The Artist
Joseph Robinson is a visionary artist with a unique background and an authentic, contemporary direction. Inspired by the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, at the age of thirteen he began studies in architecture and art in Wisconsin.
Robinson majored in architecture at the University of California at Berkeley where he thrived in this intellectual environment with brilliant thinkers and world class research facilities. He received his Bachelor of Architecture Degree in December 1971.
Acknowledging Robinson’s pioneering work, the University took the unusual step of awarding him simultaneous teaching assistantships in both the Art and Architecture Departments. In the Architecture and City Planning Departments, his mentor Professor Richard Meier, inspired him to design with a knowledgeable perspective of global problem solving. In the Fine Art Department, Robinson worked for Professor Harold Paris, an internationally renowned artist. Consequently, he gained valuable experience and inspiration and was encouraged to explore different artistic media. Fascinated with the potential of film as a visual art form, Robinson shot an experimental film, “Sunstream” (1970), later titled “Starchild” (1982), using innovative special visual effects. Subsequently, he combined his interest in architecture with his passion for film making in designing a visionary world city for a screenplay titled “Auratopia,” which also involved hundreds of fine art drawings and paintings. More recently, he created abstract art using high-tech photographic processes. This work has produced a series of light paintings titled “Windows of the Universe.”
In 1994, the Annenburg Foundation awarded Robinson two grants: the first for ”Windows of the Universe”, and the second for “Auratopia”. He is developing projects as a Writer, Producer and Photographer. His style and visual imagery range from Renaissance drawings to computer generated digital art. His art and architecture embodies the drawing, style and ideas presented by Da Vinci, Piranesi, Botticelli, Bosch, Boulee, Modernism, Russian Constructivism, the Bauhaus, Buckminster Fuller, Paolo Solari and Frank Lloyd Wright.
In 1996 & 1997, Mr. Robinson worked for Forbes & Company in Tiverton, RI and Comores, Africa as Director of Architectural Design and Planning. He created an architectural concept design for ForbesPort on the island of Anjouan. The Port included 300 acres of land with a floating harbor for 100 fishing boats and a fishing village.
Presently, Joseph Robinson is developing “Auratopia” into a feature length motion picture and its myriad of spin-offs including Video Games, via his corporation Auratopia, Inc. He is also producing limited edition cibachrome prints of his fine art photography.
To see a brief slideshow of some of Joseph Robinson's design projects CLICK HERE