Dr Robin Kingston — Honorary University Fellow

During her twenty five year appointment as Senior Lecturer at RMIT University, Dr Robin Kingston was part of the BA (Fine Art) Painting team. She coordinated first year Painting for twenty years and taught a variety of studio-based courses in the School of Art including courses she developed in ‘Abstraction’ and ‘Wall and Space’. She coordinated the annual New York Study Tour for the RMIT School of Art for eighteen years, assisted in the delivery of the MFA (Coursework) in New Zealand, the BA (Fine Art) at LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts in Singapore as well as numerous higher degree supervisions.

Robin’s art practice investigates possibilities in contemporary abstract painting using traditional means, as well as an investigation of painting, abstraction and the conditions of site as demonstrated by her work in the lobby and corridors of Building 24. Her PhD (2008) (RMIT) examined the role of intuitive and rational thought in the construction of contemporary abstract painting. With a practice spanning over four decades she has exhibited in New York, Melbourne and Sydney.

Image: courtesy of Dr Robin Kingston