Peter Robinson

Born 1966 in Ashburton, lives and works in Berlin and Auckland

Education:

1989
Bachelor of Fine Arts at Canterbury University, Christchurch

1985 - 1988
Canterbury University, Christchurch

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2003
Neo Conceptual Primitivism, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Divine Comedy, Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington

2002
Joytwotimesex, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Black Holes Suck And So Do I, Kapinos, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
Divine Comedy, Auckland City Art Gallery and SOFA, Christchurch
The Return of The Hand, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington

2001
Bi-Polar, New Zealand Pavilion, 49th Biennale di Venezia
Cipher, 5th, Dublin, Ireland
Divine Comedy, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth

2000
Peter Robinson, Kapinos, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
Peter Robinson, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington

1999
Peter Robinson, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Peter Robinson, The Annex, Christchurch

1998
I Know Nothing, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
The Big Crunch, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

1997
NZPR, Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Nice Paintings, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Canon Fodder, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington

1996
Peter Robinson, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Home and Away, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington

1995
Peter Robinson, Opus Operandi, Gent, Belgium
Bad Aachen Ideas, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2003
The Sky’s The Limit, (cur. by Astrid Mania) Kunstverein Langenhagen
Wonderlands, (cur. by Tobias Berger) Artspace, Auckland
Group exhibition, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
Armour, Fort Asperen, The Netherlands
Money for Nothing, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington

2002
Iconoclash, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Centre of Attraction - 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, (cur. by Tobias Berger) Vilnius, Lithuania
Media City Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Rest In Space, Kunstnerhuus Oslo, Norway
Group-Show, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

2001
Superman in bed - Zeitgenössische Kunst und Fotografie aus der Sammlung Gaby und Wilhelm Schürmann, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
troubler l’écho du temps, oeuvres de la collection, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, France

2000
Partages d’Exotismes, Biennale de Lyon (cur. by Jean-Hubert Martin), Lyon
Continental Shift, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst; Aachen/ Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht, The Netherlands/ Stadsgalerij Heerlen, The Netherlands/Musée d´Art Moderne, Liège, Belgium
Heimat Kunst, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

1999
Kunstwelten im Dialog - Von Gauguin zur globalen Gegenwart (Global Art Rheinland 2000), Museum Ludwig Köln
Toi Toi Toi, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel

1998
Entropie zu Hause, Suermondt-Ludwig Museum Aachen
Every Day, 11. Sydney Biennale (cur. by Jonathan Watkins), Pier 2/3, Sydney

1997
Johannesburg Biennale, (cur. by Okwui Enwezor), Johannesburg
The Seppelt Art Awards, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

1996
Inklusion/Exklusion (cur. by Peter Weibel), Künstlerhaus Graz, Austria
Universalis, (cur. by Jean-Hubert Martin), Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo
Asia/Pacific Triennale, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

1995
Cultural Safety, (cur. by Gregory Burke und Peter Weiermeir), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt; and Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen

1994
Localities of Desire, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Artist-In-Residence:

1999
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

1998
Artspace, Sydney

1995
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen

Curatorial Projects:

2001
Co-curator of the group exhibition Profiler, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin,
The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, Canterbury Royal Museum and Art Gallery, Canterbury, Great Britain, (catalogue), with Astrid Mania

Selected Publications:

2003
Harald Fricke, “Peter Robinson”, in: Artforum International, May 2003
Richard Vine, “Report from Seoul, Cyber City”, in: Art in America, February 2003, p. 57 -59
Brigitte Huck, “8th Baltic Triennial of Contemporary Art”, in: Artforum, January 2003, p. 147

2002
Edgar Schmitz, “Centre of Attraction, 8th Triennial of International Art”, in: Kunstforum International, vol. 162 November-December 2002, p. 378 - 381
Liutauras Psibilskis, “Spotlight - 8th Baltic Triennial”, in: Flash Art vol. XXXIV no. 226 October 2002, p. 99
Sara Diamond, “Spotlight - Media-City Seoul 2002”, in: Flash Art vol. XXXV no. 227, November - Dezember, p. 99
Anna Miles, “Peter Robinson”, in: exh.cat. Centre of Attraction - 8th Baltic Triennale of International Art, Vilnius, Lithuania, p.192 -195
Anna Miles, “Peter Robinson”, in: exh.cat. Media City Seoul, Seoul, Korea, p. 54-55

2001
Gregory Burke, “Bi-Polar”, in: Bi-Polar, The New Zealand Pavilion to the 49th Biennale di Venezia, Wellington 2001,
p. 7-16
Gregory Burke, Divine Comedy - Peter Robinson, exh.cat. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Anna Miles: “Au Contraire”, in: Bi-Polar, The New Zealand Pavilion to the 49th Biennale di Venezia, Wellington 2001,
p. 56-60

2000
Gregory Burke, “Traffic jams and power blocks”, in: Drive: power, progress, desire, exh.cat. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, p. 45-47

1999
Anna Miles, “Peter Robinson”, in: Toi Toi Toi, exh.cat. Museum Fidericianum Kassel, p. 160-167
Renate Puvogel, “Toi Toi Toi”, in: Kunstforum, vol. 147,
p. 346-348

1998
Hanna Fink, “Speechless - The 1998 Biennale of Sydney”, in: Art Asia Pacific, p. 35 - 37
Robert Leonard, “Peter Robinson”, in: exh.cat. 11th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney 1998, p. 186

1997
Okwui Enwezor, exh.cat. 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Robert Leonard, “Peter Robinson’s Strategic Plan”, in: Art Asia Pacific, 10/1997, p. 70-73

1996
Robert Leonard, “Peter Robinson”, in: exh.cat. Inklusion/Exklusion, Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz et al, Graz 1996, p. 321-323
Jean-Hubert Martin, “Peter Robinson”, in: Universalis, exh.cat. Sao Paulo Biennale, p. 124 -129

1995
Gregory Burke/Peter Weiermeir, Cultural Safety, exh.cat. Frankfurter Kunstverein; Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Aachen; City Gallery Wellington
Christian Huther: “Cultural Safety”, in: Kunstforum No.131
Robert Leonard, “3.125 % Pure - Peter Robinson Plays the Number’s Game”, in: Art +Text No.50, p. 18-20