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Paul O Robinson

M. Arch.

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Paul O Robinson was born into a family of concert and circus musicians and taxidermists and was raised on the Atlantic coast of Northeast Florida, USA; attended university in music theory and composition; served a 5-year apprenticeship in the atelier of a master industrial patter-maker achieving Master Woodworker status; became a licensed building contractor; began his design and art studio; received a Master’s degree in architecture summa cum laude at The University of Florida School of Architecture; the recipient of the American Institute of Architects Henry Adams Medal for architectural design excellence; received a Fulbright Fellowship in art and architecture. Teaching: University of Florida School of Architecture and Graduate School, University of Arizona Tucson School of Architecture awards graduate Studio, Vicenza Institute of Architecture, Vicenza, Italy, University of South Florida School of Architecture Gibbons Distinguished Professor. Current: teaches design studio and is editor of AR/Architectural Research at the Fakulteta za Arhitekturo v Ljubljani; visiting professor at l’università di Venezia Iuav; lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he teaches and creates spatial installations that induce correspondences between artistic and architectural processes; ongoing residencies and public solo exhibitions held in Europe and USA.

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Scientific research activity

Form of Absence: Radiographs | Paintings | Reliquaries
Scientific monograph
2015

Book: Form of Absence: Radiographs|Paintings|Reliquaries. Paul O Robinson. 2015 Published by The Institute for Research in Art and The Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Fl. USA 201

Rappresentare i confini. Percorsi di ricerca, tra arte e scienza: alcuni casi studio
Chapter in a book
2016

Book Chapter: “Rappresentare i confini. Percorsi di ricerca, tra arte e scienza: alcuni casi studio” ((Representing the Boundaries. Paths in Research Between Art and Science: Case Studies), Italy 2016. Mimesis Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-5753-776-4.

Tracce, reliquie e raggi X, Le forme dell’assenza/Traces, Relics & X-rays, The Form of Absence
Studio and lecture
2018

Tracce, reliquie e raggi X, Le forme dell’assenza/Traces, Relics & X-rays, The Form of Absence, Paul O Robinson Studio and Lecture at Iuav; editors: Agostino de Rosa and Alessio Bortot. Aracne editrice. ISBN 978-88-225-2077-4 2018

Site Castings: Entwinements in Palazzo Fortuny in Vesper
Scientific article
2019

Site Castings: Entwinements in Palazzo Fortuny in Vesper -01|Supervenice, Rivista di Architettura, Arti e Teoria/Journal of Architecture and Theory, Universita Iuav di Venezia, Departimento di Culture del Progetto 2019


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Things In Themselves: The X-Ray and Its Embodied Space in Architectural Design: Volume 93, Issue 4 Special Issue:In Praise of Penumbra
Scientific Article
2023

Things In Themselves: The X-Ray and Its Embodied Space in Architectural Design: Volume 93, Issue 4 Special Issue:In Praise of Penumbra


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Artistic activity

American Institute of Architects Henry Adams Award for Architectural Excellence in Design
Award

J. Wayne Fulbright Fellow
Award

Gibbons Distinguished Professor Chair in Architecture, University of South Florida School of Architecture 2017
Honorary title
2017

Distinguished Professor Alumni, Univerity of Florida School of Archtecture
Award
2018

Artifacts of Evidence at galerija Kresija
Exhibition
2022

Solo exhibition: Artifacts of Evidence at galerija Kresija, Ljubljana, Slovenia (07 April – 20 May)

Form of Resistance at galerija Krško
Exhibition
2022

Solo exhibition: Form of Resistance at galerija Krško, Krško, Slovenia (01 September – 30 October)

Site Castings, Trani, Italy
Exhibition
2022

Solo exhibition: Site Castings, Trani, Italy (10 March – 15 May) Funding by Federazione degli Architetti PPC della Puglia_Bari (The Federation of PPC Architects of Puglia, Bari) and Agenzia per l’Architettura d’Abruzzo, Pescara (The Agency for Architecture of Abruzzo, Pescara)

Site Castings: Entwinements in Palazzo Fortuny
Exhibition
2020

Solo exhibition: Site Castings: Entwinements in Palazzo Fortuny, Palazzo/Museo Fortuny,Venice, Italy (rescheduling for 2023)

The Cella Was Empty (La Cella Era Vuota)
Exhibition
2015

Solo exhibition: The Cella Was Empty (La Cella Era Vuota), Gino Valle Gallery, Iuav, Venice, Italy, funding by l’Università di Venezia Iuav, Dipartimento di Culture del progetto

Paul O. Robinson: Form of Absence: Radiographs, Paintings, Reliquaries
Exhibition
2013

Solo exhibition: Paul O. Robinson: Form of Absence: Radiographs, Paintings, Reliquaries, at the Tampa Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida USA; funding by The Institute for Research in Art, Contemporary Art Museum Tampa Florida, GraphicStudio, University of South Florida School of Architecture and Community Design, The National Endowment for the Arts.

Traces, Relics and X-Rays: An Archaeology of Touching at The Architecture Gallery, University of Florida School of Architecture
Exhibition
2009

2009: Traces, Relics and X-Rays: An Archaeology of Touching at The Architecture Gallery, University of Florida School of Architecture, funding by The University of Florida and the University of Florida School of Architecture.