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BIOGRAPHY |
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| 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 in Vancouver, BC | |
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EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2009 | Group Exhibit, TBA, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX |
| Works on (in} Paper (working title) , Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB (solo) | |
| 2008 | Group Exhibit, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC |
The Art of Politics, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX |
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| 2007 | Inaugural Exhibition, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
| G’ddy up, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB | |
| Solo exhibit, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB | |
| “31”, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX | |
| 2006 | Maquettes and Lesser Digressions, 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 | Device and Desire, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB (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) |
| H x W x D, Diane Farris Gallery, 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 |
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AWARDS |
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| 1993 | Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, PQ, Grant |
| 1987 | Emanuel Hahn Scholarship for Fourth-Year Sculpture, OCA, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1986 | Samuel Lazar Kagan Award for Third-Year Sculpture, OCA, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1984 | Second-Year Sculpture Award Scholarship, VCC and Fairey & Co. Ltd., Vancouver, BC |
| 1983 | First-Year Sculpture Award Scholarships, VCC and Fairey & Co. Ltd., Vancouver, |
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COLLECTIONS |
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Catalyst Capital, Toronto, ON |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| 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 | |
