IONA ROBERTS
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
- 2015: Royal Drawing School:
Offered a full scholarship at The Drawing Year 2015/ 2016 - 2011- 2015: Edinburgh College of Art:
- Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours, Fine Art Painting
- 2016 – 2011: Williamwood High School
ARTIST
- 2024 - January - Exhibited at the London Art Fair with the Compass Gallery
- 2023 - Continuing to Exhibit with Scottish Galleries whom are offering a Solo Show (Dates TBC) - Compass Gallery, Kilmorack Gallery and Newton Mearns Studio Two Six One
- 2023 - Residency Awarded by Royal Drawing School at Dunfries House, Scotland. Commencing October - November
- 2023 - Residency Awarded by Royal Drawing School, Hafod Estate, Wales. Commencing June - July
- 2022 – Dec – Jan 2023 - Compass Winter Show
- 2022 - December - Watercolours Hanging at Gallery Two Six One, Newton Mearns, Glasgow
- 2022 - December - Watercolours Hanging at Bo'ness Firefly Gallery, Scotland
- 2022 - December - Painting hanging at the Arteries Christmas exhibition, Glasgow
- 2022 - January - Shared Painting Residency at Cove Park
- 2021 -Awarded the Open Project Fund by Creative Scotland and by WASPS to stay up at the Shetland Islands in December 2021 to paint and draw
- 2021 – December – Painting on Display until present day at Hyde Park Corner Five Star Hotel. Commissioned by Royal Drawing School
- 2021 – April – 'Her Revolution' exhibited at the Kilmorack Gallery. A series of mixed media drawings.
- 2021 - Drawings exhibited on the online exhibition 'My Normality' in the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
- 2020 – Summer Exhibition -Drawing exhibited at the Royal Academy
- 2020 – Sunday 4th of October - Drawings displayed as part of the ‘Soldiers Tale’. English Chamber Orchestras Tea time concert series
- 2020 – December - Work Selected for an exhibition at Gallerie Sonia Monti, Paris
- 2020 – August – Selection of work on display at the Kilmorack Gallery until present day
- 2020 - Shortlisted for a residency at Hafod Estate, Wales by the Royal Drawing School.
- 2020 - March and April - A selection of work to be exhibited at ‘21st Century Women’ at Clydebank Museum’s Backdoor Gallery
- 2019 – October – A collection of drawings and paintings Displayed at the British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London.
- 2019 – May – Art works exhibited as part of a contemporary Scottish Landscape Painting Exhibition, ASPECT, at the Kelly Gallery, Royal Institute, Glasgow.
- 2019 - Awarded a three-week residency in October at Dumfries House by the Royal Drawing School
- 2018 - November - Work displayed at the Edinburgh Art Fair with the Arusha Gallery
- 2018 - September - Drawings exhibited at the Index Exhibition at Stoke Newington Library Gallery, London
- 2018 - June - Drawings exhibited at the Royal Drawing School Buckingham Palace Fundraising event
- 2018 – May and June – Solo Exhibition at the Compass Gallery
- 2018 – Work Exhibited at the London Art Fair, Compass Gallery
- 2017 - Selected for the Richard Ford prize after presenting concertinas made in Madrid to the Royal Academy
- 2017 – November – Awarded by the Royal Drawing School a three-week residency to Pignano in November
- 2017 -- October -- Received the Richard Ford Award and stayed in Madrid for three weeks, drawing the collection at the Prado Museum
- 2017 - July - Work Exhibited in the exhibition 'Night Tide' at the Arusha Gallery
- 2017 - June - Work Exhibited at the Royal Drawing School Buckingham Palace Fundraising Event
- 2017 – January – Invited and stayed on the Isle of Iona for a residency
- 2017 – January – Work exhibited at the London Art Fair, Compass Gallery
- 2016 - Winner of the Trustees' Prize at the Royal Drawing School 2015-16 End of Year Exhibition
- 2016 – Winner of the Stevenston Painting Award of £5000 at Royal Scottish Academy New Contemporaries Exhibition
- 2015 – Work chosen for FBA Futures in January 2016. Invited to exhibit at the Mall Galleries FBA (Federation of British Artists) Members' favourite graduates of 2015
- 2015 – Awarded RSA New Contemporary, work was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 2016
- 2015 - Awarded Catriona White Prize for Distinction in Drawing from Observed Reality
- 2015 - Compass Gallery Summer Exhibition - Paintings and Drawings chosen to be exhibited alongside artists such as Barbara Rae and Joan Eardley
- 2015 - Compass Gallery's New Generation Show, 9th July to 1st August
- 2015 - Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art
- 2014 (Jul-Aug)- Gallery Attendant – National Portrait Gallery. The responsibility to ensure protection of paintings amongst gallery collection
TUTOR
- 2021 - Present day – Regular Tutor at Glasgow School of Art 'Open Studio' Continuing Education Program. Delivering painting and drawing weekly classes to young adults and continuing education students during Winter, Spring, and Autumn terms as well as the Summer School.
