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Born 1955, Berkshire, UK

Education
1974-78
Cardiff College of Art (BA Fine Art)
1980-81
Chelsea School of Art (MA Fine Art)

Awards & Prizes
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 – 1st prizewinner
2008
Residency, Alayrac, France
2010
Residency, Alayrac, France
2011
Returning Fellow, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co Mayo, Ireland

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, National Museum & Gallery of Wales, Cardiff
Abstract Realities Part 2, Recent Work, Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff
Abstract Realities Part 3, New Work, Flowers Central, London
2005
Mavericks - Carol Robertson, Galerie Sebastianskapelle, Ulm, Germany
Within Sight Of The Sea, Sandford Goudie Gallery, Customs House, South Shields
Small Paintings and Watercolours, Flowers East, London
2006
Carol Robertson – Year / East West, October Foundation, Van Abbemuseum,
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2007
Dark City Light City, TRACE Gallery, Weymouth
2008
Life Lines, Flowers Madison Avenue, New York, USA
2010
Present Past, Flowers Central, London
2011
Life Lines: Work on Paper, The Cold Store, Norwich

Selected Group Exhibitions 
1978
Mixed Exhibition, Sherman Theatre Gallery, Cardiff
Stowells Trophy, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Paintings for Schools, National Museum of Wales
1979
Eight Artists at Yate, Avon
1981
Mixed Exhibition, Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham
1982
Three Artists, The New Art Centre, London
Artists at Canterbury, Canterbury College of Art
1984
Group Exhibition, Showroom Gallery, London
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
The New Wapping Art Show, Collectors Gallery, London
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
1992
Solstice, Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
Selected Works, 199 Bishopsgate, London
1993
Arte e Altro, British School at Rome, Italy
Moving into View, Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal Festival Hall, London
Critics' Choice, Christies, London
Carol Robertson & Trevor Sutton, Stansell Gallery, Somerset
Inaugural Exhibition, Coram Gallery, London
1994
New Painting, Arts Council of Great Britain, London
( National touring exhibition 1994-96)
British Abstract Art Part 1: Painting, Flowers East, London
Contemporary Arts Society Art Market, Royal Festival Hall, London
Contemporary Miniatures, Blue Gallery, London
1995
A Room of One's Own, Museum of Women's Art, Art '95, London
British Contemporary Art, Smiths Gallery, London
L'Art du Tampon, Musee de la Poste, Paris
East International, Norwich Gallery/Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
Elemental, Blue Gallery, London
Contemporary Arts Society Art Market, Royal Festival Hall, London
Cabinet Paintings, Blue Gallery, London
1996
The Last Dance, Oriel Theatre Clwyd, Wales
British Abstract Art Part III: Works on Paper, Flowers East, London
1997
A Quality of Light, St Ives International, Tate Gallery, St Ives and Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall (and installation St Ives Parish Church)
Downeen Collection Part II, Angela Flowers (Ireland) Inc., Downeen, Ireland
History - MAG Collection, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
(National touring exhibition 1997-98)
1998
Carol Robertson & Helen Sear, Artlab, Imperial College, London
Small is Beautiful Part XVI: Music, Flowers East, London
1999
Watercolour C21, Bankside Gallery, London
Ten New Abstract Paintings, Flowers East, London
Small is Beautiful, Part 1: Abstract, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California, USA
Small is Beautiful, Part XVII: Millennium, Flowers East, London
2000
Angela Flowers Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London
Hunting Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London
Angela Flowers Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California, USA
In a Marine Light,The Customs House Gallery, Southshields (curated by Mel Gooding)
5 British Abstract Painters, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California, USA
Artists' Choice, Flowers East, London
Mondiale Echo's, Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoot, Netherlands
