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Selected one man shows


1991 Ancrum Gallery, Jedburgh
1992 Netherbow Arts Centre, Edinburgh
1994 East Kilbride Arts Centre
1994 David Livingstone Centre, Blantyre (Artist in residence)
1994 Clydesdale Arts Festival (Artist in residence 1994/7)
1996 Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther
1999 Ether Gallery, Southsea
2000 Timespan Gallery, Helmsdale
2000 Maltings Gallery, Farnham
2001 An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis
2002 Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow
2002 An Tuireann, Isle of Skye
2002 McLean Museum, Greenock
2003 An Tobar, Isle of Mull
2006 Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
2007 Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther
2010 Bedales Gallery, Hampshire
2010 Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh

July 2004: Artist in Residence, An Tobar, Isle of Mull; producing seven sketchbooks based on his experiences of the island and its history.

Currently working on collaboration projects with two poets; ‘Message Bundles’ with Jen Hadfield, producing a series of artworks incorporating words and images based on visits to Shetland, and with Donald Murray, producing a series of drawings influenced by his recent ‘Praising The Guga’ poem series.

Cover design of ‘Small Expectations’ by Donald S. Murray, for Two Ravens Press. Publication in March 2010.

Touring exhibition during 1993/4 on the theme of the River Tay, featured two artists Angus McEwan and Douglas Robertson, and two poets, Valerie Gillies and Harvey Holton.

The River Spirits show travelled to Inverness Museum and Art Gallery; Gracefield Art Centre, Dumfries; McLean Museum, Greenock; Netherbow Arts Centre, Edinburgh; Barrack Street Museum, Dundee; and the Balbardie Gallery, Bathgate.

Work in public collections


Inverclyde District Council, East Kilbride District Council, Scottish Fisheries Museum, Clydesdale District Council, Biggar Museums Trust, Calderglen Country Park, Borders Television, Scottish Wildlife Trust, Scottish Poetry Library, Timespan Heritage Centre, Shetland Arts Trust, Dundee University, Glasgow Museums, Ness Historical Society.

Catalogues, Publications, and other media


The Dictionary of Artists in Britain Since 1945 - David Buckman (Ed.) - Art Dictionaries Ltd.
Cover design for Söylesi Üç Aylik Siir Dergisi, Turkey. (International poetry journal) September 2009.
Cover illustration for ‘Praising The Guga’ by Donald S. Murray 2008
Douglas Robertson - Timespan Heritage Centre, 2000
Lines Review 118 - Macdonald Publishers, Edinburgh 1991
Lines Review 124 - Macdonald Publishers, Edinburgh 1993
Mistaken Identities: New Scottish poetry and short stories - B&W, Edinburgh, 1995
Edinburgh Review - Polygon, Edinburgh, 1995
'River Spirits' - Documentary series made for the BBC World Service, and broadcast worldwide, 1994
'Usual Suspects' - Arts Review broadcast by BBC Radio Scotland, 1994. Featured an interview with Douglas Robertson
'Poem Boats' - TV magazine feature about Douglas Robertson and Kevin MacNeill, and broadcast on BBC Scotland’s 'Eorpa', the Gaelic arts programme on Burn's Night 2001