Aiko Robinson
email: aikorobinson@gmail.com
Education:
2011-2014:
University of Auckland, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, Elam School of Fine Arts
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours
2009-2010:
St Margaret’s College,
Qualification: International Baccalaureate, Higher Level Visual Arts, grade 7 (top grade)
Awards:
2015:
Auckland Print Studio Prize (inaugural recipient)
The Auckland Print Studio Prize is a residency at Auckland Print Studio which enables the recipient to produce a suite of original, limited edition prints in collaboration with the printers at Auckland Print Studio. The prize is awarded to a fine arts student producing strong, complex and skillfully executed contemporary work, as evidenced by their end of year exhibition.
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
Workshops:
2014:
Auckland Art Gallery
Demonstrating the art of woodblock print as part of promoting ‘Fragile Beauty: Historical Japanese Graphic Art’ exhibition
Artist Talks:
2016:
St Margaret's College
Guest Speaker at International Baccalaureate graduation
2015:
PG Gallery 192
On her solo exhibition ‘Head over heels’
Burnside Highschool
On her practice as well as her experience at Art School
Exhibitions:
2017:
Milford Galleries, Dunedin
'Show and Tell' (Group exhibition)
PG Gallery 192
'Afternoon Delight' (Joint exhibition with Grace Wright)
2016:
Seed Gallery
'To The Point' (Group exhibition)
PG Gallery 192
'Last Judgement' (Group exhibition)
Lans Gallery
Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair
4th Edition
Lans Gallery
Asia Contemporary Art Show:
Spring 2016 Edition
8th Edition
Seed Gallery
'What You Will' (Group exhibition)
Solander Gallery
'Lovers cannot see' (Solo exhibition)
2015:
Seed Gallery
'Seeing stars' (Group exhibition)
Solander gallery
'Made by hand' (Group exhibition)
PG Gallery 192
Christmas show (Group exhibtion)
Fox Jensen Gallery
‘Love is blind’ (solo exhibition)
PG Gallery 192
‘Head over heels’ (solo exhibition)
LOFT Jervois
‘Spring, in an upstairs room’
Waikato Society of Arts
‘New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards’
2014:
Elam School of Fine Arts
Graduate Show
Elam School of Fine Arts
‘Open Studio’
Project Space
‘Henrietta and Lola Anne Tunbridge Scholarship for watercolour painting’
International Student Printmaking Exhibition
Venues:
Australia:
-College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
Belguim:
-Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles
Bulgaria:
-National Academy of Art
China:
-Xi’an Academy of Fine Art
France:
-Ecole nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
Germany:
-Technische Universität Dortmund
New Zealand:
-Gus Fisher Gallery
United Kingdom:
-Art School of Kingston University
-Royal College of Art
-University of the Arts, London Bath Spa University
United States of America:
-School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred University Columbus College of Art and Design
-Ohio State University
-Southern Graphics International Council 2015 Conference University of Tennessee
Collections:
-Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
-Auckland Print Studio, Auckland, New Zealand
-International Student printmaking, Universities across Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States of America.
Articles
-Art News New Zealand Magazine
Chapman, Wallace, "The cult of the accessible". Art News New Zealand Magazine. Summer 2015, pg 100-104
-Art New Zealand Magazine
Davis, Sophie, "Aiko Robinson Head over heels". Art New Zealand Magazine. Spring 2015: Number 155, pg 40
-The Press/ Stuff.co.nz
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
email: aikorobinson@gmail.com
Education:
2011-2014:
University of Auckland, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, Elam School of Fine Arts
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours
2009-2010:
St Margaret’s College,
Qualification: International Baccalaureate, Higher Level Visual Arts, grade 7 (top grade)
Awards:
2015:
Auckland Print Studio Prize (inaugural recipient)
The Auckland Print Studio Prize is a residency at Auckland Print Studio which enables the recipient to produce a suite of original, limited edition prints in collaboration with the printers at Auckland Print Studio. The prize is awarded to a fine arts student producing strong, complex and skillfully executed contemporary work, as evidenced by their end of year exhibition.
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
Workshops:
2014:
Auckland Art Gallery
Demonstrating the art of woodblock print as part of promoting ‘Fragile Beauty: Historical Japanese Graphic Art’ exhibition
Artist Talks:
2016:
St Margaret's College
Guest Speaker at International Baccalaureate graduation
2015:
PG Gallery 192
On her solo exhibition ‘Head over heels’
Burnside Highschool
On her practice as well as her experience at Art School
Exhibitions:
2017:
Milford Galleries, Dunedin
'Show and Tell' (Group exhibition)
PG Gallery 192
'Afternoon Delight' (Joint exhibition with Grace Wright)
2016:
Seed Gallery
'To The Point' (Group exhibition)
PG Gallery 192
'Last Judgement' (Group exhibition)
Lans Gallery
Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair
4th Edition
Lans Gallery
Asia Contemporary Art Show:
Spring 2016 Edition
8th Edition
Seed Gallery
'What You Will' (Group exhibition)
Solander Gallery
'Lovers cannot see' (Solo exhibition)
2015:
Seed Gallery
'Seeing stars' (Group exhibition)
Solander gallery
'Made by hand' (Group exhibition)
PG Gallery 192
Christmas show (Group exhibtion)
Fox Jensen Gallery
‘Love is blind’ (solo exhibition)
PG Gallery 192
‘Head over heels’ (solo exhibition)
LOFT Jervois
‘Spring, in an upstairs room’
Waikato Society of Arts
‘New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards’
2014:
Elam School of Fine Arts
Graduate Show
Elam School of Fine Arts
‘Open Studio’
Project Space
‘Henrietta and Lola Anne Tunbridge Scholarship for watercolour painting’
International Student Printmaking Exhibition
Venues:
Australia:
-College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
Belguim:
-Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles
Bulgaria:
-National Academy of Art
China:
-Xi’an Academy of Fine Art
France:
-Ecole nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
Germany:
-Technische Universität Dortmund
New Zealand:
-Gus Fisher Gallery
United Kingdom:
-Art School of Kingston University
-Royal College of Art
-University of the Arts, London Bath Spa University
United States of America:
-School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred University Columbus College of Art and Design
-Ohio State University
-Southern Graphics International Council 2015 Conference University of Tennessee
Collections:
-Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
-Auckland Print Studio, Auckland, New Zealand
-International Student printmaking, Universities across Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States of America.
Articles
-Art News New Zealand Magazine
Chapman, Wallace, "The cult of the accessible". Art News New Zealand Magazine. Summer 2015, pg 100-104
-Art New Zealand Magazine
Davis, Sophie, "Aiko Robinson Head over heels". Art New Zealand Magazine. Spring 2015: Number 155, pg 40
-The Press/ Stuff.co.nz
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
