Jennifer Robertson is a textile artist based in Canberra, Australia. She specialises in weaving on a unique, digital handloom. Working with complex artistic design and technical weaving processes, she explores thematic language using analogies and metaphors, driven by a deep fascination with natural environment, geomorphology and cosmology.

Born in 1962, Jennifer Robertson spent her formative years in coastal Somerset, England. Her Welsh father was an industrial radiologist,  amateur photographer and collector of fossils, rocks and gems, her mother was a professional dressmaker and tailoress. Somerset is an area noted for its natural beauty and coastline. Personal experiences of walking among hills, coast and woodlands and climbing mountains in Wales has embodied artistic inspiration.

During 1981-1984 Jennifer completed a BA Honours Degree in Woven Textiles at WSCAD - now Surrey Institute of Art & Design University College, Farnham, Surrey, followed by Post Graduate Studies in Woven Textiles at the Royal College of Art, London, England. She migrated to Australia in 1986, currently lives and works from her studio  in Canberra. Works are represented in public collections in Australia including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Ararat Gallery TAMA and Wangaratta Art Gallery, and internationally including The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, USA, King Charles III, Buckingham Palace, London, UK and NUNO Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.

A recipient of three prestigious Fellowships, an Australia Council Visual Art Craft Fellowship 2001-2003,  artsACT Creative Fellowship 2004-2005, and an Australian National University Vice Chancellor Fellowship, 2016. A lecturer at the Australian National University School of Art & Design from 1997-2020, Robertson was a Vice Chancellor Creative Fellow in 2016 and collaborated with then Director of Research School of Earth Science, Professor Ian Jackson, on a project that dovetailed both research into a woven basalt sculptural textile work, now on permanent display in the RSES. Simultaneously Jennifer developed new individual research funded by the Australia Council, into a new series of artistic geomorphic woven artworks.

Jennifer Robertson is a recipient of numerous grants and awards, she maintains a prolific international and national exhibition schedule and is considered one of the most respected textile artists in Australia. In 2025, Robertson’s work was selected by critical international jury, receiving an Honourable Mention, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, South Korea,  represented in the 6th Triennial of Kogei, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, the 13th Lausanne to Beijing International Fiberart Biennale, Beijing, China and The Make Award, Australian Design Centre, Sydney. In 2026, Jennifer was invited to join the Homo Faber guide, exhibitions include the 6th Tamworth Textile Triennale, Nature Machine, touring nationally until 2029, Migration and Modernism, National Gallery of Australia until 2027, solo at Cox Gallery, Canberra and C Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney. Jennifer Robertson is represented by Criteria C Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney.