Geoff Robertson

Geoff Robertson is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York City with a focus in experimental photography, sculpture, industrial design, and interactive installations. With a creative output that is driven both by a self-taught background in the arts and a formal education in human factors and applied cognitive psychology, his work welcomes interaction and challenges the viewer’s notions of technical possibility. Robertson’s work has been exhibited in multiple group and solo shows across the US East Coast, as well as a virtual performing arts venue of his own development in the Metaverse. His current practice explores themes of material waste, networks and connections, and the natural world. By incorporating custom design and self-engineered props and apparatuses, he creates surreal, luminous, and often whimsical works that have been described as “intriguing and illusionary”.

Skills

Digital Photography

Video Production

Animation Production

Woodworking 

Construction

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Programming and Development

(microcontrollers, Arduino IDE / C++, Decentraland SDK / Typescript, Tiny ML)

Artist Representation

Geoff is currently represented by Catalyst Contemporary, Baltimore, MD

Exhibitions

2022 - Group Exhibition, Remnants of a Mystical World, Catalyst Contemporary, Baltimore, MD

2022 - Web3 Exhibition, Things In Pairs, The Chockablock (virtual performing arts venue), Decentraland

2020 - Solo Exhibition, Orchestrations, Full Circle Fine Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2018/19 - Group Exhibition, Creatives Behind the Bmore Creatives, Dooby’s Cafe, Baltimore, MD

Other 

2022 - Founder and Developer of The Chockablock, a virtual performing arts venue in Decentraland. Launched with opening exhibit Things In Pairs, February 2022 https://play.decentraland.org/?island=I3avny&position=-130%2C20&realm=dg

2022 - Director of Photography and Lighting, for music video of Rain Worthington’s “Balancing on the Edge of Shadows”, performed by violinist Audrey Wright and pianist Yundu Wang. Featuring custom, self-built “Illumilith”, a sound-responsive light installation https://youtu.be/rLTP6ywd6aE

2018 - Photographer, Washingtonian “Tech Titans” feature, October 2018 issue

2010-2022 - User Experience Specialist / Researcher, Hobsons, Discovery Education, Chockablock, LLC, Aquent / Vitamin T. Seminar Creator / Presenter, Neilsen Norman Group (2018-22). Course Creator / Lecturer, University of Maryland, “The UX Analysis of Emerging Technologies'' (2020-21). Extensive experience working within the blockchain / crypto / decentralized space.

Interviews and Articles

https://magazine.ephimera.com/geoff-robertson-and-the-halo-machine/

https://bmoreart.com/event/orchestrations

https://www.notaligne.com/blogs/news/profile-photographer-geoff-robertson

https://open.spotify.com/episode/78omaksWMq9gO60MTFN71Y?si=a0c124c4a34d447f&nd=1

Publications

Blog article on Things In Pairs album artwork photoshoot: https://www.geoffrobertson.me/innovations/things-in-pairs

Blog article on The Halo Machine: https://www.geoffrobertson.me/innovations/the-halo-machine

How-To article on accessing The Chockablock in Decentraland: https://www.geoffrobertson.me/innovations/the-chockablock

Education

University of South Carolina – Bachelor of Arts, 2006 in Experimental Psychology

George Mason University – Master of Arts, 2010 in Human Factors / Cognitive Psychology