Background on the Artist

BACKGROUND ON THE ARTIST

Joe Robinson XL works across a diverse range of mediums and has taken art and creative processes into an unlikely range of environments. Over thirty years he has built up a reputation for high standards in a diverse range of practice. Always delivering work with passion and with a friendly hands-on approach.

He studied three years art and design at Sheffield before gaining a degree in Theatre Design at Nottingham. He has since worked in theatre, film, public arts, sculpture, industrial and graphic design, crafts, model-making, printmaking, illustration, writing and performance and the most unusual creative medium; fire sculpture.

Aurora sketch . Norway . 2001

A passionate believer in transferring creative skills and thinking to alternate fields he works in schools as well as delivering work in a range of public projects which engage people in social change. As such he was a key player in setting up a twelve million pound regeneration initiative in Nottingham and he continues in this work as a freelance consultant. He is currently based in London.

The different work shown here are some personal favourites from over the years.

Self portraits done as part of project work with young people. 2016