Biography

David J. Robinson is an Algonquin sculptor and educator from Quebec’s Timiskaming First Nation, now based in Vancouver, BC. He is also known as Nimki, his Algonquin name, meaning ‘Thunder’.

Robinson is a UBC Native Indian Teacher Education Program (NITEP) graduate, certified teacher, UBC Experimental Medicine PhD candidate and former Indigenous Enhancement teacher for the Vancouver School Board. Robinson also worked for the Assembly of First Nations as a Senior Policy Analyst.

Robinsons’ public art installations in Vancouver include sculptures at UBC, Robert Lee Alumni Building, Vancouver School Board Office, John Oliver Secondary Learning Commons, Lord Byng Secondary, and the Lelum Health Center.