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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