85 Fine Arts Program, Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, BC
1985-87 Honours Graduate in Fine Arts, Sculpture Program, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON
1987-88 Teaching Assistant, Sculpture Program, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON
1997-98 Sculpture Instructor, Vancouver Academy of Art, Vancouver, BC
  Currently working in Vancouver, BC

Selected Exhibitions

2015 Semblances, Duthie Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC (solo)
2014 New Works, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
  Dead Reckoning, Duthie Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC (solo)
  Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2013 Form and Figure, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, California
  Solo Exhibition, Duthie Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC
2012 Bridge, Lookout Gallery, Regent College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (solo)
  Terminal City Club, Vancouver, BC (solo)
2011 Corpus/Geist, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB (solo)
  David Robinson Recent Works, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo)
2009 Group Exhibit, TBA, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
  Works on (in) Paper (working title) , Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB (solo)
2008 Group Exhibit, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008 Newzones Gallery - David Robinson Recent Works
  The Art of Politics, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
2007 Inaugural Exhibition, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  G’ddy up, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
  Solo exhibit, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
  “31”, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
2006 Maquettes and Lesser Digressions, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB (solo)
2005 A Broken Beauty, Gordon College, Wenham, MA – (traveling)
  Precipitations, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
  Surface Tension, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB (solo)
2003 Device and Desire, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB (solo)
2002 Exploring the Figure, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  Annual Group Exhibition, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2001 The Sculpture of David Robinson, Gallery Telpaz, Kanata, ON (solo)
  Four Sculptors, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
  Annual Group Exhibition, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
  Myth Begotten Monuments, Ceperley House, Burnaby, BC
2000 Interval, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo)
1999 On Holy Ground, Reflections On Biblical Images, Lookout Gallery, Regent College, University of British Columbia,Vancouver, BC (solo)
1998 Introductions, gallery artists, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
  Mass and Memory, Various Works by David Robinson, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON (solo)
  Metaxu, group exhibit, Amelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster, BC
1997 Means and Ends, An Overview of the Sculpture of David Robinson, Evergreen Gallery, Coquitlam, BC
  Inhabitants, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC (solo)
  Inhabitants, Vancouver Installations: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Heritage Harbour, Pacific Cinemateque Theatre, Orpheum Theatre, Burrard Bridge, Vancouver, BC
1996 Makeshift Matter, Lookout Gallery, Regent College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (solo)
  H x W x D, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1995 Group Figurative Show, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1994 Work in Progress, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  Window Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1993 Recent Work, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo)
  London Life Young Contemporaries, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON (traveled)
  Three Sculptors, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1992 Small Works, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1991 Exalted Humans, Recent Sculpture by David Robinson, Lookout Gallery, Regent College, University of British Columbia,Vancouver, BC

Awards

1993 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, PQ, Grant
1987 Samuel Lazar Kagan Award for Fourth-Year Sculpture, OCA, Toronto, Ontario
1986 Samuel Lazar Kagan Award for Third-Year Sculpture, OCA, Toronto, Ontario
1984 Second-Year Sculpture Award Scholarship, VCC and Fairey & Co. Ltd., Vancouver, BC
1983 First-Year Sculpture Award Scholarships, VCC and Fairey & Co. Ltd., Vancouver, BC

Selected Collections

  • Armoury Studios, Vancouver, BC
  • BC Transmission Corp. Vancouver, BC
  • BC Turf Inc., Burnaby, BC
  • Catalyst Capital, Toronto, ON
  • Cates Hill Chapel, Bowen Island, BC
  • Charles W. Stockey Centre, Parry Sound, ON
  • City of New Westminster, New Westminster, BC
  • City of Richmond, Richmond, BC
  • Concordia University, Irvine, California
  • Copper Lion Capital, Vancouver, BC
  • Delta Land Development - Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Vancouver, BC
  • Fort McMurray Airport Authority, Fort McMurray, AB
  • Four Seasons Hotel Resort, Whistler, BC
  • Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver BC
  • McAlpine and Associates, Vancouver, BC
  • McCulloch and Associates, Vancouver, BC
  • North America-Hotel Arts, Calgary, AB
  • Paul Sangha Landscape Architecture, Vancouver, BC
  • Regent College, Vancouver, BC
  • Robinson Fraser Group, Toronto, ON
  • Ruloff Capital Corporation, Vancouver, BC
  • St. John's Church - Shaughnessy, Vancouver, BC
  • Toronto Dominion Bank, Calgary, AB
  • West Coast Reduction, Vancouver, BC

 

Bibliography

  • Fuglie, Gordon L. Levity and Gravity: The Sculpture of David Robinson, Image, Spring 2015
  • Wilkinson, Loren & Robinson, Harry. Holy Tensions, CRUX, Spring 2014
  • Reynolds, Travis. Welcome to the Revitalized Bronze Age, Calgary Herald, August 2005
  • Dobbs, Sarah. A week in the life of artist David Robinson, Vancouver Sun, October 2003
  • Todd, Douglas. Easter Art That Inspires, Provokes, Vancouver Sun, March 29, 2002
  • van Slyke, Bruce. Suspended Belief, Espace, September, 2002
  • van Slyke, Bruce. Interval - the conditional monuments of David Robinson, Espace, June 2001
  • Scott, Michael. Religious Studies, Vancouver Sun, December 16, 1999
  • Gustafson, Paula. Inhabitants, Espace, January, 1998
  • Scott, Michael. Cutting Fine Figures, Vancouver Sun, October 8, 1997
  • Gustafson, Paula. Nude Everymen Make Revealing Connections, Georgia Straight, June, 1997
  • Link, Barry. Naked Introspection, Richmond News, June, 1997
  • Kangas, Matthew. David Robinson at Diane Farris, Art in America, October, 1996
  • Great Work! An Overview of British Columbia Artists, Melanie Gold Art advisory Ltd., 1996
  • Bale, Douglas. Young Contemporaries Exhibition, London Free Press, September, 1993
  • Dykk, Lloyd. In His Own Image, Vancouver Sun, March, 1993