| BIO | |
| 1955 | Born, Berkshire |
| 1974-78 | Cardiff College of Art (BA Fine Art) |
| 1980-81 | Chelsea School of Art (MA Fine Art) |
| 1981-82 | Boise Scholarship to Italy |
| 1993 | Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Award, British School at Rome, Italy |
| 1996 | London Arts Board Awards to Artists |
| 2001 | Ballinglen Fellow, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co.Mayo, Ireland |
| 2003 | Returning Fellow, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo, Ireland |
| Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition – Prize Winner | |
| 2003-08 | Research Fellowship in Painting at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff |
| 2005 | Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition – First Prizewinner |
| 2008 | Artist Residency, Alayrac, France |
| 2010 | Artist Residency, Alayrac, France |
| 2011 | Returning Fellow, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co Mayo, Ireland |
| 2012 | Artist in Residence, Kunstgarten, Graz, Austria |
| 2013 | Artist Residency, Alayrac, France |
| 2014 | Artist Residency, Alayrac, France |
| 2015 | Returning Fellow, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co Mayo, Ireland |
| 2018 | Artist Residency, Alayrac, France |
| Elected Royal West of England Academician | |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 1981 | Paintings, Brewhouse Gallery, Somerset |
| 1983 | Italian Paintings, Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff |
| 1985 | New Paintings, Showroom Gallery, London |
| 1987 | Paintings and Works on Paper, L.C.F Gallery, London |
| 1990 | Madrid Series, Cairn Gallery, Gloucestershire |
| 1993 | Full Circle, British School at Rome, Italy |
| 1995 | New Work, Blue Gallery, London |
| Internal View, Oriel Theatr Clwyd, Wales | |
| 1996 | Beneath the Surface Part I, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen |
| Beneath the Surface Part II, Blue Gallery, London | |
| 1998 | Paintings 1992-98, Grays Inn Chambers, London |
| Works on Paper, Gallery M, London | |
| 1999 | Illuminations, Blue Gallery, London |
| 2000 | New Paintings, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen |
| New Paintings, Flowers East, London | |
| Etchings and Monotypes, Flowers Graphics, London | |
| 2002 | New Paintings and Works on Paper, Flowers East, London |
| 2003 | Lost Light – new etchings and monoprints, Flowers Graphics, London |
| 2004 | Abstract Realities Part 1, Installation, National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff |
| Abstract Realities Part 2, Recent Work, Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff | |
| Abstract Realities Part 3, New Work, Flowers Central, London | |
| 2005 | Mavericks – Carol Robertson: Small Paintings, Galerie Sebastianskapelle, Ulm, Germany |
| Within Sight of the Sea, Sandford Goudie Gallery, Custom House, South Shields | |
| Small Paintings and Watercolours, Flowers East, London | |
| 2006 | Carol Robertson – Year / East West, October Foundation, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| 2007 | Being There, BayArt, Cardiff |
| Dark City Light City, TRACE Gallery, Weymouth | |
| 2008 | Life Lines, Flowers, New York, USA |
| 2010 | Present Past, Flowers Central, London |
| 2011 | Life Lines: works on paper, The Cold Store, Norwich |
| 2012 | Garden Project, Kunstgarten, Graz, Austria |
| Colour Stream, Flowers Gallery, New York, USA | |
| 2013 | Carol Robertson Peter Foolen Editions, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
| Carol Robertson – Circular Stories, Galerie allerArt, Bludenz, Austria | |
| 2014 | Circular Stories, Flowers East, London |
| 2017 | Pointstar, Flowers Gallery, London |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 1978 | Paintings for Schools, National Museum of Wales |
| Stowells Trophy, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| Mixed Exhibition, Sherman Theatre Gallery, Cardiff | |
| 1979 | Eight Artists at Yate, Avon |
| 1981 | Mixed Exhibition, Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham |
| 1982 | Artists at Canterbury, Canterbury College of Art |
| Three Artists, The New Art Centre, London | |
| 1984 | Industrial Sponsors, Warwick Arts Trust, London |
| 1986 | Camden Annual, Camden Arts Centre, London |
| 1988 | Group Exhibition, Showroom Gallery, London |
| 1989 | 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Art for Offices, London |
