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Photo by Jorge Arenas

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.

 

Press

Architectural Digest

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE’S FARNSWORTH HOUSE AND PHILIP JOHNSON’S GLASS HOUSE ARE PAIRED IN A NEW EXHIBITION

A new photo exhibition juxtaposes famous glass houses, highlighting the striking similarities—and differences—between two of today’s most celebrated works of domestic architecture.“They’re opposites, but they’re not opposites,” says Miami-based photographer Robin Hill.

Wallpaper*

INTERSTITIAL FOCUS: ROBIN HILL’S ’SIDE BY SIDE’ PHOTOGRAPHS TO SHOW IN NEW YORK

Contemporary architecture is expected to be photogenic, but rarely do photographers make a comparative analysis of what’s before the lens. ‘Side by Side’ features Robin Hill’s photographs of

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Archdaily

EXHIBITION: SIDE BY SIDE: PHILIP JOHNSON’S GLASS HOUSE AND MIES VAN DER ROHE’S FARNSWORTH HOUSE

Side by Side is an exhibition by photographer Robin Hill that explores the similarities and differences between two of America’s most iconic houses. The Glass House by Philip Johnson and The Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe. Through a series of dyptychs, Mr. Hill’s lens explores both the geometry of the structures and their place in the environment