BIOGRAPHY
1964

Born in Toronto, ON
1979 Fine Arts Program, Central Technical School, Toronto, ON
1982-85 Fine Arts Program, Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, BC
1985-87 Honours Graduate in Fine Arts, Sculpture Program, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON
1987-88 Teaching Assistant, Sculpture Program, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, ON
1997-98 Sculpture Instructor, Vancouver Academy of Art, Vancouver, BC
 

Currently working and teaching from studios in Vancouver, BC

 

EXHIBITIONS
2006 Maquettes, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB (solo)
2005

A Broken Beauty, Gordon College, Wenham, MA – (traveling)

Precipitations, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)

Surface Tension, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB (solo)

 
2004

Device and Desire, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB (solo)

 
2003

New Works, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo)

 
2002

Exploring the Figure, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Annual Group Exhibition, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2001

The Sculpture of David Robinson, Gallery Telpaz, Kanata, ON (solo)

Four Sculptors, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB

Annual Group Exhibition, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB

Myth Begotten Monuments, Ceperley House, Burnaby, BC
2000 Interval, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo)
1999 On Holy Ground, Reflections On Biblical Images, Lookout Gallery, Regent College, University of British Columbia,Vancouver, BC (solo)
1998 Introductions, gallery artists, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB

Mass and Memory, Various Works by David Robinson, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto, ON (solo)

Metaxu, group exhibit, Amelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster, BC
1997 Means and Ends, An Overview of the Sculpture of David Robinson, Evergreen Gallery, Coquitlam, BC

Inhabitants, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC (solo)

Inhabitants, Vancouver Installations: Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Heritage Harbour, Pacific Cinemateque Theatre, Orpheum Theatre, Burrard Bridge, Vancouver, BC
1996 Makeshift Matter, Lookout Gallery, Regent College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (solo)

Great Work!, Bank of Hong Kong Atrium, Vancouver, BC

H x W x D, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1995 Group Figurative Show, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1994 Work in Progress, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Window Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1993 Recent Work, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC (solo)

London Life Young Contemporaries, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON (traveled)

Three Sculptors, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC

1992 Small Works, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1991 Exalted Humans, Recent Sculpture by David Robinson, Lookout Gallery, Regent College, University of British Columbia,Vancouver, BC

AWARDS
1993 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, QC, Grant

1987 Emanuel Hahn Scholarship for Fourth-Year Sculpture, OCA, Toronto, ON

Samuel Lazar Kagan Award for Fourth-Year Sculpture, OCA, Toronto, ON
1986 Samuel Lazar Kagan Award for Third-Year Sculpture, OCA, Toronto, ON
1984 Second-Year Sculpture Award Scholarship, VCC and Fairey & Co. Ltd., Vancouver, BC
1983 First-Year Sculpture Award Scholarship, VCC and Fairey & Co. Ltd., Vancouver, BC
COLLECTIONS

Toronto Dominion Bank, Calgary, AB
Charles W. Stockey Centre, Parry Sound, ON
City of Richmond, Richmond, BC
Four Seasons Hotel Resort, Whistler, BC
Armoury Studios, Vancouver, BC
BC Turf Inc., Burnaby, BC
Cates Hill Chapel, Bowen Island, BC
McAlpine and Associates, Vancouver, BC
Robinson Fraser Group, Toronto, Ontario
Ruloff Capital Corporation, Vancouver, BC
St. John's Church - Shaughnessy, Vancouver, BC
West Coast Reduction, Vancouver, BC
North America-Hotel Arts, Calgary, AB
Concordia University, Irvine, California
Regent College, Vancouver, BC
McCulloch and Associates, Vancouver, BC

 
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reynolds, Travis. Welcome to the Revitalized Bronze Age , Calgary Herald , August 2005

Todd, Douglas. Easter Art That Inspires, Provokes , Vancouver Sun , March 29, 2002

van Slyke, Bruce. Suspended Belief , Espace , September, 2002

van Slyke, Bruce. Interval - the conditional monuments of David Robinson , Espace , June 2001

Scott, Michael. Religious Studies , Vancouver Sun , December 16, 1999

Gustafson, Paula. Inhabitants , Espace , January, 1998

Scott, Michael. Cutting Fine Figures , Vancouver Sun , October 8, 1997

Gustafson, Paula. Nude Everymen Make Revealing Connections , Georgia Straight , June, 1997

Link, Barry. Naked Introspection , Richmond News , June, 1997

Kangas, Matthew. David Robinson at Diane Farris , Art in America , October, 1996

Great Work! An Overview of British Columbia Artists , Melanie Gold Artadvisory Ltd. , 1996

Bale, Douglas. Young Contemporaries Exhibition , London Free Press , September, 1993

Dykk, Lloyd. In His Own Image , Vancouver Sun , March, 1993