Micheline Robinson
Uncharted territory (Mothers) $5,800 Status: Available
Bio Merge (Mothers) $5,800 Status: Available
Roots of awareness (Mothers) $5,800 Status: Available
Molten Rêverie (Mothers) $2,300 Status: Available
It was a heavy load to carry (Mothers) $5,800 Status: Available
Birth of an uncertain future (Mothers) $5,800 Status: Available
La penseuse (Morphs) $6,800 framed Status: Available -
Reaching for touch and connection (Morphs) $2,600 Status: Available
Making sense of it (Morphs) $2,600 Status: Available -
Into the future (Morphs) $2,600 Status: Available
Soul Alloy (Specimens) $1,800 Status: Available
The face that remained while everything around us shifts (Specimens) $1,800 Status: Available
What has become of you Gingerbread man? (Specimens) $1,800 Status: Available
Loving touch (Specimens) $1,800 Status: Available
Morphy Buddy (Specimens) $1,800 Status: Available
Consciousnesseses (or Consciousness in Flux -Specimens) $1,800 Status: Available
A moment of reflexion $1,500 Status: Available
Throw caution to the wind $5,800 Status: Sold
Going With The Flow $5,800 Status: Available
Micheline Robinson’s Threshold Beings is the first fine-art painting series to look directly at Organoid Intelligence, the emerging reality of lab-grown brain cells fused with technology. Robinson began exploring these questions in 2022, as the scientific field itself was first becoming public. The work opens an inquiry into what happens when living tissue is captured by machines and what that could mean for a consciousness that may be rooted in human DNA.
The collection forms a distinct three-part story, painted completely by hand with acrylic inks on flat metal panels. Micheline used no visual references or digital aids, creating these pieces purely from her imagination. Far from being just decorative, the series tracks an emotional journey. The “Mothers” appear as protective, cocoon-like forms, Morphs capture shapes caught in chaotic transition, and Specimens question their new state.
These panels push aggressively against their own borders. Handcarved with a jigsaw by Micheline herself, they build a deep, glassy illusion that blurs the line between painting and sculpture. Suspended somewhere between biology and machine, the artworks have become exactly what they describe: threshold beings.