Artists

David Robinson

Portal

  • 48 x 6.5 x 6 in
  • Price Upon Request

Geist

  • 48 x 24 x 4.5 in
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Nexus

  • 44.25 x 48 x 3 in
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Spire

  • 61 x 6 x 4.5 in
  • Price Upon Request

Facade

  • 23.25 x 13.75 x 5.75
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Waveform

  • 22. 5 x 43 x 13.5 in
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Sisyphus

  • 20.5 x 19 x 5 in
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Artist Profile

Born in Toronto, David Robinson entered the Fine Arts stream in high school specializing in sculpture. He continued his studies at Langara College and became an Honours Graduate in the Sculpture Program at the Ontario College of Art.

Robinson’s striking sculptures incorporate a variety of materials ranging from bronze, steel and silver to concrete, mirror and paper. While his oeuvre is the figure, he often adds psychological and mythological twists to his subjects by situating them in environments that speak to the inherent tensions of human life. Robinson has a deep reverence for imagery and symbolism, and this, combined with his remarkable skill, allows the viewer to surmise and discover the allegorical through contemporary form.

Robinson says, “It seems to me that my sculptures, before they are anything else, are manifestations of fitful waking dreams; narratives whole and smashed, images and ideas all distilled through the passage of time and the particular resistance of matter.”

Robinson has produced numerous solo shows, and participated in many group exhibits nationally and internationally. His sculptures have been commissioned by such clients as Polygon Homes, the Four Seasons Hotel Resort in Whistler, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, and Century Group. His work is in many private and corporate collections including the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Dentons Canada LLP, Painted Rock Estate Winery, Toronto Dominion Bank, and Vancouver General Hospital.

Selected Exhibitions
2019 Shadows of Doubt, Parker Projects, Vancouver, BC (solo)
Form and Focus, Parker Projects, Vancouver, BC
2018 Unseated, Parker Projects, Vancouver, BC
The Contemporary Figure, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2017 Moving Matter, Robinson Studio Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The Conditional Figure, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo)
Muscle / Memory, Robinson Studio Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Newzones Gallery at Art Market San Francisco, CA
2015 Semblances, Duthie Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC (solo)
2014 New Works, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
Summer Exhibition, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Dead Reckoning, Duthie Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC (solo)
2013 David Robinson, Duthie Gallery, Saltspring Island, BC (solo)
Form and Figure, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2012 Bridge, Lookout Gallery, Regent College, UBC, 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
Newzones Gallery – David Robinson Recent Works (solo)
The Art of Politics, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX
2007 Inaugural Exhibition, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Solo exhibit, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB (solo)
“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
2001 The Sculpture of David Robinson, Gallery Telpaz, Kanata, ON (solo)
Four Sculptors, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, 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, UBC, Vancouver, BC (solo)
1998 Introductions, gallery artists, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
Mass and Memory, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON (solo)
Metaxu, group exhibit, Amelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster, BC
1997 Means and Ends, The Sculpture of David Robinson, Evergreen Gallery, Coquitlam, BC (solo)
Inhabitants, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC (solo)
Inhabitants, Vancouver Installations: Various Locations, Vancouver, BC
1996 Makeshift Matter, Lookout Gallery, Regent College, University of British Columbia (solo)
H x W x D, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC