Aminah Robinson: Journeys Home, a Visual Memoir
Organized by Columbus Museum of Art
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (1940 – 2015) was an exceptionally prolific artist who used traditional and unconventional, non-traditional materials to create a staggering body of work. Her drawings, paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media textiles chronicle her family’s African ancestry, her worldwide travels, and her witness to African American life. A MacArthur Fellow, Robinson was also a researcher, historian, and poet who used her vast talents to draw harmony into a discordant world. When Robinson passed away, she entrusted her art, writing, personal belongings, and home studio to the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio, her hometown museum.
Aminah Robinson: Journeys Home, a Visual Memoir brings together some of the artist’s most profound works and words, produced over seven decades from 1948 to 2012. Drawing upon Robinson’s historical research, folklore, and personal narrative, the exhibition presents a visual memoir of the artist’s life and a compelling tableau of the African American experience.
Text by: Columbus Museum of Art
March 27, 2026 - January 9, 2027
Support for this exhibition provided by:
J.L. Bedsole Foundation
District 1 Mobile County Commissioner
Merceria Ludgood
The Mary Josephine Larkins Foundation
Featured Work
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Portrait of Elijah Pierce, 1974. Ink, colored pencils, and pastel on Pellon. Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Gift of the Artist.
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, A Holy Place, 1984-1993. Mixed media. Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Gift of the Artist, in memory of her son Sydney Edward Robinson, 1967-1994.
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, My Sister Sharron, 1950. Oil on board. Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Gift of the Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Trust.