“The work in this new series explores the connections between the sublime nature of natural phenomena, the subconscious, and the fields of physics and biology.  The pieces themselves are part of a set of metaphorical symbols that I am building to describe my experience, my place, and my life, to myself.” (John Paul Robinson, 2007) 

Born in 1954 in Toronto, Ontario, John grew up in cottage country 2 hours north of the city. He was first introduced to glass while studying Child Care at Georgian College, Barrie, Ontario. In 1980, after working with children and then alcoholics for 6 years, he built his first glass studio with a friend, who had studied glass at Georgian. In 1982 he was hired by the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, where he worked as a glass studio technician and instructor until 1998. His work has been exhibited internationally, and is represented in public collections such as the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Museum of American Glass. John is presently living, working and teaching in Montreal.