Biography

Robin Rogers is a native of Central Ohio who has always lived a creative life. He first began working with glass in 1995. As a student at the Columbus College of Art and Design he learned the fundamentals of glassblowing and began to develop his skills. His first installation work began only a few years later in 1998. For his thesis exhibition, the culmination of his undergraduate experiences found form as a performance/installation work lasting one week.

After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1998, Robin owned and operated a glass studio in Florence, MT. While continuing to develop his art, he taught classes, built equipment, marketed glass work, collaborated on a large public work, and started a family. In 2005, Robin returned to academia in pursuit of a Master of Fine Arts degree.

As a graduate student, he focused his efforts into using glass for its unique properties as components in large installation works. It was also a setting in which to hone his skills as a professional instructor.

He currently lives and makes his work in Ohio.

In addition to studying glass in the college setting, Robin has taken various workshops at Pilchuck Glass School (Stanwood, WA), Glass Axis (Columbus, OH), Penland School of Craft (Penland, NC), Haystack Mountain School (Deer Isle, ME) and the Pittsburgh Glass Center (Pittsburgh, PA).