| Artist | Robyn Lees-West | Resides | Australia |
| Website | textiletaxidermy.com | Medium | Textiles |
| Print Shop | textiletaxidermy.com/shop | robynleeswest@gmail.com | |
| Follow the Artist | Themes | Birds Death Decay Dissection Party Hats |
About the artist
Since moving to Australia from the UK textile sculptor Robyn Lees-West has become fascinated by the colourful & noisy birds. She has always hoarded retro fabric. As a child she used to love visiting the Victorian Taxidermy Museum of William Potter & The Booth Museum in Brighton, United Kingdom. Robyn has now combined all of these passions in her work. She sculpts faux taxidermy birds from reclaimed retro fabric, some of wear or have hats! Recently Robyn has become obsessed with recreating the internal anatomy of birds as well.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
The subject matter of Robyn Lees-West’s work is usually birds. Sometimes Australian native birds and sometimes they are straight out of her imagination. Currently she’s particularly fascinated by dead birds & dissection.
Press
Robyn Lees-West works have been featured in notable magazine including Frankie Magazine and Reclaim Magazine.
Upcoming Exhibitions
| When | Exhibition | Gallery |
| April 2024 | Group exhibition: “Textile Palette Exhibition” | The Warehouse Clunes, Australia |
| May 2024 | Group exhibition: “Affordable Art Fair, with Aspire Gallery, Queensland, Australia.” | Brisbane |
| June 2024 | Group exhibition: “Affordable Art Fair, with Aspire Gallery, Queensland, Australia.” | Sydney |
| September 2024 | Group exhibition: “Affordable Art Fair, with Aspire Gallery, Queensland, Australia.” | Melbourne |
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Education
1995 Bachelor of Arts , Three Dimensional Design in Wood , Metal & Plastics. University of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Petite Pieces, Aspire Gallery, Paddington, Queensland, Australia
2023
Toddler Pillars, Bein Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Figure It Out, Quirky Fox Gallery, Hawera, New Zealand
Black & White, Metamorphis Gallery, Willeton, Western Australia
Textile Palette Exhibition, The Edmund Gallery, Clunes, Victoria , Australia
Petite Pieces, Aspire Gallery, Paddington, Queensland, Australia
Inside This Box, The Cornerstore Gallery, Orange, New South Wales, Australia
