Robin Kingsburgh (OSA) is a trained astronomer (PhD 1992, University College London) and painter. Her artistic education comes from the University of Toronto, as well as in the U.K. and France, and has paralleled her scientific development. She has longstanding interests in the intersections of art, science and education. She currently teaches Natural Science courses at York University. She has curated numerous exhibitions featuring artwork inspired by the ideas and methodologies of science. Robin has been an elected member of the Ontario Society of Artists since 2019. She is President of the Colour Research Society of Canada, and a Project Team member of the Colour Literacy Project.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

My work takes inspiration from geometry. For me the square and the circle are starting points. And ending points. The square, defined by the horizontal and the vertical: it’s all you need. The circle: a snake biting its tail; the beginning and end; the still point. Geometric archetypes. But there is no perfect circle; there is no perfect square. The beauty of Pythagoras is within our minds. Rendered by the human hand, the square becomes imperfect, and becomes a part of the human world – where imperfection reigns. The rhythm of imperfection is beauty, where order and chaos dance, and sometimes balance.