Robyn is a Melbourne based artist, her strong interest in architecture and urban scapes inspires her art practice. Robyn immerses herself in the inner city streets of Melbourne passing through modern building interiors responding to reflective light, and illusions created by the architecture of these sometimes grand spaces. Robyn also records the interaction of people within these busy environments, in particular the iconic coffee shop which serves as a communal hub of activity and flurry. This visual play between people and their architectural surrounds is recorded in a painterly manner responding to shapes, form and colour passing into another world momentarily.
Robyn Wilson owned a busy fashion jewellery business for thirty years and was the principal designer and artistic director. During this time Robyn travelled extensively to major cities in the world gaining inspiration for her work. The love of design, colour and patterning continues as an influence in her current art practice.
Robyn holds a Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting from the Victorian College of the Arts (Melbourne University) and a Diploma of Visual Art and Robyn has exhibited in numerous exhibitions.
2017-2019 Bachelor of Fine Art (painting), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University.
2016 Diploma of Visual Art, Boxhill Tafe
2015 Certificate 4 Visual Art, Boxhill Tafe
1987-2013 Owner and Director Fabienne Jewellery Wholesale, Australia wide and New Zealand.
1978-1986 Owner and Director Manali Trading Jewellery Wholesale USA.
1975-1977 Bachelor of Behavioural Science, La Trobe University.
2024 Shortlisted Omnia Art Prize
2024 Café Society, dual exhibition, Wattletree Road Gallery
2022 Bush Café/ Counter Encounter, dual exhibition Owen Dixon Barrister Chambers Melbourne
2020 Lockdown Life - dual exhibition Malvern Artist Society
2019 VCA Graduate Group Show
2018 Arts Space Group Show, VCA
2018 Flinders Art Show
2017 Group Show Malvern Artist Society
2017 Flinders Art Show
2016 Convergence, Group Show, Meat Market
2019 Awarded Tolarno Art Prize VCA Graduate Show
2018 Awarded First Prize Best Figurative Painting Flinders Art Show
Robyn’s work is held in private collections in Australia and Canada
Paul Delany Architects
2022 Art Study Earth Canvas Fowlers Gap, Idris Murphy Ross Lawry
2019 Art Study Tour New York RMIT, Robyn Kingston
2018 Colour Study Prue Acton RMIT
Tolarno art prize winners 2003-2023’ Book Publication 2024
