Robert Manners is an artist, curator and educator. He has been a lecturer on the BA (Hons) Painting Drawing & Printmaking programme at Arts University Plymouth since 2016.. Robert's research is primarily practice led with interests in materiality and pedagogic strategies through process, materials and critical thinking. Robert has been commissioned by Bristol Museum and Art Gallery to curate and deliver a series of site-specific sculptural installations, and is a founding member of N-E-W, an artists' led organisation that has received Arts Council funding to deliver curated contemporary art performances and exhibitions in the South West.
Rob Manners' practice moves fluidly between the disciplines of painting and printmaking. He works in series, blurring the two approaches in order to explore ideas of materiality. His images consider the boundaries of where one thing becomes another, reflecting his interest in the physicality of the work itself, whilst investigating themes of authenticity.