Robert George Owen b. 1937

Also known as Robert Owen
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Artist, Robert Owen's practice includes sculpture, painting, photography, installation and major public commissions. He has been awarded a John Moore’s Liverpool Exhibition 7 UK prize (1969), represented Australia at the 38th Biennale of Venice (1978), and has received the Australian Council Visual Arts/Crafts Emeritus Award for a lifelong service to the visual arts (2003).
Tags: Artist, Sculpture, Painting, Installation, Photography, Public Art, Sydney, Melbourne
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exhibited at
Leaving the Memory Behind (Cubes & Hypercubes)
Date
1997
Place
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Geometric Abstraction in Australia 1941 - 1997
Date
1997
Place
Queensland University Art Museum, Brisbane, Qld
Description
Type
Exhibition
Spirit + Place
Date
1996 - 1997
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Ghost Tantras and Coloured Spaces
Date
1995
Place
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Contemporary Australian Art
Date
1994
Place
Government House, Perth, WA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Circle, Line Square, Aspects of Geometry
Date
1994
Place
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown, NSW
Description

ALSO: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Reinventing the Grid
Date
1994
Place
Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Part of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
aussemblage!
Date
1994
Place
Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Lightworks
Date
1993
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Inner Space, 5th Australian Sculpture Triennial
Date
1993
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Sunrise
Date
1992
Place
Pyo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Description

SOLO. Also: City Gallery, Melbourne, Vic. (1993); Annandale Gallery, Sydney, NSW (1994)

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Angelic Space, A Celebration of Piero Della Francesca
Date
1992
Place
Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Re-Vision
Date
1991
Place
Annandale Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Off the Wall - In the Air, A Seventies Selection
Date
1991
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
3 installations: Noelene Lucas, Ross Mellick, Robert Owen
Date
1991
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
3 installations: Noelene Lucas, Ross Mellick, Robert Owen. [Sydney]: Art Gallery of New South Wales, [1991]
ISBN 073583708

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Group, Installation
exhibited at
Three Installations, Echo (A Warring Peace; A Sweet Wound; A Mild Evil)
Date
1990
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Out of Asia
Date
1990
Place
Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Inland, Corresponding Places
Date
1990
Place
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Re-Vision (Three Works)
Date
1990
Place
Chameleon Contemporary Art Space, Hobart, Tas.
Description

SOLO.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Deux Ex Machina
Date
1989
Place
Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

ALSO TOURED: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (1990)

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Exhibition
exhibited at
France-Australie Exchange D'artistes
Date
1989
Place
Chapelle de la Salpetriere, Paris, France
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Prints by Twenty-Five Australian Artists
Date
1988
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Olympiad of Art
Date
1988
Place
Seoul Olympic Park, Korea
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Phase Zone Three; Into the Light
Date
1988
Place
Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
A Warring Peace; A Sweet Wound; A Mild Evil
Date
1988
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Qld
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
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