Jamie Robinson

 

 

 

more work  may be viewed at  www.jamie-robinson-photography.com

 

 

Educated

Royal College Of Art London MA(RCA) Fine Art  1989-1991

St Martins School of Art Postgraduate degree in Fine Art 1988-1989

Royal Academy Schools undergraduate degree in painting

1985-1988 

 

Selected Solo exhibitions

Zwemmers Gallery 2002  Aishiteru I Love You

“Dark City” Zamoca Foundation  in association with UK 98 Tokyo Japan, June 1998

 

 

Exhibitions 

Scope Art Fair Carter Presents October 2006

Beauty and The Beast, Fieldgate gallery Whitechapel London September 2006

The Sun in Uranus  Offspace projects Las Vegas Tattoo Co Hackney London July 2006  over 25 international artists design tattoos  including participating artists Gavin Turk, Herman Nitsch, Thomas Draschan, Cedric Christie U Turn a program of Video art at The Art Car Boot Fair  A Carter/Diplexcito production June 2006

Carter Presents at Apt Draschan Austria April 2006

Deck of Cards at 39 London including Tracy Emin, Bob and Roberta Smith and 54 artists February 2006

Prussian Blue Synthetic Seduction  at Carter Presents London November 2005

"Domestocity" Cell projects including Lee Maelzer, Franko B, Keith Coventry, Jamie Robinson, Daniel Jackson, September 2004

Campaigning Politics and Shopping, Curated by Bob and Roberta Smith, Unit 2 Gallery Guildhall University December 2003-January 2004

Britart Innaugural Group Show New Space London August 2002

“Gatsby” The New Lansdown Club Hackney ( 60 artists take over this working mens  club) April 2002

BritArt “Spring Break”  London March 2002

“Surface Tension” Jamie Robinson, Roger Kelly, Daniel Jackson at Cell space London March 2001.

“Counter” group show including catalogue at AVCO London January 2001

“Heart Of Glass” curated by Esther Windsor  at Mirror Gallery LCP London October 2001

“Open Urban Picnic” Curated by Urban Strategies and Artery. Grovesnor Dock Chelsea London. Photography installation

‘Im A Virgin” The Waiting Room, University of Wolverhampton, January 1999

Attache Gallery London Curated by Douglas Parks london November 1998

‘Junge Englische’ Kunstverein Galerie Graur Hof Aschersleiben Leipzig Dec 1997 Catalogue included

‘100% Love’ curated by Toby Mott Coin St London Feb 1997

‘Snuff’ Galerei Christa Schubbe Dusseldorf Oct 1996 catalogue included

Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery july-Spt 1996

‘Some Drawings from london’ Kate Bernards London May 1996

‘The Robert and Susan Summers Collection of British Art, 

Henry MooreGalleriies RCA Oct-Dec1994 McClelland Galleries Glasgow

Nov-Dec 1994 ctalogue included

Whitechapel Open Whitechapel Gallery july -Sept 1994

“SS Excess” joshua Compstons Factual Nonsense Gallery London June 1993

Six Artists from London Kunstverein potsdam Germany july 1992 catalogue included

‘Metro 89’ Art Fest Antwerp Belgium July 1992

“Six Artists in Focus’ london Contemporary Art Fair London January 1988

‘Barclays Bank Young Artist Award’ finalist  Henry moore Galleries London Nov

1988

‘Whitworths Young Contemporaries’, Whitworth Gallery Manchester 1987

‘Royal Academy Summer Show’  Royal Academy of Art summer

1986 1987 1988

 

Published Work

Dazed and Confused February 2006 feature on Marfa Donald Judd Foundation

Contemporary Magazine December 2005 review for Sharjah Biennal

Miser and Now  8 page spread of images on Pleasure    may 2005

Blueprint magazine  June 2005 feature on Sharjah biennal photographs and review

V&A MAgazine  Simon Fisher Turner  feb 2004

Icon Magazine, Portrait of Tom Bloxham, February 2004

The Independent Magazine, portrait of Prince Buster the father of Ska January 2004 

V&A Magazine, Nigel Coates November 2003, 

Icon Magazine, Tom Bloxham Portraits December 2003

BIG MAgazine,  Chicagoland  published December 2003 "enthusiasm can be a weakness" documenting Chicago  fans passion for sports. 

