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New Zealand artist
Peter Robinson
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/RobinsonP.jpg/220px-RobinsonP.jpg) Peter Robinson in his Auckland studio, 2020
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Born
| 1966
Ashburton
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Nationality
| New Zealand
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Education
| Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury
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Known for
| Sculpture
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Style
| Modernist
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Peter Robinson
(born 1966 in
Ashburton
) is a
New Zealand
artist of
M?ori
(
K?i Tahu
) descent.
[1]
He is an associate professor at the
Elam School of Fine Arts
at the
University of Auckland
.
[2]
Biography
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Robinson studied sculpture at the
Ilam School of Fine Arts
at the
University of Canterbury
between 1985 and 1989.
[3]
Exhibitions
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Robinson quickly established an exhibiting career after graduating from art school, and was included in a number of international exhibitions including the
Asia Pacific Triennial
and the
Sao Paulo Art Biennial
(1996), the
Biennale of Sydney
(1998), the Lyon Biennale (2000), and the Baltic Triennale (2002).
[4]
In 2001 Robinson and
Jacqueline Fraser
were New Zealand's co-representatives at the
Venice Biennale
, the first time New Zealand participated with a national pavilion at the event.
[5]
Robinson's biennale work,
Divine Comedy
, was originally developed while he was artist in residence at the
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
in
New Plymouth
.
[4]
In 2006 Robinson first exhibits his Walters Prize winning installation
Ack
at Auckland's Artspace.
[6]
In 2012 Robinson was selected for the
Biennale of Sydney
, where he filled a massive warehouse space on
Cockatoo Island
with a huge installation titled
Gravitas Lite
, crafted from carved polystyrene.
[7]
Other exhibitions include:
- Polymer Monoliths
IMA, Brisbane 2011
- Tribe Subtribe
,
The Dowse Art Museum
, 2013
[8]
- Peter Robinson: Cuts and Junctures
,
Adam Art Gallery
, 2013
[9]
- If You Were to Work Here (The Mood in the Museum)
, The fifth Auckland Triennial,
Auckland Art Gallery
and
Auckland War Memorial Museum
[10]
- Syntax
,
Artspace NZ
, Auckland, 2015
[11]
- Syntax
, Jakarta Biennale, 2015
[12]
- Toi T? Toi Ora: Contemporary M?ori Art
,
Auckland Art Gallery
, Auckland, 2020
[13]
- 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
,
Gallery of Modern Art
, Brisbane, Australia 2019
[14]
Awards
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In 2008 Robinson was awarded the
Walters Prize
.
[15]
In 2016 he was recognised with a Laureate award by the
Arts Foundation of New Zealand
.
[16]
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