Robin Everett is a visual artist based in Glasgow, Scotland. His practice revolves around the intimate tripartite relationship between artist, material, and environment. With research based in both ancient and ongoing traditional elements he explores the roots of our connection to material and mark. Employing pigments native to specific locales as the sole component in a single painting or
Robin Everett is a visual artist based in Glasgow, Scotland. His practice revolves around the intimate tripartite relationship between artist, material, and environment. With research based in both ancient and ongoing traditional elements he explores the roots of our connection to material and mark. Employing pigments native to specific locales as the sole component in a single painting or drawing he aims to utilize this value of material distinction to serve as a contextual anchor, allowing the viewer to roam the physicality of the paint, challenging the gestalt nature of the painted image. His aim is to invite the viewer into the construction of the work, referencing the performative act of creating, revealing material and memory as cohabiters of the object. Each specific source details a connection between person, object, and place.
Studio Manager at Unit 42, Glasgow: A non-profit collection of studio spaces for early career stage artists
Education
BA(Hons) Fine Art Painting & Printmaking, The Glasgow School of Art, 2008 - 2012
MA Fine Art, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, (beginning 2016 - 2018)
Selected Exhibitions
2015 The Binding Grid of Creative Connection, Black Swan Arts, Frome
2015 WAC Shortlist, Wells Museum, Wells
2015 The Joy of Daubing, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
2013 Current, Albergo Casanova, Tuscany
2013 New Faces, The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
2012 Showcase, ScotlandArt, Glasgow
2012 New Firm, The Candid Arts Trust, London
2012 Degree Show, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
2012 Alembic, The Art School Union, Glasgow
2012 Manifesto, The Grace and Clark Fyfe Gallery, Glasgow
2011 32, Newberry Gallery, Glasgow
Awards and Residencies
2016 Mustarinda House Residency, Finland
2015 Wells Art Contemporary Prize (Shortlisted)
2015 Dumfries House Artist Residency, Dumfries House, Scotland
2012 The Landscape Drawing Award, The Glasgow School of Art
Publications
The State of Art: Representational and Abstract (Vol. I – 2013) – Barehill Publishing
Undercurrents: Critical Thought and Discourse from the Sharp Edge - Chris MacInnes
Works also held in public and private collections in the United Kingdom, United States, and Switzerland along with various completed private commissions.
