Michael Robinson

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Born: Ontario, Canada 1948
Living in Keene, Ontario and Manitoulin Island, Ontario

Medium
Glassblower, 1971 - 1986
Artist, Printmaker, Poet, 1985 -

Education
Sheridan College, School of Design, Glass Major, 1969-1971

Selected Exhibitions
2005 Elzay Gallery, Aida, Ohio, U.S.A
2005 The Guild Shop, Toronto,Ontario
2005 Gore Bay Museum Heritage Centre, Gore Bay, Ontario
2004 Gallery Indigena, Stratford, Ontario
2003 Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, Michigeeng, Ontario
2003 Gallery Indigena, Stratford, Ontario
2002 Ancestral Spirits Gallery, Washington, U.S.A.
2002 The Guild Shop, Toronto, ON
2002 Gallery Gervik, Toronto, ON
2001 Galerie in Alten Kloster, Koln, Germany
2000 Hettmann Studio, Manitoulin Island, Ontario
2000 Gallery Philip, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Gallery Indigena, Stratford, Ontario
1999 Gallery Philip, Toronto, Ontario
1998 McMichael Canadian Collection, Klienburg, Ontario
1998 Gallery Indigena, Stratford, Ontario
1998 Spirit of the Sun, Arizona, U.S.A
1997 Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario
1997 Rail?s End Gallery, Haliburton, Ontario
1996 Canada House, Banff, Alberta
1995 Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, Quebec
1993 Karlyn's Gallery, Wisconsin, United States
1993 Galeries Sedunoises, Sion, Switzerland
1993 Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario
1992 Bancroft Art Gallery, Bancroft, Ontario
1991 Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, West Bay, Ontario
1990 American Indian Archeological Institute, Washington, United States
1990 Hudson Museum, Maine, United States
1990 Holoyoke Museum, Massachusetts, United States
1990 North Bay Arts Centre, North Bay, Ontario
1990 McMichael Gallery, Kleinburg, Ontario

Awards
2005 Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
2005 Canada Council, Travel Grant
2004 Ontario Arts Council, Framing Grant
2004 Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
2002 Terra Nova National Park Residency, Terra Nova, Nfld.
2002 Canada Council, Travel Grant
2001 Canada Council, Project Grant
2001 St. Michael?s Print Shop Residency, St John, Nfld.
1992 Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
1992 Native Artist in the School, Ontario Arts Council
1990 Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant
1989 Award for Excellence, Canadian Guild of Crafts, Quebec
1986 Ontario Arts Council, Writers Grant
1985 Canada Council, Explorations Grant

Collections
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario
Glenbow Art Institute, Calgary, Alberta
McMichael Gallery, Kleinburg, Ontario
Museum of Anthropology, Denver, Colorado
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder, Ontario
Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

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

 

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