Amanda Robins

Amanda Robins, Harris Tweed (Open Coat III), 2004. Oil on linen, 122 x 183 cm.

Amanda Robins (born 1961) is an Australian contemporary artist who is best known for her paintings and large-scale drawings of clothing and drapery.

She trained in Melbourne at the Chisholm Institute of Technology, and the Victorian College of the Arts. She became the Studio Head of Painting and Drawing at the South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia.

Her drawings have been frequently selected to hang in the Dobell Prize for Drawing at the Art Gallery of NSW. Her entry in 2001, Linen dress, was subsequently purchased by Margaret Olley and donated to the gallery.

Robins has held eight solo exhibitions, and participated in over 30 group exhibitions.

Her work is held by Artbank, the Art Gallery of NSW, the Benalla Regional Art Gallery in Victoria, and many private collections.