Neil Roberts b. 1954

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Neil Roberts was a prominent sculptor, installation and glass artist who died tragically in 2002.
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Sculptor, installation and glass artist, married to performance artist Barbara Campbell c.2000. They lived in a converted factory at Queanbeyan, NSW. Survey exhibition, Canberra School of Art Gallery, ANU, 2001. On 22 March 2002, Neil was run over by a train at Queanbeyan while trying to save their dog; the funeral was at Norwood Park Crematorium, Mitchell, ACT, on 27 March.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011

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  • National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Survey exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Neil Roberts: the plait, the tatt and Baudelaire's rope (exhibited at)
  • Neil Roberts: tiny idols heaped in piles (exhibited at)
  • Rotary Collection of Australian Art (exhibited at)
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  • ANZART/ Auckland (exhibited at)
  • National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Survey exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Neil Roberts: the plait, the tatt and Baudelaire's rope (exhibited at)
  • Neil Roberts: tiny idols heaped in piles (exhibited at)
  • Rotary Collection of Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • ON-NEON (exhibited at)