About
Carl Robertshaw is a unique multidisciplinary designer and artist, working with an inclusive approach at the intersection of performance, engineering and fine art.
Over the past 30 years Carl has enjoyed collaborating with artists such as Bjork, Kylie Minogue, Hussein Chalayan, Take That, Peter Gabriel, Anohni, Coldplay, Editors and Ellie Goulding. Carl’s work has been celebrated on world stages such as The Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show, New York’s Radio City Music Hall, The Royal Opera House, The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the Manchester International Festival and the 2012 London Olympic opening and closing ceremonies.
Carl is a Graduate of Central St Martins School of Art and Design with a BA Honours' degree in Graphic Design.
He is the only person to achieve the title of World Sport Kite Champion 5 times.
Carl’s passion for kites extends into a spectrum of science, art and nature that feeds directly into his work.
He has made installations for The Hayward Gallery, ArtEvento, Italy, and The London Design Biennale, exploring the ethereal dynamics of light and air.
Carl was instrumental in developing and designing The Hatchling, the world’s largest human powered puppet in the form of a dragon that performs an incredible metamorphosis to take to the sky.
Carl led the creation of PoliNations, a multi-million pound, groundbreaking multidisciplinary public art installation in the heart of Birmingham in 2022, celebrating diversity through performance, plants, light and sound, mass participation, sanctuary spaces, local voices, nature and spectacle.
Carl enjoys an ongoing relationship with Oxford Space Systems with his designs now operating in Space.