Robert Owen b. 1937

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Prolific sculptor and installation artist who studied under Lyndon Dadswell at the National Art School in the 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
Construction in Process VI: The Bridge
Date
1998
Place
Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Leaving the Memory Behind (Cubes & Hypercubes)
Date
1997
Place
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
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  • British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London, UK (collected in)
  • Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia (collected in)
  • Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France (collected in)
  • Staatliche Museum, Berlin, Germany (collected in)
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (collected in)
  • Banque National De Paris, France (collected in)
  • Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Rome, Italy (collected in)
  • Polaroid Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe (collected in)
  • National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico (collected in)
  • National Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (collected in)
  • National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India (collected in)
  • National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada (collected in)
  • Narodna Gallerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia (collected in)
  • National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece (collected in)
  • National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Central Art Gallery, Beijing, China (collected in)
  • Museo de Arts de Sao Paolo, Brazil (collected in)
  • Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Archivio Arti Contemporanee, Venice, Italy (collected in)
  • Vizard Foundation, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW (collected in)
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Vic. (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Art Gallery, Wollongon, NSW (collected in)
  • Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • Armidale City Art Gallery, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA (collected in)
  • Mildura City Art Gallery, Mildura, Vic. (collected in)
  • Naracoorte Art Gallery, Naracoorte, SA (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • New Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD (collected in)
  • Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (collected in)
  • British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London, UK (collected in)
  • Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia (collected in)
  • Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France (collected in)
  • Staatliche Museum, Berlin, Germany (collected in)
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (collected in)
  • Banque National De Paris, France (collected in)
  • Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe, Rome, Italy (collected in)
  • Polaroid Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe (collected in)
  • National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico (collected in)
  • National Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (collected in)
  • National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India (collected in)
  • National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada (collected in)
  • Narodna Gallerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia (collected in)
  • National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece (collected in)
  • National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Central Art Gallery, Beijing, China (collected in)
  • Museo de Arts de Sao Paolo, Brazil (collected in)
  • Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Archivio Arti Contemporanee, Venice, Italy (collected in)
  • Vizard Foundation, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, NSW (collected in)
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, Vic. (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Art Gallery, Wollongon, NSW (collected in)
  • Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • Armidale City Art Gallery, Armidale, NSW (collected in)
  • City of Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA (collected in)
  • Mildura City Art Gallery, Mildura, Vic. (collected in)
  • Naracoorte Art Gallery, Naracoorte, SA (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • New Parliament House, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD (collected in)
  • Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)