Michael Robinson (Canadian artist)

Michael Robinson (1948–2010) was a Canadian artist and poet of Métis heritage who was noted for his investigation of Aboriginal, spiritual, and environmental themes.

Biography

Michael Robinson, Métis-Canadian, was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1948 and died July 28, 2010. Trained at Sheridan College’s School of Design (Glass Major, 1969-1971), Robinson was an artist, glassblower, printmaker, and writer. During his lifetime, Robinson exhibited widely throughout Ontario, but also nationally (British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, Newfoundland) and internationally (United States, Switzerland, Germany), and he received several national and provincial awards, as well as grants. Robinson’s work resides in the permanent collections of a number of prominent institutions, such as the Canadian Museum of Civilization,^[1] the Royal Ontario Museum,^[2] the McMichael Gallery,^[3] the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, the Glenbow Art Institute in Calgary.

Quotations

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"It is important that we see the Earth as a living entity, only then can we understand where we fit in"

"There is a great mystery hiding in the shadows of the every day world, weaving in out of what is real and what we think is real. I find myself drawn to the need to record this ever moving mystery, not to dissect it or label it, just to touch it with my brush or my words."

"I have worked hard at removing 'man' from the 'centre of all things' by putting him in his rightful place. Equally, among all living things."

Published works

• Freedom of Silence, 1988, ISBN 0-9692185-2-4
• The Earth and the Dancing Man, 1991, ISBN 0-9695225-0-9
• Touching the Serpent's Tail, 1992, ISBN 0-9695225-1-7
• A Bird Within A Ring of Fire, 1998, ISBN 0-9695225-3-3

References

External links

• Official Web Site
• Michael Robinson's Art at the Bearclaw Gallery
• Michael Robinson's Art at the Alcheringa Gallery
• Michael Robinson's Art at the Gallery Indigena