Photo by Jorge Arenas
Robin Hill Fine Art
Robin Hill Fine Art features the collected artworks from renowned architectural photographer, Robin Hill.
Hill invokes his observation and intuition as he straddles the boundaries between architecture, art and design. He likes to view his artistic process as a metaphorical tripod, whereby each leg represents the three areas of his interest: One for architecture, one for design and one for art that all integrate within the camera that sits on top of the tripod. It is there that the magic happens and the alchemy begins.
Inspired by a wide variety of sources that include the rigor of architect Mies van der Rohe, the free-flowing improvisations of Miles Davis, to the ancient Shamanic traditions of the Qu’ero nation, Hill freely and effortlessly combines these eclectic inspirations to create artworks that are uniquely his own.
The collected series of seven galleries include ‘Poet of Chance’ - a story of spontaneous creation featuring ‘Rosetta - The Red Scarf’ and her adventures across the globe. ‘The Genesis Series’ - a performance art drawing project in collaboration with the extraordinary artist, Jim LoParo and ‘Thee Folks of Lore’ - a series of organic portraits inspired by Hill’s journey and eventual ordainment as a Shaman of the Qu’ero nation. ‘Side by Side’ brings together two of the most iconic houses of the 20th century: The Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe and the Glass House by Philip Johnson whereas ‘God is in the details’ explores the nature of materials and the necessity of perspective.
Robin Hill Photographer
Born and raised in Nottingham, England (home of namesake, Robin Hood), Hill began his career in 1987 in the most inauspicious way by taking pictures of toddlers in department stores across London. He didn’t know at that stage that one day his work would be shown at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and Bilbao, as well as MoMA and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum or grace the pages of the world’s leading publications such as Vanity Fair, Architectural Digest and Elle Decor.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Farnsworth House – Side by Side Curated by Hilary Lewis - Farnsworth House + The Glass House
2015 Seagram Building – Four Seasons – Side by Side: The Glass Houses of Philip Johnson + Mies van der Rohe – Curated by Hilary Lewis
2013 Coral Gables Museum – The Glass House – Curated by Hilary Lewis
2010 University of Miami School of Architecture – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Florida Southern College. Curated by Jean -Francois LeJuene and Jacob Brillhart
2009 Charles Cowles Gallery New York – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Florida Southern College
2006 Lurie Fine Art Gallery Miami – MiMo and Beyond
2005 Design Within Reach Miami – ‘Le Corbusier – Villa La Savoye’
2005 Pthalo Gallery Miami – Waterworks
2005 Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale – Going, Going, Gone? Mid Century Modern architecture in Broward County
2005 Museum of Florida History – Tallahassee – Mid Century Modern Architecture in South Florida
2003 Britto Central – Song of Light Dance of Shadow
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2019 MOMA -Lincoln Kirstein Modern Curated by Jodi Hauptman and Samantha Friedman
2018 Side by Side -The Gallery Club – Dupont Building, Miami. Organized by Gili Crouwel
2017 Casa de Vidro – Sao Paulo – The Glass House
2014 Coral Gables Museum – Toward the New Millenium. Curated by Beth Dunlop
2012 Harold Golen Gallery – MiMo
2010 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao– Frank Lloyd Wright from within outward. Curated by David van der Leer + Maria Nicanor
2009 Guggenheim Museum New York – Frank Lloyd Wright from within outward, Crated by David van der Leer + Maria Nicanor
2008 Kreeger Museum Washington DC – ‘The Architecture of Philip Johnson’ Curated by Hilary Lewis
2008 DCOTA – Waterworks and other stories
2007 Lurie Fine Art Gallery Miami – Waterworks
