Aurora Robson

Artnet News
by Christine Ajudua
How Can You Create Sculpture Without Making Waste? Artist Aurora Robson Has Cracked the Code With Her Cast-Off Plastic Works

Be Inspired
Aurora Robson turns litter into art with her objective to "merge a global language as art with a global issue, litter.

Luxiders
“Aurora Robson elevates the meaning of what we deem lowest value—garbage—to art installations that spark conversations about our narcissist, self-destructive society…”

Made Out Of What
Artist Aurora Robson reveals the hidden value and potential of trash in her stunning large-scale sculptural environments.

The Brooklyn Rail
The Masochism Tango by Aurora Robson
”My muse punishes me daily so that I may know the cost of my love. Love is not free after all. The cost only increases as love deepens…”

Ignyte Magazine
Impact Art featured artist. Page 72-75

Artscope
by Marguerite Serkin
”…’Ona,’ 2014, stands as an emblematic yet paradoxically ephemeral testament to the versatility and whimsy of residual plastics…”
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Green Magazine Hawaii
By Lauren McNally
"...despite their grim origin, the artist’s intricate, whimsical sculptures are decidedly optimistic. They’re lively, even—organic in a way that synthetic material simply isn’t."

Modern Weekly
Recycled Plastic Couture

Home Living & Design

InSpades
by Anissa Stambouli
”Many of Robson’s sculptures, such as “Isla” and “Ona,” resemble stained glasswork with their translucent vibrancy and voluptuous movement…”

WIRED UK
Jennifer Allan
"...for Canadian artist Aurora Robson, it's the perfect medium."

Scholastic Issues 21
Erika Boas
"...Her work raises awareness about the huge amounts of waste that end up in landfills and the world's oceans. "

SOMA Magazine
Debra Winter
"...For artist Aurora Robson, art is a dialogue. While many are attracted to her work simply for it's beauty and grace, a much deeper conversation is taking place."

The Charlotte Observer
Samantha Sabin
Barbara Shreiner
"In the resulting work, you don’t see the awfulness of plastic pollution; instead, you see enchanting objects."

Creative Loafing
Anita Overcash
"...For her multi-media installations, she gives materials a significant role in addressing issues related to both human consciousness and the environment."

Beyond Magazine
Hilary Stunda
"Robson...Artist. Teacher. Thought leader. She offers, 'It's the purpose of the artist to be a visiounary. I try to visualize a habitable future and see things in new ways that might be relevant and uplifting to others."

National Geographic ASPIRE Textbook
"...The resulting sculptures are fascinating and unique. She has used a similar approach to junk mail- making art objects out of things we'd rather throw away."

Fiber Art
"Robson creates environments completely constructed of waste stream synthetics that otherwise end up in 'The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.'"

Environmental Science
A Canadian Perspective "... Aurora Robson created this walk-in exhibit called The Great Indoors from 15,000 plastic bottles. Much of her art gives new purpose to recycled plastics, packaging materials, and junk mail."

City Scene
Cindy Galliard
"...Anything written about Aurora Robson will tell you she is an artist committed to intercepting the waste stream, which makers her a natural fit to show at the conservatory."

Crazy Art
Chantal Alles
"...the creation of something positive from the inherent negativity of waste, and the reaction of surprise the materials inevitably draw from the observer, are the key factors in what she does."

Being American
Francis Di Tommaso
"...these forms in endless variety-first sketched and inked in delicate hues, then overlaid with collage-she strives to subvert the intent of junk mail, transforming its waste into art..."

Columbus Dispatch
“While she’s starting this conversation about personal waste, she’s also turning out beautiful sculpture. Other artists who work in this theme can sometimes hit you over the head with their message.”

Day Trip
Issue No. 4
"We all went a little nuts when we learned that Aurora Robson’s hyaline sculptures are made entirely out of garbage. Aurora pieces demonstrate that sustainable art has a bright future to look forward to."

Green Building + Design
Lost and Found
Thalia A-M Bruehl
"Think about what you really need, what you really value, and how you want to be remembered."

Art + Antiques
Drawn Together
Edward M. Gomez
"...subtle sense of humor may be found in the...attention to the details of color, suggested pattern and paper texture, of the printed credit-card solicitations and advertisements she receives in the mail."

Art in America

In the Studio: Aurora Robson
Edward M. Gomez
"My studio is more like a refinery - an anti-factory. I like the sense of community that comes with this process."

Arts Houston:
The Great Indoors
Garland Fielder
"Delivering nightmares writ large against a tranquil tableau of recycled materials, Aurora Robson makes the banal beautiful...."

Plenty
Message in a Bottle
Steven K. Lee
"Although Robson’s sculptures elicit descriptions like "breathtaking" and "otherwordly," the pieces start as trash."

Attitude

Inspired Metamorphis
Alexandra Novo