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Robin Finch Pickering



  1. Contact
  2. Artist Statement
  3. CV
  4. Selected Portfolio

Lookout
The Collapsing Department
Unsuitable Housing
Studio sculptures
Bent
Lightning Chair
Lightning Conductor
Painted Tunnel
(Via-a-Duct)
Being A Roof Tile
Never Been Caught
Riodinidae-MetalMarks
Proposals
Hoover
Kites
Free Yard
Stacks
Ashley’s Fit Up
Wooden Insulator (Untitled)
Another Burglar Foiled
How To Get Into University
After Carl Andre’s 144
Mile A Minute
Horn Of Plenty
Cab Rides
Powdered sound
For The Mourning
Conducting Joining
Pour
Roundel Bike
Red of eyes, with coats of silva’
Plane Mask
Clay Horn Flashing In The
Dark
Spinning (Untitled)
Poke Gallery
Untitled (Avocado Suite Insulator)
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Education
  • Graduated from Painting BA (Hons) Full-Time at Camberwell College of Art with First-Class Honours: 13/07/2022
  • Willem De Kooning Academy, Rotterdam Erasmus exchange program Completed
  • UAL level 4 Diploma in Art and Design – Foundation Studies course
Prizes
  • Vanguard Court Studio Award. Awarding one student a rent-free studio for a year and access to university resources. 2022- 23

  • Eaton Fund Recipient. Awarding artists, a grant to pay for the completion of an artwork. 2022

Exhibitions, projects, performances

  • Conditions end of year show, Whitgift centre 2024
  • The Stolen Goods show, U-HAUL Gallery, New York 2024
  • Loss detection film shown at the ICA, London 2024 
  • The Shoe Museum, Co-curated with Stella Pearce, Outhouse gallery, London 2024
  • Lookout, Solo show at Camberwell space, London 2024 
  • Stolen Goods. Group show at Filet gallery, London 2024 
  • Good day, big miss stake. Group show at Kate, Amsterdam 2023
  • Assistant set designer, fabricator, performer and exhibitor, Craqualine album launch, La Maison Des Ensembles. Paris, 2023
  • Valve, Curator and participant. Waterloo, London. 2023
  • Theatrum Mundi Whitechapel Radio Station (WRS) takeover, organiser and performer, Whitechapel Gallery. London, 2023
  • PolyVocalCity festival, participant and organiser. Croydon, 2023
  • South sider 3 magazine launch, exhibition and auction, Venue MOT. London, 2023
  • Ashleys Fit Up commissioned by St Johns church for the Waterloo festival, St Johns church. London, 2023
  • Roam 2, Ashleys Fit Up. SET Woolwich. Performer. London 2023
  • Big Fat talent show, SET Peckham, performer. London 2023
  • Rites of Spring, group show, Lewisham Arthouse. London 2023.
  • Cozy Ganza, Avalon Café. London 2023.
  • Theatrum Mundi Poly Vocal City- Restaging Croydon. London, 2023.
  • Fireworks ||, Jack Dove with Shop Floor. Ormside, London 2022.
  • Re- opening of St John church, Ashley’s Fit Up Supporting Bones and The Aft. Musical performance. Waterloo, London 2022.
  • Part of the festival for Chiara Ambrosio’s Raft: A Fragile Display, Ashley’s Fit Up, Horse Hospital. Musical performance. Russel Square, London 2022.
  • Degree show. Camberwell, London 2022.
  • Group show at Southwark Park Galleries, London 2022.
  • Wish I was There touring exhibition: London Waterloo Station – 19 July – 1 Aug, Reading Station – 2 Aug – 8 Aug, Liverpool Lime Street Station – 9 Aug – 15 Aug, Leeds Station – 16 Aug – 22 Aug, Glasgow Central Station – 22 Aug – 29 Aug. 2021.
  • I’m Making this for the Rat that lives under my oven. Big Rat Studios, online 2020.
  • Virtually anywhere exhibition. Willem de Kooning Academy, online 2020. Distance.
  • Group exhibition, Willem De Kooning Academy Red Floor Gallery. Rotterdam, Holland 2020.
  • Group exhibition at the Southwark Park Lake Gallery, London 2020.
  • Assisting organisation of community project in Sydenham ‘Brasted Close Show’ with help from Lewisham Council and Lewisham Council Land Trust. London 2020.
  • Ourhaus festival, Performer and organiser. Camberwell, London 2019.
  • Bauhaus 100 festival project, Performing during the opening of the new Bauhaus Museum. Dessau, Germany 2019.
  • Free Yard. Group exhibition and collaborations, Notting Hill, London 2019.
  • Informal residency, Free Yard. Notting Hill, London 2019. Freelands foundation talk, Camden, London 2019.
  • Group exhibition, Fox and Firkin, Lewisham, London 2019.
  • Collaborative exhibition, Poke Gallery, Camberwell, London 2019.
  • Group exhibition Camberwell painting end of 1st year show. Steering committee member and participant. Camberwell College of Arts, London 2019.
  • Group exhibition at The Flying Dutchman, Camberwell, London 2018.
  • Group exhibition Camberwell Foundation end of year show, Camberwell College of Arts, London 2018.

Upcoming shows
  • Of Noise, Lateworks - 2025
Workshops
  • Lookout. Secret creature club, in collaboration with Martin Osman and Lyndhurst Primary school. 2024
  • Unsuitable housing, run by Robin Finch Pickering with SpringHill community hub.2024
  • 14th February Lookout. Continued Culture Mating, in collaboration with John Costi and MA fine art. 2024
  • Memory chain Workshop, run by Robin Finch Pickering with Fine art, Camberwell college of arts. 2024
  • Tricking superstitions, in collaboration with Bert Mclean and Illustration,
  • Remote Viewing/Secrets of the Wharf in collaboration with Evie Berwick.2024

Upcoming published texts
Mary Peter and an Oyster named Sue, Pavements, Published by Topsafe – 2024

Talks
In conversation with Prof Daniel Sturgis, London 2024 
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