Robert Soden

Robert Soden makes paintings of places that people live, work and play and is best known for his paintings of the post-industrial city. His affectionate observations of unloved areas often make the viewer take a second look and see them anew. He grew up on a small farm in Somerset and his love of painting cities stems from his work as a landscape painter. He has undertaken many commissions and regularly works in London and Italy.

1979-82 MA (RCA) Painting, Royal College of Art, London
1975-78 BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting (First Class Hons.), Birmingham Polytechnic

RECENT ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2018 Leisurelands, Globe Gallry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (May-June)
2012 Signs of the Times, curated by Shirley Wheeler, Design Gallery, Sunderland
2012 An Artist’s Perspective, curated by David Hockney, PaintingSunderland, Sunderland
2012 In all Lights, curated by Bob Allies (Allies and Morrison Architects) and Jill Franklin, FRSA, PaintingSunderland, Sunderland
2011 Under Construction curated by Professor Stephen Farthing, University of the Arts, London, PaintingSunderland, Sunderland
2011 Tunnel Vision, Bede’s World Gallery, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear
2011 Turning the Tide, East Durham Community College, Peterlee, Co Durham and tour
2010 Urban Delight, BayArt Gallery, Cardiff
2008 Travelogue, Queens Hall Gallery, Hexham, Northumberland
2007 Sunderland City of Glass, National Glass Centre, Sunderland
2006 Sea, Red Box Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2006 My Sunderland–Part 2, curated by Chris Mullin MP
2006 My Sunderland–Part 1, curated by Professor Peter Fidler, Vice-Chancellor, University of Sunderland
2005 Seasonal Weather for the Time of Year, curated by Bob Johnson, TTTV’s
‘weatherman’, PaintingSunderland, Sunderland
2005 A Good Eye for a Picture, curated by William...