Eternal
Image credits: Donna Maree Robinson, images from video of Eternal, 2025
Eternal
Donna Maree Robinson
Sound design by Paul Fletcher
March – July 2025
Bunjil Place Outdoor Screen
This work is an exploration the delicate and cyclical nature of life, a celebration of our human experience through the lens of flowers.
Eternal
Flowers, with their fleeting beauty, symbolise the stages of birth, growth, and death — each petal a testament to the richness of existence. In their quiet unfolding, they mirror the vulnerability and joy of being, from the tender promise of a new bloom to the inevitable wilting of petals as the seasons shift. They are markers of milestones, embodying the emotions of joy, loss, and renewal. This piece honours the intimate relationship we share with the floral world, as they bloom alongside us in our moments of triumph and sorrow, reminding us of the transient yet profound beauty of life’s journey. Through flowers, we see ourselves — fragile yet resilient, ephemeral yet eternal.
Donna Maree Robinson
Donna Maree Robinson is an award-winning multimedia artist based in Queensland, Australia. Her practice spans large-scale video projections, public art, gallery exhibitions, filmmaking, and festival works, with a strong focus on site-specific projects. She explores the poetic potential of environments, layering them with imagination, memory, and history to create immersive experiences that merge the natural world with human presence.
Donna holds a Master of Contemporary Art from the University of Tasmania and was mentored by internationally renowned new media artist Craig Walsh in 2010. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including in New York, London, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and across Queensland. In 2013, she undertook a two-month Nes Artist Residency in Iceland, embracing the stark beauty of its winter landscape.
Her accolades include winning the QRA Digital Art Award in 2012 and being a finalist in the prestigious London-based Lumen Art Prize and Australia’s Contemporary Art Awards in 2016. She has also been shortlisted for international awards such as Screengrab and the Sunshine Coast Art Prize.
Donna’s public artworks include permanent installations for the Mackay Base Hospital redevelopment, the Jezzine Barracks precinct in Townsville, and murals throughout the Mackay region, including the Mackay Sugar Bowl. Her work continues to transform public spaces, offering new ways for audiences to engage with art, place, and storytelling.
www.donnamareerobinson.com