2003 Museum of Science, Miami “MiMo / Pthalo, Miami “Waterworks Series” /Miami International Airport, Miami “MiMo”/ Art Temple, Miami Beach “MiMo” /Artopia, Miami Beach “The Motels of Biscayne Blvd” /Steven Watt Gallery, Miami Motel “MiMo” / Susane R Gallery, Miami “MiMo” / Art Miami, Miami “The Carillon Hotel” / Dot 51, Miami “Song of Light, Dance of Shadow” /Gusman Theater, Miami “Dance for Life” / Trinity Cathedral, Miami “MiMo” / 2003 Art Serve, Fort Lauderdale “MiMo”
2002 Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY “New Hotels for Global Nomads”/ Municipal Art Society, New York, NY “Beyond the Box” Curated by Donald Albrecht
SELECTED LECTURES:
2017 University of Georgia – Mid Century Modern Architecture
2016 Sarasota Design Conference AIA – Keynote address on Architecture + Photography
2015 Creative Mornings Miami – ‘Chance’
2014 Leica Lounge – The Red Scarf + other stories
2014 Wolfsonian Museum – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Florida Southern College
2012 University of Miami – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Florida Southern College
2012 Pecha Kucha Miami
2010 Miami Museum of Science – Miami Modern Architecture
SELECTED AWARDS:
2015 AIA Florida Architectural Photographer of the Year
2011 AIA Miami Architectural Photographer of the Year
2010 Nominee Black + White Spider awards
2010 Stars of Design Photography award from DCOTA
2006 Architectural nominee International Color Photography awards
2004 Miami Design Preservation League award
2002 Print Magazine Photo awards
1999 Miami Herald Tropical Best Photo
1999 Photo Essay of the Year. Florida Magazine Association
1996 Popular Photography – Your Best Shot
1995 Popular Photography – Zoom photo of the year
PHOTOGRAPHY IN BOOKS
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY:
2016 PROVENANCE – Icon Bay for The Related Group
2016 PROVENANCE – One Ocean/Marea for The Related Group
2011 “The Glass House by Philip Johnson” published by Rizzoli
2010 “Miami Architecture Guide” by Allan Shulman, Randall Robinson and Jeff Donnelly published by University of Florida Press
2007 “The Glass House” published by Assouline
2007 “The Glass House” published by Pentagram
2006 Prologue to Greatness – The story of the Carnival Center – Herald Publishing
2004 MiMo: Miami Modern Revealed – Chronicle Books
1999 National Geographic Traveler Guide to Miami and the Keys – National Geographic Publications
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHY:
2019 Garden Design Review -teNeus
2017 Hughesumbanhowar Architects – Design Media Publishing
2017 Arquitectonica – Rizzoli by Alastair Gordon
2013 Landscape Architecture Now – Taschen
2012 “The Library of Philip Johnson” by Birch Cooper and Jordan Hruska published by Birch Books
2011 “The Tropical Modern Home” by Raul Barreneche published by Rizzoli\
2012 The Library of Philip Johnson – Birch Books
2011 The Tropical Modern Home – Rizzoli
2011 The Glass House – Rizzoli
2010 Florida Southern College – University Press Florida
2010 Miami Transformed – University of Pennsylvania Press
2007 Designing the Good Life, Norman Giller and Miami Modernism – University Press Florida
2007 The Glass House – Pentagram
MAGAZINE CREDITS:
Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair (UK), Wallpaper*, Elle Décor, Architectural Record, Architect Magazine, W Magazine, Vogue, Architectural Digest Mexico, Architectural Digest Germany, Modernism, Azure, Harper’s Bazaar, National Geographic Traveler, ISLANDS, Inside Out, Ocean Drive, Home Miami, Home Fort Lauderdale, TROPIC, The New York Times, Financial Times, Popular Photography, Shutterbug, Conde Nast Traveller (UK) American Way, SKY, Florida Travel + Life, GQ (Japan), Vanity Fair (Spain), L’Arcadizioni – Italy, Shanghai Wanchuang Culture Media – China, BOB – South Korea, Photo District News, Garden Design, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Inside Out, L’Arca, Modern, PLUM, Maru Interiors – Taiwan, Gestalten – Germany, Conde Nast Traveler
TV CREDITS:
2005 – 2008 Host for EMMY award-winning PBS Series ‘ART 360’
MOVIE CREDITS:
2005 ‘Where the Truth Lies’ Directed by Atom Egoyan with production design by Philip Barker. Photographs of mid-century modern architecture used to create set design.
