Robinson quickly established an exhibiting career after graduating from art school, and was included in a number of international exhibitions including the
Asia Pacific Triennial and the
São Paulo Art Biennial (1996), the
Biennale of Sydney (1998), the Lyon Biennale (2000), and the Baltic Triennale (2002). In 2001 Robinson and
Jacqueline Fraser were New Zealand's co-representatives at the
Venice Biennale, the first time New Zealand participated with a national pavilion at the event. Robinson's biennale work,
Divine Comedy, was originally developed while he was artist in residence at the
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in
New Plymouth. In 2012 Robinson was selected for the
Biennale of Sydney, where he filled a massive warehouse space on
Cockatoo Island with a huge installation titled
Gravitas Lite, crafted from carved polystyrene. Other exhibitions include: •
Polymer Monoliths IMA, Brisbane 2011
•
Tribe Subtribe,
The Dowse Art Museum, 2013 •
Peter Robinson: Cuts and Junctures,
Adam Art Gallery, 2013 •
If You Were to Work Here (The Mood in the Museum), The fifth Auckland Triennial,
Auckland Art Gallery and
Auckland War Memorial Museum •
Syntax,
Artspace NZ, Auckland, 2015 •
Syntax, Jakarta Biennale, 2015 •
Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art,
Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, 2020 •
9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art,
Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia 2019 == Selected works ==