Hamish Robertson

I’m an artist, photographer, designer, and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. English born, I am a graduate of Fine Art from Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland, where I worked in various mediums, with a focus on memory, coincidence, and authorship.

Following graduation I moved to New York City and worked as an art director and editor at Vanity Fair, GQ, and CITY magazines, and exhibited artwork at NYC’s Artists Space and Whitney Museum of American Art and London’s KK Outlet. I edit and publish artist’s books under my publishing imprint, Brown Griffin and my titles are sold in a dozen countries. My photography book, Vacancy, was the recipient of Japan’s Mount Zine Best Photography Book award in 2011.

Since moving to Los Angeles I have resumed my personal studies, currently exploring themes encompassing nature, texture, perception, and geometry.

Edinburgh College of Art (1999 - 2002)
BA (Hons) Fine Art, First Class Honors
Recipient of the 2002 Andrew Grant Travel Award for excellence.

Leeds College of Art (1998 - 1999)
Foundation Diploma in Art & Design

Gold & State
Nov. 8, 2014 - Jan. 9, 2015
Matters of Space, Los Angeles, CA

Defeating the Object (with CPI at the 2014 Whitney Biennial)
March 7, 2014 - May 25, 2014
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY

The Future Desert
June 1, 2014 - Aug. 30, 2014
Tenoversix, Los Angeles
Recent prints from the Future Desert series.

Cannonball
Feb. 7, 2014 - Feb. 20, 2014
Alias Gallery, Los Angeles
New works on paper.

The Future Desert
Dec. 5, 2013 - Feb. 28, 2014
Mohawk, Pasadena
Introducing new works on paper at Mohawk Pasadena and Mohawk Silverlake. Shared exhibition with ceramicist Victoria Morris.

Afterzine
Sept. 2, 2010 - Sept. 16, 2010
KK Outlet, London
Launch exhibition for Issue One of my arts journal, Afterzine.

Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS Benefit
Oct. 29, 2003 - Nov. 13, 2003
Artists Space, New York
Exhibited mixed-media postcards alongside David Bowie, and others, at the storied Artists Space gallery.