| 1990 | Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina |
| The New Wapping Art Show, Collectors Gallery, London | |
| 1992 | Selected Works, 199 Bishopsgate, London |
| Solstice, Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth | |
| 1993 | Inaugural Exhibition, Coram Gallery, London |
| Carol Robertson & Trevor Sutton, Stansell Gallery, Somerset | |
| Critics’ Choice, Christies, London | |
| Moving into View, Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Festival Hall, London | |
| Arte e Altro, British School at Rome, Italy | |
| 1994 | Contemporary Arts Society Art Market, Royal Festival Hall, London |
| British Abstract Art Part 1: Painting, Flowers East, London | |
| New Painting, Arts Council of Great Britain, London (National touring exhibition 1994-96) | |
| 1995 | Cabinet Paintings, Blue Gallery, London |
| Contemporary Arts Society Art Market, Royal Festival Hall, London | |
| Elemental, Blue Gallery, London | |
| East International, Norwich Gallery/Sainsbury Centre, Norwich | |
| L’Art du Tampon, Musee de la Poste, Paris | |
| British Contemporary Art, Smiths Gallery, London | |
| A Room of One’s Own, Museum of Women’s Art, Art ’95, London | |
| Contemporary Miniatures, Blue Gallery, London | |
| 1996 | British Abstract Art Part III: Works on Paper, Flowers East, London |
| The Last Dance, Oriel Theatre Clwyd, Wales | |
| 1997 | History – MAG Collection, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull (National touring exhibition 1997-98) |
| Downeen Collection Part II, Angela Flowers (Ireland) Inc., Downeen, County Cork, Ireland | |
| A Quality of Light, St Ives International, Tate St Ives and Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall (and installation St Ives Parish Church) | |
| 1998 | Small is Beautiful Part XVI: Music, Flowers East, London |
| Carol Robertson & Helen Sear, Artlab, Imperial College, London | |
| 1999 | Small is Beautiful, Part XVII: Millennium, Flowers East, London |
| British Abstract Paintings, Small is Beautiful, Part 1: Abstract, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California | |
| Ten New Abstract Paintings, Flowers East, London | |
| Watercolour C21, Bankside Gallery, London | |
| 2000 | Small is Beautiful: Self Portraits, Flowers East, London |
| Mondiale Echo’s, Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoot, Netherlands | |
| Artists’ Choice, Flowers East, London | |
| 5 British Abstract Painters, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California | |
| In a Marine Light, The Customs House Gallery, South Shields (curated by Mel Gooding) | |
| Angela Flowers Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California | |
| Hunting Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London | |
| Angela Flowers Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London | |
| 2001 | October Foundation, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria |
| The Print Show, Flowers Graphics, London | |
| Small Is Beautiful: Still Life, Flowers East, London | |
| The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London | |
| Flowers Graphics, at Flowers Central, London | |
| British Abstract Painting, Flowers East, London | |
| New Publications, Flowers Graphics, London | |
| 2002 | Small is Beautiful: Voyage, Flowers East, London |
| Five Abstract Printmakers, Flowers Graphics, London | |
| Paint on Print, Flowers Graphics, London | |
| New Publications, Flowers Graphics, London | |
| Summer Exhibition, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California | |
| New Art from North Mayo, Courthouse Gallery, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Ireland | |
| UWIC Art & Design, Bay Art Gallery, Cardiff | |
| 2003 | Small is Beautiful XXI: War and Peace, Flowers Central, London |
| Flowers Graphics 2003, Flowers Graphics, London | |
| Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London (touring to Sculpture Hall, Manchester Town Hall) | |
| New British Art II, Flowers, New York | |
| Ballinglen: The Artist in Rural Ireland, Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland | |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California | |
| Hunting Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London | |
| 2004 | Small is Beautiful, Flowers Central, London |
| Trace Editions, Hirschl Contemporary Art, London | |