Small is Beautiful: Self Portraits, Flowers East, London
2001
New Publications, Flowers Graphics, London
British Abstract Painting, Flowers East, London
Flowers Graphics, at Flowers Central, London
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Small Is Beautiful: Still Life, Flowers East, London
The Print Show, Flowers Graphics, London
October Foundation, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria
2002
UWIC 2002 - Art & Design Exhibition, Bay Art Gallery, Cardiff
New Art from North Mayo, Courthouse Gallery, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Summer Exhibition, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California, USA
New Publications, Flowers Graphics, London
Paint on Print, Flowers Graphics, London
Five Abstract Printmakers, Flowers Graphics, London
Small is Beautiful: Voyage, Flowers East, London
2003
Hunting Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London
5th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California, USA
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Ballinglen: The Artist in Rural Ireland, Mayo General Hospital, Co. Mayo
New British Art II, Flowers, New York, USA
The Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London (touring to Sculpture Hall, Manchester Town Hall)
Flowers Graphics 2003, Flowers Graphics, London
Small is Beautiful: War and Peace, Flowers Central, London
2004
Less is More, Harrow Museum, Middlesex
Hunting Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London
The Lionel Phillips Collection, Aitkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset
Three Abstract Painters, Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
Twenty Years Working With Tullis -  Behind Door Nine, University Art Museum, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Trace Editions, Hirshl Contemporary Art, London
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Central, London
2005
Art on Paper, The Gate Art Centre, Cardiff
35th Anniversary Exhibition - Angela Flowers Gallery, East/Central, London
Far From The Sea: October Foundation Projects, Kunstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in Scotland and Wales: transformation and influence, National Museum & Gallery of Wales, Cardiff
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London
Images From North Mayo, Courthouse Gallery,Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Ireland
The Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London
Drawing Out The City, BayArt, Cardiff
Out Of Ireland - Carol Robertson & Trevor Sutton, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen
2006
Eight Artists University Hospital Birmingham
Group Show, Flowers Central, London
Small is Beautiful XX1V: Portrait, Flowers Central, London
2007
Black & White, SE1 Gallery, London
Contemporary Prints - London, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Prints, Flowers Madison Avenue, New York, USA
Being There - Cherry Pickles & Carol Robertson, BayArt, Cardiff
New Work by Gallery Artists, Flowers Central, London
Twenty - Arts in Hospital, Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester
rich & strange – altered books, Flock Gallery, Newport, Wales (touring to Newport County Library)
20th Anniversary Exhibition, Galleri Weinberger, Copenhagen, Denmark
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Madison Avenue, New York, USA
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Central, London
2008
Mono, Flowers Graphics, London
Mountain With Boat, Peter Foolen Editions, Grafisch Atelier Den Bosch, VK's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
2009
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
New Paintings - Gallery Artists, Flowers Central, London
Small Is Beautiful, Flowers East, London
2010
Take Two: Carol Robertson & Trevor Sutton, NSA Noborimachi Artspace, Hiroshima,Japan
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Black & White, Galleri Weinburger, Copenhagen, Denmark
Editions, curated by Peter Foolen, Galerie Schutte, Essen, Germany
2011
Crossroads, Hyatt Regency - The Churchill, London
Summer Exhibition Royal Academy of Arts, London
NSA Collection, Noborimachi Space of Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Double Vision – Carol Robertson + Trevor Sutton, Ritter Gallery, Klagenfurt, Austria

