Language of Patterns and Colours

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FROM THE PRINT EDITION

Dana Robinson: Artist Portfolio
Gainesville, Florida, USA

From Kolaj #18: “Many of Robinson’s series of collages show Robinson’s use of fragments as vocabulary. The lounge chair and pattern fragments in ‘Nesting’ speak to her ideas about a new home in a new city. The textures in ‘Royal Blue’ are an attempt to break down historic images into ‘patches of stylized nature’. In ‘Foliage’, she uses images of buildings to draw plants as a comment on how we reshape nature for our human convenience.” A portfolio of Robinson’s collages appears in the print edition.

A portfolio of Dana Robinson’s work appears in Kolaj #18. To see this portfolio and others from the issue, SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue.
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This language of patterns and colours is one way we speak to the world and the vocabulary is infinite.

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Dana Robinson is a multimedia artist working predominantly with paper, fabric, and paint. She has shown in Gainesville at Display, Factory, and at The School of Visual Arts. Upon graduating with a BFA from Florida State University, Robinson worked at The Elsewhere Artist Collaborative and moved to Baltimore where she began creating clothing designs from recycled vintage fabric and forming her brand Hot Dog Paradise. Robinson has made great progress with her artistic goals during her residencies at School of Visual Arts, and Protocol Gallery and has been featured on many blogs such as Robot Wednesdays, Queen Mob’s Tea House, and Sula Collective. She is currently living in Gainesville and will be a featured artist in the print issue of Atlanta’s Wussy Magazine.

A portfolio of Dana Robinson’s work appears in Kolaj #18. To see this portfolio and others from the issue, SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue.

See more about Robinson’s work in the Kolaj Magazine Artist Directory HERE.

Images:
(top)
Women’s Work 07
by Dana Robinson
30″x40″; fabric fused to fabric; 2016

(centre left)
Nesting 03
by Dana Robinson
24″x18″; collage on paper; 2014

(centre right)
Royal Blue 03
by Dana Robinson
11″x8.5″; collage on paper; 2016

(bottom)
And the Void Did Shine 03
17″x11″; multi-media collage; 2015