1976: Born Glasgow, Scotland
1994-98: BA(Hons) Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
2003-04: PGDip Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London

Solo Exhibitions:

2007:
- Edge of the Superstructure, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Berlin

2005:
- Perfect Vacuum, Wilkinson Gallery, London
- Beyond, Monitor Gallery, Rome
- Robert Orchardson, Economist Plaza, London

2004:
- Symmetriad, Galerie Ben Kauffman, Munich, Germany

2002:
- News from Nowhere, The Changing Room Gallery, Stirling

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2008:
- The point of no return, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
- Let Me Show You Some Things, CCA, Glasgow
- Unfair Fair, 1:1projects, Rome
- Ripe for revisiting on a daily basis, 52meters, London
- Artfutures 08, Bloomberg Space, London

2007:
- Robert Orchardson and Sarah Tripp, Generator Projects, Dundee
- La Bomba IV, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago
- All Hands on Deck, Galerie Ben Kaufmann, Munich
- Last Show, Wilkinson Gallery, London
- Artfutures 07, Bloomberg Space, London

2006:
- Robert Orchardson and Alexander Mir, IPS, Birmingham

2005:
- Liquid Crystal, Lothringer Dreizehn, Munich, Germany
- Arte all’ Arte, Castilo Linare, San Gimignano, Italy
- Bloomberg New Contemporaries,
- Cornerhouse Manchester, LOT Bristol, Barbican London
- Friday Night, All Saints Church, London

2004:
- Half of Life, Gallerie Ben Kaufmann, Munich, Germany
- Crystal Peaks, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, England
- Goldsmiths College Postgraduate Fine Art Degree Show, Goldsmiths College, London

2003:
- Knights of the Holy Contact, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow

2002:
- Earthly Paradise, Cooper Gallery, (DJCA), Dundee

2001:
- Beyond, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee

2000:
- Forever, Installation in Dundee City Airport

1999:
- Tales of Ordinary Madness, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
- New Vision, Eye 2 Gallery, Edinburgh
- Accelerated Learning, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (DJCA), Dundee
- Coming up for air, Cooper Gallery, Dundee

1998:
- RSA Student Show, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
- Degree Show, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee

Public Commissions:

(In addition to several commissions for private collections)
- 2008: Paths Beyond, commission for British Airways at Heathrow Terminal 5
- 2007/ongoing: Commissioned to produce work for Belfast Royal Victoria Hospital, Northern Ireland
- 2005/2006: Nexus - permanent public sculpture commissioned by British Land Plc, London
- 2005: Carousel, temporary site-specific sculpture for Economist Plaza, London
- 2003/2005: Ceiling painting for Cullen House, Cullen, Scotland
- 2000/2002: Your Own Private Sky, College of Dance, Dundee, Scotland
- 2000: Forever, temporary installation for Dundee City Airport
- 1999: Artlinks Project, in conjuction with Dundee’s Arts and Heitage Dept and DPAP

Awards / Grants:

2007:
- Henry Moore Foundation Grant towards development of new work
- British Council Grant for Edge of the Superstructure exhibition at Galerie Ben Kaufmann

2002:
- Scottish Arts Council Grant to assist development of new work
- Dundee Artists Award

2000:
- Scottish Arts Council Public Art Initiatives Grant
- Dundee Artists Award

Selected Publications:

2008:
- Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2008
- ArtReview, Issue 21, April 2008, p138
- The List, 13 – 27th March 08, p95,96
- The Metro (Scotland), 28th February 08, p29

2007:
- MAP magazine, winter 07/08, page 57

2006:
- Exhibitions, The Guardian Guide, Oct 30th
- High and Low Art Fair Catalogue, pg.37
- a-n magazine, September, pg. 12
- Alastair Robertson, ‘High art ventures in to space’, Daily Telegraph, property section, p12, January 7th

2005:
- Martin Coomer, Time Out (London), p40, December 14-21st
- Arte all” Arte 10, Catalogue, Associazione Arte Continua
- Rebecca Geldard, ‘Robert Orchardson’,Time Out (London), p45, October 5-12th
- Bloomberg New Contemporaries catalogue
- John Murray, ‘Bloomberg New Contemporaries’, a-n magazine, p6, August
- The Scotsman, p20, 27th July
- G2 section- pick of the week (North), The Guardian, 6th June
- Flash Art (Italia), April/May, p150
- Adrienne Drake, ‘Rome’, Contemporary Magazine, p21, Issue 72
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A4204171
- Emmanuel Cooper, ‘New Contemporaries’, The Tribune, 9th December
- axisartists.org.uk, October

2002:
- Kaufmannheim.com, internet art magazine, summer
- Arts Supplement, Sunday Herald, p11, 23rd June
- a-n Magazine, page 8, August

2001:
- Bulletin magazine, p14 & 15, June,July
- Scotland on Sunday supplement, p8, 4th March

1999:
- Accelerated Learning catalogue
- a-n Magazine, October