Robert O'Rorke

When I graduated from the Royal College of Art I was painting large abstract paintings. However I was always fascinated in the potential of paint to create illusions, particularly the illusion of space and depth, so I started painting figuratively again. But coming from a background of abstraction, the paintings had to also be a balancing act between form and colour. Besides my own work I have also worked as a paintings conservator and taught art in adult classes as well as summer schools.
Commissions have included two large oils for Nottingham Council for their new Council Chamber. In 2006 I was artist in residence at Garsington Opera.
My work is in the collections of Lindblad Travel, Paris Blues, Nottingham Council and Hammersmith Hospital.
Bridgeman Images holds forty one images of my work.

Byam Shaw School of Art
Royal College of Art

My most recent one man show in London has been at the Piers Feetham Gallery, London in October 2020. Since partly moving to the country I have had two exhibitions in the biannual Wylye Valley Art Trail - the most recent in 2023. Mixed exhibitions include the International Art Fair Los Angeles, International Art Fair Strasbourg, London Art Fair Islington, Royal Academy, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Laing Art Exhibition, Business Vernissage Vienna, Singer and Friedlander Watercolour Competition, Brighton Art Gallery, Marble Hill House, Midland Group Gallery, Leighton House, Aldeburgh Festival, and Outside the White Cube.