| Twenty Years Working with Tullis, Behind Door Nine, University Art Museum, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California, USA | |
| Three Abstract Painters, Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff | |
| The Lionel Phillips Collection, Aitkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset | |
| Hunting Art Prize, Mall Galleries, London | |
| Less is More, Harrow Museum, Middlesex | |
| 2005 | Drawing Out the City, BayArt, Cardiff |
| Out of Ireland – Carol Robertson and Trevor Sutton, Galerie Weinberger, Copenhagen | |
| Small is Beautiful XXIII, Flowers Central, London | |
| The Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London | |
| Images from North Mayo, Courthouse Gallery Ballycastle, Co.Mayo, Ireland | |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in Scotland and Wales: transformation and influence, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff | |
| Far from the Sea, October Foundation Projects, Kunstlerhaus Palais, Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria | |
| Angela Flowers Gallery 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East / Flowers Central, London | |
| Art on Paper, The Gate Art Centre, Cardiff | |
| 2006 | Small is Beautiful XXIV Portraits, Flowers Central, London |
| Gallery Artists, Flowers Central, London | |
| Eight Artists, University Hospital, Birmingham | |
| 2007 | Small Is Beautiful, Flowers Central, London and Flowers Madison Avenue, New York |
| 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| rich & strange – altered books, Flock Gallery, UWN, Newport | |
| New Work by Gallery Artists, Flowers Central, London | |
| Twenty – 20 Years of Arts in Hospital, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester | |
| Comtemporary Prints Flowers Graphics, Graphic Studio, Dublin | |
| Prints, Flowers, Madison Ave, New York | |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| Black & White, SE1 Gallery, London | |
| 2008 | Small is Beautiful XXVI, Flowers Central, London |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| Mountain With Boat, Peter Foolen Editions, Grafisch Atelier Den Bosch, VK’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands | |
| Mono, Flowers Graphics, London | |
| 2009 | Small is Beautiful XXVII, Flowers Central, London |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| 2010 | Small is Beautiful XXVIII, Flowers Central, London |
| Black & White, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| One Blue Moment, (curated by Peter Foolen) Galerie Schütte, Essen Kettwig, Germany | |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| Take Two: Carol Robertson + Trevor Sutton, NSA Noborimachi Artspace, Hiroshima, Japan | |
| 2011 | Small is Beautiful XXIX, Flowers Central, London |
| Images from North Mayo, Courthouse Gallery, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Ireland | |
| Double Vision – Carol Robertson + Trevor Sutton, Ritter Gallery, Klagenfurt, Austria | |
| NSA Collection, Noborimachi Space of Art, Hiroshima, Japan | |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| Crossroads, Hyatt Regency – The Churchill, London | |
| 2012 | Bite: Artists Making Prints, Mall Galleries, London |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| Abstract Critical – Newcomers Award, Kings Place Gallery, London (Touring Show) | |
| Ha Ha What Does This Represent? Standpoint Gallery, London | |
| 25 Years, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Masters of British Abstraction Flowers, New York | |
| 2013 | No Particular Order, The Gallery, Resort Studios, Margate |
| A Collector’s Eye – Artworks from the van Hulten Collection, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen-Oranjewoud, Holland | |
| Imprints, curated by Matthew Tyson, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Germany | |
| Pop And Abstract, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff | |
| From Circle to Square and Back, Flowers East, London | |
| 2014 | Wash, Resort Gallery, Margate |
| The Print Show, Flowers London | |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| Perfectionism, Griffin Gallery, London | |
| 2015 | Kind of Blue, Candida Stevens, Chichester |
| KA! Editions, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Spendhaus, Reutlingen, Germany | |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| From Centre, Loud & Western Building London | |
