Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting
Biography
Wayne Robinson is the Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting. Lecturing since 1983 he has previously held positions at Cumbria College of Art and Liverpool Hope University before joining University Centre St Helens. Wayne has always had a passion for drawing, painting and printmaking alongside the theory which underpins his practice. He has exhibited his work in Germany, Malta, Poland, Cyprus and USA and also has work in private collections in these countries.
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting, Loughborugh University
- MA Fine Art Printmaking, Manchester Metropolitan University
- PhD. Research; Indicative project title: A practice led, examination of how the picture plane affects meaning via proximity, tactile vision and the implicit, materiality of the painting process, University of Chester
Research interests
- How can proximity promote a sense of heightened sensitivity, ‘tactile’ vision and haptic looking to affect our visual experience and understanding?
- How does the picture plane act as a communicative, revelatory membrane to hold quasi-subject status?