 | Ann Robinson is an internationally significant glass artist and an acclaimed innovator who has been at the forefront of the extraordinary achievement of New Zealand glass.
Robinson’s cast glass pieces have a commanding presence. She gathers inspiration from her natural environment incorporating the particular colours and shapes of native flora into her work.
“The Power of Ann Robinson’s work comes from its bold simplicity, its vivid colouring, its controlled forms. She admits to being seduced by the material itself and declares her aim is ‘to make stunning things in glass’.” (1)
“Ann Robinson’s work contains the smell and presence of the flora and fauna of the New Zealand bush. Her environmental idiom and examinations of the natural world have established the devotional forms and subject of her work. There is a powerful sense of place, an undeniable presence of the artist’s point of view - art with a purpose and something to say.
Ann Robinson was born in 1944 and lives in Auckland. She has achieved major national and international recognition for her accomplishments in glass. Robinson was awarded the American Glass Society’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2006 and an Arts Laureate by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand in 2004. Recipient 2002 John Britten Award for contribution to New Zealand design. Awarded New Zealand Order of Merit 2001. Robinson is represented in public collections such as Corning Museum (USA), Victoria and Albert Museum (UK) National Gallery of Victoria, (Australia), Stradtmuseum (Germany), Auckland Museum and Te Papa.
(1) Dan Klein, Artists in Glass: Late Twentieth Century Masters in Glass, Mitchell Beazley, Great Britain, 2001
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