Robin Young

Artist Robin Young, based in Borrego Springs, California, works in mixed media, with a focus on collage and contemporary art-making. Her focus on college, created using magazine clippings, masking tape, wallpaper, jewelry, feathers, foil, and other materials, allows her to develop deeply into the whimsical and intuitive.

Artist’s Statement

The act of collaging for me can sometimes border on the impulsive. Sitting on my soft yellow couch, I will often begin flipping through sourced magazines until something piques my interest and off I go with a pair of scissors, slicing the image haphazardly from the page. I delve through the stacks of collected source materials to complete the image I have in mind. Finishing the whole thing off with a title that helps to narrate what I see in the collaged work in front of me. Much of my daily collage work is small, not bigger than an 8”x10”, and held together under plastic laminate. They resemble postcards, artistic mementos from my life, with a small love letter title letting you in on a secret sealed up under a thin layer of plastic.