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
ANGUSALIVE MEFFAN WINTER SHOW
12th NOVEMBER 2022 – 7th JANUARY - 2023
10am - 4pm - Thursday to Saturday
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 SATURDAY - 13th SUNDAY NOVEMBER
10 - 16:30 12 - 16:30
11th PV
Albion Road Wasps Artists’ Studios
Leith
EH7 5QZ
BIG CHRISTMAS SHOW
12th - 20th NOVEMBER 2022
See Some Of Scotland's Leading Contemporary Artists
The Lemond Gallery
4 Thorn Road
Bearsden Glasgow, G61 4PP
WINTER -- EXHIBITION
15th October 2022 -- 29th January 2023
The Velvet Easel Gallery
298 Portobello High Street,
Portobello,
Scotland, EH15 2AS
133rd PAISLEY ART INSTITUTE ANNUAL EXHIBITION
29th October -- 3rd December 2022
Glasgow Art Club
185 Bath Street
Glasgow G2 4HU
BIG ART SHOW, PAISLEY
26th August -- 26th November 2022
@artdeptpaisley
2 - 10 Causeyside Street
Paisley PA1 1UQ
SUMMER -- EXHIBITION
NOW -- 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
23rd APRIL - 28th 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
4 - 13 JUNE 2021
The Lemond Gallery
Bearsden Glasgow, G61 4PP
A STEP FORWARD APRIL -- 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
131st PAI - ANNUAL OPEN EXHIBITION - SEPT - OCT - 2019
THE PIAZZA, Unit 43A & 54
Central Way, Paisley
OPEN STUDIO
SATURDAY 10th AUGUST - 2019
WASPS Studios, Albion Business Centre
Edinburgh, Scotland
THE STARS GO WALTZING....
JULY - OCT - 2019
The Velvet Easel Gallery
Portobello, Scotland
EDINBURGH BIG SUMMER SHOW 2019
JUNE - 2019
The Best in Scottish Contemporary Fine Art at
The Lemond Gallery
venue - 20 Murrayfield Drive, - Edinburgh
BIG SUMMER SHOW 2019
JUNE - 2019
Contemporary Scottish Fine Art at
The Lemond Gallery
Bearsden Glasgow, Scotland
OFF THE WALL....
MARCH - JUNE - 2019
The Velvet Easel Gallery
Portobello, Scotland
ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE
SIX ARTISTS INSPIRED BY ARCHITECTURE - JAN. - FEB. - 2019
Fidra Fine Art
Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland
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Allan J Robertson
WASPS Studios
Albion Business Centre
Unit 7a
78 Albion Rd
Edinburgh
EH7 5QZ