Freddie Robins (b.1965) is Professor of Textiles at the Royal College of Art, London. She produces contemporary art works using textile materials and processes. Freddie is renowned for her inventive and provocative use of knitting, finding it to be a powerful medium for self-expression and communication because of the cultural preconceptions that continue to surround it.

She works to commission and exhibits nationally and internationally, most recently History in the Making: stories of materials and makers, 2000 BC – Now, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, If Not Now, When? Generations of Women in Sculpture in Britain, 1960 – 2022, The Hepworth Wakefield & Saatchi Gallery, London and I Put a Spell on You – Magic and Mysticism, Art Exchange, University of Essex. She has been the recipient of numerous grants including Arts Council England/National Lottery, British Council, Crafts Council and AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council). Her work is held in private and public collections including the Government Art Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, Crafts Council and KODE – kunstmuseene i Bergen, Norway.

Freddie lives, and sometimes works, with her husband, artist Ben Coode-Adams, in a 16th century timber framed barn that they converted into their live/work home on a working farm in North Essex.