Robert D. Bottom. RUA                                            

 Royal Ulster Academician                                          

+44 (0)7786 338226 (mob)

robertdbottom@hotmail.com  

EXHIBITIONS                                      ONE-MAN SHOWS

1972                                                     The Manor Gallery, Royston, Cambridge

1977 + 1987                                         Ulster Arts Club Gallery, Belfast

1979                                                     Queens University, Belfast

1991 + 2003                                         Cavehill Gallery, Belfast

1991                                                     The Oriel Gallery, Dublin

1992                                                     Yeats’ Memorial Gallery, Sligo

1992-95                                               Orla Celtic Art, New York

1994/95                                                Guinness Gallery, Dublin

1995                                                     Shambles Gallery, Hillsborough, Co. Down, N.I.

1996                                                     One Oxford Street Gallery, Belfast

2000/01                                                Gallery 148, Holywood, Co. Down, N.I.

2000                                                     Upfront Gallery, Penrith, Cumbria

2002                                                     Newtown Gallery, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

2003                                                     Davison Gallery, Holywood, Co. Down, N.I.

2005                                                     Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast

  GROUP SHOWS

1973/4 + 2005/06                                 Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast

1980-99                                                Ulster Arts Club, Belfast

1986– present                                       Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast

1990-96                                                Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

1990                                                     Christie’s Fine Art Sale, Belfast

1990-2003                                            Cavehill Gallery, Belfast

1991                                                     The Mall Galleries, London

1992                                                     Winner of the Laing Painting Competition (N.I. section)

1992-93                                                Mistral Gallery, Dover Street, London

1993-2003                                            Guinness Gallery, Dublin

1993-95                                                Bell Gallery, Belfast

1995-96                                                Fairfax Gallery, Tonbridge Wells, Kent

1997-98                                                Bank Street Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent

1997-2001                                            Straid Gallery, Ballycare, Co. Antrim

1999-2000, 2006                                  Boyle Festival, Co. Roscommon, Eire

2000-01                                                Eakin Gallery, Belfast

2000-02                                                Bembridge Gallery, Isle of Wight, U.K.

2003-present                                         Clifden Gallery, Connemara, Eire

2000-03                                                Mullan Gallery, Belfast

2000-05                                                Gallery 148, Holywood, Co. Down, N.I.

2004-present                                         Red Rag Gallery, Stow-on-the Wold, U.K.

2006-present                                         Gormley’s Gallery, Belfast & Dublin

2006-present                                         Island Irish Art, Coleraine, N.I.

2007                                                     Walker Galleries, Harrogate

2007                                                     Brownstone Gallery, Modbury, Devon

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Allied Irish Bank, Dublin              Europa Hotel, Belfast                              Belfast City Council

Dept of Environment, Belfast        Public Records Office, Belfast                Ulster Bank, Belfast

Dunadry Inn, Co. Antrim             Stormont Govt. Offices                           Ulster Museum, Belfast 

First Trust Bank, Belfast              United Drug Co., Dublin                          I.B.E.C., Dublin

AWARDS & COMMISSIONS

Arts Council Travel Award to New York for 1992 Exhibition, and to Philadelphia 2002

The National Self Portrait Collection, Limerick, Eire, 1996

Artist-in-Residence, and onboard exhibitions for Voyages of Discovery

(including Mediterranean, Baltic & Caribbean cruises) 1997–present