BIOGRAPHY

Post Christchurch earthquakes in 2012, Barbara Robinson moved to Waiheke Island, Auckland for a complete sea change from her art teaching career, allowing her to focus on her own practice. What has resulted from this move to a supportive, creative environment, has even surprised her, and allowed her to explore an interdisciplinary approach. She has diversified into recontextualising found materials with a history, as a ground for her work which addresses environmental and proprietary challenges to the land, sea and sky.

One of her most precious media is offcuts of Kauri cobbles which have special significance to her and is the main focus of her upcoming solo show ‘History Uplifted’ at Anomalous in Surfdale from 3-15 December.

Using aged mirror to encase these Kauri artefacts encourages the viewer to consider the past abuse of this precious resource(now endangered) and the axe motif references the denuding of our landscape.

Using aged mirror to encase these Kauri artefacts encourages the viewer to consider the past abuse of this precious resource(now endangered) and the axe motif references the denuding of our landscape.