Amanda Robins is an Australian contemporary artist who is best known for her sumptuous paintings and large-scale drawings of clothing and drapery.

She trained in Melbourne at the Chisholm Institute of Technology, and the Victorian College of the Arts. She is now the Studio Head of Painting and Drawing
at the South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia.

Her richly textured and dramatic work falls within a symbolist tradition. It transcends its subject matter with deeply evocative references to the human body that are both imaginative and perceptive.

Her drawings have been frequentally selected to hang in the Dobell Prize for Drawing

Dobell Prize

Dobell Prize for drawing, Australian art prize held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales the highest prize for drawing in Australia. The prize had previously been held in conjunction with the Archibald Prize, Sulman Prize, Wynne Prize, around the early part of the year, but was moved in 2003 to...

 at the Art Gallery of NSW. Her entry in 2001, Linen dress, was subsequently purchased by Margaret Olley

Margaret Olley

Margaret Hannah Olley AC was an Australian painter. She was the subject of more than 90 solo exhibitions.Margaret Olley was born in Lismore, New South Wales. She attended Somerville House in Brisbane during her high school years...

 and donated to the gallery.

She has held 8 solo exhibitions, and participated in over 30 group exhibitions.

Her work is held by Artbank

Artbank

Artbank is an art rental program established in 1980 by the Australian Government. It supports contemporary Australian artists and encourages a wider appreciation of their work by buying artworks which it then rents to public and private sector clients. It was modeled on the Canadian Art Bank,...

, the Art Gallery of NSW, the Benalla Regional Art Gallery in Victoria, and many private collections.