EDUCATION
2017 - Present Currently undertaking her masters in printmaking at Tokyo University of the arts, Tokyo, Japan
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours | University of Auckland, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Love is blind | Marueido Japan Fine Art Gallery, Tokyo
2018 Folding in Forests | PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
2017 Intimate Whispers Hidden in the Shadows of the Trees | Milford Galleries Dunedin
Sighs on a Midnight Pillow | Solander Gallery, Wellington
2016 Afternoon Delight | PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
Lovers Cannot See | Solander Gallery, Wellington Gallery, Wellington
2015 Love is Blind | Fox Jensen Gallery, Auckland
Head over Heels | PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Portrait without a face, Art Basel Hong Kong | Fox Jensen Gallery, Sydney Australia
Fletcher/Peter Trevelyan/Aiko Robinson | milford galleries queenstown
The Earl Street Journal | milford galleries queenstown
Eros | Fox Jensen Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Eros | Fox Jensen McCrory, Auckland
Art Osaka | Marueido Japan Fine Art Galley
Auckland Art Fair | Fox Jensen McCrory, Auckland
2018 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair | Solander Gallery, Wellington
Diffusion | Marueido Fine Art Gallery, Tokyo
Venus Bound | Art Complex Centre, Tokyo
Wunderkammer | Milford Galleries Dunedin
2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair | Solander Gallery, Wellington
Fine Lines | Milford Galleries Dunedin
Show & Tell | Milford Galleries Dunedin
2016 Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair | Lans Gallery, Hong Kong
Asia Contemporary Art Show, Spring 2016 Edition | Lars Gallery, Hong Kong
Last Judgement | PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
2015 Seeing Stars | Seed Gallery, Auckland
Made by Hand | Solander Gallery, Wellington
Christmas Show | PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards | Waikato Society of Arts
2014 Graduate Show | Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland
Open Studio | Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland
Henrietta and Lola Anne Tunbridge Scholarship for watercolour painting, Project Space
SELECTED COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2018 O-shi Kinen Award
2017 The 42nd Annual Exhibition of the Japan Society of Printmaking
MEXT Scholarship
2015 Auckland Print Studio Prize | Inaugural Recipient
New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards | Finalist
2014 Henrietta and Lola Anne Tunbridge Scholarship for Watercolour Painting | Finalist
International student printmaking exhibition - selected to have work exhibited in 14 galleries worldwide, including the Gus Fisher gallery in Auckland
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Auckland Print Studio | Auckland, New Zealand
Machiya city museum of graphic arts | Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 “Not to be missed”, Art Collector Australia, July- September 2019, Cover page and pg 74-75
