Kate Robinson (sculptor)
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Kate Robinson is a sculptor and writer. She obtained a 1st class BA (Hons) in
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Glasgow School of Art The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; gd, Sgoil-ealain Ghlaschu) is a higher education art school based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering undergraduate degrees, post-graduate awards (both taught and research-led), and PhDs in architecture, fine art, an ...
, completing her Phd at
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, published by Dunedin Academic Press in 2006 as ''The Whirlpool of Artifice''. Amongst her awards are a Sense Over Sectarianism Award for the Brother Walfrid Veil; Guardian/Modern Painters prize for Writing on Art; Robert Graves Poetry Prize shortlist; Words & Women Award; Hope Scott Award. ''Woman Man Sun Moon'' was unveiled next to the M8 motorway in
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, commissioned by The Co-op group and Prologis. ''Gie Me Ae Spark O' Nature's Fire'' is a series of artworks integrated into the award-winning new Johnstone Town Hall inspired by the poetry of Robert Burns. ''The Very Atom is Light Energy'' and ''The Govan Timeline'' are etchings engraved into paving illustrating the history of Govan. Granite etchings in the pavement outside the Ramshorn Theatre in the
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area of Glasgow describe the history of the church. Land art includes transient drawings in coloured sand at sites of Scottish archaeological significance for the University of Glasgow and the co-direction of a sand sculpture festival in the centre of Glasgow attracting an audience in excess of 80,000. Directing for theatre and film includes ''Listen If...'' for the Yermilov Centre, Ukraine, ''Uainead, Degree of Greeness'' commissioned by the National Theatre of Scotland and Gaelic Arts and ''Moot'' commissioned by BBC and LUX. Public art commissions include statues of
Jimmy Johnstone James Connolly Johnstone (30 September 1944 – 13 March 2006) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right. Known as "Jinky" for his elusive dribbling style, Johnstone played for Celtic for 13 years, and was part of the 'Lisbon ...
and the founder of Celtic football club,
Brother Walfrid Andrew Kerins ( ga, Aindreas Ó Céirín; 18 May 1840 – 17 April 1915), known by his religious name Brother Walfrid, was an Irish Marist Brother and is best remembered for being the founder of Scottish football club Celtic. Life Walfrid wa ...
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Celtic Park Celtic Park is the home stadium of Celtic Football Club, in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, Scotland. With a capacity of 60,832, it is the largest football stadium in Scotland, and the eighth-largest stadium in the United Kingdom. It is al ...
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,. ''The Brother Walfrid Veil'' covered the sculpture at the unveiling ceremony printed with hundreds of drawings of footballers by children from different faith communities.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Kate Year of birth missing (living people) People from Warwickshire (before 1974) Living people British sculptors Modern sculptors Alumni of the University of Glasgow Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art