About

Robina Jack creates intricately patterned ceramics and paintings on found wood. Her work draws on a childhood spent mucking around on an Oxfordshire farm and often nods to a vanished past. A menagerie of characterful animals roams through it all, from wistful horses to purposeful hens. Ships in full sail frequently cross the waves between viewer and horizon, a nostalgic allusion to her family’s maritime ties and to a great-grandfather who captained a transatlantic clipper in Victoria’s reign. No piece feels complete without an elaborately decorated border or two, her motto being, “why have only one border when there’s room for several more?”

Ceramics and painting have occupied Robina for the past decade and a half; before that she made acid-etched stained glass panels. She has exhibited widely since the 1990s and currently shows work at galleries including: David Messum Fine Art in St. James’s, London (alongside her husband Guy Taplin and daughter Nancy Rose Taplin); Yew Tree Gallery, Godfrey and Watt; Gallery Nine; Twenty Twenty Gallery; and Geedon Gallery.  She has pieces on permanent display at Ham Yard Hotel, London and Whitby Hotel and Warren Street Hotel, New York, curated by Kit Kemp. Kit Kemp stocks Robina’s work and they collaborated to create Robina’s Dinner Party, a collection of fabric and wallpaper featuring Robina’s ceramics. Robina is currently working towards a 2026 exhibition with David Messum Fine Art.