Gassed Up is a showcase of sculptural and printed works which re-imagines body, abandons sex and frees queer ego from expectation.

Robinson’s interest in exploring the hypermasculine tropes of car and motorcycle culture is materially evident throughout; each piece an intimate merging of body and vehicle. Mirroring the turbulence of gender dysphoria, photographic images and visual incantations made of steel, canvas and polyurethane urea elastomer, coalesce amidst an air of tension, to empower and inspire.

Gassed Up is a unique insight into queer liberation on a micro and personal level.

Opie Robinson is trans-masculine non-binary emerging artist living and working on Whadjuk Noongar boodjar (Perth, Western Australia). Their artistic practice is multi-disciplinary, employing mediums and techniques in relation to a project at hand. Heavily influenced by personal experience, Robinson’s work presently revolves around investigations into gender, embodiment/disembodiment and representation, and reflects their keen interest in queering the visual tropes of male-dominated or hyper-masculine cultures and ventures, such as car and motorcycle enthusiasm.

Robinson recently completed a Bachelor of Contemporary Art and will commence postgraduate study as an honours student in 2021.