bio:
in front of Joseph Albers’ Youth at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Robin Kingsburgh is a trained astronomer and painter. Her background in science comes from the University of Toronto (B.Sc. 1988) and University College London (Ph.D. in Astronomy, 1992). She worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Baja California at the University of Mexico from 1993-1996. Her painting experience comes from studies in Toronto (University of Toronto), France (Aix-en-Provençe) the U.K. (continuing education at the Slade School, London), and Haliburton (Haliburton School for the Arts), and has paralleled her scientific development. She has longstanding interests in the intersections of art, science and education.
She currently teaches various natural science courses at York University, including Understanding Colour, The History of Astronomy, and The Nature of Time. She has curated numerous shows and events in the Toronto area, featuring artwork inspired by the ideas and methodologies of science. She splits her time between Toronto and Sauble Beach, where she has a leased-land cottage on the lands of Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation #29, and finds the peaceful landscape an inspiring and motivational setting for her current work. She is grateful to the Chippewas of Saugeen as traditional keepers of the land.
Robin has been an elected member of the Ontario Society of Artists since 2019. She is also a member of Shoreline Artists association in Saugeen Shores.
She is President of the Colour Research Society of Canada, and a Project Team member of the Colour Literacy Project.
A list of Robin’s past shows and curated events can be found here.