| 2016 | Imperfect Reverse, Camberwell Project Space, London touring to Anglia Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge |
| harvest, Kunstraumlangenlois, Austria | |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| The Tim Sayer Bequest, The Hepworth Wakefield | |
| 2017 | Synthesis, Cinnabar, San Antonio, Texas |
| Mémoirs – Carol Robertson + Trevor Sutton, Imprints, Crest, France | |
| Mono, Flowers East, London | |
| Make A Mark, ARTHOUSE1, London | |
| Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| Lifelines – Roger Ackling, Carol Robertson, Trevor Sutton, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel, Switzerland | |
| Color Shape Form, Flowers Gallery, New York, USA | |
| 2018 | Dialogues – Prints by Fiona Grady, Tess Jaray, Carol Robertson, Bridget Riley, Flowers Gallery, London |
| Proof Positive, Gibberd Gallery, Harlow | |
| Autumn Open, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol | |
| KA! 25 Ans d’Edition, Imprints Galerie, Crest, France 2019 | |
| 2019 | Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London |
| Flowers Contemporary, Flowers London | |
| Works on Paper, Campden Gallery, Chipping Camden | |
| Heat, curated by David Blackaller at Zembla, Hawick, Scotland | |
| VERBINDUNGEN/Connections, kunstGarten, Graz, Austria | |
| The Art of Collaboration, Heong Gallery, Downing College, Cambridge | |
| Backyard Sculpture, Domo Baal, London | |
| Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol | |
| Possible Architectures, curated by Patrick Morrissey + Hanz Hancock, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London | |
| Left Field, LHQ Gallery, Cork | |
| 2020 | HARDPAINTINGx2, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton |
| 50×50, Flowers Gallery, London | |
| Dear Painting, Nordic Art Agency, Malmö, Sweden | |
| New Decade, Cinnabar, San Antonio, Texas USA | |
| Gommisti, Imprints Galerie, Crest, France | |
| Révisions, Imprints Galerie, Crest, France | |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | |
| Artotheque d’Annecy, France | |
| Arts Council of Great Britain, London | |
| Ballinglen Museum of Contemporary Art, Ireland | |
| Bodelwydden Castle, Wales | |
| Contemporary Art Society, London | |
| Dorset County Hospital | |
| Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge | |
| Government Art Collection, London | |
| London College of Furniture | |
| MAG Collection, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull | |
| Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort, Netherlands | |
| National Museum & Gallery, Wales | |
| New Hall Art Collection, University of Cambridge | |
| New York Alexandra Cohen Hospital for Women + Newborns | |
| New York University, Langone Medical Centre Art Collection | |
| Royal West of England Academy | |
| St George’s Hospital, London | |
| St Mary’s Church, Yate | |
| University Hospital, Birmingham | |
| University Hospital, Coventry | |
| SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS | |
| AIG | |
| British Land | |
| Clifford Chance | |
| Deutsche Bank | |
| The Economist | |
| Ernst & Young | |
| Fidelity International | |
| Goldman Sachs | |
| Hammersons plc | |
| IG Group plc | |
| J Sainsbury plc | |
| Mitsui | |
| P&O | |
| Pearson Group | |
| Prudential | |
| Schroder UK | |
| Scottish Equitable | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| 1993 | Sacha Craddock, Moving into View – Recent British Paintings, ACGB Publications, Spring |
| Jon Thomson, Catalogue Essay – Full Circle, Rome, April | |
| Mel Gooding, Catalogue Essay – Critic’s Choice, Christies, September | |
| Lionel Phillips, Somerset County Gazette, October | |
| 1994 | British Abstract Art Part 1: Painting, Momentum Publishing |
| Tim Hilton, Independent on Sunday, August | |
| William Packer, Financial Times, August | |
| Mary Rose Beaumont, Art Review, November | |
| 1995 | Giles Baker Smith, Catalogue Essay – A Room of One’s Own, Museum of Women’s Art, January |
| Celia Lyttleton, Tatler, February | |
| The New Exhibitionists, Art Review, February | |
| East International, Catalogue, Norwich Gallery, Norfolk | |
| Richard Stone, The Observer Review, August | |
| Sacha Craddock, The Times, August | |
| Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide, October | |
| 1996 | Mel Gooding, Catalogue Essay, Carol Robertson – Beneath the Surface |
| Mel Gooding, Why Painting?, Art Monthly, October | |
| 1997 | A Quality of Light, St Ives International |
