RICHARD ROBESCO
(Canadian, b:1953)
Email: RICHARD.ROBESCO@VIDEOTRON.CA
Website: www.richardrobesco.com
BIOGRAPHY:
Richard Robesco was born in Montreal, Quebec, and has been living in the Ottawa-Gatineau region since 1979. A former filmmaker, TV program producer and government executive, Robesco’s current occupation is his art practice. Photography and paint are his main media.
Robesco has had numerous solo and group gallery exhibitions in Canada. Several of his images have received awards and have been published in photobooks and magazines. In 2015, Robesco completed the full-time Diploma Program of the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO). He has had several art residencies in Ontario and Quebec. He is a CAPA-certified photography competition judge and frequent guest speaker. Richard Robesco is also a member of the management board of Daïmôn, an artist-run production centre in Gatineau, Quebec.
EXHIBITS, AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS:
2025
VIDEO (I SEE) : Contact Photography Festival, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto
DOWNFALL 2: Voix Visuelle Gallery, Ottawa
DOWNFALL: Cyanotype print, Finalist, APEX 2025 Competition, SPAO Gallery, Ottawa
VISTAS: Photo Book, Finalist, APEX 2025 Competition, SPAO Gallery, Ottawa
FOREST WALK: Shenkman Arts Centre, Lalande-Doyle Gallery, Ottawa
CYCLES: Shenkman Arts Centre, Lalande-Doyle Gallery, Ottawa
OBLIVION: Espace Pierre-Debain, Gatineau
2024
VISTAS: Contact Photography Festival, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto
VISTAS : Gallery 200, Ottawa
VISTAS: Photo Book, (self-published)
DOWNFALL: Cyanotype print, Art House Café, Ottawa
SCOTLANDIA : Espace Pierre-Debain, Gatineau
SPHERES : Espace Pierre-Debain, Gatineau
2023
SANS OBJET: Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau;
Photobook. Published by Les éditions Cayenne
SCOTLANDIA PhotoEd Magazine: The Land Issue
SHOW IS OVER: SPAO APEX Finalist, Ottawa
MA SOMBRE FACE
CACHÉE : Axe Néo7, Daïmôn Members’ Exhibition, Gatineau
DEEP BEAUTY 2 : Espace Pierre-Debain, Gatineau
2022
SILEX : Axe Néo7, Daïmôn Member’s Exhibition, Gatineau
PICTOPOÉSIE : Bouquinart Gallery, Gatineau
SHOW IS OVER: Maison des Arts de St-Faustin, St-Faustin, QC
SELECTED WORKS: OPAL Magazine, Winter Edition, Ottawa
2021
KARBON Ottawa Art Gallery, BRAVO Exhibition, Ottawa
SELECTED WORKS CONFLUENCES Photobook, published by BRAVO, Ottawa
2020
SUBSEQUENCE: Voix Visuelle Gallery, Ottawa
PICTOPOÉSIE: Bouquinart, Gatineau;
TWILIGHT: OPAL Magazine. Ottawa
SCOTLANDIA: The Green Door, Ottawa; (Solo exhibition)
2019
ORIGINES + : Galerie Montcalm, Gatineau;
ORIGINES: Sentier culturel de Gatineau;
SACRED FOUNTAIN: OPAL Magazine, Ottawa
LEVIATHAN: Voix Visuelle Gallery, Ottawa;
CONTEMPLATIONS: Exposure Gallery, Ottawa; Vistek, Ottawa (solo exhibition)
SELECTED WORKS: A+ Finalist, SPAO, Ottawa
RESIDENCY: Daïmôn Artist Centre, Gatineau.
2018
DisSONANCE: Scotiabank Contact Festival, Queen Street Gallery, Toronto
KARBON: Galerie Art-Image, Gatineau; "Émergence" Exhibition
ORIGINES: Galerie Art-Image / Salle Odyssée, Gatineau
SCOTLANDIA: OPAL Magazine, Ottawa
ISLANDIA: Exposure Gallery, Ottawa; Vistek Gallery, Ottawa; (solo) Happy Goat Café
ABSTRAKT: Maison des Arts de St-Faustin; Happy Goat Café;
DEEP BEAUTY: SPAO Gallery, Canadiana Exhibition, Ottawa; Galerie Bouquinart, Gatineau
REVELATIONS 13: Maison des Arts de St-Faustin, St-Faustin, QC.
SELECTED WORKS: Stillness Exhibition, Gallery 200, Ottawa;
CORPS ÉBLOUIS: Voix Visuelle Gallery, Ottawa
2017
SLAVE HOUSES: Exposure Gallery, Ottawa, Solo Exhibition
ISLANDIA: Happy Goat Café.
DisLOCATION: Exposure Gallery, Ottawa
DistURBANce: Scotiabank Contact Festival, Teacher’s College, Toronto
VERTEX: Galerie Bouquinart, Gatineau
2016
SELECTED WORKS: Ottawa Tennis Club Gallery, Ottawa (Solo Exhibition)
WAR BEACHES: Shenkman Centre for the Arts, AOE Gallery, Ottawa, (Solo Exhibition)
SELECTED WORKS: A+ Competition and Exhibition, Red Wall Gallery at SPAO, Ottawa
REVELATIONS: Scotiabank Contact Festival, Arta Gallery, Toronto
WAR BEACHES: Exposure Gallery, Ottawa. (Solo Exhibition)
2015
DistURBANce: Exposure Gallery, Ottawa.
KARBON: Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Centre. Awarded the Jury Prize, Selections 2015,
City of Ottawa Arts Council. Received the DeSerres Award.
VERTEX: (Orotones) SPAO Open House 2015 Exhibition.
ABSTRAKT: Voix Visuelle Gallery, Ottawa.
SELECTED WORKS: Applied Arts Magazine Exhibition, Toronto. Applied Arts Award;
Henry's Award of Merit; Recipient of the 2015 Sphinx Bursary.
ROOMS OF POWER: SPAO A+ 2015 Exhibit. Ottawa. Received the Best of Show Award.
BLACK HILLS: (Orotone) SPAO A+ 2015 Exhibit. Ottawa.