Robyn Penn
Robyn Penn was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and currently lives and works in Johannesburg as a fine artist, an art teacher and a printmaker. Penn’s prolific printmaking career started in August 2011, when she began collaborating with David Krut Workshop (DKW) on a series of monotypes and gave a lecture to the DKW team on colour palettes. Penn had her first solo exhibition with David Krut Projects (DKP) in November 2011, titled Pretty World. Since then, she has had four solo shows with DKP, most recently Cloud of Unknowing in June 2016. Penn’s enduring fascination with cloud imagery is evident from her early shows to the present day. Initially, this took the form of an exploration of the sublime, but her clouds have since shifted from romanticized sky-scapes to beautiful but politically charged meditations on climate change denial. Penn has an honours degree, with distinction, in Fine arts from Canterbury University, New Zealand, and did a year’s training in Fine Arts at The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa. She also has a BA in Psychology from Wits. In 1998, Penn was awarded the Bickerton – Widdowson Trust Memorial scholarship. That year, she completed her BAFA, majoring in painting. Since collaborating with...
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FILM | The printing of ‘Middle of Nowhere’, 2020 by Robyn Penn
Nov. 13, 2020In this video, editioning printers Kim- Lee Loggenberg and Sbongiseni Khulu ink up and print Robyn Penn's Middle of Nowhere,...
Tags: David Krut Workshop, Film, Inside Story, Robyn Penn, videoPrint of the Month September 2020 | Robyn Penn | The Middle of Nowhere (Narau)
Oct. 2, 2020The Middle of Nowhere (Nauru), 2016 For the month of September we are highlighting Robyn Penn’s intaglio print, The Middle of Nowhere (Nauru), 2016. This...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, etching, mezzotint, Print of the Month, print workshop, printmakers, Printmaking, printmaking south africa, Robyn PennThe Print Club launched in collaboration with Mesh Club at the Keyes art Mile
Nov. 29, 2018MESH CLUB is extremely proud to partner with David Krut Projects to bring together a collection dedicated exclusively to printed works of art...
Tags: Keyes Art Mile, Mesh Club, On Paper, Printmaking, PrintsPrint of the Month | November 2018 – Robyn Penn ‘Cloud of Unknowing’
Nov. 9, 2018Joburg-based multimedia artist Robyn Penn has collaborated with David Krut Workshop (DKW) since 2011 and has had a number...
Tags: aquatint, Arts on Main, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, edition, etching, Print, PrintmakingThe Proof is in the Printmaking
Apr. 20, 2018Explaining Proofs in printmaking at the David Krut Workshop (DKW) At the David Krut Workshop (DKW) we specialize in edition...
Tags: David Krut Workshop, Editions, print glossary, print terms, printmakers, Printmaking, Proofs, State Proofs, workshopRobyn Penn: The Map is Not the Territory I and II
Feb. 10, 2017Blogger: Rachel van Blydenstein Printer Kim-Lee Loggenberg is immersed in the completion of Robyn Penn’s latest edition, The Map is...
Tags: aquatint, Collaboration, David Krut Workshop, etching, Printmaking, Robyn Penn, SugarliftWho are DKP featuring at the FNB Joburg Art Fair? 2016-09
Sep. 6, 201609.2016 Blogger: Jessie Cohen This year, David Krut Projects is proud to showcase South African and Ethiopian artists across 4 separate booths at the...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, DESTA, FNB Joburg Art Fair 2016DKP ask four women artists to reflect on the impact of their gender on their art 2016-09
Sep. 2, 201602.09.16 Blogger: Jessie Cohen To celebrate Women's Month, the DK Bookstore hosted an exhibition of all-women artists, which is on display for...
Tags: David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, Women's MonthMaster printer feature: Jillian Ross 2016-10
Aug. 16, 201628.10.16 Blogger: Jessie Cohen Master printer feature: Jillian Ross [caption id="attachment_42960" align="aligncenter" width="640"] DKW master printer Jillian Ross[/caption] For profiling Ross,...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, Jillian RossA Cape Town Colleague’s Visit to the Golden City
Aug. 1, 2016David Krut Projects Cape Town can get icy in winter. We had our annual break for the first two weeks...
Tags: Architecture, City of Gold, Collaboration, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, Edoardo Villa, Henri Matisse, Jan Smuts, Johannesburg Art, Maboneng, Prints, Turbine Art Fair, Walter BattissJuly in Review – what have the DKP team and our associated artists been up to?
Jul. 22, 201622.07.16 This month, we showcased a rich selection of contemporary artists at Turbine Art Fair (TAF), including Quinten Williams, Mary Wafer, Robyn...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Cape Town, David Krut Projects JohannesburgRobyn Penn exhibits at DKP – “Cloud of Unknowing” (2016)
Jul. 22, 2016Cloud of Unknowing Currently on at DKP: Robyn Penn David Krut Projects presents Cloud of Unknowing, a solo exhibition of hauntingly...
