Ian Rennie Robertson
Academic Qualification
1970 – 1973 MA Fine Art Royal College of Art, London
1965 – 1970 DA Fine Art Edinburgh College of Art
1965 – 1970 DA Fine Art Edinburgh College of Art
Awards
1989 – Foundation Karolyi
1973 – Darwin Scholarship
1973 – Fellowship to Skowhegan School of Art – USA
1972 – John Minton Scholarship
1970 – Helen Rose Travelling Scholarship
1970 – Principal Prize – Edinburgh College of Art
1970 – Postgraduate Award Edinburgh College of Art
1970 – Pernod First Prize Winner
1969 – Scholarship Hospitalfield College of Art
Solo Exhibition (Selected)
2013 – Open Studio Unit 10, Fawe Street, London
1999 – NAF Gallery – Nagoya – “Without Walls”
1997 – Plaza Gallery – Tokyo – “Re – Cycling Time”
1996 – Northbank Gallery – London
1995 – Leeds University-Ripon & York St. John
1993 – London Guildhall University Gallery
1989 – Rex Andrews, Baume-Les-Messieurs – France
1986 – Adam Reynolds Gallery, London
1982 – Octagon Gallery – Belfast
1972 – Skowhegan School of Art – USA
1972 – Edinburgh College of Art
1999 – NAF Gallery – Nagoya – “Without Walls”
1997 – Plaza Gallery – Tokyo – “Re – Cycling Time”
1996 – Northbank Gallery – London
1995 – Leeds University-Ripon & York St. John
1993 – London Guildhall University Gallery
1989 – Rex Andrews, Baume-Les-Messieurs – France
1986 – Adam Reynolds Gallery, London
1982 – Octagon Gallery – Belfast
1972 – Skowhegan School of Art – USA
1972 – Edinburgh College of Art
Group Exhibitions
2008 – Notice Gallery, London
2005 – Expo 2005
2005 – Toyota Museum of Modern Art
2003 – Safe, London
2001 – Unit 2 Gallery, London
2000 – Safe, London
2000 – Unit 2, Gallery, London
1999 – Blackheath Conservatoire of Music & The Arts Mall Gallery, London
1999 – World Wide Network Art, London-Tokyo-Kyoto
1998 – Festival UK ’98 – Tokyo
1998 – Toyota City Municipal Museum of Art, “Between Borders”
1998 – World Wide Network Art (Invited Section)
1997 – Museum of Installation – London
1997 – Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
1997 – Turnpike Gallery, Leigh
1997 – Japan – Europe The Gallery, Dock Street – London
1996 – Toyota City Municipal Museum of Art – Japan -“Re-Cycling Time”
1996 – Honein Temple, Kyoto – Japan
1994 – London Guildhall University Gallery
1994 – ‘Making a Mark’, Mall Gallery – London
1994 – Collective Gallery – Edinburgh
1992 – Whitelands College of Education – London
1989 – Foundation Karolyi Vence – France
1986 – Adam Reynolds Gallery – London
1985 – Whitechapel Open
1978 – 1979 – Exhibitions/Events – Gulbenkian Trust
1974 – 1978 – Exhibitons/Events – Leverhulme Trust
1970 – 1973 – 57 Gallery – Edinburgh
1970 – 1973 – Printmakers Gallery – Edinburgh
1970 – 1973 – Scottish Young Contemporaries – Edinburgh
1970 – 1973 – Arbroath Art Gallery
1970 – 1973 – English Speaking Union Gallery – Edinburgh
1970 – 1973 – Pernod Scottish Arts – Edinburgh
1970 – 1973 – Pernod Arts – London
1970 – 1973 – Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
1970 – 1973 – Edinburgh School of Art, Edinburgh Festival
1970 – 1973 – Pernod First Prize Winners, Chenil Gallery – London
1970 – 1973 – Skowhegan School of Art – USA
1970 – 1973 – Royal College of Art – ‘Process’
1970 – 1973 – West Riding Education Department
1970 – 1973 – Royal College of Art – London
1976 – 1978 – Gulbenkian Research Grant (with Gina Levette)
1974 – 1976 – Leverhulme Trust Research Grant (with Gina Levette)
2005 – Expo 2005
2005 – Toyota Museum of Modern Art
2003 – Safe, London
