"intercepting
the plastic waste stream"
AURORA ROBSON
impact art
Aurora Robson is a multi-media artist known predominantly for her work intercepting the plastic waste stream. Her practice is about subjugating negativity and shifting trajectories. Her work formally references recurring nightmares she had as a child. Robson was born in Toronto in 1972 and grew up in Hawaii. She lived and worked for over 2 decades in New York City until recently moving to the Hudson Valley. Robson holds a double major (B.A.) in visual arts and art history from Columbia University.
Robson's work has been featured in Sculpture Magazine, Art in America, WIRED, Art & Antiques, the cover of Green Building + Design and other publications. She is a recipient of the Pollock Krasner Grant, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture, a TED/Lincoln Re-Imagine Prize and a National Endowment for the Arts Art Work Grant. She has exhibited her work internationally in museums, galleries and non-traditional spaces.
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