| Michael Birt, The Light Fantastic, The Tate Magazine (Centenary Issue), Summer | |
| William Packer, Light in the West, Financial Times, May | |
| Richard Ingleby, On the Right Wavelength, The Independent, May | |
| Frank Ruhurmund, A Quality of Light, The Cornishman, May | |
| Andrew Mead, Light that Enhances the Landscape, Architects Journal, Summer | |
| Light Touch, Inside Cornwall, June | |
| Claire Lofting, In Nature’s Shadow, Blueprint, June | |
| Valerie Reardon, A Quality of Light, Art Monthly, June | |
| Illuminations, Artists & Illustrators, June | |
| History, Catalogue, Ferens Art Gallery | |
| ArtLab, IC Reporter, January | |
| Iona Spens, ArtLab, AD Magazine, January | |
| 1998 | ArtLab, Guardian Guide, January |
| Tim Hilton, The Independent, December | |
| William Packer, Financial Times, December | |
| 1999 | Bringing the Outside In, Catalogue, Dorset Hospital |
| Richard Ingleby, Carol Robertson – Illumination, The Independent Information, March | |
| Watercolour C21, Bankside Gallery, July | |
| 2000 | Sacha Craddock, Catalogue Essay – Carol Robertson – New Paintings, Flowers East, January |
| Richard Ingleby, Preview, The Independent, March | |
| Lionel Phillips, Ixion Magazine, March | |
| Feature Article, Lights of my Life, ES Magazine, 17 November | |
| 2001 | Artists’ Book, October Foundation, published on the occasion of exhibition at Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria (edition 125) |
| Matthew Collings, Catalogue Essay, British Abstract Painting, ISBN 1902945271 | |
| 2003 | Frank Whitford, Review Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Sunday Times, 7 September |
| Laura Gascoigne, Introduction and essays Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition-Prize winners catalogue, September | |
| Book Artlab, by Artlab, Praline and John Slyce 26 November, ISBN 0-9540377-1-5 | |
| Catalogue The Artist in Rural Ireland, with essays by Luke O’Donnell, Peter Maxwell | |
| 2004 | Catalogue Carol Robertson, Abstract Realities, Foreword by Michael Tooby, Essay by Sue Hubbard. ISBN 1902945 45X |
| 2005 | Otfied Kappeler, Sudwestpresse, Review, Carol Robertson, Mavericks, Galerie Sebastiankapelle, 7 April |
| Rolf Hesse, NUZ, Review, Carol Robertson, Mavericks, Galerie Sebastiankapelle, 12 April | |
| Frank Whitford, Review, The Right Stripes, Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Sunday Times, 4 September | |
| Year Artists Book by Carol Robertson published by October Foundation, Netherlands, ISBN 90-76667-09-8 | |
| 2006 | A Year in Watercolour – Carol Robertson, The Artist, January |
| Rob Schoonen, Eindhovens Dagblad, Stitching October – Van Abbemuseum, Review 8 July | |
| 2007 | Book, Dark City Light City Michele Roberts & Carol Robertson, published by TRACE Editions, 2007. ISBN 978-09550945-3-8 |
| Emma Hill Content over Form – Artists’ Books, Dark City Light City Review, Printmaking Today, Volume 16, Autumn | |
| 2008 | Sue Hubbard, Review, Small Is Beautiful XXV1, The Independent 29 December |
| 2010 | Catalogue Royal Academy Illustrated, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, June. ISBN 978-1-905711-56-7 |
| 2011 | Kailas Elmer, Review, Crossroads – Trappings, Friezes and Being Female Trebuchet Magazine 9 March |
| 2012 | Ha Ha What Does This Represent Exhibition catalogue with essay by Dave Ryan, February |
| Garden Review, Kunstgarten, Walter Titz in Kleine Zeitung 25 May | |
| Standpoint Magazine, In Memory: Marie Colvin, by Carol Robertson, September Issue 45 | |
| Carol Robertson – Colour Stream, book with essay by Chris Yetton. ISBN 978-1-906412-51-7 | |
| 2013 | Article Traditional Talent – London Original Print Fair, Arts and Antiques, March |
| A Collector’s Eye – van Hulten Collection, book with essay by Chris Yetton titled A British Adventure, published for Museum Belvédère, Holland, September. ISBN-978-94-90673-13-0 | |
| 2014 | Carol Robertson Trevor Sutton – French Paintings, published by Peter Foolen Editions, October. ISBN 978-94-90673-19-2 |
| 2015 | Standpoint Magazine, Drawing Board – Carol Robertson, January / February Issue 69 |
| 2016 | Imperfect Reverse, catalogue with essay by Laurence Noga, ISBN 9781908971524 |
| 2019 | A Question of Responsibility KunstGarten Graz review, Kronenzeitung / Kultur 15 May |
| 2020 | H_A_R_D_P_A_I_N_T_I_N_G_x2 exhibition catalogue, essays by Della Gooden ISBN 978-1-5272-5538-8 |