Robin Footitt (b. 1982)
lives and works in London @robinfootittart
EMAIL. studio@robinfootitt.com
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
2019
Clutch // Agarrar
Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea
Rua Joly Braga Santos, Lisbon, Portugal
2018
Open Window
New Art Projects
Sheep Lane, London, UK
2016
Modern Grammar
New Art Projects
Sheep Lane, London, UK
2014
Closed Circuit Saga
Edel Assanti
Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London, UK
2013
A Town Without Pity
4 Windmill Street
Windmill St, London, UK
2011
Mains
Cole Contemporary
Little Portland St, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2015
What Cannot Be Contained (Robin Footitt, Loukas Morley, Claire Price)
Smiths Row
The Market Cross, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
2014
The Trouble with Painting Today
Pump House Gallery
Battersea Park, Battersea, London, UK
A Union of Voices
Horatio Junior
The Lord Nelson, Canon Beck Road, London, UK
2012
Part of a Collection: Outset / RCA Acquisitions
2009-11
Royal College of Art
Dyson Buildings, Hester Road, Battersea, London, UK
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)
Agnès B
Covent Garden, London, UK
Spin
The Arts Gallery
Davies St, London, UK
Realise (Carl Burgess, Robin Footitt, James Dawes)
Ei'kon
Århus, 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
2019
PHOTO LONDON presentation (with Anthony Goicolea, Isabel Brison, Jessica Backhaus and Mónica de Miranda) Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon; May 16 - 19
Beyond a dull moment collaborative project by Eugene Macki at St. Austine's Tower, Hackney, London with Emily Durtnall, Barbara Tong, Oona Culley, Arlene Wandera, Jinyong Park, Steve Hines, Jennifer Booth, Hester Reeves, Anite Delaney and Fanny Aboulker; October 14 - 24
2018
The Toast (Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom, Stewart Cliff, David Edwards, George Little, Eugene Macki, Simon Mathers and Sarah Poots) curated group exhibition at New Art Projects, London
2017
Volta NY 2017 solo presentation New Art Projects, London (Booth D2); March 1 - 5
2015
Sound & Vision II music documentary film festival poster in collaboration with Love & Dishwasher Tablets (ldwt.net) and Mediateca Regionale Pugliese, Bari, Italy
2013
The Lindt Big Egg Hunt 2013 in aid of Action for Children; February 12 - April 1 (touring Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and London)
2012
2012 (all proceeds go to The Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts) Sotheby's; September 6 - 14
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, 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
2014
Soho Sculpture Prize, shortlisted (in association with Morgan Lovell, London)
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 BooksMoMA, New York
Internship in association with the Arts Council of England and Hayward Gallery, London
Recent Press/Publications
2019
Clutch / Agarrar - Robin Footitt, interview by Rowan Newton, Delphian Magazine
Robin Footitt at Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea, Artmirror
2018
Robin Footitt: Open Window, interview with John Bingham
Guest Article - Rowan Newton Interviews Robin Footitt, Delphian Magazine
2013
The Fire Station Project, Acme Artist Studios
2012
2012, Sothebys' International
2011
COLE, 'Oliver Michaels: A Journey Between Two Fixed Points', discussion between Oliver Michaels and Robin Footitt, Ditto Press/COLE
Art Monthly (UK), May 2011
Radiaal Moderne, 'Radiaal Moderne: a conversation between John Slyce, Robin Footitt and Simon Mathers', Ditto Press/COLE
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
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 / 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
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
Private Collections, worldwide