History II - ... but not much! There must be ways to break the fence down
1977
Toni Robertson
(artist)
Toni Robertson
She/Her
Born in Gadigal (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia.
Bio
Toni Robertson (b. 1953) is an artist, art historian, and printmaker from Sydney, Australia. Robertson is known for her political posters and involvement in the Earthworks Poster Collective, which operated out of the ‘Tin Shed’ art workshops at the University of Sydney. In 1974 Robertson joined Earthworks Poster Collective and helped create political artworks and posters that covered a wide array of political issues that included the Australian feminist movement, Indigenous Australian and LGBT rights, environmental and unemployment issues and anti-nuclear concerns. Robertson became a key member of the Sydney Women’s Art Movement along with contemporaries such as Barbara Hall, Frances Phoenix, Beverley Garlick, Jude Adams and Vivienne Binns. Robertson retired from making as a result of health concerns from chemical exposure while teaching at the Tin Shed. Robertson’s work is held in several prominent Australian collections including the Museum of Applied Arts and Science, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and the National Gallery of Australia.
Based in
Gadigal (Sydney), New South Wales, Australia