Canadian artist and glassblower John Paul Robinson uses his medium to explore nature and mythological beliefs as well as the knowledge we've gained about the world owing to scientific discovery. His striking sculptures are frequently characterized by flat forms that take on the appearance of feathers or rods of translucent glass that are manipulated into wave shapes and spiral patterns. Robinson’s works can be hung on walls or suspended from ceilings by way of stainless steel mounting brackets.
Born in 1954, in Toronto, Robinson attended the Georgian College of Arts and Technology and also the Ontario College of Art — now the Ontario College of Art and Design. He went on to teach at the latter for many years.
Robinson is a self-taught glassblower. “There are hours of tedium doing it over and over,” he told WheatonArts of his craft. “I have to accept the tedium. The advantage is that glass blowing is such a focused process; you can’t daydream and blow. When you’re deeply focused it becomes meditation. It clears your mind. Then the best ideas come because your head is not full of all the crap. When that happens, that’s the reward.”
Robinson has received the Best Glass Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition twice, as well as the Joan Chalmers Glass Award. He has shown his creations in several solo exhibitions in the United States and Canada, and his work is held in a range of private, corporate and public collections, including the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa and the Museum of American Glass in Millville, New Jersey.
Oeno Gallery, near Prince Edward, Ontario, exclusively represents Robinson. The sculptor is a Fellow at The Creative Glass Center of America.
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$8,200
Movements - elegant, blown glass, metal, abstract hanging wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Four elegant glass orbs that contain assembled clock works hang from fine chain in this unique wall sculpture by John Paul Robinson. The orbs in four sizes are defined by a deliberat...
Metal
$9,800
Blue Wave - flowing, glass, translucent, blue, waves, tabletop sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Four lengths of azure blue glass lightly brushed with charcoal intersect in an elegant wave form by artist John Paul Robinson. Robinson was educated at the Georgian College of Art...
Glass
Flying - large, glass, translucent, white, feathers, wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This exquisite glass wall sculpture extends almost 60 inches across. It was featured in Robinson's solo exhibition at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. It evokes a remarkable sens...
Glass
$4,900
Times 3 - elegant, blown glass, metal, abstract hanging wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Three blown glass orbs that contain assembled clock works, wheels, sprockets and coils, hang from fine chain in this unique wall sculpture. The elegant orbs in three sizes are define...
Metal
Duality B2 - blue, translucent, abstract, glass, steel, suspended wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Nine elegantly curved aquamarine glass pieces are suspended on fine steel cables in this stunning wall sculpture by Canadian artist John Paul Robinson. His glass work is inspired by ...
Steel
Blue Wave - translucent, blue, contemporary, abstract, glass tabletop sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This hand-blown glass, modern, indoor sculpture was created by artist John Paul Robinson. The light shines through and reflects off the surface of the graceful wave-like form of this...
Blown Glass
$6,800
Dawn Breakers - Contemporary Wall Sculpture, Hand Forged Glass, 20x38"
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Inspired by the splendour of an early morning sky, this contemporary wall sculpture, Dawn Breakers, was hand forged by John Paul Robinson. The Canadian artist is known for his master...
Steel
All Possible Paths Red - contemporary, solid glass, wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This red and orange glass wall sculpture is by John Paul Robinson. The ethereal glass work of this Canadian artist has won him acclaim in both Canada and the US. A self-taught glass...
Glass
$18,000
Fire Fly - large, red, translucent, feathers, solid glass wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Crimson glass feathers are gathered into a fiery composition in this dramatic wall sculpture by artist John Paul Robinson. The work is enhanced by the pa...
Glass
Probability Blue 3 - sculpture, glass and steel
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
"They are at once graceful and contemporary. This is the unique glasswork of John Paul Robinson. Seven arched pieces of translucent aqua blue glass suspended by fine steel cables cri...
Steel
Wave Function Deep Blue - wall sculpture, solid glass
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This blue glass wall sculpture is by John Paul Robinson. This graceful composition in hand-blown glass captures the beauty of light as it travels through the medium. Often inspired ...
