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Robin and wife Julia
Robin Rogers
Artist's Statement
I am fascinated by the emotional attachment we, as humans, have to animals. Throughout history animals have been subjects in our art. They have been used to symbolize a great number of things such as strength, agility, ferocity, courage, wisdom, cowardice, sneakiness, speed, gentleness, etc...
My interest lies in how animals are interwoven into our psyche. They seem to permeate our dreams, memories, and subconscious. I am particularly fond of forms of animals that generate an immediate emotional and often sentimental response. In my work I often make sculptures of animals that would be considered kitschy and re-contextualize them by combining them with other objects ("Bunny Laments a Wilting Hammer") or by placing them in an environment/situation which forces them to deal with heavy subject matter ("Three Eyed Frog").
Robin Rogers is a native of Central Ohio who first began working with glass in 1995. As a student at the Columbus College of Art and Design he learned the fundamentals of glassblowing and began to develop his skills. After only a few years of working with the material, Robin discovered that his passion for glass was not based in blowing traditional vessels but rather, in sculpting solid glass. A sculptural approach with solid glass freed him from the constraint of making symmetrical objects with a single axis. The potential for creating non-vessel based sculpture became a driving force to his work.
After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1998, Robin owned and operated a glass studio in Florence, MT. While continuing to develop his art, he taught classes, built equipment, marketed glass work, collaborated on a large public work, and started a family. In 2005, Robin returned to academia in pursuit of a Master of Fine Arts degree.
Attending Southern Illinois University at Carbondale afforded Robin a chance to further develop his ideas and artistic pursuit without the pressure of creating marketable wares. It was also a setting in which to hone his skills as a professional instructor.
In addition to studying glass in the college setting, Robin has taken various workshops at Pilchuck Glass School (Stanwood, WA), Glass Axis (Columbus, OH), and the Pittsburgh Glass Center (Pittsburgh, PA).
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