Bio:
Cyrra Robinson was born and raised in Missoula, Montana before she moved to Washington in 2011. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture focusing on Metalwork and Stone Carving with an emphasis in Psychology and Biology. She spent the remainder of her undergraduate career at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington after a year at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. Her work is currently publicly displayed in Washington, Vermont, and Montana. Two of her sculptures are permanently installed at The Evergreen State College in partnership with the Washington State Arts Commissions Collection. Her work is also included in the city of Olympia's public art collection, previously featured in front of City Hall before permanent installation at The Olympia Center. She has participated in four solo exhibitions and thirty-two group and duo exhibitions in Oregon, Florida, California, Montana, Washington, and Vermont. She currently resides and works at her studio in Olympia, WA. She is a member of the Living Artists Collective in Seattle, WA. She is the Fine Arts Director and Art Teacher at South Sound Dance in Tumwater, WA.
Artist Statement:
I strive to develop work that evokes a tangible experience; not just passively viewing a representation, but introducing yourself to something that exudes the vastness of the natural world, a vital object. I explore the spaces between the fantasy and reality of our natural world to discover and highlight where they most intersect.
Taking notes from scientific research and examining imagery of living organisms in both the micro and macroscopic scale assists me in the hunt for repetitive patterns, textures, and related similarities within their life cycles and appearances. These findings influence sculpture that does not seek to imitate a living organism of a previous or present domain, but establish organic possibilities.
Ultimately I seek to delight the senses; inciting playful, curious exploration and the urge to wonder what exists in the universe still unacknowledged, while pondering what those inward incitements can mean for our time here. I imagine my work to create discomfort and nostalgia, a sense of something mysteriously familiar that reachesinto the deep, dark spots in our collective memory that steer our perceptions ofwhat does and doesn'tnecessarily belong in our world.
