Robert Owen b. 1937

  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
Prolific sculptor and installation artist who studied under Lyndon Dadswell at the National Art School in the late 50's, early 1960s, Owen has exhibited both nationally and internationally and has been awarded a number of public commissions including sculptural installations for the Sydney 2000 Olympics, the New Commonwealth Law Courts in Melbourne (1998) and a public sculpture for the Nippon Exhibition Centre in Chiba, Japan.
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exhibited at
AUSTRALIA Contemporary Non-Objective Art
Date
2007 - 2008
Place
Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung and Raum 2810, Bonn; Museum Kultuspeicher, Würzburg; Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück, Germany.
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Prelude
Date
2007
Place
ARC One Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

With Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Jacky Redgate & Imants Tillers

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Music for the Eyes
Date
2006
Place
ARC One Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
21st Century Modern
Date
2006
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
Turrbal-Jagera, The University of Queensland Art Projects
Date
2006
Place
University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Long Before Moving
Date
2005
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
London, Looking East. Australian artists in Australia Council Studios
Date
2005
Place
Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Architecture, Melbourne Masters
Date
2005
Place
TarraWarra Museum of Art, Yarra Glen, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
New Acquisitions in Context
Date
2005
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
the text of light
Date
2004
Place
TarraWarra Museum of Art, Yarra Glen, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Flickering Light
Date
2004
Place
ARC One Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Different Lights Cast Different Shadows, The 2nd Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project
Date
2004
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award
Date
2004
Place
McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
see here now, Vizard Foundation Art Collection of the 1990s
Date
2003
Place
The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sculpture 2003: Installations
Date
2003
Place
Connie Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Towards a Free Tibet
Date
2002
Place
Span Galleries, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
A History of Happiness
Date
2002
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Part of the Melbourne Festival

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
low-down: recent acquisitions, Monash University Collection
Date
2001
Place
Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award
Date
2001
Place
Werribee Park, Werribee, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Buddha: Radiant Awakening
Date
2001
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Quietness
Date
2000
Place
Anna Schwarts Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Art & Kabbalah: Contemporary Responses to an Ancient Tradition
Date
2000
Place
Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Silver
Date
1999
Place
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Robert Owen: between shadow and light
Date
1999
Place
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

An overview of Owen’s sculptural practice from the 60s and 70s, indicating his artistic concerns and his engagement with industrial materials and exploration of constructivist and kinetic ideas.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
http://www.monash.edu.au/muma/exhibitions/archive/1998.html

Exhibition Catalogue:
Robert Owen: between shadow and light: London works 1966-1975, Melbourne: Monash University Museum of Art, 1999
60 p: col. & b&w ill; Edition of 1000; ISBN: 0 7326 2098 8

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Sculpture, Mixed media
exhibited at
Construction in Process VI: The Bridge
Date
1998
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
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Roles
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Urls
  • http://www.robertowen.com.au/
Periods active
  • 1962 -
  • 1962-
Residences
  • 1988 - Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1975 - 1988 Sydney, NSW
  • 1966 - 1975 London, UK
  • 1963 - 1966 Greece
  • c.1957 - c.1963 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1944 - c.1957 Wagga Wagga, NSW
  • 1988- Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1975 - 1988 Sydney, NSW
  • 1966 - 1975 London, UK
  • 1963 - 1966 Greece
  • c.1957 - c.1963 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1940 - c.1957 Wagga Wagga, NSW
Other occupations
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8102) -
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8102)
Summary