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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.

 

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PORTFOLIO

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PORTFOLIO

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

 

SPRING EXHIBITION 

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

WINTER MIXED EXHIBITION 

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

EXHIBITIONS

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Allan J Robertson

WASPS Studios

Albion Business Centre

Unit 7a

78 Albion Rd

Edinburgh

EH7 5QZ

 

allanjrobertson@blueyonder.co.uk

 

TEL: +44 (0)131 332 2087
M: 0774 819 5953

 

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