Denise Robinson b. 1959

Also known as Denise Ava Robinson
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Tasmanian Aboriginal artist who creates delicate sculptural and painted works using the coralline algae found on the beaches of the northern Tasmanian coast.
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Name
Denise Robinson
Also known as Denise Ava Robinson
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Program coordinator (Program coordinator artists@work residency program, TAS)
Birth date
1959
Birth place
Launceston, TAS
Active Period
  • 1998-
Residence
  • 1959 King Island, TAS
  • 1959 - 1962 Poatina, TAS
  • 1962 - 1967 Wayatinah, TAS
  • 1967 - 1980 Launceston, TAS
  • 1980 - 1983 Hobart, TAS
  • 1983 - 1996 Sydney, NSW
  • 1996 - 2003 Launceston, TAS
  • c.2008- Hobart, TAS
Training
  • Masters of Fine Arts, c.2008- Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours). University of Hawaii School of Art, Manoa, Honolulu., 1996 - 2000 University of Tasmania, Newnham, TAS
Indigenous Australian
 
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Robinson, Denise Ava

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  • Robinson, Duncan (relative of)
  • Connelly-Northey, Lorraine (associate of)
  • Pleenperrenner (relative of)
  • Robinson, Megan (relative of)
  • Karl, Sieglinde (associate of)
  • McKinnon, Robyn (associate of)
  • Deeth, Jane (associate of)
  • Hickman, Patricia (associate of)
  • Hamilton, David (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Tasmania Arts Advisory Board (associate of)
  • Artworkers Alliance, Queensland (associate of)
  • CAST - Contemporary Art Services Tasmania (associate of)
  • Tasmanian Regional Arts (associate of)
Related people
  • Greeno, Lola (associate of)
  • Gough, Julie (associate of)
  • Hamm, Treahna (associate of)
  • West, Vicki (relative of)
Related works
  • 'Summertime' & 'Contemplate' (creator of)
  • Cross Currents (creator of)
  • 51 Mantras (creator of)
  • Many hands make light(n) work: that which makes things visible, or affords illumination (creator of)
  • or'ium (creator of)
  • The Way (creator of)
Related collections
  • Southern Midlands District Council, Oatlands, TAS (collected in)
  • George Town District Regional Health, George Town, TAS (collected in)
  • Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, TAS (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Arts Tasmania Individual Grants (received)
  • Recipient of Arts Tasmania Wilderness Residency (received)
  • Recipient of Australia Council for the Arts, Community Art Grant (received)
  • Scholarship to attend the Deer Isle Haystack of School of Art, Maine, US, 1998 (received)
Related events
  • 51 Mantras (exhibited at)
  • Textiles as Cultural Expressions (exhibited at)
  • Tidal Zone (exhibited at)
  • Part & Particle (exhibited at)
  • Linden Postcard Show 2006 (exhibited at)
  • 9th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Making Relations (exhibited at)
  • Register: Tasmanian Artists 2006 (exhibited at)
  • Cross Currents (exhibited at)
  • Isolation Solitude (exhibited at)
  • John Leslie Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Many hands make light(n) work, Highway 1 Project, Ten Days on an Island Festival (exhibited at)
  • Burnie Regional Art Awards (exhibited at)
  • Stanley Juried Art Prize - Ten Days on an Island Festival (exhibited at)
  • Surface, Structure, Space (exhibited at)