"The paintings that I make portray objects such as books, records and ephemera, which behold properties that can define passions and hobbies. 
Capturing scenes that interest entire generations, glorifying their physical accumulative presence and a physical relationship with collections.

In my enthusiasm to capture a subject I visit museums, libraries and special collections learning along the way and making enquiries that fuel my own interests. Aligning my interests with say the archivist, the enthusiast or collector uncovers the care and passion, explores the details, the signs and triggers and reveals a forensic value to the collector. My interest is in the back-stories told in the collections themselves.

The still-life studies render a visual translation of cognitive obsessive qualities connected with ownership, that of trophies or memories, generally the intensity of meaning in our accumulation of obsolescent material things.

Interestingly this is something we see very regularly in contemporary visual culture promoting and ironically the direct opposite, in favour of terabytes of data storage space both online and in non physical bite-sized technology."

Ian Robinson 2020
 

EXHIBITIONS

2017
ING Discerning eye
National Open Art exhibition
New Lights Northern Art prize, The Bowes Museum
Affordable Art fair London
RWA Open Exhibition

2016
Affordable Art fair London

2015
Affordable Art fair London

2014
Painting Now exhibition with One Church Street gallery
Affordable Art fair London

2013
Hot One Hundred at the Schwartz gallery

2012
Griffin Art Prize Exhibition at the Grffi2016n gallery
Solo Show at The Muse Gallery, Portobello Road
Guasch Coranty Foundation International Painting Prize
National Open Exhibition, Motorcade Flash Parade

2011
RWA Open Exhibition
Clyde & Co Graduate Exhibition at St Botolph’s Building

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2016
Longisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize and included in Future Now

2014
Winner of the Bryant & Keeling painting prize- Painting Now

2012
Shortlisted for the Gri n Art prize
Nine month Residency at The Muse at 269 Portobello Road
Shortlisted for the Guasch/Coranty Foundation International Painting Prize

2011
Guest Artist at RWA 159 Autumn Open Exhibition

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2011
UAL - Wimbledon College of Art- First Class Ba (hons) Fine Art : Painting

1997
Newcastle College - Foundation degree - Fine Art Practice

1995
Northumberland College - B-tec National Diploma in Graphic design