Michael Robinson (Canadian artist) explained

Michael Robinson
Birth Date:	1948
Birth Place:	Toronto, Ontario
Death Date:	2010
Training:	Sheridan School

Michael Robinson (1948–2010) was a Canadian artist, glassblower, and poet who investigated Indigenous, spiritual, and environmental themes.^[1]

Biography

Michael Robinson was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 27 March 1948.^[2] Trained at Sheridan College's School of Design (Glass Major, 1969–1971), Robinson was an artist, glassblower, printmaker, and writer.^[3] He 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 died on 28 July 2010 in Peterborough Ontario.^[2]

Permanent collections

Robinson's work resides in the permanent collections of the following institutions:

• Canadian Museum of History^[4]
• Royal Ontario Museum^[5]
• McMichael Gallery^[6]
• Thunder Bay Art Gallery
• Glenbow Art Institute in Calgary
• Canada Council Art Bank^[7]
• Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada Aboriginal Art Collection, Government of Canada^[8]
• Art Gallery of Perterborough^[9]

Published works

• Freedom of Silence, 1988,
• The Earth and the Dancing Man, 1991,
• Touching the Serpent's Tail, 1992,
• A Bird Within A Ring of Fire, 1998,

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vase, 1975 and Vase, 1980 – Michael Robinson, Cree descent – Legislative Assembly of Ontario. ola.org.
2. Web site: Artists in Canada. Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage Information. Network. app.pch.gc.ca. 24 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180824182224/https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?rID=14041&fID=2&lang=en&qlang=en&pID=1&an=robinson+michael&ps=50&sort=AM_ASC. 24 August 2018. dead.
3. Web site: Michael Robinson. MARY E.. SOUTHCOTT.
4. Web site: Michael Robinson. Canadian Museum of History. 24 August 2018.
5. http://www.rom.on.ca/collections/index.php Royal Ontario Museum Collection
6. Web site: McMichael Gallery Collection. 4 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20130822035213/http://www.mcmichael-artdb.com/. 22 August 2013. dead.
7. Web site: Canada Council Art Bank. Canada Council for the Arts. 24 August 2018.
8. Web site: First Nation and Métis Artists. Government of Canada; Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada; Communications. Branch. aadnc-aandc.gc.ca.
9. Web site: Permanent Collection – Art Gallery of Peterborough.