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Robin Footitt (b. 1982) lives and works in London
EMAIL. robin.footitt@network.rca.ac.uk STUDIO. +4420 7987 2523
2009 Royal College of Art 2004 Central Saint Martins College of Art 2001 Wimbledon School of Art
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Mains Cole Contemporary Little Portland St, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2011
SUNDAY London 2011 Presentation with Ian Homerston at Cole Ambika P3, Marylebone Road, London, UK
Elizabeth House Elizabeth House York Road, City of London, London, UK
Art Rotterdam 2011 Radiaal Moderne Presentation with Simon Mathers Accompanying essay by John Slyce Cruise Terminal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Bergamo Arte Fiera 2011 Presented at 27AD Quartiere Fieristico di Bergamo, Italy
2010
SCREENING SCREENING Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London, UK
Florence Trust Summer Show 2010 The Florence Trust St Saviours, Aberdeen Park, London, UK
The Drifting Canvas Cole Contemporary Little Portland St, London, UK
The Panelists (curated by KRK Ryden) ABV Gallery Auburn Ave, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Harold Golen Gallery NW 2nd Ave, Miami, Florida, USA
Tour Operator 27AD via Broseta 27, Bergamo, Italy
2009
Through The Wall A Foundation, Rochelle School Arnold Circus, London, UK
site09 Darbyshire Award (selected by Tom Trevor) Site Festival Stroud Museum in the Park, Gloucestershire, UK
SHOW RCA 2009: ONE Royal College of Art Kensington Gore, London, UK
Lexicon Hatdance (Nicolas Deshayes, Lucy Moore, Maria Zahle) Hockney Gallery Jay Mews, London, UK
We Can Understand The Meaning Better Without The Crypt Gallery St. Pancras Parish Church, London, UK
The Panelists (curated by KRK Ryden) Pravus Gallery E. Roosevelt, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Ghost Tank (Nathan Barlex, Robin Footitt, Andrew Larkin) Blyth Gallery Imperial College, Kensington, London, UK
2008
Dreaming of Babylon (Sam Bassett, Robin Footitt, David Shillinglaw) Agnčs B Covent Garden, London, UK
Spin The Arts Gallery Davies St, London, UK
Realise (Carl Burgess, Robin Footitt, James Dawes) Ei'kon Ĺrhus, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mythical, Domestic, Working & Loved 96 Gillespie Gillespie Rd, London, UK
2007
Individual Universes BAR (Brent Artists' Resource) Willesden, London, UK
PRIME Nowhere North Falkland Rd, London, UK
2006
Fantastic Pastimes Diorama Arts Osnaburgh St, London, UK
Comics and Sequentials Ironworks Gallery East 134th St, Bronx, New York, USA
Works on Paper Hagan Saint Philip Lincoln Ave, Bronx, New York, USA
2005
Field of Vision: Extremes Institute for New Media Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Events and Collaborations
2011 Acme Studios Fire Station Centenary Open Weekend; May 21 - 22 / Art Rotterdam 2011 (with Simon Mathers); February 10 - 13 / SUNDAY London 2011 (with Ian Homerston); October 13 - 16 2010 Co-ordinator of SCREENING, exhibition of video and painting inside a two-storey Knightsbridge office block / FT10 Florence Trust Open Studios; January 29 - 31 2009 Co-ordinator of Through The Wall, exhibition of MA Painting graduates of Royal College of Art at A Foundation, Rochelle School, London 2008 Artwork commission for F1 Racing Team, Red Bull Racing 2007 Collaborative book project, live projections and album artwork with UK musician KT Tunstall 2006 Assistant to both Liam Gillick and Adam Dant for commissioned artwork by the Hayward Gallery for ‘How To Improve The World: 60 Years of British Art’ 2004 Collaborative book and sound project with US musician Tom Waits
Arts Awards/Prizes
2010 Programme 4 (2010 - 2015) Acme Studios live/work residency at the Fire Station, London / White Columns Curated Artist Registry (selected by Matthew Higgs) white columns, New York 2009 British Airways Great Britons, winner / Florence Trust Studio Residency 09/10, The Florence Trust, London / site09 Darbyshire Award, selected by Tom Trevor 2008 Royal College of Art Paris Studio Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris 2006 Internship in the Curatorial Department of Prints and Illustrated Books, MoMA, New York / Internship in association with the Arts Council of England and Hayward Gallery, London
Recent Press/Publications
2011 Art Monthly (UK), May 2011 / Radiaal Moderne, 'Radiaal Moderne: a conversation between John Slyce, Robin Footitt and Simon Mathers', Ditto Press/Cole Contemporary 2011 2010 TANK : The Art Issue Vol. 6 Issue 4 (Int.), 'SCREENING', text by Sally Mumby-Croft, Autumn 2010 / Stardust Boogie Woogie: Version IV (UK), 'Each, A Synchronised Painting', text by Robin Footitt, Generation Press/Monika Bobinska 2010 / Glass Magazine (UK), 'Special Effects' text by Sachin Kaeley, Summer 2010 / Turps Banana (Int.), 'The Weight and The Carried Mark Across Canaletto's Views of London' text by Robin Footitt, Summer 2010 / The Drifting Canvas, 'The Drifting Canvas' text by Robin Footitt, Ditto Press/Cole Contemporary 2010 / Florence Trust 10, catalogue text by Soraya Rodriguez, Florence Trust 2010 2009 TEN MEN Magazine (Int.), 'This is not painting the living room, you understand' text by Richard Gray, Summer 2009 / Faesthetic (USA), Issue #10 2008 Art Monthly (UK), September 2008 / ‘KT Tunstall Talks Art: Part Two’, directed by Sam Handsley (MySpace TV), interview by KT Tunstall at Nowhere North gallery, running time 2min 41sec Faesthetic (USA), Issue #7 2007 'Meet KT the comic book hero' - John Dingwall, Daily Record (UK), Thursday 6th September 2007 / Flavorpill LDN (UK), Issue #202 / 'People. Robin Footitt Keeps Growing' - Dork Magazine (USA), www.dorkmag.com / 'Robin Footitt: Stand Apart' - Ciaroscuro (UK), www.ciaroscuro.com / ‘A Comic by Robin Footitt’, directed by Rupert Style (RSA Films) for KT Tunstall ‘Drastic Fantastic’ deluxe edition, running time 10min 32sec 2006 artcal.net (USA), exhibition picks for “Choose Your Own Adventure” and “Works on Paper” / Marmalade (UK), June 2006 / Blackbook Magazine (USA), Issue 43
Collections
Amlin Collection, UK Parallel Group, UK Royal College of Art Collection (Outset Fund in conjunction with Tate and Whitechapel Gallery), UK Sawiris Collection, Egypt Tim Rollins, USA
Private Collections, worldwide
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