Public Collections
Artotheque d'Annecy, France
Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Ballinglen Archive, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Contemporary Art Society, London
Dorset County Hospital
Government Art Collection, London
London College of Furniture
MAG Collection, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Mondriannhuis, Netherlands
National Museum & Gallery, Wales
St Mary's Church, Yate
St George's Hospital, London
University Hospital, Birmingham
University Hospital, Coventry

Selected Corporate Collections
AIG
British Land
The Economist
Ernst & Young
Fidelity International
Goldman Sachs
Hammersons plc
IG Group plc
Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander plc
J Sainsbury
Mitsui
P&O
Pearson Group
Prudential
Schroder UK
Scottish Equitable

Bibliography
Sacha Craddock, Moving into View - Recent British Paintings, ACGB Pub. 1993
Jon Thomson, Catalogue Essay - Full Circle, Rome, April 1993
Mel Gooding, Catalogue Essay - Critic's Choice, Christies, September 1993
Lionel Phillips, Somerset County Gazette, October 1993
British Abstract Art Part 1: Painting, Momentum Publishing, 1994
Tim Hilton, Independent on Sunday, August 1994
William Packer, Financial Times, August 1994
Mary Rose Beaumont, Art Review, November 1994
Giles Baker Smith, Catalogue Essay - A Room of One's Own, Museum of Women's Art, January 1995
Celia Lyttleton, Tatler, February 1995
The New Exhibitionists, Art Review, February 1995
East, Catalogue 1995
Richard Stone, The Observer Review, August 1995
Sacha Craddock, The Times, August 1995
Robert Clark, The Guardian Guide, October 1995
Mel Gooding, Catalogue Essay - Carol Robertson - Beneath the Surface, 1996
Mel Gooding, Why Painting?, Art Monthly, October 1996
A Quality of Light, St Ives International, 1997
Michael Birt, The Light Fantastic, The Tate Magazine , Summer 1997
William Packer, Light in the West, Financial Times, May 1997
Richard Ingleby, On the Right Wavelength, The Independent, May 1997
Frank Ruhurmund, A Quality of Light, The Cornishman, May 1997
Andrew Mead, Light that Enhances the Landscape, Architects Journal, Summer 1997
Light Touch, Inside Cornwall, June 1997
Claire Lofting, In Nature's Shadow, Blueprint, June 1997
Valerie Reardon, A Quality of Light, Art Monthly, June 1997
Illuminations, Artists & Illustrators, June 1997
History, Catalogue, Ferens Art Gallery, 1997
ArtLab, IC Reporter, January 1998
Iona Spens, ArtLab, AD Magazine, January 1998
ArtLab, Guardian Guide, January 1998
Tim Hilton, The Independent, December 1998
William Packer, Financial Times, December 1998
Bringing the Outside In, Catalogue, Dorset Hospital 1999
Richard Ingleby Carol Robertson - Illumination, The Independent , March 1999
Watercolour C21, Bankside Gallery, July 1999
Sacha Craddock Catalogue Essay, Carol Robertson - New Paintings, Flowers, 2000
Richard Ingleby Preview, The Independent, March 2000
Lionel Phillips Ixion Magazine, March 2000
Feature Article Lights of my Life, ES Magazine, 17 November 2000
Artist's Book October Foundation, published on the occasion of exhibition at Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria 2001 (edition of 125 copies)
Matthew Collings British Abstract Painting, Catalogue Essay 2001
Frank Whitford, Review Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Sunday Times, 7 September 2003
Laura Gascoigne, Introduction and essays Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition-Prize winners catalogue, September 2003
Book Artlab, by Artlab, Praline and John Slyce 26 November 2003, ISBN 0-9540377-1-5
The Artist in Rural Ireland, Catalogue, essays by Luke O'Donnell, Peter Maxwell 2003 
Abstract Realities –Carol Robertson, Catalogue, foreword by Michael Tooby, essay by Sue Hubbard 2004, ISBN 1902945 45X 
Year, Artist’s Book by Carol Robertson, published by October Foundation, Netherlands ISBN 90-76667-09-8, 2005
Rolf Heese, NUZ, Review, Carol Robertson – Mavericks, Galerie Sebastianskapelle
12 April 2005
Otfried Kappeler, Sudwestpresse, Review, Carol Robertson – Mavericks, Galerie Sebastianskapelle  7 April 2005
Frank Whitford, Carol Robertson  - The Right Stripes, Review, Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Sunday Times, 4 September 2005
A Year in Watercolour – Carol Robertson, The Artist, January 2006
Rob Schoonen, Eindhovens Dagblad, Stichting October – Van Abbemuseum, Review, 
8 July 2006
Book - Dark City Light City, Michèle Roberts & Carol Robertson, TRACE Editions, ISBN 978-09550945-3-8 published 23June 2007
Emma Hill, Content over Form - Artists' Books: Dark City Light City, Review, Printmaking Today, Vol 16 Autumn 2007
Sue Hubbard, The Independent, Review, Small Is Beautiful, XXV1, December 2008
Catalogue, Royal Academy Illustrated 2010, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition June 2010, ISBN 978-1-905711-56-7
Kailas Elmer, Review - Crossroads – Trappings, Friezes and Being Female, Trebuchet Magazine 9 March 2011



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