Roger Watt

Biography

Following a successful career in London and New York as an art director and photographer in international publishing, Roger Watt now exhibits his drawings and work to commissions in North America and Europe.

Education

1966-70 Watford School of Art, UK

Publications

2011 Emotions of Railway Art, Guild of Railway Artists, UK
2010 Artists Of British Columbia Volume 2, Leighdon Gallery, Vancouver
2010 International Contemporary Artists, In.Co. Artists, New York, USA
2010 International Railway Artists, Artbox, Japan
2006 The Art Book, London, UK
2004 The Art Book, London, UK
2004 Along Artistic Lines, National Railway Museum, UK

Exhibitions

2017 Winter Show, The Plus One Gallery, London
2016 New Gallery Opening Exhibition, The Plus One Gallery, London
2015 The Beauty of Paper, The Plus One Gallery, London
2015 Solo Show, TheGeorge Billis Gallery, New York
2015 Winter Show, The Plus One Gallery, London
2015 Artists of the Year 2014, Curator Gallery, New York
2014 Industrial Beauty, The George Billis Gallery, New York
2014 Verisimiltude (curated by Ethan Karp), Curator Gallery, New York
2014 Solo Show, O K Harris Gallery, New York
2012 Summer Show, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver
2012 Expanding Horizons, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver
2011 Surface Appearances, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver
2011 Emotions of Railway Art, National Railway Museum, UK
2011 Spring Seven, Federation Gallery, Vancouver
2010 AIRS (Annual International Representational Show), Federation Gallery, Vancouver
2010 The Drawing Room, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver
2010 Bellingham Railway Museum, WA
2010 Capturing the Canadian Spirit, Federation Gallery, Vancouver
2010 The Small Painting Salon, Federation Gallery, Vancouver
2010 Still Life, Federation Gallery, Vancouver
2010 Landscapes, Federation Gallery, Vancouver
2009 The Jurors’ Choice, Ferry Building Gallery
2009 A Common Surface, Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver
2009 The Art of Realism, Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver
2008 West Coast Railway Association ‘Steamfest’, Squamish
2004 Along Artistic Lines, National Railway Museum, York, UK
2003 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK
2002 With Turner Prize sculptor Roger Hiorns, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2002 With Turner Prize sculptor Roger Hiorns, Corve Mora Gallery, London, UK
1996 East Anglian Gallery, UK, 1996

Illustration

2010 Aritzia Store Group, Vancouver
2010 Golf Monthly Magazine, UK
2009 GQ Magazine, UK
2008 Esquire Magazine, UK
2007 Belvedere Vodka, UK
2006 Asda Store Group, UK

Career

1994 – 2011
art consultant for Hallmark Cards, Bentley Publishing Group of California; drawing tutor, lecturer on illustration and the creative industry, UK: London, Cambridge; West Vancouver Arts & Cultural Services, North Vancouver Arts Council & Capilano University where I also sat on the external advisory board to the IDEA programme

1987 – 1994
Publishing director of Athena International, one of Europe’s largest and most innovative contemporary art publishing companies, emerging creative talent projects with the Arts Council of Great Britain, judge for The Fuji Student Awards and Billboard Album Cover of the Year.

1970 – 1987
Award winning international magazine art director, London & New York; car & landscape photographer for books, magazines and brochures; freelance art director for books and album sleeves (including Queen ll); judge for the British Association of Illustrators