- 2022 – Offered to cover teaching workshops at Gallery Two Six One Newton Mearns in 2023.
- 2017 - 2019 - Royal Drawing School Young Associates Teacher
Leading and Assisting drawing classes in Glasgow for children and teenagers - weekly classes to young adults and continuing education during all teaching terms.
- 2022 – Offered to cover teaching workshops at Gallery Two Six One Newton Mearns in 2023.
- 2014- Sketchbook Workshops – Edinburgh College of Art (2014)
College work chosen to be presented to pupils from Scottish High Schools - 2011-2016- Art Teaching Assistant - Williamwood High School
Led workshops and presented artworks to pupils
- Violin: Played and studied beyond Grade 8, and performed in various orchestras, including as leader until present day. National Youth Orchestra of Scotland (2009-2013), Edinburgh University Symphony and Chamber Orchestras (2011-2014), Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Juniors/Sinfonia (2009-2011), Glasgow Music Festival: 1st place in Violin Solos A (2008), 2nd in Violin Open Class (2011). Nominated as outstanding applicant for WSSO and participated in the Leaders Competition.
References Available on Request
LINKS
- Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, 'My Normality': https://www.mhfestival.com/projects/my-normality/787-iona-roberts-my-normality
- Kilmorack Gallery 'Her Revolution' Press review: https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/art/art-reviews-victoria-crowe-joan-eardley-iona-roberts-3228902
- Kilmorack Gallery Exhibition 'Her Revolution': https://www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/artists/289-iona-roberts/works/?fbclid=IwAR1HO0pVG2GYocCiUc5PgPyBKnnbazy_fRb_QcPrCD_2TJuAO2vWrSBcf7I
- Soldier's Tale: https://bachtrack.com/review-video-stravinsky-soldiers-tale-corkhill-english-chamber-orchestra-october-2020
- Royal Drawing School Lockdown Blog: https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/blog/scottish-artists/
- RA Summer Exhibition: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/summer-exhibition-2020
- Kilmorack Gallery: https://www.kilmorackgallery.co.uk/artists/289-iona-roberts/works/?fbclid=IwAR1HO0pVG2GYocCiUc5PgPyBKnnbazy_fRb_QcPrCD_2TJuAO2vWrSBcf7I
- Compass Gallery: http://compassgallery.co.uk/2015/iona-roberts/
- 'Travels and Translations': http://compassgallery.co.uk/2015/iona-roberts-2/
- Prado Concertinas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVhYEeCMoU&t=5s
- Farewell to Stromness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyVhYEeCMoU&t=5s
- Iona on Iona: https://ionaartresidencies.wordpress.com/?fbclid=IwAR32_Fupw5CAnbrWX2Ak7k0xbuDyP_TngFX2LWzFvFe2tJFH-fFCkTqnbzU
- RSA New Contemporaries: https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/exhibitions/rsa-new-contemporaries-2/
- Edinburgh College of Art Graduate: https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/about/alumni/graduate-profiles/graduate-profile-iona-roberts
- Drawing Year Exhibition: https://royaldrawingschool.org/exhibitions/best-drawing-year-2015-16-christies/
- Drawing Year exhibitionhttps://royaldrawingschool.org/artists/drawing-year-alumni/iona-roberts/
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