2001 – Unit 2 Gallery, London
2000 – Safe, London
2000 – Unit 2, Gallery, London
1999 – Blackheath Conservatoire of Music & The Arts Mall Gallery, London
1999 – World Wide Network Art, London-Tokyo-Kyoto
1998 – Festival UK ’98 – Tokyo
1998 – Toyota City Municipal Museum of Art, “Between Borders”
1998 – World Wide Network Art (Invited Section)
1997 – Museum of Installation – London
1997 – Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
1997 – Turnpike Gallery, Leigh
1997 – Japan – Europe The Gallery, Dock Street – London
1996 – Toyota City Municipal Museum of Art – Japan -“Re-Cycling Time”
1996 – Honein Temple, Kyoto – Japan
1994 – London Guildhall University Gallery
1994 – ‘Making a Mark’, Mall Gallery – London
1994 – Collective Gallery – Edinburgh
1992 – Whitelands College of Education – London
1989 – Foundation Karolyi Vence – France
1986 – Adam Reynolds Gallery – London
1985 – Whitechapel Open
1978 – 1979 – Exhibitions/Events – Gulbenkian Trust
1974 – 1978 – Exhibitons/Events – Leverhulme Trust
1970 – 1973 – 57 Gallery – Edinburgh
1970 – 1973 – Printmakers Gallery – Edinburgh
1970 – 1973 – Scottish Young Contemporaries – Edinburgh
1970 – 1973 – Arbroath Art Gallery
1970 – 1973 – English Speaking Union Gallery – Edinburgh
1970 – 1973 – Pernod Scottish Arts – Edinburgh
1970 – 1973 – Pernod Arts – London
1970 – 1973 – Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
1970 – 1973 – Edinburgh School of Art, Edinburgh Festival
1970 – 1973 – Pernod First Prize Winners, Chenil Gallery – London
1970 – 1973 – Skowhegan School of Art – USA
1970 – 1973 – Royal College of Art – ‘Process’
1970 – 1973 – West Riding Education Department
1970 – 1973 – Royal College of Art – London
1976 – 1978 – Gulbenkian Research Grant (with Gina Levette)
1974 – 1976 – Leverhulme Trust Research Grant (with Gina Levette)
Commissions
1990 – 25 Paintings commissioned by Scottish Widows
Publications
Sequencies, Wallflower London New York. 2009. ISBN: 978-1-905674-76-3
Art & Language Symposium. 2003. ‘What Work Does the Artwork Do?’
Uncertain States N0 5 2010. Uncertain States. & Anxious Objects
Art & Language Symposium. 2003. ‘What Work Does the Artwork Do?’
Uncertain States N0 5 2010. Uncertain States. & Anxious Objects
Consultancy
2002 – Rich Mix Cultural Foundation, Londonmet Rep
2001 – Educational Advisor to crossover uk Ltd
Agency for Cultural Exchange
LGU representative, Arts & the Learning City
LGU representative CIDA (Cultural Industries Development Agency)
2001 – Educational Advisor to crossover uk Ltd
Agency for Cultural Exchange
LGU representative, Arts & the Learning City
LGU representative CIDA (Cultural Industries Development Agency)
Curating & Events Organisation
2001 – Japan 2001- Ecology Centre Mile End Park
Tradition & Creation Unit 2 Gallery
Video Sculpture – Arts Centre Mile End Park
Sound Installation, Two Berlin Artists 291 Gallery
Experimental Animation 291 Gallery
Network Art ICA
Tradition & Creation Unit 2 Gallery
Video Sculpture – Arts Centre Mile End Park
Sound Installation, Two Berlin Artists 291 Gallery
Experimental Animation 291 Gallery
Network Art ICA
Whitechapel Lecture Seminar Series
Nature, Culture & the Environment
The Museum/Gallery & the Community
The Arts & the New Technologies
Art & Ecology
The Museum/Gallery & the Community
The Arts & the New Technologies
Art & Ecology
Academic Career
2011 – Head of Cass School of Fine Art London Metropolitan University – formerly London Guildhall University