Robyn was born in sunny Queensland, Australia where she stilll lives today, working from her home studio in a picturesque valley within a short one hour's drive of the state's capital, Brisbane.

Robyn's background has been in designing , making and teaching the art of contemporary ceramic jewellery, an art form she has exhibited widely throughout Australia for over 15 years. ( See Craft Arts International Magazine, Issue 45, Portfolio No. 180).

Robyn made the move to her new medium of glass after securing funding in 2003, from RADF, Regional Arts Development Funding, from the Pine Rivers Shire and the Queensland Government. 

Robyn says, "This gave me the opportunity to acquire new skills I needed to work with glass as medium.  I took one on one tutoring with lampwork artist, Lisa Delanoue at the Sunshine Coast Hot Glass Studios at Yandina, Qld."  The reflective properties of transparent glass, and the lush colours of the opaques, has given Robyn inspiration for infinite design possibilities.  "I can't wait for the challenges that lie ahead" !

Teaching

During my three years in Roma, I taught wheel throwing, glazing and firing for eighteen months for TAFE
Tutoring 'Jewellery Making' for Queensland Potters Association
1991 Artist in Residence, Pine Rivers State High School - Ceramic Jewellery, and numerous country and TAFE workshops

Exhibitions

Group
'Visiting Group Exhibition' - Toowoomba Potters Association
'Miniatures' - Australian Flying Art School, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane - 1985

'Survey of Queensland Crafts' - Crafts Council of Queensland, CCQ Gallery, Brisbane
'Survey of Queensland Crafts' - Crafts Council of Queensland, Centre Gallery, Surfers Paradise - 1987

'Jewellery Exhibition' - Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
'Members Exhibition' - Crafts Council of Queensland, CCQ Gallery, Brisbane
'Collection '88' - Queensland Potters Association Gallery, Brisbane - 1988

'Jewellery Exhibition' - Crafts Council of Queensland, CCQ Gallery, Brisbane
'A New Direction' - Wayford Galleries, North Tambourine, Queensland
'The Annual Australian Craft Survey' Metro Arts, Brisbane
'Visions of Excellence' - Warana and Commonwealth Bank, Brisbane
'Australian Craft Show' - RAS Showgrounds, Sydney - 1989

'Brisbane - Auckland Sister City Exhibition' - Auckland, New Zealand
'Contemporary Jewellery - The Australian Experience' - Jewellery by Robyn Kirkman & Zigi Colori, Dianna Andersen & Kym Gaunt, WA, The Pines Gallery, Manning Point, NSW
'The Precious Gift' - Crafts Council of Queensland - 1990

'Wearable Portable' - Crafts Council of Queensland
'To A Smaller Scale' - Queensland Potters Gallery, Brisbane
'Contemporary Wearables' - Toowoomba Art Gallery, Queensland - 1991