 You are invited to the preview of
Murray Robertson
Uncharted 1985-2025:
Printmaking, Maps & Travels
Preview: Friday 07 February, 6-8pm
Exhibition Runs: 08 February - 22 March 2025
Glasgow Print Studio First Floor Gallery
"In the etchings, woodcuts and paintings of Murray Robertson a sense of the alchemical conversion of brute experience into a poetry of the world is restored. The works are enigmatic, absurd, violent and melancholic in turns, yet they are vivid reminders to us of the irreducible strangeness and wonder which attend our place in this world. They offer us a vision of ‘reality’ which is many-layered; rationally disobedient and symbolically proliferous, thus is a reality in which the spirit and the imagination may live fuller lives." - John Calcutt, 1993.
Glasgow Print Studio presents an exhibition featuring works from Murray Robertson’s years at Glasgow Print Studio, following the development of his practice as punctuated and influenced by the range of national and international printmaking projects, residencies and exchanges he has undertaken over the past four decades.
Delving into Robertson's artistic journey, the exhibition and accompanying catalogue traces his evolution as a printmaker through a diverse range of techniques. Uncharted 1985 - 2025 highlights the profound influence of his extensive travels, from the vibrant cultures of Japan, Mexico and India, to the remote landscapes of the Scottish Highlands and Islands, on his artistic vision.
Murray Robertson is a highly respected artist and Master Printer at Glasgow Print Studio. He studied at Glasgow School of Art and maintains an interest in traditional fine art and printmaking. Originally working as the Lithographic Studio Printer at GPS, Robertson now concentrates on the research, development and application of new technologies, specifically digital imaging and printing. This influences his current professional practice in the role of Master Printer, managing the Digital Imaging Suite and disseminating that knowledge to others and as an individual artist.
His work is influenced by cartography and nature, specifically diagrammatic representations of nature and iconography, drawing on natural history textbooks, maps, scientific and technical drawing, and cultural icons.
Robertson has exhibited widely in the UK and across the globe, in the USA, Japan, and Finland. He has been awarded numerous residencies, such as at the Sir JJ School of Art in Mumbai, India, and at the International Symposium on Digital Printmaking in Mexico. In 2017 Robertson was elected a Member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts.
A 56pp catalogue accompanies the exhibition.
Exhibition open 10am - 5.30pm, Tuesday - Saturday. Entry is free.
Images: Details (cw) from: A Tale Too Slow II, digital print with hand-colouring, 2023. Astronomical Theory, hand-coloured etching, 1992. Where Angels Fear To Tread hand-coloured etching 1989. Crucible, screenprint, 2013. Murray Robertson in his studio, January 2025. Courtesy the Artist and Glasgow Print Studio.
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