Robert Powell b. 1985
Overview
Library of the Blind or Memory of Babel, 2020, etching and watercolour, edition of 6
Robert Powell attended Edinburgh College of Art and has exhibited in the UK, Canada and Japan, undertaken residencies in Japan and has received numerous awards including the SSA Deloitte Award (2015), the SSA Engramme Exchange (2013) and the RSA Benno Schotz Award (2011).
Powell's minutely detailed etchings and sculptures often depict satirical and dark humoured scenes, referencing art history, literature and modern society.
Exhibitions
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Robert Powell
Phantom Things 30 Oct - 28 Nov 2020 EdinburghA highly scholarly body of work, Phantom Things both intellectually and visually identifies the oddly dystopian future we face as a result of our constant need to collect and consume....Read more -
The Print Show
13 Jan - 8 Feb 2020 EdinburghThe Print Show presented an annual exhibition of Scottish printmaking, featuring three centuries of etchings, drypoint, woodcuts and lithography. Exhibited artists included: Sir Muirhead Bone, James Mcbey, Gerald Brockhurst, Robert...Read more -
Robert Powell
Between the Lost Places 20 Jul - 3 Sep 2018 EdinburghPowell’s minutely detailed etchings and sculptures often depict satirical and dark humoured scenes, referencing art history, literature and modern society. Between The Lost Places is a meditation on real and...Read more