Glass, Mixed Media
$16,000
Probability Deep Blue 3 - curved, abstract, glass, elegant wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Hand-blown glass in a stunning deep ocean blue is formed into three elegant arcs to create this contemporary wall sculpture by John Paul Robinson. The Canadian artist’s ethereal work...
Steel
2° of Sky - blue, contemporary, blown glass, wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary blue glass wall sculpture is made by a Canadian artist. John Paul Robinson’s award winning glass work is inspired by the artist’s fascination with the complex worl...
Glass
$2,500
Amber Clock - contemporary, abstract, glass and metal tabletop sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This glass indoor sculpture is designed to represent the concept of time. John Paul Robinson’s sculptural glasswork is highly regarded for its masterful execution. The Canadian artist is often Inspired by the dynamic relationship of humans with the natural world and our understanding of science. The Amber Clock...
Metal
Probability B5 - blue, abstract, curved, glass, steel, suspended wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
He captures the beauty of light in his elegant glass sculptures. This is John Paul Robinson. In this graceful composition, arcs of translucent aqua-blue glass suspended by fine wires...
Steel
Flying With Fire - large, translucent, red, feathers, solid glass wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Available on commission. Size can vary. Can be pre-mounted on panel or installed directly on wall. Please allow 8-10 weeks completion time before shipping. Crimson glass feathers ar...
Metal
East Wind - blue, translucent, flowing, glass, intersecting tabletop sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Metaphors of time, space, earth and its elements are reflected in the elegant and glowing glass sculptures by Canadian artist John Paul Robinson. In this table-top piece, gently curved tubes of azure blue glass move together mimicking the effect of wind on water. Historically, the east wind...
Glass
Probability R - red glass, copper, translucent abstract suspended wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Arcs of glowing crimson glass are curated into elegant overlapping waves in this wall sculpture by Canadian artist John Paul Robinson. The design of the ...
Metal
Probability B4 - blue, abstract, contemporary, glass and steel, wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This blue, abstract, contemporary, glass and steel, wall sculpture is by Canadian artist John Paul Robinson. Elegant and ethereal, John Paul Robinson’s contemporary glass wall sculpt...
Steel
$28,000
Probability Deep Blue 4 - elegant, curved, abstract, glass, wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
John Paul Robinson creates original contemporary wall sculptures from coloured glass that are filled with light. This piece features elegant arched deep blue tubes of glass that are polished to a smooth finish and overlap one another to create a dynamic composition. The Canadian artist often explores themes related to how the world works. This is one of a series intended to represent the dual nature of light as both a particle and a wave. In physics, the wave nature of light is referred to as a "probability wave". “The thickness of the glass and curvature of the lens conspire to create their own optical effect. As your gaze moves across the piece it causes the small grains of coloured glass to shift just a bit. Starry Starry Night...
Steel
$9,000
Home - large, translucent, feathers, representational, glass wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
John Paul Robinson arrays a sequence of feather-like forms in a spiral formation to symbolize the interrelationship between the earth and the galaxy to which we belong. Feather forms...
Glass
$16,000
Probability Deep Blue 2 - abstract, curved, glass, suspended wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian artist John Paul Robinson has chosen a deep blue for this elegant glass wall sculpture. Six arched pieces of translucent glass are suspended by fine steel cables…each crissc...
Steel
$18,000
Duality R - dynamic, translucent, red, glass, steel, abstract wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Elegantly curved deep red glass pieces in twos are suspended on fine black steel cables in this dramatic new wall sculpture by Canadian artist John Paul Robinson. His glass work is i...
Metal
$12,614
H 39.38 in W 4.14 in D 2.76 in
M.140801 by Toshio Iezumi - Contemporary glass sculpture, green, abstract
By Toshio Iezumi
Located in Paris, FR
M.140801 is a glass sculpture by Japanese contemporary artist Toshio Iezumi, dimensions are 100 × 10.5 × 7 cm (39.4 × 4.1 × 2.8 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part...
