Fayne Robinson

Charles Eldon Fayne Robinson[1] (born 1964) is a New Zealand Māori artist specialising in carving.

Robinson has contributed to the carving of buildings on many marae in New Zealand as well as exhibiting his art in galleries and museums.

Robinson was born in 1964 and grew up in the South Island town of Hokitika on the West Coast of New Zealand.

[4] He was influenced to pursue Māori art from meeting the head weaver from the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, Emily Schuster, when he was younger.

[6] The New Zealand national museum Te Papa Tongarewa owns three of his works in their collections.