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Stuart Robertson

Stuart Robertson

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  • Jamaican, b. 1992 Lives and works in new york, Ny Stuart Robertson’s multimedia practice moves between figuration and abstraction, and...

    Jamaican, b. 1992 

    Lives and works in new york, Ny 

     

    Stuart Robertson’s multimedia practice moves between figuration and abstraction, and includes painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, and installation. His work reflects his own diasporic experience of living between his birthplace of Kingston, Jamaica, and his current home of the United States.
     
    Robertson’s latest works are mixed media portraits depicting scenes drawn from family albums, archives, and social media. He combines acrylic paint with non-traditional materials, including aluminum, insulation foam, bubble wrap, cardboard, and textiles. Robertson’s metallic-skinned subjects embody bling, shine, and glow, and his images of Black life, resplendent and irrepressible, reject distortion, misrepresentation, and erasure.
     
    For Robertson, the Black body is “both vessel and substance,” and each portrait, intimate yet anonymous, “complicates the concept of identity and skin color-as-race.” Says the artist, “In my world, Black skin is durable, weatherproof, conductive, magnetic, flexible, percussive, and indestructible. These lustrous figures offer unusual interactions with images of Blackness and invoke metaphors of the Black body that position skin as much more than an indicator of race.” 
     
    Robertson received his MFA from Stanford University, CA in 2020, MSEd from the University of Pennsylvania in 2018, and BA from Davidson College, NC in 2015. He is a finalist and commended artist in the National Portrait Gallery’s 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and earned a 2019 Cadogan Scholarship from the San Francisco Foundation. Robertson has been artist-in-residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA; Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA; The Space Program, San Francisco, CA; and The Lawrenceville School, NJ, where he has created an installation for the School’s H. Lyals Battle ‘67 and Darrel A. Fitzgerald ‘68 Atrium, in honor of the school’s first Black students. His work is included in the nationally touring exhibition The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today (2022-2024).
     
    Artist CV (PDF)
  • Works
    • Stuart Robertson Self Portrait of the Artist IV: Small Axe, 2024 Aluminum, underlayment, metallic bubble wrap, glitter paper, enamel, and acrylic on wood 49.75 x 49.75 inches, framed
      Stuart Robertson
      Self Portrait of the Artist IV: Small Axe, 2024
      Aluminum, underlayment, metallic bubble wrap, glitter paper, enamel, and acrylic on wood
      49.75 x 49.75 inches, framed
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    • Stuart Robertson The Bearer, Stuart R., 2023 Paper and textiles on wood 13.5 x 13.5 inches, framed
      Stuart Robertson
      The Bearer, Stuart R., 2023
      Paper and textiles on wood
      13.5 x 13.5 inches, framed
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    • Stuart Robertson Eva Ready, Keida C., 2024 Aluminum, textiles, craft paper, acrylic, and sawdust on wood 25 x 25 inches, framed
      Stuart Robertson
      Eva Ready, Keida C., 2024
      Aluminum, textiles, craft paper, acrylic, and sawdust on wood
      25 x 25 inches, framed
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    • Stuart Robertson Bigga Boss, Jodi B., 2024 Aluminum, textiles, and craft paper on wood 25 x 25 inches, framed
      Stuart Robertson
      Bigga Boss, Jodi B., 2024
      Aluminum, textiles, and craft paper on wood
      25 x 25 inches, framed
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    • Stuart Robertson Untitled (His Only Wife), 2022 Aluminum, textiles, paper, insulation foam, bubble wrap and acrylic on wood 25.5 x 25.5 inches, framed
      Stuart Robertson
      Untitled (His Only Wife), 2022
      Aluminum, textiles, paper, insulation foam, bubble wrap and acrylic on wood
      25.5 x 25.5 inches, framed
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    • Stuart Robertson Untitled (Homegoing), 2022 Aluminum, textiles, paper, insulation foam, bubble wrap, glitter foam and acrylic on wood 25.5 x 25.5 inches, framed
      Stuart Robertson
      Untitled (Homegoing), 2022
      Aluminum, textiles, paper, insulation foam, bubble wrap, glitter foam and acrylic on wood
      25.5 x 25.5 inches, framed
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    • Stuart Robertson Keystones and Twenty Threes (Jo & Me 4 Life), 2024 Aluminum, acrylic, enamel, textile, and paper on wood 37.5 x 25.25 inches, framed
      Stuart Robertson
      Keystones and Twenty Threes (Jo & Me 4 Life), 2024
      Aluminum, acrylic, enamel, textile, and paper on wood
      37.5 x 25.25 inches, framed
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    • Stuart Robertson Greatest Grand' of the Cockpit Country, 2024 Aluminum, acrylic, enamel, textile, and paper on wood 37.5 x 25.5 inches, framed
      Stuart Robertson
      Greatest Grand' of the Cockpit Country, 2024
      Aluminum, acrylic, enamel, textile, and paper on wood
      37.5 x 25.5 inches, framed
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  • Exhibitions
    • Stuart Robertson: Bend Di Young Tree