Glass
Bronze Sculpture “Arise”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture “Understander”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Bronze
$160Sale Price|20% Off
H 6 in W 3 in D 2 in
Knots (blown glass found object climbing rope wall sculpture Chihuly)
By Robert Burch
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This piece weaves climbing rope in with glass knots. Each piece is unique and slightly different. The cord is retired climbing rope, given another use by shining in this piece. Rob...
Blown Glass
$4,280
H 9.75 in W 11 in D 9.5 in
"Beach-Combed Mochaware, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life. Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest. Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
Stone
Joan's Ghost 2006
By Matt Gil
Located in Napa, CA
Galvanized Steel, Glass Tile & Mortar California born and educated sculptor Matt Gil graduated from San Jose State University, and his work has been widely exhibited throughout Cali...
Steel
$7,475
H 25.6 in W 4.73 in D 2.76 in
M.180603 by Toshio Iezumi - Contemporary glass sculpture, column
By Toshio Iezumi
Located in Paris, FR
M.180603 is a glass sculpture by Japanese contemporary artist Toshio Iezumi, dimensions are 65 cm × 12 cm × 7 cm (25.6 × 4.7 × 2.8 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is p...
Glass
$160Sale Price|20% Off
H 6 in W 3 in D 2 in
Knots (blown glass table top found object climbing rope sculpture Chihuly)
By Robert Burch
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This piece weaves climbing rope in with glass knots. Each piece is unique and slightly different. The cord is retired climbing rope, given another use by shining in this piece. Rob...
Blown Glass
$7,007
H 19.69 in W 9.85 in D 2.76 in
P.230501 by Toshio Iezumi - abstract wall sculpture, glass
By Toshio Iezumi
Located in Paris, FR
P.230501 is an artwork by Toshio Iezumi, from his “Projection” series. Dimensions are 50 × 25 × 7 cm (19.69 × 9.84 × 2.76 in). The sculpture is signed and available in 5 editions and...
Glass, Mirror
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.5 in W 5.5 in D 5 in
Tall Metallic Palladium Abstract Expressionist Brutalist Totem Sculpture
By Judy Engel
Located in Hudson, NY
Hand built heavily glazed solid ceramic structure by NY artist Judy Engel. Expressionist style hand built and heavily glazed in a high metallic palladium glaze. Judy's first introduction to this style was the Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY. "In the 1970s, upstate school kids...
Ceramic, Glaze
$12,000
H 26 in W 20 in D 9 in
"The Man Without a Rod №3" Bronze Sculpture 26x20x9in Ed. 3/8 by Sergii Shaulis
By Sergii Shaulis
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Man Without a Rod №3" Bronze Sculpture 26x20x9in Ed. 3/8 by Sergii Shaulis Limited Edition 3/8 From "The man without a rod" series Approximate weight 77 lbs. The artist spent almost ten years of his life in the making of this eight-piece series. It is an introspective representation of what he calls absolute hopelessness. “It's about the emptiness of the soul, but it's also about starting anew; when you feel nothing but finding the power inside of you to stand up and move.” ABOUT ARTIST Born on 27 May 1985 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. From 2005 to 2011 studied at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, at the Faculty of "Fine Arts" specialty "Easel and monumental sculpture." Now studying postgraduate at Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. Works are in private collections in Ukraine, Israel, Germany, USA, Australia, Finland, Holland, Spain, Belgium, England. Education 2002‑2005 Faculty of Engineering and Physics (NTU KhPI) 2005‑2011 Easel and monumental sculpture (KSADA) 2012-2016 postgraduate education (KSADA) Exhibitions 2007-15 City exhibition HONSKHU. Kharkiv. 2007-14 Ukrainian Exhibition KONSKHU. Kyiv. 2008-11 "The maestro and his students", KSADA. Kharkiv (Audience Award 2009) 2008 11 International Triennial of sculpture. Kyiv . 2009 “Male portrait”, gallery KSADA. Kharkiv . 2009 "You get SMS ", Kharkiv ( Grand Prix "The best sculpture project "). 2009 “Gogol-fest”, Museum Arsenal. Kyiv. 2016 "Corpus", Come in gallery, Kharkiv. 2016 KSADA "Loft", Kharkiv. 2017 “Art seasons”, M17. Kyiv. 2017 Gallery "Semiradskiy", Kharkiv. 2017 "Mundi contraria", M17. Kyiv. 2018 "More than sculpture", ArtUkraineGallery. Kyiv. 2018 “Auguste Rodin. "Premonition of the future...
