Hamish Robertson


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My practice is grounded in image assemblage. Through an interplay of original and found imagery—presented in photography, collage, painting, and textiles—I construct visual narratives that interweave historical memory and speculative futures. These works engage with the layered nature of representation, where past and future are not fixed but continuously reinterpreted.

At the core of my inquiry is a fascination with the overlooked: residual marks, peripheral spaces, and the tension between natural and constructed environments. Each piece explores the intersection of realism and abstraction, embracing ambiguity as a means of questioning authorship and reframing perceptions of the visual landscape.

English born, I am a graduate of Fine Art from Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland, where I worked across multiple mediums with a focus on memory, coincidence, and authorship. I spent a decade in New York City working as an editor at Vanity Fair and GQ magazines, and have exhibited works at Artists Space and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, Space1520 and Tenoversix in Los Angeles, and at Art Basel Miami.

Between 2010 and 2012 I edited and published the arts journal Afterzine, along with artist’s books under my collaborative publishing imprint, Brown Griffin, with titles are sold in 14 countries. My first photography book, Vacancy, was the recipient of Japan’s Mount Zine Best Photography Book award in 2011.

I live and work in Pasadena, California.


Studio: Vision in Motion
Editor: The Octet
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Education

2002    First-class Honors in Fine Art, Tapestry, Edinburgh College of Art
    Recipient of Andrew Grant Bequest Prize

1999    Diploma in Art & Design, Leeds College of Art


Solo Exhibitions

2018    Pyrite — TRNK Space, New York. NY
2017    Grove House — Tenoversix at Art Basel, Miami, FL
2014    Cannonball — Alias, Los Angeles, CA
2014    Vacation Days — Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
2013    Recent Collages — Mohawk Space, Pasadena, CA


Group Exhibitions

2024   Corita Day Group Show — Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, CA
2017    A Place for Healing — Space15Twenty, Los Angeles, CA
2014    Lef(t) at the Whitney Biennial — Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2012    Postcards from the Edge — Artists Space, New York. NY


Permanent Installations

2002    Cenotaph — Henry David Thoreau Library, Walden Woods, MA
2001    Quinn — Princess Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland


Publications

2016    Junko, London, England
2016    Oak Street, New York. NY
2014    Winter, Berlin, Germany
2012    Afterzine #3, New York. NY
2011    Afterzine #2, New York. NY
2010    Afterzine #1, New York. NY


Collaborations

2019    Forty Five Twn, New York. NY
2018    Tenoversix, Los Angeles, CA
2018    McGuire Moorman, Austin, TX
2015    Aterlier Ace / Ace Hotel, New York, NY
2014    AYR, New York. NY


Awards

2011    Best Independent Photo Book, MountZine Art Book Fair, Tokyo, Japan



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