Artist Talk: Ro Robertson
06 Sep 2025 - 06 Sep 2025
Join artist Ro Robertson in the gallery for an exciting talk about their work. Robertson, whose work is featured in the exhibition Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes, will speak about their work and practice. Forbidden Territories features their painting, ‘Two Moons Colliding’, and nine sculptures, made from welded steel, marine paint, sea and rain water, chalk, oil stick, graphite, rocks and ropes all created in 2024. Inspired by Ithell Colquhoun, also featured in the exhibition, the coastal landscape, queerness and their family history of shipbuilding, this is an exciting opportunity to learn from the artist in the company of their work!
About the artist
Ro Robertson (they/them) (b. 1984, Sunderland, UK) is a contemporary artist based in West Cornwall. Robertson’s practice spans sculpture, drawing, painting and video, mediums through which they explore the boundaries of the human body and its environment.
Recent exhibitions include The Ribs Begin to Rise, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland; Sea State, a two-person exhibition with Maggi Hambling, Wolterton Hall, Norfolk; Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes, The Hepworth Wakefield, touring to The Box, Plymouth and Museum Arnhem, Netherlands later in 2025; and Modern Thresholds: Ro Robertson, Tate St Ives, until December 2025. Recent group exhibitions include Dreaming of Home, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York; TRICKSTER FIGURES at MK Gallery, Milton Keynes; and WINK WINK at Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Rossendale.