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Brian Robertson, My two best cactuses on grandma’s wheelie cart thing…and Kid, 2025, Acrylic and yarn on panel, 91.4 x 122 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and AISHO.

 

AISHO is pleased to present Home, the first solo exhibition in Japan by Los Angeles–based American artist Brian Robertson, on view from November 21 to December 20.
Born in New Mexico in 1978, Robertson earned his BFA from the Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design in 2003 and is currently based in Los Angeles.

Robertson’s work brings together a wide range of influences—from desert landscapes and internet culture to geometric abstraction, Surrealism, Mid-Century still life, Japanese print design, Post-Analog painting, and New Romanticism. While frequently using himself as the subject, he reconfigures these diverse elements to build introspective visual narratives. Whimsical, nostalgic, mysterious, or all of these at once, his works employ real and imagined motifs and symbols to construct layered stories that approach the concept of self-portraiture through metaphor.

In his recent work, Robertson signals a return to the fundamental elements of image-making. In contrast to the monochromatic and more austere sensibility of his earlier paintings, color, texture, and composition now form the core of his visual language. While grounded in autobiography, the scenes he depicts move beyond simple representations of daily life, emerging instead as landscapes shaped by memory and emotion.

A defining feature of this new body of work is Robertson’s unique technique, which he refers to as “fabric printing.” By pressing fabric into wet acrylic paint and removing it once dry, only the imprint of the weave remains on the surface. This process evokes the traditions of folk art and textiles—particularly quilting—while maintaining a firm footing in contemporary painterly practice. The loose and unraveling threads that remain on the surface, he notes, symbolize memories that resist perfection and are always in flux.

For Robertson, “home” is not a single place but a process—gathering, cutting, assembling, and joining—a cycle repeated over time and woven into his own story of personal transformation.

This exhibition presents eight new works, including large-scale paintings. We warmly invite you to visit and experience the show.

 

Brian Robertson, Grandma’s electric organ (at Greg’s house), Acrylic and yarn on panel, 61 x 76.2 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and AISHO.

Brian Robertson, Dad’s 2007 Honda Goldwing at the continental divide scenic overlook , 2025, Acrylic and yarn on panel, 50.8 x 50.8 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and AISHO.

 

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