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Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson in his Auckland studio, 2020
Born	1966 Ashburton
Nationality	New Zealand
Education	Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury
Known for	Sculpture
Style	Modernist

Peter Robinson (born 1966 in Ashburton) is a New Zealand artist of Māori (Kāi Tahu) descent. He is an associate professor at the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland.

Biography

Robinson studied sculpture at the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury between 1985 and 1989.

Exhibitions

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 São Paulo Art Biennial (1996), the Biennale of Sydney (1998), the Lyon Biennale (2000), and the Baltic Triennale (2002).

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. Robinson's biennale work, Divine Comedy, was originally developed while he was artist in residence at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth. In 2006 Robinson first exhibits his Walters Prize winning installation Ack at Auckland's Artspace. 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.

Other exhibitions include:

• Polymer Monoliths IMA, Brisbane 2011  
• Tribe Subtribe, The Dowse Art Museum, 2013
• Peter Robinson: Cuts and Junctures, Adam Art Gallery, 2013
• If You Were to Work Here (The Mood in the Museum), The fifth Auckland Triennial, Auckland Art Gallery and Auckland War Memorial Museum
• Syntax, Artspace NZ, Auckland, 2015
• Syntax, Jakarta Biennale, 2015
• Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, 2020
• 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia 2019

Selected works

Untitled (plane, car, blanket) 1994

Boy Am I Scared Eh! 1997 

Inflation Theory 1 2001

I Am I, I Am Not I 2001

Promethean Dreams 2007

Defunct Mnemonics 2012

Awards

In 2008 Robinson was awarded the Walters Prize. In 2016 he was recognised with a Laureate award by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand.

References

1. "Auckland Art Gallery - Peter Robinson". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
2. "Faculty: Peter Robinson". University of Auckland. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
3. "Peter Robinson". Peter McLeavey Gallery. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
4. ^ "Venice Biennale Project 2001: Peter Robinson and Jacqueline Fraser". City Gallery Wellington. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
5. Fraser, Jacqueline; Robinson, Peter (2001). Bi-polar. Gregory Burke. Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa. ISBN 0-477-06537-6. OCLC 50138212.
6. Robinson, Peter (2010). Peter Robinson : Ack and other abdications. Brian Butler. Auckland, N.Z.: Clouds. ISBN 978-0-9582981-0-0. OCLC 754106021.
7. "Gravitas Lite". 6 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
8. "Tribe Subtribe". The Dowse Art Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
9. "Cuts and Junctures". Adam Art Gallery. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
10. "Peter Robinson". The 5th Auckland Triennial. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
11. "Syntax". Artspace. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
12. "Peter Robinson". Jakarta Biennale. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
13. Toi tū, toi ora : contemporary Māori art. Nigel Borell, Moana Jackson, Taarati Taiaroa, Auckland Art Gallery. Auckland, New Zealand. 2022. ISBN 978-0-14-377673-4. OCLC 1296712119.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
14. "9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art". Retrieved 27 September 2022.
15. "The Walters Prize 2008". Auckland Art Gallery. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
16. "2016 New Zealand Arts Awards Recipients Announced". Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

• 1966 births
• Living people
• 20th-century New Zealand sculptors
• 21st-century New Zealand sculptors
• 21st-century New Zealand male artists
• 20th-century New Zealand painters
• 20th-century New Zealand male artists
• 21st-century New Zealand painters
• University of Canterbury alumni
• Ngāi Tahu people
• New Zealand Māori academics