      Stuart Robertson: Bend Di Young Tree

      November 16, 2024 - January 11, 2025
      Haines proudly presents Bend Di Young Tree , an exhibition of new work by Stuart Robertson (b. 1992, Kingston, Jamaica; lives and works in New York, NY). Robertson’s first West...
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    • Material Matters

      Material Matters

      July 19 - August 31, 2024
      Haines Gallery is pleased to present Material Matters , a group exhibition bringing together eight artists whose highly inventive use of materials is central to their practices. The exhibition includes...
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  • News
    • Stuart Robertson Fundraising Exhibition, FLY meet SWAG² meet DRIP: The Legacy of Dandyism in Black and Brown Boyhood Art Like...
      News

      Stuart Robertson
      Fundraising Exhibition

      FLY meet SWAG² meet DRIP: The Legacy of Dandyism in Black and Brown Boyhood
      Art Like Me, Harlem, NY
      Sunday, May 4, 2025
      Stuart Robertson is a featured artist in FLY meet SWAG² meet DRIP: The Legacy of Dandyism in Black and Brown Boyhood , a group exhibition organized by New York-based non-profit...
    • Stuart Robertson New Commission, The Lawrenceville School unveils a new installation by Stuart Robertson honoring the School's first Black students
      News

      Stuart Robertson
      New Commission

      The Lawrenceville School unveils a new installation by Stuart Robertson honoring the School's first Black students
      Stuart Robertson has created a new mixed media installation for The Lawrenceville School's H. Lyals Battle ’67 and Darrell A. Fitzgerald ’68 Atrium in honor of the School's first Black...
    • Stuart Robertson Museum Exhibition, Homecoming: Art by Alumni Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, NC October 12 - December 6, 2023
      News

      Stuart Robertson
      Museum Exhibition

      Homecoming: Art by Alumni
      Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, NC
      October 12 - December 6, 2023
      Homecoming: Art by Alumni is a group exhibition highlighting diverse visual art practices of nine accomplished artists and alumni from Davidson College, including Stuart Robertson . The exhibition recognizes each...
  • Press
  • "Lawrenceville Dedicates Tsai Field House's Battle-Fitzgerald Atrium, Honoring the School's First Black Students," The Lawrenceville School, May 20, 2024

    "Transforming Tradition: Students Help Create Art Installation for the Ages," The Lawrenceville School, April 5, 2024

    "Transforming Tradition: Stewy Robertson '11 Re-Engages Lawrenceville's Legacy through Artistic Vision," The Lawrenceville School, February 20, 2024

    Caroline Roy, “Unique Works, New Works Showcased in ‘Homecoming: Art by Alumni’ Exhibition,” Davidson College, October 30, 2023

    Mark Jenkins, “A portrait competition that stretches the definition of a likeness,” The Washington Post, May 12, 2022

    Meilan Solly, “Portrait of a Covid-Era Haircut Claims First Prize in the Outwin Boochever Competition,” Smithsonian Magazine, April 29, 2022

    Luke Williams, “Forged like metal: Stuart Robertson shines in his first solo exhibition,” C-Ville Weekly, March 2, 2022

    Kathleen J. Sullivan, “Stanford students ‘collapsing distance’ through art,” Stanford University, April 5, 2021

    Lloyd Lee, “One message told 16 ways: Artists behind Black Lives Matter mural in Palo Alto ask what more will be done beyond street art,” Palo Alto Online, July 1, 2020

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