Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery (b. 1972, Chapelhall, Scotland) is a Scottish-born, London-based poet, artist and sculptor known for his site-specific billboard poems, light pieces, fire poems, woodcuts and watercolours. Montgomery works primarily in public spaces and he is regarded as a leading figure in the conceptual art world. Montgomery stands out by bringing a poetic voice to the discourse of text art. He was the British artist selected for Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2012, the first biennale in India. Montgomery has had solo exhibitions at venues in Europe and in Asia, including major outdoor light installations on the site of the old US Air Force base at Tempelhof. The first monograph of his work was published by Distanz, Berlin in 2015.