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Aurora Robson

Canadian-American artist

Aurora Robson

Born1972 (age 52–53)

Canada

NationalityCanadian-American
EducationColumbia University
Known forsculpture, installation, painting and collage

Aurora Robson is a Canadian-American artist who works in sculpture, installation, painting and collage, focusing on themes related to the environment.[1][2]

Early life and education

Born in Canada in 1972,[3] Robson grew up in Hawaii and now resides in New York, Hudson Valley with her husband and two daughters.[1][4] Robson attended Columbia University where she graduated with a B.A. in visual arts and art history.[5][citation needed]

Work

Robson's primary focus is creating works made with plastic collected by intercepting the waste stream,[6][7] repurposing plastic into art before it is sent to recycling. While her initial work was with common household plastics like water bottles and caps, she is currently focused on large

The sculptures of Aurora Robson elevate the meaning of what we deem lowest value—garbage—to art installations that spark conversations about our narcissist, self-destructive society: a hierarchical world that denies plastic pollution and divides our culture from nature. In our tête-à-tête, Robson is hopeful that we get our priorities straight and become aware of the future of nature.

The world is heavily polarised in their visions of the near future—one of apocalypses and one of hope. We find ourselves either wandering aimlessly in the gloom, or holding onto individual efforts intended to reconcile humanity with infinite universal kindness. Deprived of organised leadership that amends our human existence with that of the world itself, Aurora Robson has been consistent in forging narratives that engage with our most immediate reality: the lieu that shelters us. Her sculptures use plastic debris, a material that she has been intimately sourcing herself from people’s trash for over a decade. In conversation, the Canadian, U.S.-based artist explains how her job as ‘glorified jan

Aurora Robson



Aurora Robson Biography

Born 1972,  Toronto, Canada 

Education?
2000   B.A. (Visual Art & Art History) Columbia University, New York, NY (Magna Cum Laude)
?1993   NYS Certified Structural Welder, Apex Technical School, New York, NY
?1987   Central Technical School of Fine Arts, Toronto, Canada

Solo Exhibitions  ?
2014   Stayin’ Alive, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC ?
2013   Circumdare, Southampton Art Center, Southampton, NY?
2012   Sacrifice + Bliss, The Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, Columbus, OH ?
2011   Everything,  All At Once, Forever,  The Figge Museum, Davenport, IA
           Be Like Water, David Owsley Museum of Art, (large scale installation) Muncie, IN
?2010   Be Like Water, Skybox, (large scale installation) Philadelphia, PA
?2009   Land Mines, Salve Regina University Art Gallery, Newpo

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