“Aiko Robinson Interview”, Art Collectors Japan, July 2019, pg 36-37
Borrowdale, laura, “Aoterotica”, Volume six, 2019, pg 10, 13, 16, 20, 29,
2018 Robinson, Aiko, “Picturing Spring”, Art News New Zealand. Autumn 2018, pg 64-66 “In residence” section.
Phillips, Thomas, “This artist creates sex-positive erotica inspired by Traditional Japanese porn”, 2018, retrieved from https://www.vice.com/en_nz/article/ev38xm/this-artist-creates-sex-positive-erotica-inspired-by-traditional-japanese-porn
2017 Kapuki Kimono, “Bu”, First volume, 2017, pg 108
2016 Feeney, Warren, “In the realm of erotic wonder”, Asian Art newsVolume 26 Number 4, 2016, pg 52-55
2015 Chapman, Wallace, "The cult of the accessible". Art News New Zealand. Summer 2015, pg 100-4
Davis, Sophie, "Aiko Robinson Head over heels". Art New Zealand. Spring 2015: Number 155, pg 40
Feeny, Warren, ‘Let's Talk About Sex - East Meets West in Christchurch Exhibition.’ The Press, 10 July 2015, retrieved from http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/visual-art/70087386/lets-talk-about-sex--east-meets-west-in-christchurch-exhibition
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/visual-art/70087386/lets-talk-about-sex--east-meets-west-in-christchurch-exhibition
2017 - Present Currently undertaking her masters in printmaking at Tokyo University of the arts, Tokyo, Japan
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours | University of Auckland, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, New Zealand.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Love is blind | Marueido Japan Fine Art Gallery, Tokyo
2018 Folding in Forests | PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
2017 Intimate Whispers Hidden in the Shadows of the Trees | Milford Galleries Dunedin
Sighs on a Midnight Pillow | Solander Gallery, Wellington
2016 Afternoon Delight | PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
Lovers Cannot See | Solander Gallery, Wellington Gallery, Wellington
2015 Love is Blind | Fox Jensen Gallery, Auckland
Head over Heels | PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Portrait without a face, Art Basel Hong Kong | Fox Jensen Gallery, Sydney Australia
Fletcher/Peter Trevelyan/Aiko Robinson | milford galleries queenstown
The Earl Street Journal | milford galleries queenstown
Eros | Fox Jensen Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Eros | Fox Jensen McCrory, Auckland
Art Osaka | Marueido Japan Fine Art Galley
Auckland Art Fair | Fox Jensen McCrory, Auckland
2018 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair | Solander Gallery, Wellington
Diffusion | Marueido Fine Art Gallery, Tokyo
Venus Bound | Art Complex Centre, Tokyo
Wunderkammer | Milford Galleries Dunedin
2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair | Solander Gallery, Wellington
Fine Lines | Milford Galleries Dunedin
Show & Tell | Milford Galleries Dunedin
2016 Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair | Lans Gallery, Hong Kong
Asia Contemporary Art Show, Spring 2016 Edition | Lars Gallery, Hong Kong
Last Judgement | PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
2015 Seeing Stars | Seed Gallery, Auckland
Made by Hand | Solander Gallery, Wellington
Christmas Show | PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards | Waikato Society of Arts
2014 Graduate Show | Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland
Open Studio | Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland
Henrietta and Lola Anne Tunbridge Scholarship for watercolour painting, Project Space
SELECTED COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2018 O-shi Kinen Award
2017 The 42nd Annual Exhibition of the Japan Society of Printmaking
MEXT Scholarship
2015 Auckland Print Studio Prize | Inaugural Recipient
New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards | Finalist
2014 Henrietta and Lola Anne Tunbridge Scholarship for Watercolour Painting | Finalist
International student printmaking exhibition - selected to have work exhibited in 14 galleries worldwide, including the Gus Fisher gallery in Auckland
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Auckland Print Studio | Auckland, New Zealand
Machiya city museum of graphic arts | Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 “Not to be missed”, Art Collector Australia, July- September 2019, Cover page and pg 74-75
“Aiko Robinson Interview”, Art Collectors Japan, July 2019, pg 36-37
Borrowdale, laura, “Aoterotica”, Volume six, 2019, pg 10, 13, 16, 20, 29,
2018 Robinson, Aiko, “Picturing Spring”, Art News New Zealand. Autumn 2018, pg 64-66 “In residence” section.
Phillips, Thomas, “This artist creates sex-positive erotica inspired by Traditional Japanese porn”, 2018, retrieved from https://www.vice.com/en_nz/article/ev38xm/this-artist-creates-sex-positive-erotica-inspired-by-traditional-japanese-porn
2017 Kapuki Kimono, “Bu”, First volume, 2017, pg 108
2016 Feeney, Warren, “In the realm of erotic wonder”, Asian Art newsVolume 26 Number 4, 2016, pg 52-55
2015 Chapman, Wallace, "The cult of the accessible". Art News New Zealand. Summer 2015, pg 100-4
Davis, Sophie, "Aiko Robinson Head over heels". Art New Zealand. Spring 2015: Number 155, pg 40
Feeny, Warren, ‘Let's Talk About Sex - East Meets West in Christchurch Exhibition.’ The Press, 10 July 2015, retrieved from http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/visual-art/70087386/lets-talk-about-sex--east-meets-west-in-christchurch-exhibition
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/art-and-stage/visual-art/70087386/lets-talk-about-sex--east-meets-west-in-christchurch-exhibition
