Stephanie Robison

Stephanie Robison was born and raised in Oregon. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture from Marylhurst University and a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from the University of Oregon. Stephanie’s work was most recently included in the 9th Northwest Biennial at the Tacoma Art Museum. She has shown her work at The Art Gym at Marylhurst University, Autzen Gallery at Portland State University, Worksound and Tilt Gallery and Project Space. Her work has been selected for several juried exhibitions including the Center on Contemporary Art Annual in Seattle and more recently the 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition at the University of Hawaii. Stephanie creates abstract forms using everyday materials: fabric, plywood, lath, wire, steel, polyester fiberfill, yarn, thread, and wheels. Robison chooses these for their familiarity and their reference to craft and low-tech processes.

“I make sculpture that reflects my surroundings. I ask questions through the exploration and manipulation of materials. I use sewing, crochet and embroidery, as well as simple woodworking and upholstering. The early years my grandmother and I spent together making forts out of dining room chairs, blankets, and the old hide-a-bed have had an influence on the way I think about and respond to the world today. In that way, the work is autobiographical but the intent is to communicate beyond my personal experience.

Through play, my Grandmother inadvertently showed me that objects could function in more than one way—exist as something other than what was intended. I strive to create objects that reference more than one thing—they are indescribable but remain familiar. It is this edge between the comfortable, everyday aspects of both the forms and material, and their uncomfortable, awkward nature that interests me”

Contact the artist: www.stephanierobison.com