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
3rd Biennale of Sydney: European Dialogue
Date
1979
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
7th Mildura Sculpture Triennial
Date
25 March 1978 - 28 May 1978
Place
Mildura, Vic.
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Cross-Reference
Date
1978
Place
Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
38th Biennale of Venice
Date
1978
Place
Venice, Italy
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Documentation
Date
1978
Place
Maki & Tamuta Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Venice Biennale 1978: from nature to art, from art to nature: Australia: John Davis, Robert Owen, Ken Unsworth
Date
1978
Place
Australia Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy
Description

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

Exhibition Catalogue:
Venice Biennale 1978: from nature to art, from art to nature: Australia: John Davis, Robert Owen, Ken Unsworth. Sydney: Visual Arts Board of Australia Council, 1978
25p : ill, ports ; 22 × 24 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Group, Venice, Sculpture
exhibited at
Memory & Logic Units
Date
1977
Place
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Some Past/Some Future Work
Date
1976
Place
Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Constructions & Drawings
Date
1975
Place
Coventry Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Seven Days (Drawings 1966 - 1974)
Date
1974
Place
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Relief Constructions
Date
1971 - 1972
Place
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Three to Infinity
Date
1970
Place
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Four Australian Artists
Date
1970
Place
Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Description

With Boyd, Hessing & Nolan

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Constructions
Date
1969
Place
Marlborough Fine Art, London, UK
Description

ALSO TOURED: Icon Gallery, Birmingham, UK; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK (both 1969); Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, NY, USA (1970)

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
John Moore's Liverpool Exhibition 7
Date
1969
Place
Liverpool City Gallery, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition
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