The Independent Review, Eddie Richardson  Portrait of the mafia boss turned painter. October 2003

Icon Magazine, August  Portraits  Tyler Brule

Mute Magazine, August 2003  "Summer of Love,IBM/Linux campaign"

work for Unicef calendar for 2004

Icon Magazine, July Issue 2003 Portraits of Peter Saville, 

Icon Magazine, July 2003 Venice Biennal Diary

The Independent Magazine, June 2003 review and photography feature for the 6th Sharjah Art Biennal in the United Arab Emirates.

Contemporary Magazine, June 2003 Review and photography for the 6th Sharjah Art Biennal

Guardian Space Magazine, published in various publicationds between 1998-2001

Independent Newspaper, The Broader Picture ‘Harry Hill’s Hand’  January 2001

Blueprint Magazine, Book review  ‘Cream phaidon October 1998

Blueprint Magazine, Photo Essay and review Artstranspennine 98 June issue1998

‘Martha Meet Frank Daniel and Lawrence’ Banshee productions, 5 paintings used in 

Art Galllery Film released May 1998

Powerhouse UK, contributing photographs in accompanying book Aspen and DTi 

April 1998

Blueprint Magazine, Contributor Y2k and ICA january 1998

Blueprint Magazine, Photo Essay ‘Dark City’ accompanying text Peter Ackroyd1997

BLueprint Magazine, 2nd Prize photography competition re-interpreting the built 

environment Summer issue 1997

Artstranspennine 98, contributing photographs to accompanying book. published

April 1999

 

Published in:Time Out Magazine london between 1999-2002, Blueprint magazine London from1997 The  DAAD Awards 2001, Guardian Space Magazine London between 1998- 2000, The DTI London,  and the Independent Newspaper London, Mute magazine London  2003, Jack Magazine 2003, . Independent on Saturday magazine 2003

 

 

Books Published

“Aishiteru I Love You” Jamie Robinson Photography book 

edited by Michael Mack  published by Immprint, distributed by Art Books 

International Spring 2002 full colour perfect bound hard back  89 colour images

‘Things To do by Age 18”, hard back perfect Bound colour promotional Book for 

VSA partners Chicago (see DAAD Awards Book 2002) published 2001

Brondums Forlag, Guide Book to London published May 1999 20 writers artists

contribution

 

Awards and Scholarships

British Council Scholarship to Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, March 2000

Winner of the Time Out travel photography award 1999

British Council Award for UK 98 Tokyo Japan

Sasakawa Award  for 

Winner of the Blueprint Magazine artist award  of "reinterpreting the built environment"1997

Robert and Susan Summers  Award and Scholarship  USA 3 month scholarship to the USA1993

‘Metro 89’ Art Fest Antwerp Belgium July 1992

“Six Artists in Focus’ london Contemporary Art Fair London January 1988

‘Barclays Bank Young Artist Award’ finalist  Henry moore Galleries London Nov

1988

‘Whitworths Young Contemporaries’, Whitworth Gallery Manchester 1987

 

 

Jamie Robinson has written for and had photographs published in numerous  publications  since 1997 including photographs and text published in Dazed and Confused Magazine February 2006 on Marfa and The Donald Judd Foundation. 

 

Apart from exhibiting paintings and photographs, jamie Robinsonhas worked  freelance for a number of magazines and newspapers  as a photographer: Dazed and Confused, Icon, The independent, The Guardian and  written  art reviews for Blueprint, Contemporary Magazine and The Independent Newspaper as well as  on Global advertising campaigns through Ogilvy New York, for IBM/Linux.  and Hewlett  Packard. He has  work with Getty Images, Photonica and PYMCA

 

Spring 2002 saw his first book “Aishiteru I Love You”  published by Immprint  and distributed by Art Books Interrnational, edited by Michael Mack. shot in  England, Japan  and Australia  over  a period of 3 years and which focused on a cross continental relationship, identity, cultural confluences and   displacement.

 

In October 2005 Jamie Robinson set up Carter Presents an artist led initiative in Hoxton exhibiting emerging and challenging artists who work across the spectrum of fine art from painting, sculpture, installation, lens based media and sound.