Robyn Foster Visual Artist

ROBYN FOSTER

 

 is a visual artist based on Quandamooka Land, South East Queensland,  Australia.

Working from her Mount Cotton studio on a large bush block, nature is a constant companion and inspiration.

 

Artist Books have been central to Foster's practice for over a decade.

Her current practice centres on sculptural paper forms,

focusing on hand drawn, bright colourful imagery with stitching,

folding, collage, printing and paper cutting being other integral components of her work.

 

Foster is fascinated by the ephemeral, transient nature of our existence

and the innate desire humans have to leave a mark as evidence of our existence.

 

Explorations are always supported by the idea of 
triumphing the genre of book/paper arts, 
searching for common threads between past, present and future human endeavour 
and the ramifications of human impact on our environments 

Now focusing on her own arts practice, Foster was previously:

- a long standing member of

the exhibition installation team at Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland

- an invited member of the gallery's Exhibition and Acquisitions panel (2014-2016)

- Convenor for the Redland Art Awards (2010-2012)
- Taught extension art classes to pupils at the Australian School of the Arts - Sheldon College

as well as holding external workshops for students of all ages in conjunction with exhibitions
- Created and co-ordinated the Personal Histories International Artist Book exhibitions

(Redland Museum 2014, UNSW Canberra 2015) and 100Book (Redland Art Gallery 2015),

a series of exhibitions involving over one hundred book artists from many countries

- Held solo exhibitions, participated in and co-ordinated many group exhibitions and projects

-Performed commissions for both public and private clients

- Had hands on involvement with numerous community art projects and groups

- Artist in Residence at AIRspace Oatlands November 2024