ALLAN J ROBERTSON
SCOTTISH PAINTER + PRINTMAKER
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland -
Following a period working in the Engineering industry Allan J Robertson completed the Art Foundation Course at Leith School of Art before studying at Edinburgh College of Art from 2005-2009 gaining a BA (Hons) Painting & Drawing. Since then he has worked full time from his Edinburgh based studio. Robertson regularly contributes to group shows across the country most recently at the Paisley Art Institute's 132nd Annual Open Exhibition in July - September, 2020. His work is held in private collections in Scotland, Ireland, Germany, USA and Canada.
Robertson's work channels the experience of architectural space through the medium of painting. This interest centres specifically upon ambiguous spaces at the edges of the built environment where boundaries between civilization and nature, order and disorder, past and present have become blurred and indistinct. These ambiguous sites become subject matter for a painting practice which mines equally marginal territories, flitting between abstract/representational, accidental/intentional and constructive/destructive approaches to image making.
Recent work has focused upon the phenomena of the Modern ruin, taking particular interest in sites whose usage has undergone a form of transformation over the passage of time. Reflecting notions of appropriation and misuse that typically occur within these spaces following abandonment, disparate approaches from the history of painting are sampled and layered, creating paintings rich in texture, colour and a strong sense of place.
PORTFOLIO
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EXHIBITIONS
SUMMER EXHIBITION
SATURDAY 24th JUNE -- SUNDAY 17th SEPTEMBER 2023
Fidra Fine Art
7-8 Stanley Road (Main Street),
Gullane, East Lothian,
Scotland, EH31 2AD
SUMMER EXHIBITION
FRIDAY 9th JUNE -- SATURDAY 23rd JULY 2023
Graystone Gallery
24 Portland Place
Leith,
Scotland, EH6 6LA
BIG SUMMER SHOW
FRIDAY 9th -- SUNDAY 18th JUNE 2023
See Some Of Scotland's Leading Contemporary Artists
The Lemond Gallery
4 Thorn Road
Bearsden Glasgow, G61 4PP
SUMMER -- EXHIBITION
3rd JUNE -- 3rd OCTOBER 2023
The Velvet Easel Gallery
298 Portobello High Street,
Portobello,
Scotland, EH15 2AS
134th PAISLEY ART INSTITUTE ANNUAL EXHIBITION
20th MAY -- 25th JUNE 2023
Maclaurin Art Galleries,
Rozelle Estate,
Monument Rd.,
Ayr
Scotland, KA7 4NQ
WATER of LEITH, WATER of LIFE
10th MARCH - 22nd APRIL - 2023
Graystone Gallery
24 Portland Place
Leith,
Scotland, EH6 6LA
POSTCARD EXHIBITION
20 JANUARY – 24 FEBRUARY– 2023
Roger Billcliffe Gallery
185b Bath Street
Glasgow,
Scotland, G2 4HU
WINTER EXHIBITION
DECEMBER 2022 – 29 JANUARY – 2023
ARTeries Gallery
425 Great Western Road
Glasgow,
Scotland, G4 9JA
ANGUSALIVE MEFFAN WINTER SHOW
12th NOVEMBER 2022 – 7th JANUARY - 2023
West High Street
Forfar, Angus
Scotland, DD8 1BB
WINTER EXHIBITION
5th NOVEMBER 2022 - 22nd JANUARY - 2023
Fidra Fine Art
7-8 Stanley Road (Main Street),
Gullane, East Lothian,
Scotland, EH31 2AD
ALBION EXPO 2022 "OPEN STUDIOS"
12th & 13th NOVEMBER
Albion Road Wasps Artists’ Studios
Leith
EH7 5QZ
BIG CHRISTMAS SHOW
NOVEMBER 2022
See Some Of Scotland's Leading Contemporary Artists
The Lemond Gallery
4 Thorn Road
Bearsden Glasgow, G61 4PP
WINTER -- EXHIBITION
OCTOBER 2022 -- JANUARY 2023
The Velvet Easel Gallery
298 Portobello High Street,
Portobello,
Scotland, EH15 2AS
133rd PAISLEY ART INSTITUTE ANNUAL EXHIBITION
OCTOBER -- DECEMBER 2022
Glasgow Art Club
185 Bath Street
Glasgow G2 4HU
BIG ART SHOW, PAISLEY
AUGUST -- NOVEMBER 2022
@artdeptpaisley
2 - 10 Causeyside Street
Paisley PA1 1UQ
SUMMER -- EXHIBITION
JUNE-- OCTOBER 2022
The Velvet Easel Gallery
298 Portobello High Street,
Portobello,
Scotland, EH15 2AS
BIG SUMMER SHOW
JUNE - JULY 2022
See Some Of Scotland's Leading Contemporary Artists
The Lemond Gallery
Bearsden Glasgow, G61 4PP
APRIL - MAY 2022
The Torrance Gallery
36 Dundas Street
Edinburgh, EH3 6JN.
SPRING -- EXHIBITION
2022
The Velvet Easel Gallery
298 Portobello High Street,
Portobello,
Scotland, EH15 2AS
"OPEN STUDIOS"
NOVEMBER 2021
Albion Road Wasps Artists’ Studios
Leith
EH7 5QZ
MIXED WINTER EXHIBITION
NOVEMBER 2021 - FEBRUARY 2022
Fidra Fine Art
7-8 Stanley Road (Main Street),
Gullane, East Lothian,
Scotland, EH31 2AD
WINTER EXHIBITION
NOVEMBER 2021 - JANUARY 2022
The Torrance Gallery
Edinburgh, EH3 6JN.
BIG CHRISTMAS SHOW
NOVEMBER 2021
See Some Of Scotland's Leading Contemporary Artists
The Lemond Gallery
Bearsden Glasgow, G61 4PP
BIG SUMMER SHOW
JUNE 2021
The Lemond Gallery
Bearsden Glasgow, G61 4PP
A STEP FORWARD -- ONWARDS - 2021
The Velvet Easel Gallery
Portobello,
Scotland, EH15 2AS
MIXED SPRING EXHIBITION
MARCH - MAY - 2021
Fidra Fine Art,
Gullane, East Lothian,
Scotland, EH31 2AD
NOV - 2020 -- FEB - 2021
The Velvet Easel Gallery
Portobello, UK
TIDES CHANGING / CHANGING TIDES
26 NOV - 2020 -- 15 JAN - 2021
SOCIETY of SCOTTISH ARTISTS, VEIWING ROOM
Due to the COVID-19 - online.
https://www.s-s-a.org/tides-changing-changing-tides/
BIG CHRISTMAS SHOW - NOV - DEC - 2020
The Lemond Gallery
Bearsden Glasgow, G61 4PP
132nd ANNUAL OPEN EXHIBITION
JULY - SEPT - 2020
Paisley Art Institute
Due to the COVID-19 - online.
BIG SUMMER SHOW - JULY - 2020
Contemporary Scottish Fine Art
The Lemond Gallery,
Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 4PP
MIXED WINTER EXHIBITION - DEC - 2019 - JAN - 2020
Fidra Fine Art, Gullane,
East Lothian, Scotland
WINTER EXHIBITION - NOV - DEC - 2019
Gallery Ten, West End,
Edinburgh, EH3 7NG
OF NIGHT AND LIGHT - MIXED EXHIBITION - NOV - 2019 - MARCH - 2020
The Velvet Easel Gallery
Portobello, Scotland
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Allan J Robertson
WASPS Studios
Albion Business Centre
Unit 7a
78 Albion Rd
Edinburgh
EH7 5QZ