Jack Robins initially studied Gold and Silversmithing at RMIT before moving to Tasmania in 2005 to study Sculpture at the University of Tasmania. He graduated with First Class Honours in 2007 and in 2008 – 2013 undertook a PhD candidature. In 2007 he was the recipient of the CAST Curatorial Mentorship, curating the exhibition Companion Planting in May 2008. Based on the debate concerning nature and culture, the works in the exhibition illustrated the way human production is linked to the natural environment and the problems created when debate separates the two into distinct streams of thought.
Robins sat on the board of Six_a inc, an artist run initiative in North Hobart, for two years as the publicity officer and artist liaison. He is also a founding member of 10% pending, a spaceless ARI whose objective is to foster new and innovative modes for making, exhibiting and interacting with contemporary art. His work has been exhibited in Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne and Perth.
The artist is interested in architectural considerations and outcomes that surround public space and public control. His large, sculptural forms and gallery interventions often lead the audience to conclude they are experiencing some high modernist form, rather than realising that the object’s function is to manipulate the way in which they can move within and through the space.
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- Date written:
- 2013
- Last updated:
- 2013