Bronze
$2,806
H 59.06 in W 35.44 in D 35.44 in
Sculptural Metal Floor Lamp with Samurai-Inspired Design, 2024 – 'Yasuke'
Located in Bruxelles, BE
"MIES" is a sculptural floor lamp designed by Iskandar Jani, inspired by the structural columns of the German Pavilion, designed by Mies van der Rohe for the 1929 International Expos...
Metal
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H 55 in W 4 in D 5 in
Turned Symmetry - amber, contemporary, solid glass, wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This modern glass wall sculpture in red was forged by John Paul Robinson. Three gently arched tubes of glass in a deep red create a graceful composition that appears to float on the ...
Glass
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H 49 in W 2 in D 5 in
Night Transit - blue, contemporary, solid glass, wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary glass wall sculpture in deep blue is by John Paul Robinson. A single elegantly curved tube of hand-blown glass makes a dynamic statement as light plays off its tran...
Glass
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H 40 in W 40 in D 2 in
Flying White - large, translucent, feathers, solid glass wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This exquisite glass wall sculpture extends almost 60 inches across. It was featured in Robinson's solo exhibition at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. It evokes a remarkable sens...
Glass
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H 49 in W 8 in D 4 in
Dual Symmetry - translucent, red, glass, copper, abstract wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Metaphors of time, space, earth, and its elements are reflected in the elegant and glowing glass sculptures by Canadian artist John Paul Robinson. This large, stunning glass and meta...
Metal
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H 31.5 in W 60 in D 3.25 in
Probability B2 - blue, abstract, curved, glass, steel, suspended wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian artist John Paul Robinson has chosen aquamarine blue, the colour of water for his latest series of glass wall sculptures. Four curved pieces of translucent glass are suspend...
Steel
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H 96 in W 45.5 in D 3.75 in
Duality - blue, translucent, abstract, glass, steel, suspended wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Elegantly curved aquamarine glass pieces in twos are suspended on fine steel cables in this stunning new wall sculpture by Canadian artist John Paul Robinson. His glass work is inspi...
Steel
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H 31.5 in W 80 in D 4 in
Probability Deep Blue - abstract, curved, glass, steel, suspended wall sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian artist John Paul Robinson’s glowing glass wall sculptures are inspired by nature’s elements—wind, earth, fire and water. In this piece, one of a series, six elegantly curved...
Steel
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H 8.75 in W 16 in D 7.5 in
Surf Series H20 7 - translucent, blue, shaped solid glass, table top sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A single rod of translucent and striated marine blue glass is twisted, looped and shaped into an elegant wave by artist John Paul Robinson. The design is enhanced by light that spark...
Blown Glass
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H 8 in W 30 in D 7.5 in
Surf Series H20 2 & 3 - translucent, blue, glass, table top, sculpture
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Two rods of translucent and striated marine blue glass are looped, twisted and shaped into a pairing of elegant waves by John Paul Robinson. The curated design is enhanced by light t...
Blown Glass
Embers Below
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Light through five narrow flames of red glass, tapered at either end, cast a red glow in this provocative wall sculpture by John Paul Robinson. A band of metal at the center of each ...
Metal
Probability A2
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Arcs of glowing amber glass are curated into elegant overlapping waves in this wall sculpture by Canadian artist John Paul Robinson. The design of the artwork suspended from three po...
Metal
String Ensemble in B
By John Paul Robinson
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Five pieces of translucent, striated marine blue glass are twisted, looped and shaped into a symphony of waves by John Paul Robinson. The curated design that hangs from fine stainles...
Stainless Steel