1944	Born Bristol.
1961-1966	Studied Architecture and Art Education.
1968-1997	Head of Art, Victoria College, Jersey.
1985	Awarded Prize for the ‘Most Outstanding Work by a Non Member’ at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Annual Exhibition, London.
1985	Elected a Member of the Royal Institute.
1987	Lectured at the Tate Gallery.
1989	Major Prizewinner at the International Drawing Biennale, Cleveland.
1994	Awarded Prize for the ‘Most Outstanding Work by a Member’ at the R.I. Annual Exhibition.
1999	Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (also 1980, ’85, ’94, ’96).
2000	First solo exhibition at Studio 18, Jersey.
2001	Commissioned by the States of Jersey to paint a watercolour used in the Menu for the Official Luncheon given during the visit of Her Majesty the Queen to Jersey.
Solo Exhibitions include:
1969	Bristol Arts Centre.
1977	The Museum, Jersey (also 1981, ’1983, ’85).
1980	Exeter University (also 1984).
1985	Regent Street Polytechnic, London.
1989	Barbican Centre, London.
1996	Guildhall Arts Centre, Gloucester.
1998	Jersey Arts Centre (also in 1987, ’88, ’88, ’89, ’91, ’93, ’95, ’97).
2003	Awarded Prize for 'Excellence in watercolour' at the Autumn Exhibition of theRoyal West of England Academy, Bristol. Retrospective loan exhibition at the Jersey Arts Centre to celebrate thirty-five years working in Jersey.
2006	Appointed M.B.E. ( for 'Services to the Arts')
2007	Loan exhibition of illustrations for poems by Charles Causley, Jersey Arts Centre. Exhibition (withRichard Allen and Derek Crowe) of works held in the Jersey Museum Collection , Sir Francis Cook Gallery, Jersey.
Mixed Exhibitions include:
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Royal Watercolour Society Open, Royal Society of British Artists, Contemporary Art Society, New English Art Club, Contemporary Portrait Society, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol and the Museum, Warsaw.
Work in Private and Public Collections include:
Lodz Museum, Poland; Cleveland County Museum, Lord Plymouth, Dr. Charles Causley, Shell Limited, Moore Stephens, Abacus Limited, Coutts Limited, British Petroleum Limited and the Jersey Museum.
Robert Tilling has illustrated work for, among others, Charles Causley, Spike Milligan and his paintings have appeared in over thirty books and magazines. His jazz, blues journalism has been widely published for over thirty years and he has appeared at many blues festivals as a guitarist.
Represented solely in the Channel Islands by Studio 18, St.Helier, Jersey.