Tags: Cloud of Unknowing, David Krut Projects JohannesburgDKW – A Week in Pictures
Jul. 22, 201622/07/16 David Krut Workshop deals in images. So here is our week in pictures, documenting what we do best ... [caption...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on MainRobyn Penn on her largest cloud painting: “Epitaph”
Jun. 30, 201630/06/16 Last week, Robyn Penn opened her solo show, Cloud of Unknowing, at DKP Parkwood. On the back wall of the gallery...
Tags: Climate Change, Clouds, EpitaphA fabulous foundry visit with Robyn Penn
Jun. 7, 2016Blogger: Jessie Cohen 07/06/16 This week, we caught up with Robyn Penn at the Workhorse Bronze Foundry to see how her intriguing...
Tags: David Krut Projects JohannesburgNearing the finish line: Robyn Penn on her latest cloud prints
May. 24, 2016This week, Robyn Penn came to DKW to continue developing her mezzotints, which are set to feature in her exhibition at DKP...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on MainThe clue is in the clouds: Robyn Penn prepares for upcoming solo exhibition at DKP
May. 19, 2016Blogger: Jessie Cohen 19/05/16 Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Robyn Penn in her painting studio as she...
Tags: David Krut Projects JohannesburgRobyn Penn makes an epic cloud print
Feb. 1, 2016Blogger: Jessie Cohen 01/02/16 “I find clouds a sublime metaphor for the transience of the moment, and, in the spirit...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on MainAOM: Control is the word
Dec. 8, 2015Activities (and weather conditions) are heating up at AOM before we shut our doors for 2015. The team multi-task in...
Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main“In this profession, a millimetre matters”: Printing with precision at AOM
Nov. 13, 2015It’s another scorching day at AOM and printer Kim-Lee Loggenberg is in the workshop bright and early, ready to roll....
Tags: Arts on Main, David Krut Print WorkshopLast night at DKP: bumper exhibition openings in connection with “thirsty Thursdays”!
Nov. 6, 2015Last night, we celebrated three exhibitions openings at DKP: Endale Desalegn’s “Two Social Pacifiers ጡጦ” at the Parkwood gallery and...
Tags: David Krut Projects, Exhibition openings, First ThursdaysThe storm before the calm: preparations for exhibitions by Endale Desalegn & Robyn Penn
Oct. 29, 2015Blogger: Jessie Cohen 29.10.15 This week, we are busy preparing for multiple exhibitions at DKP, opening next week on 5...
Tags: Arts on Main, David Krut Print Workshop, Jillian RossThis week at David Krut Workshop
Jul. 30, 2015The week at DKW has been effervescent. With new works being produced for multiple artist’s simultaneously. Stephen Hobbs has been...
Interview with Robyn Penn – Nine Views of a Cloud
Jul. 13, 2015Robyn Penn has collaborated with David Krut Projects on multiple shows and prints, and the workshop team has been hard...
Tags: David Krut Print WorkshopRobyn Penn Preparing for Carved: Linocut and Woodcut Group Exhibition
Feb. 12, 2015In preparation for the Carved: Lino and woodcut group exhibition, Robyn Penn spent time in the David Krut Workshop (DKW)...
Robyn Penn – Echo opening 3 October 2013
Oct. 9, 2013We would like to thank all of those who joined us on Thursday 2 October for the opening of Robyn...
Tags: exhibition opening, Robyn PennCross-Currents, 31 July – 25 August 2012
Jul. 20, 2012Cross-Currents, showing at David Krut Projects Cape Town from 31 July – 25 August 2012, presents a selection of works...
David Krut Projects Cape Town – Cross-Currents, 31 July – 25 August
Jun. 23, 2012Cross-Currents, showing at David Krut Projects Cape Town from 31 July – 25 August 2012, presents a selection of works...
Tags: David Krut Projects Cape Town, ExhibitionRobyn Penn: Pretty World, 17 November 2011 – 12 February 2012 at Arts on Main
Nov. 20, 2011The washing machine switches to the spin cycle while the incessant vacuuming continues. Outside someone is mowing the lawn. From...
Robyn Penn: Pretty World Artist’s Talk on Saturday 19th November at AOM
Nov. 15, 2011In 1911, the building that is now known as Arts on Main was originally built. It began as a bonded...
Tags: Artist Talk, Arts on Main, David Krut Projects, Pretty World, Robyn PennRobyn Penn: Pretty World exhibition, 17 November – 12 February 2012 at AOM
Nov. 2, 2011The washing machine switches to the spin cycle while the incessant vacuuming continues. Outside someone is mowing the lawn. From...
Tags: exhibition posUntitled: DKW Summer Show (5 November 2011 – 21 January 2012)
Nov. 1, 2011The David Krut Projects Summer Show for 2011 features artworks from a wide selection of artists, most of whom have...
Tags: David Krut Projects, Exhibition PostDavid Krut Projects at Joburg Art Fair 2011
Sep. 17, 2011David Krut Projects will be showcasing work by Bruce Backhouse, Gail Behrmann, Deborah Bell, Bronwen Findlay, Claire Gavronsky, Joseph Hart, Stephen...
Tags: First Cut, Johannesburg Art Fair 2011IMPRINT: Selected Editions and Works on Paper, Installation Images
Jul. 20, 2011David Krut Projects is pleased to present IMPRINT, a selection of editions and works on paper by local and international...