About the Artist

Formally trained in painting and sculpture and from a family of painters, Robyn Horn was introduced to turned and shaped wood by a family member. During the early 1980’s, Horn felt tremendous enthusiasm for the work of such sculptors as Isamu Noguchi and Barbara Hepworth. When her brother-in-law, Sam Horn came to her studio with examples of turned wood he had made at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, she instantly felt the expressive power those pieces conveyed. Horn found “truth in wood as a material,” an idea that Hepworth promoted. For Horn, “the look and feel of wood lends itself to a warmer feeling than stone, which adds to the intrinsic value of this material.” Horn adds, “The process of wood materializing into stone shapes is the basis of what I am trying to accomplish creatively.”

Selected Exhibitions

2006
“Wood Now,” Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, traveling
“Woodturning On The Edge,” University of Idaho, Prichard Gallery, Moscow, ID

2005
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Philadelphia, PA
“Artists’ Reflections: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
“Out of the Woods,” DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

2004
“Out of the Woods,” Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
“Celebrating Nature,” curated by Kevin Wallace, Los Angeles Craft & Folk, Art Museum, CA

2003
“Two Steps Forward, One Step Back,” Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2003
Kanazawa World Craft Forum Invitational Exhibition, Kanazawa, Japan

2002
Wood Turning in North America Since 1930, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC

Permanent Collections

Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
The Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Al
The National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington D.C.
The White House Craft Collection, White House, Washington D.C.
The Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC