Lightsome Distance, 2025
Born in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland, in 1953, Robert Armstrong lives and works in Dublin, and is represented by the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, also in Dublin. He is a Founder Member of Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin and was Head of Painting at the National College of Art & Design (NCAD) from 2002 until his retirement in 2018, having taught at the college since 1991. He has exhibited regularly in Ireland and abroad. His work is included in many private and public collections and has been the subject of essays by writers including Aidan Dunne, Declan Long, Jonathan Stevenson and Colm Tóibín. Robert Armstrong - a major publication by DÜRER|EDITIONS was published in 2023.
Recent exhibitions
2024 Artists Picks, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen with Ivan Andersen, Dexter Dalwood, Anna Bjerger, Robert Armstrong, Peter Linde Busk, Shannon Bool, AK Dolven, Aksel Ree, Emily Gernild, Martha Hviid, Per Bak Jensen, Vladimir Tomić, John Kørner, Jo Hedegaard, Jonathan Meese Guõny Guõmundsdóttir, Eva Schlegel, Katharina Grosse, Caitlin Lonegan, Erik Steffensen, Daniel Richter, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Gerben Mulder, Janaina Tschäpe, Tal R, Inès van den Kieboom.
Art Rotterdam, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery with Robert Armstrong, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Mark Swords.
RHA Annual Exhibition Invited artist. RHA Gallery, Dublin
2023 After Mountains, More Mountains, (solo) Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin.
Art Rotterdam, Kevin Kavanagh Gallery with Robert Armstrong, Stephanie Deady, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh.
2022 Övergång, Robert Armstrong, Anna Bjerger, Petra Lindholm, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Bella Rune, Kathy Tynan. Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin.